Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Z77 Pro4-M del fabbricante Asrock
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1 Z77 Pro4-M User Manual V ersion 1.1 Published July 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved..
2 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc.
3 Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................... 5 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 5 1.2 Specications ................................................................
4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 45 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 45 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 45 3.1.2 Navigation Keys .
5 Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock Z77 Pro4-M mot herboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance.
6 1.2 Specifications Platform - Micro A TX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) CPU - Supports 3 rd.
7 - Supports HDMI 1.4a T echnology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz - Supports D-Sub with max.
8 USB3.0 - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s - 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports), supports USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s Connector - 4 x SA T A2 3.
9 W ARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking T echnology , or using third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system’s stability , or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system.
10 CAUTION! 1. A bout the settings of “Hyper Threading T echnology”, please check page 52. 2. This mo therboa rd sup ports Dual Ch annel Memo ry T e chnolog y . Befo re you implement Dual Channel Memory T echnology , make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 20 for proper installation.
11 thi s util ity , y ou can pr ess t he <F6 > key du ring the PO ST or th e <F2> key to enter into the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash.
12 Crashless BIOS will automatically nish the BIOS update procedure after regaining power . Please note that BIOS les need to be placed in the root directory of your USB disk. Only USB2.0 ports support this feature. 17. Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet acce ss at specie d time s via OMG.
13 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN2) 2 Power Fan Connector (PWR_F AN1) 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 4 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 5 1 155-Pin CPU Socket 6 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Black) 7 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2, Black) 8 A TX Power Connector (A TXPWR1) 9 USB 3.
14 1.4 I/O P anel * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED SPEED LED Status Description Status Description Off No Link Of f 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection On Link Green 1Gbps connection 1 USB 2.
15 T o enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header . After restarting your computer , you will nd “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer T oolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”.
16 Chapter 2: Installation This is a micro A TX form factor (9.6" x 9.6", 24.4 x 24.4 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard.
17 1 155-Pin Socket Overview 2.3 CPU Installation In order to provide the LGA 1 155 CPU sock- et s m or e p ro te ct io n a nd m ak e t he in st al - la tio n pr oce ss e asi er, AS Ro ck ha s a dd ed a ne w pr otec tion c over o n to p o f th e l oad pla te to r epla ce the for mer Pn P c aps t hat were under the load plate.
18 Pin1 alignment key alignment key Pin1 1 155-Pin CPU For proper installation, please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket. Step 2-3. C a r e f u l l y p l a c e t h e C P U i n t o t h e socket.
19 2.4 Installation of CPU F an and Heatsink Thi s m other board is e quipp ed wit h 1 15 5-Pi n so cket t hat su ppor ts I ntel 1 1 55-Pi n CPUs. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1 155- Pin CPU to dissipate heat.
20 2.5 Installation of Memor y Modules (DIMM) Thi s mo therb oard p rovid es f our 24 0-pin D DR3 (D ouble Dat a Ra te 3 ) D IMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory T echnology .
21 n o tc h b r ea k n o tc h b r ea k Installing a DIMM Please make sure to disconnect power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or the system components. Step 1. Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Step 2. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the slot.
22 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) There are 4 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards, or to install PCI Express graphics cards to support CrossFireX TM function.
23 1. If a customer incorrectly congures their system they will not see the performance benets of CrossFireX TM . All three CrossFireX TM components, a CrossFireX TM Ready graphics card, a Cross.
24 CrossFire Bridge Step 3. Co nnect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph- ics card on PCIE1 slot. (Y ou may use the DVI to D-Sub adapter to convert the DVI connector to D-Sub interface, and then connect the D-Sub monitor cable to the DVI to D-Sub adapter .
25 The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation. Please check AMD’s website for AMD driver updates. Step 3. Install the required drivers to your system.
26 Although you have selected the option “Enable CrossFire TM ”, the CrossFireX TM function may not work actually . Y our computer will automatically reboot.
27 2. If you have already installed the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system, you can freely enjoy the benets of dual monitor function after your system boots. If you haven’t installed the onboard VGA driver yet, please install the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system and restart your computer .
28 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D, D-Sub and HDMI) and external add-on PCI Express VGA cards, you can easily enjoy the benets of surround display feature. Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1.
29 For Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose “Personalize”, and select the “Display Settings” tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi-monitors according to the steps below . A. Click the number ”2” icon.
30 * ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock's motherboards. Please refer to ASRock's website for the motherboard support list: http://www .
31 2.10 Jumpers Setup T h e i l l u s t r a t io n s h o w s h o w j u m p e r s a r e setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”.
32 2.11 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboar d headers and con nectors a re NOT jum pers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Serial A T A2 Connectors These four Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) (SA T A2_2_3: see p.
33 USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB_6_7) ports on the I/O panel, there are (see p.13, No. 25) three USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 head er ca n supp ort tw o USB 2.0 ports. (9-pin USB_8_9) (see p.13, No. 24) (9-pin USB_10_1 1) (see p.
34 Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.13, No. 33) convenient connection and control of audio devices. J _ S EN SE O U T 2_ L 1 M I C _R ET P R E SE NC E# G ND O U T 2_ R M I C 2_ R M I C 2_ L O UT _R ET 1.
35 PLED (System Power LED): Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking when the sys- tem is in S1/S3 sleep state. The LED is of f when the system is in S4 sleep state or powered off (S5).
36 CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_F AN1) cable to the connector and (see p.13, No. 3) match the black wire to the ground pin. (3-pin CPU_F AN2) (see p.13, No. 1) A TX Power Connector Please connect an A TX power (24-pin A TXPWR1) supply to this connector .
37 Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a (9-pin COM1) serial port module. (see p.13, No. 27) HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI_SPDIF header , providing (2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) SPDIF audio output to HDMI (see p.13, No. 34) VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/ projector/LCD devices.
38 2.12 Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ® Z77 chipset that supports Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) hard disks and RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel Smart Response T echnology) functions.
39 2.14 Hot Plug and Hot Swap F unctions for SA T A / SA T A2 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SA T A / SA T A2 in RAID / AHCI mode.
40 Caution 1. Without SA T A 15-pin power connector interface, the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 Hot Plug cannot be processed. 2. Even some SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs provide both SA T A 15-pin powe.
41 How to Hot Plug a SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD: Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD damage and data loss.
42 2.17 Driver Installation Guide T o install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from top to bottom to install those required drivers.
43 2.19 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit OS on your SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the procedures below according to the OS you install.
44 2.19.2 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS on your SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the steps below .
45 Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Y ou may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer.
46 3.1.2 Navigation K eys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key . Navigation Key(s) Function Description / Moves cursor left or right to select Screens /.
47 3.3 OC T weak er Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Conguration CPU T urbo Ratio Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Host Clock Override (BCLK) Use this to adjust the host clock (BCLK) frequency .
48 Internal PLL Overvoltage Use this item to enable/disable CPU Internal PLL Overvoltage Function. Long Duration Power Limit Use this item to congure long duration power limit in watts. The default value is [Auto]. Long Duration Maintained Use this item to congure time window which the long duration power is maintained.
49 DRAM tCL Use this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRCD Use this item to change RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRP Use this item to change Row Precharge T ime (tRP) Auto/Manual setting.
50 ODT WR (CH B) Use this item to change ODT WR (CH B) setting. The default is [Auto]. ODT NOM (CH A) Use this item to change ODT NOM (CH A) setting. The default is [Auto]. ODT NOM (CH B) Use this item to change ODT NOM (CH B) setting. The default is [Auto].
51 Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the congurations for the following items: CPU Congu- ration, North B.
52 3.4.1 CPU Configuration Intel Hyper Threading T echnology T o enable this feature, a computer system with an Intel processor that sup- ports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology , such as Microsoft ® Windows ® XP / Vista TM / 7 is required.
53 to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memory Protection” can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute codes. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection.
54 3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority . The default value is [PCI Express]. VT -d Use this to enable or disable Intel ® VT -d technology (Intel ® Virtualization T echnology for Directed I/O).
55 3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel.
56 3.4.4 Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology . Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology is a new zero power hibernation mode which al- lows users to resume in just 5-6 seconds.
57 3.4.5 Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Use thi s i tem t o e nabl e o r d isab le In tel( R) Sm art C onne ct T echn olog y . Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology keeps your e-mail and social ne tworks, such as T witter , Facebook, etc.
58 3.4.6 Storage Configuration SA T A Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SA T A Controller feature. SA T A Mode Selection This item is for SA T A3_0, SA T A3_1 and SA T A2_2 to SA T A2_5 ports. Use this to select SA T A mode. Conguration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode].
59 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port. Conguration options: [3F8h / IRQ4] and [3E8h / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port.
60 3.4.8 ACPI Configuration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Selecting [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit.
61 OMG (Online Management Guard) Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at spec ied times via OMG. Y ou may choose from [Every day], [Day of the week] or [Weekdays and weekends], then schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other users.
62 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage.
63 3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to cong- ure the boot settings and the boot priority . Setup Prompt Timeout T hi s s h ow s t he n um b er o f s e co n ds t o w a it f o r s et u p a c ti v a ti o n k e y .
64 3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it.
65 3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Save conguration changes and exit setup?” will pop-out.
66 Chapter 4: Sof tware Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary , use the setup procedures in this chapter for general refer- ence only .
67 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in AHCI Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit (with SP2 or above) or Windows ® 7 64-bit (with SP1 or above) .
68 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID Mode This motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow the procedures below to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Windows ® Vista TM 64-bit (with SP2 or above) or Windows ® 7 64-bit (with SP1 or above) .
69 If you i nsta ll Win dows ® 7 6 4-bit / Vi sta TM 64 -bit o n a l arge har d dis k (ex . Disk volume > 2TB), it may take more time to boot into Windows ® or install dr iver /ut ili ties . I f yo u en cou nte r th is p rob lem, yo u wi ll n eed t o f ollo w t he instructions below to x this problem.
70 B. Disable “V olume Shadow Copy” service. a. T ype “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Ser vices and A pplications >Services”; Then d ouble click “V olume Shadow Copy”.
71 c. Set “Startup type” to “Disable” then Click “OK”. C. Reboot your system. D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utilities. Windows ® 7 64-bit: A. Please request the hotx KB2505454 through this link: http://support.
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