ASROCK Z87 Pro4 Manuale utente

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published March 2013

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Specications and information contained in this documentation are furnished for

informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be

constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for

any errors or omissions that may appear in this documentation.

With respect to the contents of this documentation, ASRock does not provide

warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to

the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or tness for a particular

purpose.

In no event shall ASRock, its directors, ocers, employees, or agents be liable for

any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for

loss of prots, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like),

even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any

defect or error in the documentation or product.

e terms HDMITM and HDMI High-Denition Multimedia Interface, and the HDMI

logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC in the United

States and other countries.

is device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following

two conditions:

(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and

(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY

e Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance

controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the

California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please

follow the related regulations in advance.

“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/

perchlorate”

ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com

Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Unique Features 6

1.4 Motherboard Layout 10

1.5 I/O Panel 12

Chapter 2 Installation 14

2.1 Installing the CPU 15

2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 18

2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 19

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) 21

2.5 Jumpers Setup 22

2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 23

2.7 Using the HDMI-In Port 28

2.8 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 31

2.8.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 31

2.8.2 Driver Installation and Setup 33

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 34

3.1 Installing Drivers 34

3.2 A-Tuning 35

3.3 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 39

3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 44

3.5 Intel® Remote Wake Technology 49

3.5.1 Conguring and Using MeshCentral 49

3.5.2 Conguring and Using Splashtop 54

3.6 Start8 57

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 60

4.1 Introduction 60

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 60

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 61

4.2 Main Screen 62

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 63

4.4 Advanced Screen 71

4.4.1 CPU Conguration 72

4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 74

4.4.3 Storage Conguration 76

4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 78

4.4.5 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 79

4.4.6 Super IO Conguration 80

4.4.7 ACPI Conguration 81

4.4.8 USB Conguration 83

4.4.9 Trusted Computing 84

4.5 Tools 85

4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 88

4.7 Boot Screen 89

4.8 Security Screen 92

4.9 Exit Screen 93

Z87 Pro4

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z87 Pro4 motherboard, 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.

In this manual, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the motherboard

and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation guide of the

soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of the BIOS setup.

1.1 Package Contents

• ASRock Z87 Pro4 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

• ASRock Z87 Pro4 Quick Installation Guide

• ASRock Z87 Pro4 Support CD

• 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

• 1 x I/O Panel Shield

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the

content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any

modications of this documentation occur, the updated version will be available on

ASRock’s website without further notice. If you require technical support related to

this motherboard, please visit our website for specic information about the model

you are using. You may nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock’s

website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com.

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1.2 Specications

Platform • ATX Form Factor

• Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-

quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

CPU • Supports 4th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon® /

Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1150 Package

• Digi Power Design

• 6 Power Phase Design

• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

• Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPU

Chipset • Intel® Z87

Memory • Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

• 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

• Supports DDR3 2933+(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/

1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered memory

• Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

(see CAUTION)

• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2

Expansion

Slot

• 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)

• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE3: x4 mode)

• If PCIE2 or PCIE4 slot is occupied, PCIE3 slot will run at x2

mode.

• 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

• 2 x PCI slots

• Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM

Graphics • Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can

be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

• Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick

Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full

HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 4600

• Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

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• Max. shared memory 1792MB

• ree VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

• Supports Triple Monitors

• Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to

1920x1200 @ 60Hz

• Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

60Hz

• Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

60Hz

• Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and

HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI

monitor is required)

• Supports HDCP function with DVI-D and HDMI ports

• Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D

and HDMI ports

Audio • 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

Audio Codec)

• Premium Blu-ray audio support

LAN • Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

• Giga PHY Intel® I217V

• Supports Intel® Remote Wake Technology

• Supports Wake-On-LAN

• Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

• Supports PXE

Rear Panel

I/O

• 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

• 1 x D-Sub Port

• 1 x DVI-D Port

• 1 x HDMI-Out Port

• 1 x HDMI-In Port

• 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

• 4 x USB 2.0 Ports

• 4 x USB 3.0 Ports

• 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

LED)

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• HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front

Speaker / Microphone

Storage • 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology

12 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and

“Hot Plug”

Connector • 1 x IR header

• 1 x COM port header

• 1 x Power LED header

• 1 x TPM header

• 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

• 2 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

• 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)

• 1 x 24 pin ATX power connector

• 1 x 8 pin 12V power connector

• 1 x Front panel audio connector

• 1 x SPDIF Out connector

• 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

• 1 x Vertical Type A USB 3.0

• 2 x USB 3.0 headers (support 4 USB 3.0 ports) (ASMedia Hub)

BIOS

Feature

• 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with Multilingual GUI support

• ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

• SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

• CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjust-

ment

Support

• Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Soware (Trial Version), Cyber-

Link MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and

Toolbar, Start8, MeshCentral, Splashtop Streamer

Hardware

Monitor

• CPU/Chassis Temperature Sensing

• CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

• CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-

Adjust by CPU Temperature)

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• CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

• Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

OS • Microso® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant

Certica-

tions

• FCC, CE, WHQL

• ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjust-

ing the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using third-

party overclocking tools. Overclocking may aect your system’s stability, or even cause

damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your own

risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking.

* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com

Due to limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation

for system usage under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. Windows® 64-bit operat-

ing systems do not have such limitations. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize

the memory that Windows® cannot use.

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