Asrock B75M R2.0 manual

1 B75M R2.0 User Manual V ersion 1.0 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. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be regis- tered trade[...]

3 Contents 1 Introduction ........................................................ 5 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 5 1.2 Specications ................................................................. 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout ....................................................... 13 1.4 I/O Panel [...]

4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................ 42 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 42 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 42 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 43 3.2 Main Screen .................[...]

5 Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock B75M R2.0 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 introduction of the moth[...]

6 1.2 Specifications Platform - Micro A TX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.4-in, 24.4 cm x 21.3 cm - All Solid Capacitor design CPU - Supports 3 rd and 2 nd Generation Intel ® Core TM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1 155 Package - Supports Intel ® T urbo Boost 2.0 T echnology - Supports Hyper-Threading T echnology (see CAUTION 1 ) Chipset - Intel ® B75 - Suppo rts [...]

7 - Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz - Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI monitor is required) (see CAUTION 8 ) - Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports - Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI and HDMI ports Audio - 5.1 [...]

8 - 1 x CPU Fan connector (4-pin) - 1 x Chassis Fan connector (4-pin) - 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin) - 24 pin A TX power connector - 4 pin 12V power connector - Front panel audio connector - 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports) - 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) BIOS Feature - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support - Sup[...]

9 - CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control - CASE OPEN detection - V oltage Monitoring: +12V , +5V , +3.3V , CPU Vcore OS - Microsoft ® Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 22 ) Certications - FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 23 ) * For detai[...]

10 7. Y ou can choose to use two of the three monitors only . D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI monitors cannot be enabled at the same time. Besides, with the DVI-to-HDMI adapter, the DVI-D port can support the same features as the HDMI port. 8. xvYCC and Deep Color are only supported under Windows ® 7 64-bit / 7. Deep Color mode will be enabled only if the d[...]

11 12. ASRock Smart V iew, a n ew functio n for i nternet bro wsers, is the smar t start page for IE that combines your most visited web sites, your history , your Fac ebook frie nds and yo ur real -time newsf eed in to an enha nced view for a more personal Internet experience. ASRock motherboards are exclusive ly equipped with the ASRock SmartView[...]

12 19. Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling “Dehumidier Function”. When enabling Dehumidier Function, the com- puter will power on automatically to dehumidify the system after entering S4/S5 state. 20. While CPU overheat is detected, the system will automatically shutdown. Before you resume the system, please [...]

13 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 Power Fan Connector (PWR_F AN1) 2 A TX 12V Power Connector (A TX12V1) 3 1 155-Pin CPU Socket 4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_F AN1) 5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Black) 6 A TX Power Connector (A TXPWR1) 7 SA T A3 Connector (SA T A3_A0, Gray) 8 SA T A3 Connector (SA T A3_A1, Gray) 9 SA T A3 Connector (SA T A3_[...]

14 1.4 I/O P anel * There is one 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 PS/2 Mouse Port ([...]

15 Chapter 2: Installation This is a Micro A TX form factor (9.6" x 8.4", 24.4 x 21.3 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause physi[...]

16 2.3 CPU Installation For t he ins tallat ion of I ntel 1 15 5-Pin C PU, please follow the steps below . Before you insert the 1 155-Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the CPU surface is unclean or if there are any bent pins in the socket. Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Otherwise, the CPU will be[...]

17 Pin1 alignment key alignment key Pin1 1 155-Pin CPU Step 3. Insert the 1 155-Pin CPU: Step 3-1. H old t he CP U by the e dge w hich i s marked with a black line. Step 3-2. O r ie n t t h e C P U w i th t h e I H S ( I nt e - g ra t e d H e a t S i n k) u p. L o c at e P i n 1 and the two orientation key notches. For proper inserting, please ensu[...]

18 2.4 Installation of CPU F an and Heatsink Thi s m other board is eq uippe d w ith 1 155 -Pin s ocke t th at sup port s In tel 1 15 5-Pin CPUs. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1 155- Pin CPU to dissipate heat. Before you install the heatsink, you need to spray ther- mal interface material between the CPU and[...]

19 2.5 Installation of Memor y Modules (DIMM) This mot herboar d pr ovides t wo 2 40-pin D DR3 (Dou ble Data R ate 3) DI MM slots , and su pport s Dual C hannel M emory T echnol ogy . For d ual ch annel co nfigu ratio n, yo u alw ays n eed to i nst all tw o ide nti cal (t he sa me b ran d, s peed , si ze a nd ch ip- type) memory modules in the DDR3[...]

20 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI slots and 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards, or used to install PCI Express graphics cards [...]

21 1. If a customer incorrectly congures their system they will not see the performance benets of CrossFireX TM . All three CrossFireX TM components, a CrossFireX TM Ready graphics card, a CrossFireX TM Ready motherboard and a CrossFireX TM Edition co-processor graphics card, must be installed correctly to benet from the CrossFireX TM mult[...]

22 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 .) Step 2. Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing a CrossFi[...]

23 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. For Windows ® XP OS: A. AMD recommends Windows ® XP Service Pack 2 or higher to[...]

24 Although you have selected the option “Enable CrossFire TM ”, the CrossFireX TM function may not work actually . Y our computer will automatically reboot. After restarting your computer , please conrm whether the option “Enable CrossFire TM ” in “AMD Catalyst Control Center” is selected or not; if not, please select it again, and [...]

25 2. If you have already installed the onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system, you can freely enjoy the benets 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 . 2.8 Dual Monit[...]

26 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 benets of surround display . Please refer to the following steps to set up a surround display environment: 1. Install the PCI Express VGA [...]

27 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. B. Click the items “This is my main monitor” and “Extend the d[...]

28 USB 2.0 header (9-pin, black) CIR header (4-pin, gray) 2.9 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide AS Roc k S mar t Re mot e i s o nly u sed fo r AS Roc k m oth erb oar d wi th C IR he ade r . Plea se ref er to b elow pr ocedur es for th e q uick i nstall ation a nd usa ge of ASR ock Smart Remote. Step1. Find the CIR header located next to the US[...]

29 * ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock motherboards. Please refer to ASRock website for the motherboard support list: http://www .asrock.com 1. Only one of the front USB port can support CIR function. When the CIR function is enabled, the other port will remain USB function. 2. Multi-Angle CIR Receiver is used for front USB on[...]

30 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”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The i l lu s t r at i o n s h ow s a 3 -p i n j u m pe r w h o s e pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on th[...]

31 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 ve Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) (SA T A2_1: see p.13, No. 14) connecto[...]

32 USB 2.0 Headers Besides four default USB 2.0 (9-pin USB6_7) ports on the I/O panel, there are (see p.13, No. 21) two USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 head er can suppo rt two USB 2 .0 ports. (9-pin USB8_9) (see p.13, No. 22) Infrared Module Header This header supports an (5-pin IR1) optional wireless transmitting (see p.13, No. [...]

33 System Panel Header This header accommodates (9-pin P ANEL1) several system front panel (see p.13, No. 20) functions. Conne ct the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below . Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables. PWRBTN (Power Switch): C[...]

34 Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables (4-pin CHA_F AN1) to the f an connectors and match (see p.13, No. 10) the black wire to the ground pin. CHA_F AN1 supports Fan (3-pin PWR_F AN1) Control. (see p.13, No. 1) A TX Power Connector Please connect an A TX power (24-pin A TXPWR1) supply to this connector . (see p.13, No. 6)[...]

35 A TX 12V Power Connector Please connect an A TX 12V (4-pin A TX12V1) power supply to this connector . (see p.13, No. 2) Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a (9-pin COM1) serial port module. (see p.13, No. 25) Chassis Intrusion Header This motherboard supports (2-pin CI1) CASE OPEN detection feature (see p.13, No. 27) that detects if th[...]

36 2.12 Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ® B75 chipset that supports Serial A T A (SA T A) / Serial A T A2 (SA T A2) hard disks. Y ou may install SA T A / SA T A2 hard disks on this mother- board for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SA T A / SA[...]

37 2.14 Hot Plug for SA T A / SA T A2 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug for SA T A / SA T A2 in AHCI mode. Intel ® B75 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SA T A host controllers developed through a joint industry effort. NOTE What is Hot Plug Function? If the S A T[...]

38 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 power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, the IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interface is denitely not able to[...]

39 How to Hot Plug a SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD: Points of attention, before you process Hot Plug: Please follow the instructions below to process Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDD damage and data loss. Connect SA T A data cable to the motherboard’s SA T A2 / SA T A3 connector . Connect SA T A 15-pin p[...]

40 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. Therefore, the drivers you insta[...]

41 2.18.2 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 . Using SA T A / SA T A2 / SA T A3 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1: Set Up UEFI. A[...]

42 Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure 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. Please press <F2> o r <De l> d uring the Power-O n-Self-T est ( POST) to[...]

43 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 / Moves cursor up or down to select items + / - T o change option for the selected items <T ab> Switch to next function <Enter> T o bring u[...]

44 3.2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY , the Main screen will appear and display the system overview . System Browser System Browser can let you easily check your current system conguration in UEFI setup. OMG (Online Management Guard) Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at speci?[...]

45 3.3 OC T weak er Screen In the OC T weaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Conguration CPU Ratio Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel SpeedStep T echnology Intel SpeedStep technology is Intel’s new power saving technology . Pro - cessors can switch between multiple frequencies and voltage poin[...]

46 value is [Auto]. Primary Plane Current Limit Use this item to congure the maximum instantaneous current allowed for the primary plane. The default value is [Auto]. Secondary Plane Current Limit Use this item to congure the maximum instantaneous current allowed for the secondary plane. The default value is [Auto]. GT OverClocking Support Us[...]

47 DRAM tRAS Use thi s item to c hange RAS# Active Time (tRAS) Auto/ Manual setti ng. The default is [Auto]. Command Rate (CR) Use this i tem to change Command Rate (CR) Auto/Manual s etting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tWR Use this item to change Write Recovery T ime (tWR) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRFC Use this item to chan[...]

48 V oltage Conguration CPU Core V oltage Offset Use this to select CPU Core V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. IGPU V oltage Offset Use this to select IGPU V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. DRAM V oltage Use this to select DRAM V oltage. The default value is [Auto]. VTT V oltage Use this to select VTT V oltage. The default value is [Au[...]

49 Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the congurations for the following items: CPU Congu- ration, North Bridge Conguration, South Bridge Conguration, Storage Congura - tion, Intel(R) Rapid Start T echnology , Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology , [...]

50 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. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft ® Wind[...]

51 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. Intel Virtualization T echnology When this option is set t o [Enabled], a VMM ([...]

52 3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allo ws you to s elect [ Onboard], [PCI] or [ PCI Exp ress] a s the b oot graphic adapter priority . The default value is [PCI Express]. VT -d Use this item to enable/disable Intel(R) Virtualization T echnology for Directed I/O. PCIE1 Link Speed This allows you to select PCIE1 Link S[...]

53 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. Onboard HDMI HD Audio This allows you to enable or dis[...]

54 3.4.4 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 Th is it em is f or S A T A3_0 a nd S A T A2_1 t o S A T A2_ 5 p orts . U se th is t o select SA T A mode. Conguration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [Disabled]. The default value is [AHCI Mode]. SA T [...]

55 We r e co m me nd to us e I nt e l ® B 75 S AT A p o rt s ( SAT A 2_ 1 , SA T A2_2, SA T A2_3, SA T A2_4, SA T A2_5 and SA T A3_ 0) for your bootable devices. This will minimum your boot time and get the best perfo rmance. But if y ou sti ll wan t to b oot fr om the ASMedia SA T A3 controller , you can still enable this in the UEFI BIOS.[...]

56 3.4.5 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. The default is [Enabled]. Entry After Select a time to enable RTC wake timer at S3 [...]

57 3.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology Us e th is it em to e nab le or d isab le In tel( R) Sm art C onne ct T ech nolo gy . Intel(R) Smart Connect T echnology keeps your e-mail and social ne tworks, such as T witter , Facebook, etc. updated automatically while the computer is in sleep mode. The default is [E[...]

58 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. Conguration options: [3F8h / IRQ4] and [3E8h / IRQ4]. Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port. Parallel Port Use this item to [...]

59 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. ACPI HPET T able Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET T able. The d[...]

60 3.4.9 USB Configuration USB 2.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller . USB 3.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 3.0 controller . Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four conguration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [[...]

61 3.4.10 Network Configuration Internet Setting Use this item to set up the internet connection mode. Conguration options: [DHCP (Auto IP)] and [PPPOE]. UEFI Download Server Use this item to select UEFI rmware download server for Internet Flash. Conguration options: [Asia], [Europe], [USA] and [China].[...]

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. CPU Fan 1 Setting This allows you to set CPU fan 1’s speed. Conguration options[...]

63 Case Open Feature This allows you to enable or disable case open detection feature. The default is value [Enabled]. Clear Status This option appears only when the case open has been detected. Use this option to keep or clear the record of previous chassis intrusion status.[...]

64 3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to cong- ure the boot settings and the boot priority . Setup Prompt Timeout T hi s s h ow s t he nu m 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 . 65535(0XFFFF) means indenite waiting. Bootup Num-Lock If this item is se[...]

65 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.[...]

66 3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Save conguration changes and exit setup?” will pop-out. Select [Y es] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY . Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Discard changes and exit setup?” will pop-out[...]

67 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 . Refer your OS documenta[...]

68 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) . 2[...]