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1. 1 x eSATA3 Connector 4 x Ready to Use USB 3 0 Ports 2 x RJ 45 LAN Ports with LED ACT LINK LED and SPEED LED 1 x IEEE 1394 Port 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED HD Audio Jack Side Speaker Rear Speaker Central Bass Line in Front Speaker Microphone see CAUTION 5 SATA3 2 x SATA3 6 0 Gb s connectors support RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage NCQ AHCI and Hot Plug functions 4 x SATA3 6 0 Gb s connectors by Marvell SE9120 support NCQ AHCI and Hot Plug functions SATA3_M4 connector is shared with eSATA port 4x Rear USB 3 0 ports by Etron EJ168A 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 by Etron EJ168A supports USB 1 0 2 0 3 0 up to 5Gb s Connector 4 x SATA2 3 0 Gb s connectors support RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage NCQ AHCI and Hot Plug functions 6 x SATA3 6 0Gb s connectors 1 x Floppy connector 1 x IR header 1 x COM port header 1 x HDMIL_SPDIF header 1 x IEEE 1394 header 1 x Power LED header CPU Chassis Power FAN connector 24 pin ATX power connector 8 pin 12V power connector SLI XFire power connector Front panel audio connector 4x USB 2 0 headers support 8 USB 2 0 ports 1 x USB 3 0 header supports 2 USB 3 0 ports 1 x Dr Debug 7 Segment Debug LED 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED 1 x Power Switch with LED 1 x Reset Switch with LED BIOS Feat
2. in Windows environment install d SATAII driver from the Support CD again so that Intel Rapid Storage l b will be installed to your system as well 55 2 21 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions please follow below procedures according to the OS you install 2 21 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions please follow below steps Using SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1 Set Up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATA Mode to AHCI For SATA3_0 SATA3_1 and SATA2_2 to SATA2_5 ports Set the option Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode to AHCI For SATA3_M1 to SATA3_ M4 ports STEP 2 Make a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette Please make a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette by following section 2 20 1 step 2 on page 52 STEP 3 Install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your system After making a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette you can start to install Win dows XP XP 64 bit on your system At the beginning of Windows setup press F6 to install a third party AHCI driver When
3. Dr Debug Intel P67 Chipset Reset Switch RSTBTN Power Switch PWRBTN 34 14 33 32 31 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 evi fffafa fee H DDR3 2133 30 5cm 12 0 in DDR3_A1 64 bit 240 pin module DDR3_A2 64 bit 240 pin module DDR3_B1 64 bit 240 pin module ve DDR3_B2 64 bit 240 pin module ATXPWR1 Dual Channel 10 1 64Mb fT CrossFireX eill i 2 D AAt 13 o EE Silo St Pi oOo EES pr 15 al 6 Intel IL k P67 I LIL e S ZU 9 a 20 S SLS bebus 21 22 kennd een 23 2 24 EELER 25 E am a 26 deel Eltz D 30 29 28 27 Power LED Header PLED1 Chassis Speaker Header SPEAKER 1 White System Panel Header PANEL1 White Chassis Fan Connector CHA_FAN1 Chassis Fan Connector CHA_FAN2 USB 2 0 Header USB12_13 Blue USB 2 0 Header USB10_11 Blue Clear CMOS Jumper CLRCMOS1 USB 2 0 Header USB8 9 Blue USB 2 0 Header USB6_7 Blue USB 3 0 Header USB3_2_ 3 Light Blue COM Port Header COM1 Floppy Connector FLOPPY1 Front Panel Audio Header HD_AUDIO1 White Infrared Module Header IR1 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE5 Blue HDMI_SPDIF Header HDMI SPDIF1 White PCI Slot PCI2 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE4 Blue PCI Express 2 0 x1 Slot PCIE3 White PCI Slot PCI1 PCI Express 2 0 x16 Slot PCIE2 Blue PCI Expres
4. 1 Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard which supports SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Hot Plug The SATA SATAII SATA3 Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation the SATA SATAII SATA3 Hot Plug support information of our motherboard is indicated in the product spec on our website www asrock com 2 Make sure your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD can support Hot Plug function from your dealer or HDD user manual The SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD which cannot support Hot Plug function will be damaged under the Hot Plug operation 3 Please make sure the SATA SATAII SATA3 driver is installed into system properly The latest SATA SATAII SATA3 driver is available on our support website www asrock com 4 Make sure to use the SATA power cable amp data cable which are from our motherboard package 5 Please follow below instructions step by step to reduce the risk of HDD crash or data loss 50 How to Hot Plug a SATA SATAII SATA3 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 SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD damage and data loss eler Please connect SATA power cable 1x4 pin end EG Connect SATA data cable to White to the power supply 1x4 pin cable the motherboard s SATAII SATA3 connector SATA power cable 1x4 pi power connector White SA
5. 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit Chipset Model Name Chipset Name Driver Vendor All ASUS EAH5850 G 2DIS 1GD5 A_ Radeon HD 5850 Catalyst 10 9 ASUS EAH5750 2DIS 1GD5 A Radeon HD 5750 Catalyst 10 9 ASUS EAH4350 SILENT DI Radeon HD 4350 Catalyst 10 9 512M D2 A MSI R5770 PM2D1G Radeon HD 5770 Catalyst 10 9 MSI R5570 MD1G 1G DDR3 Radeon HD 5570 Catalyst 10 9 Powercolor HD5670 HDMI 1G Radeon HD 5670 Catalyst 10 9 DDR5 Powercolor AX5450 512MK3 Radeon HD 5450 Catalyst 10 9 SH 512M DDR3 Powercolor HD4890 HDMI 1G Radeon HD 4890 Catalyst 10 9 DDR5 Powercolor HD4830 HDMI 512M Radeon HD 4830 Catalyst 10 9 DDR3 Powercolor AX4670 512MD3 P Radeon HD 4670 Catalyst 10 9 Powercolor HD4550 HDMI Radeon HD 4550 Catalyst 10 9 512M DDR3 Powercolor AX3870 512MD4 H Radeon HD 3870 Catalyst 10 9 Powercolor AX3650 512MMD3 XP Radeon HD 3650 Catalyst 10 9 For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for CrossFirex Mode please visit our website for details ASRock website http Awww asrock com support index htm Three CrossFireXx Graphics Card Support List for Windows Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit Chipset Model Name Chipset Name Driver Vendor ASUS EAH5850 G 2DIS 1GD5 A Radeon HD 5850 Catalyst 10 9 MSI R5770 PM2D1G Radeon HD 5770 Catalyst 10 9 Powercolor AX4670 512MD3 P Radeon HD 4670 Catalyst 10 9 Powercolor AX3870 512MD4 H Radeon HD 3870 Cata
6. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated the content of this manual will be subject to change without no tice In case any modifications of this manual occur the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well ASRock website _http Awww asrock com If you require technical support related to this motherboard please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using www asrock com support index asp 1 1 Package Contents ASRock P67 Extreme6 Motherboard ATX Form Factor 12 0 in x 9 6 in 30 5 cm x 24 4 cm ASRock P67 Extreme6 Quick Installation Guide ASRock P67 Extreme6 Support CD 1 x Ribbon Cable for a 3 5 in Floppy Drive 6 x Serial ATA SATA Data Cables Optional 2 x Serial ATA SATA HDD Power Cables Optional 1 x I O Panel Shield 1 x Front USB 3 0 Panel 4 x HDD Screws 6 x Chassis Screws 1 x Rear USB 3 0 Bracket 1 x ASRock SLI Bridge_2S Card SCH ee gt ASRock Reminds You To get better performance in Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Configuration to AHCI mode For the BIOS setup please refer to the User Manual in our support CD for details Dy AN ke 1 2 S
7. CrossFirex Ready Graphics Cards Step 1 Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIE2 slot For the proper installation procedures please refer to section Expansion Slots Step 2 Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIE4 slot For the proper installation procedures please refer to section Expansion Slots Step 3 Install one Radeon graphics card to PCIE5 slot For the proper installation procedures please refer to section Expansion Slots Step 4 Use one CrossFire Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots and use the other CrossFire Bridge to connect Radeon graphics cards on PCIE4 and PCIE5 slots CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase not bundled with this motherboard Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details 30 Step 5 CrossFire Bridge Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graph ics card on PCIE2 slot You 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 31 2 8 2 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1 Step 2 Step 4 Step 5 Step 6 Power on your computer and boot into OS Remove the ATI driver if you have any VGA driver installed in your system The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously install
8. Enabled Duration 00 30 43 Speed 2 0 Gbps gt Details Activity Sent Bus Received aft Bytes 3 779 1 921 E Properties Disable Diagnose E ol Chapter 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3 1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure your system The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer Please press lt F2 gt or lt Del gt during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY otherwise POST will continue with its test routines If you wish to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY after POST restart the system by pressing lt Ctl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You may also restart by turning the system off and then back on following UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only and they may not exactly match what you see on your screen Because the UEFI software is constantly being updated the 3 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections Main To set up the system time date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced UEFI features H W Monitor To display current hardware status Boot To set up the default system device to locate and load the Operating System Security To set up the securit
9. Note CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply After waiting for 15 seconds use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds However please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS you must boot up the system first and then shut it down before you do the clear CMOS ac tion Please be noted that the password date time user default profile 1394 GUID and MAC address will be cleared only if the CMOS battery is removed The Clear CMOS Switch has the same function as the Clear CMOS jumper Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers 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 FDD connector 33 pin FLOPPY1 ttt 1 ZS see p 14 No 37 Pind FLOPPY 1 f the red striped side to Pin1 Note Make sure the red striped side of the cable is plugged into Pin1 side of the connector 34 Serial ATAI Connectors SATA2_2 see p 14 No 14 SATA2_3 see p 14 No 13 SATA2_4 see p 14 No 12 SATA2_5 see p 14 No 11 Serial ATA3 Connectors SATA3_0 see p 14 No 16 SATA3_1 see p 14 No 15 SATA3_M1 see p 14 No 18 SATA3_M2 see p 14 No 17
10. USB 3 0 Panel to the drive bay with six chassis screws drive bay of the chassis w SS Plug the Front USB 3 0 cable into the USB 3 0 GAA The Front USB 3 0 Panel is ready to use header USB3_2_3 on the motherboard The Installation Guide of Rear USB 3 0 Bracket Unscrew the two screws from the Front USB 3 0 Ee Put the USB 3 0 cable and the rear USB 3 0 Panel bracket together Sliced Screw the two screws into the rear USB 3 0 bracket 4 2 12 Smart Switches The motherboard has three smart switches power switch reset switch and clear CMOS switch allowing users to quickly turn on off or reset the sytem clear the CMOS values Power Switch Power Switch is a smart switch PWRBTN allowing users to quickly turn see p 14 No 24 on off the system Reset Switch Reset Switch is a smart switch RSTBTN RER allowing users to quickly reset see p 14 No 23 the system Clear CMOS Switch Clear CMOS Switch is a smart CLRCBTN clr switch allowing users to quickly see p 15 No 18 exes clear the CMOS values 42 2 13 Dr Debug Dr Debug is used to provide code information which makes troubleshooting even easier Please see the diagrams below for reading the Dr Debug codes x00 0 x02 T T T o7 o o l olololol lolololo p hl Lan E d O O Q D x08 North Bridge initialization after microcode loading South Bridge initialization after microcode loading x0A OEM initialization a
11. and DIMM may be dam aged 5 Some DDR3 1GB double sided DIMMs with 16 chips may not work on this motherboard It is not recommended to install them on this motherboard 21 Installing a DIMM L 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 LBS EMR na dE oo Heure e boat oes beers keen Legd Kan tes ttre rt P The DIMM only fits in one correct orientation It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation Step 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips at both ends fully snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 22 2 6 Expansion Slots PCI and PCI Express Slots There are 2 PCI slots and 5 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 PCIES PCIE x1 slot White is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards such as Gigabit LAN card SATA2 card etc PCIE2 PCIE4 PCIE x16 slot Blue is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to support CrossFirex or SLI function PCIES PCIE x16 slot Blue is used for PCI Expr
12. control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated Intel Virtualization Technology When this option is set to Enabled a VMM Virtual Machine Architecture can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Intel Virtualization Technology No Excute Memory Protection No Execution NX Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement 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 code This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No Excute Memory Protection Local x2APIC Use this to enable or disable Local x2APIC The default value is Disabled Please be noted that some OS do not support this function 69 3 4 2 North Bridge Configuration ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY rece ie Bent fee Ceoogtgus rt bo Low MMIO Align Low MMIO resources align at 64MB 1024MB The default value is 64MB VT d Use this to enable or disable Intel VT d technology Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I O The default value of this feature is Disabled Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select PCI or PCI Express as the boot graphic adapter priority The default value is PCI 70 3 4 3 South Bridge Configuration eit beer LPT ie bpptify ahat tt te ES CR i en D se d ite a rem
13. ee E trad d Pk dle A Pye ere reed ee ER LK de BODAI M TU Err gg td EE War K i PR Fu eideler F Reboot your system G You can freely enjoy the benefit of SLI or Quad SLI feature SLI appearing here is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Technologies Inc and is used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe 27 2 8 CrossFireX 3 Way CrossFirex and Quad CrossFireX Operation Guide This motherboard supports CrossFirex 3 way CrossFireX and Quad CrossFirex feature CrossFirex technology offers the most advantageous means available of combining multiple high performance Graphics Processing Units GPU in a single PC Combining a range of different operating modes with intelligent software design and an innovative interconnect mechanism CrossFirex enables the highest possible level of performance and image quality in any 3D application Currently CrossFirex feature is supported with Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Vista 7 OS 3 way CrossFirex and Quad CrossFirex feature are supported with Windows Vista 7 OS only Please check AMD website for ATI CrossFirex driver updates A 1 If a customer incorrectly configures their system they will not see the performance benefits of CrossFirex All three CrossFirex components a CrossFirex Ready graphics card a CrossFirex Ready motherboard and a CrossFirex E
14. of internet browser is the smart start page for IE that combines your most visited web sites your history your Facebook friends and your real time newsfeed into an enhanced view for a more personal Internet experience ASRock motherboards are exclusively equipped with the SmartView utility that helps you keep in touch with friends on the go To use SmartView feature please make sure your OS version is Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit and your browser version is IE8 ASRock website http www asrock com Feature SmartView index asp Although this motherboard offers stepless control it is not recommended to perform over clocking Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause the instability of the system or damage the CPU While CPU overheat is detected the system will automatically shutdown Before you resume the system please check if the CPU fan on the motherboard functions properly and unplug the power cord then plug it back again To improve heat dissipation remember to spray thermal grease between the CPU and the heatsink when you install the PC sys tem Combo Cooler Option C C O provides the flexible option to adopt three different CPU cooler types Socket LGA 775 LGA 1155 and LGA 1156 Please be noticed that not all the 775 and 1156 CPU Fan can be used 10 14 EuP stands for Energy Using Product was a provision regulated by Eu ropean Union to define the power consumption for the
15. pariere L t aisen Bann ear iha a EE wT ee TOP BC Restore on AC Power Loss This allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC power loss If Power Off is selected the AC power remains off when the power recovers If Power On is selected the AC power resumes and the system starts to boot up when the power recovers Deep Sx Mobile platforms support Deep S4 S5 in DC only and desktop platforms support Deep S4 S5 in AC only Configuration options Disabled Enabled in S5 and S4 and S5 The default value is Disabled Onboard LAN 1 This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN 1 feature Onboard LAN 2 This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN 2 feature Onboard 1394 This allows you to enable or disable the Onboard 1394 feature 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 ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table The default value is Enabled Please set this option to Enabled if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows Vista certification 71 3 4 4 Storage Configuration ASROCK DEFI SETUP UTILITY CC E ECH sens an Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode This item is for SATA3_M1 to SATA3_M4 ports Use this to select Ma
16. section will guide you to install the SATA SATAII hard disks STEP 1 Install the SATA SATAII hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis STEP 2 Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA SATAII hard disk STEP 3 Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard s SATAII con nector STEP 4 Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA SATAII hard disk 47 2 15 Serial ATA3 SATA3 Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel P67 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 SATA3 hard disks and RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage functions for SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 connectors It also adopts Marvell SE9120 chipset that supports Serial ATA3 SATA3 hard disks for SATA3_M1 SATA3_ M2 SATA3_M3 and SATA3_M4 connectors You may install SATA3 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices This section will guide you to install the SATA3 hard disks STEP 1 Install the SATA3 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis STEP 2 Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA3 hard disk STEP 3 Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard s SATA3 con nector STEP 4 Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA3 hard disk Please be noted that SATA3_ M1 SATA3_M2 SATA3_M3 and SATA3_ MA i do not support RAID function If you want to use RAID function on SATA3 connectors please use SATA3_0 and SATA3_1 connectors 48 2 16 Hot Plug and Hot Sw
17. the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the manual or product Ze This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to the fol lowing 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 The 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 Cali fornia 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 Riet dee Ile MOM ME 5 1 1 Package Contents E 5 ee SC INC AU ONS sses EES 6 1 3 Meter OU ss sani sauixeaninnndsmrareawriivarinnesetantaauciannds 14 Mee WOOP RING eege EE EE 15 ll tele We ME 17 2 1 GcrewHoles 17 2 2 Pre installation Precautions 17 2 3 CPU Installaton 18 2 4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU Tan 20 2 5 Installation of Memory Modules UIMM 21 2 6 Expansion Slots PCI and PCI Express Got 23 2 7 SLI and Quad SLI Operation Guide 0 2115121 24 2 8 CrossFirex 3 Way CrossFirex and Quad CrossFireX Operation Guide 28 2 9 Surround Displ
18. to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a normal restart 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 sleep state The LED is off when the system is in S3 S4 sleep state or powered off S5 37 HDLED Hard Drive Activity LED Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel The LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data The front panel design may differ by chassis A front panel module mainly consists of power switch reset switch power LED hard drive activity LED speaker and etc When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign ments are matched correctly Chassis Speaker Header 4 pin SPEAKER 1 see p 14 No 26 Power LED Header 3 pin PLED1 see p 14 No 25 Chassis and Power Fan Connectors 4 pin CHA_FAN1 FAN_SPEED_CONTROL 4 97ND CHA_FAN_SPEED see p 14 No 28 3 pin CHA_FAN2 see p 14 No 29 f Bis 4 la CHA FAN SPEED 3 pin CHA_FANS3 GND 12V see p 14 No 10 T 3 pin PWR_FAN1 GND 12V PWR_FAN_SPEED GND 12V CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL see p 14 No 9 CPU Fan Connectors 4 pin CPU_FAN1 P OM ch see p 14 No 4 38 Please connect the chassis speaker to this header Please connect the chass
19. types of graphics cards will not work together properly Even the GPU chips version shall be the same Insert one graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE4 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step2 If required connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics cards 24 Step3 Align and insert ASRock SLI Bridge_2S Card to the goldfingers on each graphics card Make sure ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card is firmly in place SLL Bridee 25 Card RoHS A Red Benea mEnE Ce ASRock SLI Bridge_2S Card Step4 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE2 slot 25 2 2 Driver Installation and Setup Install the graphics card drivers to your system After that you can enable the Multi Graphics Processing Unit GPU feature in the NVIDIA nView system tray utility Please follow the below procedures to enable the multi GPU feature For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS For SLI mode only A Double click NVIDIA Settings icon on your Windows taskbar B From the pop up menu select Set SLI and PhysX configuration In Set PhysX GPU acceleration item please select Enabled In Select an SLI configuration item please select Enable SLI And click Apply We E be gss m an a OF Ee ey pO ad aaa aur N A ge ly ee ee age ba ar lian geo ene E a en ot pen a ameli
20. 14 No 5 or identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel B DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2 White slots see p 14 No 6 so that Dual Channel Memory Technology can be activated This motherboard also allows you to install four DDR3 DIMMs for dual channel configuration and please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots You may refer to the Dual Channel Memory Configuration Table below Dual Channel Memory Configurations DDR3_A1 DDR3_A2 DDR3_B1 DDR3_B2 Ge Slot White Slot Blue Slot White Slot mamm Trend 2 Populated fo Populated as Populated Populated Populated For the configuration 3 please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots CO 1 If you want to install two memory modules for optimal compatibility i j and reliability it is recommended to install them in the slots of the same color In other words install them either in the set of blue slots DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1 or in the set of white slots DDR3_ A2 and DDR3 _B2 2 If only one memory module or three memory modules are installed in the DDR3 DIMM slots on this motherboard it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology 3 If a pair of memory modules is NOT installed in the same Dual Channel for example installing a pair of memory modules in DDR3_A1 and DDR3_A2 it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology 4 It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot otherwise this motherboard
21. Audio supports Jack Sensing but the panel wire on E the chassis must support HDA to function correctly Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system 2 If you use AC 97 audio panel please install it to the front panel audio header as below A Connect Mic_IN MIC to MIC2_L B Connect Audio_R RIN to OUT2_R and Audio_L LIN to OUT2_L C Connect Ground GND to Ground GND D MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio panel only You don t need to connect them for AC 97 audio panel E To activate the front mic For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS Select Mixer Select Recorder Then click FrontMic For Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS Go to the FrontMic Tab in the Realtek Control panel Adjust Recording Volume System Panel Header PLEC This header accommodates PLED 9 pin PANEL1 wie several system front panel see p 14 No 27 oll functions EE Lean GND HDLED HOLE d Connect the power switch reset switch and system status indicator on the h chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables PWRBTN Power Switch Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel You may configure the way to turn off your system using the power switch RESET Reset Switch Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel Press the reset switch
22. EFI oh UL tw Brea ity CITE Saket fee Pod ie Ess CPU Fan 1 amp 2 Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan 1 amp 2 speed Configuration options Full On and Automatic Mode The default is value Full On Chassis Fan 1 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 1 speed Configuration options Full On Automatic Mode and Manual Mode The default is value Full On Chassis Fan 2 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 2 speed Configuration options Level 1 to Level 4 The default is value Level 4 Chassis Fan 3 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 3 speed Configuration options Full On and Manual Mode The default is value Full On Over Temperature Protection Use this to enable or disable Over Temperature Protection The default value is Enabled 76 3 6 Boot Screen In this section it will display the available devices on your system for you to config ure the boot settings and the boot priority ABROCK UEFI SETUP UNC Ve em Boot Option Priorities Boot Option 1 Set the first priority of the system boot device Boot Option 2 Set the second priority of the system boot device Boot Option 3 Set the third priority of the system boot device Boot Option 4 Set the fourth priority of the system boot device Hard Drive BBS Priorities Set the order of the legacy devices in this group Floppy Drive BBS Priorities Set the order of the legacy devices in this group Setu
23. ME Connect SATA 15 pin power cable connector Sea Connect SATA data cable to Black end to SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD the SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Fean Sia e y How to Hot Unplug a SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Points of attention before you process the Hot Unplug Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug improper procedure will cause the SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD damage and data loss Unplug SATA data cable from SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD side 5 2 19 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system please insert the support CD to your optical drive first Then the drivers compatible to your system can be auto detected and listed on the support CD driver page Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers Therefore the drivers you install can work properly 2 20 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions please follow below procedures according to the OS you install 2 20 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows XP XP 64 bit on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced scr
24. MSRock P67 Extreme6 User Manual Version 1 0 Published November 2010 Copyright 2010 ASRock INC All rights reserved 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 trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Disclaimer Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informa tional 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 manual With respect to the contents of this manual ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind either expressed or implied including but not limited to the implied warran ties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock its directors officers employees or agents be liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential damages including damages for loss of profits loss of business loss of data interruption of business and the like even if ASRock has been advised of
25. SATA3_M3 see p 14 No 20 SATA3_M4 see p 14 No 19 SATA2_5 SATA2_3 SATA3_ 1 SATA3_M4 SATA3_M2 SATA2 4 SATA2 2 SATA3_0 SS eE EE SATA3_M3 SATA3_M1 These four Serial ATAII SATAII connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices The current SATAII interface allows up to 3 0 Gb s data transfer rate These six Serial ATA3 SATA3 connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices The current SATA3 interface allows up to 6 0 Gb s data transfer rate If you install the HDD on the eSATA port on the rear I O the internal SATA3_ M4 will not function We recommend to use Intel P67 SATA ports SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 for your bootable devices This will minimum your boot time and get the best performance But if you still want to boot from Marvell SATA3 controller you can still enable Marvell SATA3 Bootable in UEFI If you want to install USB 3 0 device on Marvell SATA3 port please use SATA3_M1 and SATA3_M2 as the first priority for better performance Serial ATA SATA Data Cable Optional Serial ATA SATA Power Cable Optional HDD power connector connect to the O A ze A connect to the power supply 35 Either end of the SATA data cable can be connected to the SATA SATAII SATA3 hard disk or the SATAII SATA3 connector on this motherboard Please connect the black end of SATA power cable to the power connecto
26. SETUP UTILITY Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option it will pop out the following message Discard changes and exit setup Select OK to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes Discard Changes When you select this option it will pop out the following message Discard changes Select OK to discard all changes Load UEFI Defaults Load UEFI default values for all the setup questions F9 key can be used for this operation Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Attempts to Launch EFI Shell application Shell64 efi from one of the available filesystem devices 79 Chapter 4 Software Support 4 1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft Windows operating systems 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 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 to your OS documentation for more information 4 2 Support CD Information The Support CD that came with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard features 4 2 1 Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD insert the CD into your CD ROM drive The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if AUTORUN is enabled in your computer If the Main Menu did not appear automatically locate and double click on the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folde
27. The default is Auto Four Activate Window tFAW Use this item to change Four Activate Window tFAW Auto Manual set ting The default is Auto Memory Power Down Mode Use this item to adjust DDR power down mode Configuration options Auto Slow and Fast The default value is Auto Power Saving Mode Use this to enable or disable Power Saving Mode The default value is Disabled CPU Core Voltage Use this to select CPU Core Voltage Configuration options Auto Offset Mode and Fixed Mode The default value is Auto CPU Load Line Calibration CPU Load Line Calibration helps prevent CPU voltage droop when the system is under heavy load Configuration options Level 1 to Level 5 The default value is Level 5 DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage Configuration options Auto 1 200V to 1 800V The default value is Auto PCH Voltage Use this to select PCH Voltage Configuration options Auto 0 780V to 1 646V The default value is Auto CPU PLL Voltage Use this to select CPU PLL Voltage Configuration options Auto 1 586V to 2 349V The default value is Auto VTT Voltage Use this to select VTT Voltage Configuration options Auto 0 661 V to 1 870V The default value is Auto VCCSA Voltage Use this to select VCCSA Voltage Configuration options Auto 0 925V to 1 200V The default value is Auto User Default In this option you are allowed to load and save thr
28. ability Load XMP Setting Use this to load XMP setting Configuration options Auto Profile 1 and Profile 2 The default value is Auto DRAM Frequency If Auto is selected the motherboard will detect the memory module s inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically CAS Latency tCL Use this item to change CAS Latency tCL Auto Manual setting The default is Auto RAS to CAS Delay tRCD Use this item to change RAS to CAS Delay tRCD Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Row Precharge Time tRP Use this item to change Row Precharge Time tRP Auto Manual setting The default is Auto RAS Active Time tRAS Use this item to change RAS Active Time tRAS Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Command Rate CR Use this item to change Command Rate CR Auto Manual setting Min 1N Max 2N The default is Auto Write Recovery Time tWR Use this item to change Write Recovery Time tWR Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Refresh Cyle Time tRFC Use this item to change Refresh Cyle Time tRFC Auto Manual setting The default is Auto RAS to RAS Delay tRRD Use this item to change RAS to RAS Delay tRRD Auto Manual setting The default is Auto Write to Read Delay tWTR Use this item to change Write to Read Delay tWTR Auto Manual setting The default is Auto 695 Read to Precharge tRTP Use this item to change Read to Precharge tRTP Auto Manual setting
29. ap Functions for SATA SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA SATAII in RAID AHCI mode Intel P67 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface AHCI a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort NOTE What is Hot Plug Function If the SATA SATAII HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration it is called Hot Plug for the action to insert and remove the SATA SATAII HDDs while the system is still power on and in working condition However please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA SATAII HDD What is Hot Swap Function If SATA SATAII HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called Hot Swap for the action to insert and remove the SATA SATAII HDDs while the system is still power on and in working condition 2 17 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA3 in RAID AHCI mode Intel P67 and Marvell SE9120 chipsets provide hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface AHCI a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort NOTE What is Hot Plug Function If the SATA3 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration it is called Hot Plug for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power on and in worki
30. ay Feste getgesetensiedegeet ed AER 33 2 10 Jumpers Setup piv sivieseccerversieinnonsicivrsancaexssdunseudevirmerenens 34 2 11 Onboard Headers and Connectors 34 212 Olen WMC E 42 BAO DDUG eege 43 2 14 Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII Hard Disks INS len E 47 2 15 Serial ATA3 SATA3 Hard Disks Installation 48 2 16 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA SATAII el ER 49 2 17 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs 49 2 18 SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation GUJE ees 50 2 19 Driver Installation Guide 52 2 20 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit With RAID Functions _ 52 2 20 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit With RAID a Dieter dl 52 2 20 2 Setting Up a RAID Ready System 53 2 20 3 Migrating a RAID Ready System to RAID 0 RAID Bio ts Ee 54 2 20 4 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit With RAID Functions 55 2 21 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit Without RAID Functions _ 56 2 21 1 Installing Windows XP XP 64 bit Without RAID aU ae Let 56 2 21 2 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Without RAID Functions 57 2 22 Teaming Function Operation Guide 58 SO VERI SETUP UTILITY E 62 SN te ee CH OM EE 62 3 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar 62 3 1 2 Naviga
31. ces a new way of PC gaming operation ASRock AIWI is the world s first utility to turn your iPhone iPod touch as a game joystick to control your PC games All you have to do is just to install the ASRock AIWI utility either from ASRock official website or ASRock software support CD to your motherboard and also download the free AIWI Lite from App store to your iPhone iPod touch Connecting your PC and apple devices via Bluetooth or WiFi networks then you can start experiencing the exciting motion controlled games Also please do not forget to pay attention to ASRock official website regularly we will continuously provide you the most up do date supported games ASRock website http Awww asrock com Feature Aiwi index asp If you desire a faster less restricted way of charging your Apple devices such as iPhone iPod iPad Touch ASRock has prepared a wonderful solution for you ASRock APP Charger Simply installing the APP Char ger driver it makes your iPhone charged much quickly from your com puter and up to 40 faster than before ASRock APP Charger allows you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports continuous charging when your PC enters into Standby mode S1 Sus pend to RAM S3 hibernation mode S4 or power off S5 With APP Charger driver installed you can easily enjoy the marvelous charging experience than ever ASRock website http Awww asrock com Feature AppCharger index asp SmartView a new function
32. ch the ICs 4 Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that comes with the component Before you install or remove any component ensure that the power is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard peripherals and or components 17 2 3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 1155 Pin CPU Wee please follow the steps below 11 55 Pin Socket Overview Before you insert the 1155 Pin CPU into the socket please check if the CPU surface is unclean or if there is any bent pin on the socket Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found Other wise the CPU will be seriously damaged Step 1 Open the socket Step 1 1 Disengaging the lever by depressing down and out on the hook to clear retention tab Step 1 2 Rotate the load lever to fully open po sition at approximately 135 degrees Step 1 3 Rotate the load plate to fully open po sition at approximately 100 degrees Step 2 Remove PnP Cap Pick and Place Cap 1 It is recommended to use the cap tab to handle and avoid kicking off the PnP cap 2 This cap must be placed if returning the motherboard for after service Step 3 Insert the 1155 Pin CPU Step 3 1 Hold the CPU by the edge where is marked with black line z O Q j Step 3 2 Orient the CPU with IHS Integrated H
33. completed system According to EuP the total AC power of the completed system shall be under 1 00W in off mode condition To meet EuP standard an EuP ready motherboard and an EuP ready power supply are required According to Intel s suggestion the EuP ready power supply must meet the standard of 5v standby power efficiency is higher than 50 under 100 mA current consumption For EuP ready power supply selection we recommend you checking with the power supply manufacturer for more details 11 1 3 Two SLI Graphics Card Support List for Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit Chipset Model Name Chipset Name Driver Vendor NVIDIA ASUS EN9800GT TDP HTDP 512M GeForce 9800GT Chaintech GES96GT A1512P GeForce 9600 GT Gigabyte GV NX88T256H GeForce 8800 GT GIGABYTE GV N295 18I B GeForce GTX295 GIGABYTE GV N26 896H B GeForce GTX 260 LEADTEK PX9800 GTX GeForce 9800GTX LEADTEK PX9800GTX GeForce 9800GTX LEADTEK PX8800 GTX TDH GeForce 8800 GTX LEADTEK GTX275 896M DDR3 GeForce GTX275 MSI NX8600GT T2D256E GeForce 8600 GT MSI N465GTX M2D1G B GeForce GT X465 MSI N250GTS 2D512 OC GeForce GTS 250 SPARKLE SF PX98GX221024D3 NHM GeForce 9800GTX2 For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for SLI Mode please visit our website for details ASRock website http Awww asrock com support index htm 12 1 4 1 5 Two CrossFirex Graphics Card Support List for Windows XP XP
34. creen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATA Mode to IDE For SATA3_0 SATA3_1 and SATA2_2 to SATA2_5 ports Set the option Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode to IDE For SATA3_M1 to SATA3_M4 ports STEP 2 Install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system 57 2 22 Teaming Function Operation Guide Dual LAN with Teaming function enabled on this motherboard allows two single connections to act as one single connection for twice the transmission bandwidth making data transmission more effective and improving the quality of transmission of distant images Fault tolerance on the dual LAN network prevents network downtime by transferring the workload from a failed port to a working port The speed of transmission is subject to the actual network environment or status even with Teaming enabled Before setting up Teaming function please make sure if your Switch or Router could support Teaming IEEE 802 3ad Link Aggregation function For example D Link DGS 3100 Then please refer to following steps to set up Teaming function according to the OS you install For Windows XP XP 64 bit OS 1 Install Teaming driver from the following path of motherboard Support CD Drivers other EXE_Teaming_Green Normal This is a special driver for Teaming function only If you don t want to use Teaming please install the LAN driver provided by our support CD link When installi
35. dition co processor graphics card must be installed correctly to benefit from the CrossFirex multi GPU platform 2 If you pair a 12 pipe CrossFirex Edition card with a 16 pipe card both cards will operate as 12 pipe cards while in CrossFirex mode 2 8 1 Graphics Card Setup 2 8 1 1 Installing Two CrossFirex Ready Graphics Cards Different CrossFirex cards may require different methods to enable CrossFirex 3 feature In below procedures we use Radeon HD 3870 as the example graphics card For other CrossFirex cards that ATI has released or will release in the future please refer to ATI graphics card manuals for detailed installation guide Step 1 Insert one Radeon graphics card into PCIE2 slot and the other Radeon graphics card to PCIE4 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots 28 Step 2 Step 3 Connect two Radeon graphics cards by installing CrossFire Bridge on CrossFire Bridge Interconnects on the top of Radeon graphics cards CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase not bundled with this motherboard Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE2 slot You 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 29 2 8 1 2 Installing Three
36. e k i Api LPi merie ahaa range ba pani pmj eka mms m ans ainin ny Fan EA Sok EE in n Leer Aa Kam Fe e gi mg d ven Lee ren press eer ad Aer P Ep m if att g mapia pd re ee Dn Lei rr ep bs ba ff pcm Lem Fait emp rm ba es opt r regen cher ge TEE bg dg eS C Reboot your system D You can freely enjoy the benefit of SLI feature 26 For Windows Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit OS For SLI and Quad SLI mode A Click the Start icon on your Windows taskbar B From the pop up menu select All Programs and then click NVIDIA Corporation C Select NVIDIA Control Panel tab D Select Control Panel tab Deuh Progam JS amet Feioret Re Ween L abti IK eba Ceantach Wi Aade haina fie d ez tzenz Dis Make Gd Tedna Ter sa en amp Mamaia Live Merrenger Destin sl Wires Mal Wee Men Come ES Window Media Player tel Weien Heig Space BH wes Move Mair TI Windev Proto Gallery E Windies Lehr d Zeegz puen di bara eed Upgrades Gaerne a Mimtersree bo AERA Cerperstion E AIDS Conmial Panel D nsu Shew Cine urns Pictures Whiri Grits Trh Recent Iberi Compute Meioanh Copel Te Contre Fane WH Le 5 ex Leg E From the pop up menu select Set SLI and PhysX configuration In Set PhysX GPU acceleration item please select Enabled In Select an SLI configuration item please select Enable SLI And click Apply GS GE eme ee ee Fei ee Pe eg
37. eat Sink up Locate Pin1 and the two orientation key notches orientation key notch alignment key Pin1 alignment key orientation key notch 1155 Pin Socket 1155 Pin CPU For proper inserting please ensure to match the two orientation key notches of the CPU with the two alignment keys of the socket Step 3 3 Carefully place the CPU into the socket by using a purely vertical mo tion Step 3 4 Verify that the CPU is within the sock et and properly mated to the orient keys Step 4 Close the socket Step 4 1 Rotate the load plate onto the IHS Step 4 2 While pressing down lightly on load plate engage the load lever 19 2 4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1155 Pin socket that supports Intel 1155 Pin CPU Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1155 Pin CPU to dissipate heat Before you installed the heatsink you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and the heatsink to improve heat dis sipation Ensure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU_FAN connector CPU_FAN1 see page 14 No 4 For proper installation please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of your CPU fan and heatsink Below is an example to illustrate the installation of the heatsink for 1155 Pin CPU Step 1 Apply thermal interface material onto center of IHS
38. ecific Ox3F 0x4E OEM post memory initialization codes DXE IPL is started Memory initialization error Invalid memory type or incompatible memory speed Memory initialization error SPD reading has failed 0x52 Memory initialization error Invalid memory size or memory modules do not match ge Cumme o CPU mismatch O x58 CPU self test failed or possible CPU cache error 0x69 XSA E SCT GE GE e KEL RET Ge OXEA E OxEC OXEF GE Ox O O O O x lt Wu N O O 0xF5 0xF7 xF8 OxF9 OxFA OxFB OxFF DXE Coreis stated S x60 DXE Core is started 0x61 NVRAM initialization 44 O O O x x Xx x lt Tinj 71 m amp _ OW Po CO 0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services x63 CPU DXE initialization is started x64 CPU DXE initialization CPU module specific CPU DXE initialization CPU module specific x66 CPU DXE initialization CPU module specific x67 CPU DXE initialization CPU module specific x68 PCI host bridge initialization x69 North Bridge DXE initialization is started x6A North Bridge DXE SMM initialization is started x6B North Bridge DXE initialization North Bridge module specific x6C North Bridge DXE initialization North Bridge module specific 0x6D North Bridge DXE initialization North Bridge module specific x6E North Bridge DXE initialization North Bridge module specific North Bridge DXE initialization North Bridge module specific xe S 0x70 0x73 x75 South Br
39. ed Catalyst drivers prior to installation Please check AMD website for ATI driver updates Install the required drivers to your system For Windows XP OS A ATI recommends Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher to be installed If you have Windows XP Service Pack 2 or higher installed in your system there is no need to download it again http www microsoft com windowsxp sp2 default mspx B You must have Microsoft NET Framework installed prior to downloading and installing the CATALYST Control Center Please check Microsoft website for details For Windows 7 Vista OS Install the CATALYST Control Center Please check AMD website for de tails Restart your computer Install the VGA card drivers to your system and restart your computer Then you will find ATI Catalyst Control Center on your Windows taskbar Shaning E 10 54 AM ATI Catalyst Control Center Double click ATI Catalyst Control Center Click View select CrossFi ex lr and then check the item Enable CrossFirex Select 2 GPUs and click Apply if you install two Radeon graphics cards Select 3 GPUs and click OK if you install three Radeon graphics cards EJ Eat SES mini deha mesio meea a a eje a Fame Gig Rep ere ee eg ie Although you have selected the option Enable CrossFire the CrossFirex function may not work actually Your computer will automatically reboot Af
40. ee user defaults according to your own requirements 66 3 4 Advanced Screen In this section you may set the configurations for the following items CPU Configu ration North Bridge Configuration South Bridge Configuration Storage Configura tion Super IO Configuration ACPI Configuration and USB Configuration ASROCK UEFI SETUP LITILITY Be Seer or Th uge ford pet Wy eed Cont ipa i cm Cort leet be EST r gbere uR1I Sh mi bratan Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction ASRock Instant Flash ASRock Instant Flash is a UEFI flash utility embedded in Flash ROM This convenient UEFI update tool allows you to update system UEFI without entering operating systems first like MS DOS or Windows Just launch this tool and save the new UEFI file to your USB flash drive floppy disk or hard drive then you can update your UEFI only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32 16 12 file system If you execute ASRock Instant Flash utility the utility will show the UEFI files and their respective information Select the proper UEFI file to update your UEFI and reboot your system after UEFI update process completes 67 3 4 1 CPU Configuration ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY Beceem Hite hemat CP There Throttle te sietve litan do Tepe bufi et opt vunn Intel H
41. een Storage Configuration B Set the option SATA Mode to RAID STEP 2 Make a SATA SATAII SATA3 Driver Diskette A Insert the Support CD into your optical drive to boot your system B During POST at the beginning of system boot up press lt F11 gt key and then a window for boot devices selection appears Please select CD ROM as the boot device C When you see the message on the screen Do you want to generate Serial ATA driver diskette YN press lt Y gt D Then you will see these messages Please insert a diskette into the floppy drive WARNING Formatting the floppy diskette will lose ALL data in it Start to format and copy files YN Please insert a floppy diskette into the floppy drive and press lt Y gt E The system will start to format the floppy diskette and copy SATA SATAII SATAS drivers into the floppy diskette 52 STEP 3 Use RAID Installation Guide to set RAID configuration Before you start to configure the RAID function you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration Please refer to the document in the Support CD Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration which is located in the folder at the following path RAID Installation Guide STEP 4 Install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your system After making a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette and using RAID Installation Guide to set RAID configu
42. el s new power saving technology Pro cessor can switch between multiple frequency and voltage points to en able power savings The default value is Enabled Configuration options Auto Enabled and Disabled If you install Windows XP and select Auto you need to set the Power Schemes as Portable Laptop to en able this function If you install Windows Vista 7 and want to enable this function please set this item to Enabled This item will be hidden if the current CPU does not support Intel SoeedStep technology Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some power supplies Please set this item to Disable if above issue occurs Intel Turbo Boost Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Technology Turbo Boost allows processor cores to run faster than marked frequency in specific condition The default value is Enabled Turbo Boost Power Limit Use this item to adjust Turbo Boost power limit Configuration options Auto and Manual The default value is Auto Additional Turbo Voltage mV Use this item to add voltage when CPU is in Turbo mode 64 Core Current Limit Use this item to add voltage when CPU is in Turbo mode Host Clock Override BCLK Use this to adjust the host clock BCLK frequency Min 95MHz Max 110MHz Spread Spectrum This item should always be Auto for better system st
43. ess x4 lane width graphics cards or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to support 3 Way CrossFirex function AN In single VGA card mode it is recommended to install a PCI Express x16 graphics card on PCIE2 slot 2 In CrossFirex mode or SLI mode please install PCI Express x16 graphics cards on PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots Therefore both these two slots will work at x8 bandwidth 3 In 3 Way CrossFirex mode please install PCI Express x16 graphics cards on PCIE2 PCIE4 and PCIE5 slots Therefore PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots will work at x8 bandwidth while PCIE5 slot will work at x4 bandwidth 4 Please connect a chassis fan to motherboard chassis fan connector CHA_FAN1 CHA_FAN2 or CHA_FANS when using multiple graphics cards for better thermal environment 5 Please be noted that the system will power on off twice if you first time install or remove PCI Express x1 card on PCIES slot Installing an expansion card Step 1 Before installing the expansion card please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation Step 2 Remove the system unit cover if your motherboard is already installed in a chassis Step 3 Remove the bracket facing the slot that you intend to use Keep the screws for later use Step 4 Align the card connector with
44. fter microcode loading 0x06 0x00 vE T ax SE Sp Pre Memory North Bridge initialization North Bridge module specific Pre memory South Bridge initialization is started x16 Pre Memory North Bridge initialization North Bridge module specific 0x1B Pre memory South Bridge initialization South Bridge module specific x0B Cache initialization 0x1C Pre memory South Bridge initialization South Bridge module specific x1D 0x2A OEM pre memory initialization codes i ific i ic i ic X1A Pre memory South Bridge initialization South Bridge module specific i itiali ific i itiali ific x2D Memory initialization Programming memory timing information x2C Memory initialization Memory presence detection X2E Memory initialization Configuring memory x31 x32 x33 x34 CPU post memory initialization Application Processor s AP initialization x35 CPU post memory initialization Boot Strap Processor BSP selection 0x36 CPU post memory initialization System Management Mode SMM initialization ization x17 Pre Memory North Bridge initialization North Bridge module specific ization x2B Memory initialization Serial Presence Detect SPD data reading x2F Memory initialization other o olololololo lo lo ololo eleleieieielelele ojog ojo CG SES S co Ka 43 Post Memory South Bridge initialization South Bridge module specific Post Memory South Bridge initialization South Bridge module sp
45. h RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with RAID functions please follow below steps STEP 1 Set up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATA Mode to RAID STEP 2 Use RAID Installation Guide to set RAID configuration Before you start to configure the RAID function you need to check the installation guide in the Support CD for proper configuration Please refer to the document in the Support CD Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration which is located in the folder at the following path RAID Installation Guide STEP 3 Install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system After the installation of Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS if you want to manage RAID functions you are allowed to use both RAID Installation Guide and Intel Rapid Storage Information for RAID configuration Please refer to the document in the Support CD Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration which is lo cated in the folder at the following path RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD Guide to Intel Rapid Storage which is located in the folder at the follow ing path Intel Rapid Storage Information f i If you want to use Intel Rapid Storage
46. idge DXE Initialization South Bridge module specific x76 South Bridge DXE Initialization South Bridge module specific x77 x78 x79 DE x80 Ox8F OEM DXE initialization codes x90 Boot Device Selection BDS phase is started x92 95 a x95 SS 17 SS x99 SR SS x9C x9D x9E 0x9F xA0 IDE initialization is started XAT xA2 xA3 xA4 0xA5 SCSI Reset 45 Z C CA x91 SCSI Detect Clean up of NVRAM xB8 OxBF Reserved for future AMI codes SCD OxCF OEM BDS initialization codes xDO CPU initialization error xD1 North Bridge initialization error xD2 South Bridge initialization error xD3 Some of the Architectural Protocols are not available Configuration Reset reset of NVRAM settings xD5 No Space for Legacy Option ROM No Console Output Devices are found No Console Input Devices are found xD8 Invalid password xD9 Error loading Boot Option LoadImage returned error xDA Boot Option is failed Startlmage returned error xDB Flash update is failed Reset protocol is not available xD4 PCI resource allocation error Out of Resources 46 2 14 Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel P67 chipset that supports Serial ATA SATA Serial ATAII SATAII hard disks and RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 10 RAID 5 and Intel Rapid Storage functions You may install SATA SATAII hard disks on this mother board for internal storage devices This
47. is power LED to this header to indicate system power status The LED is on when the system is operating The LED keeps blinking in S1 state The LED is off in S3 S4 state or S5 state power off Please connect the fan cables to the fan connectors and match the black wire to the ground pin Please connect the CPU fan cable to the connector and match the black wire to the ground pin Though this motherboard provides 4 Pin CPU fan Quiet Fan support the 3 Pin a CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function If you plan to connect the 3 Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard please connect it to Pin 1 3 Pin 1 3 Connected lt 3 Pin Fan Installation 3 pin CPU_FAN2 see p 14 No 3 CH CRU FAN SpEEOG ATX Power Connector 24 pin ATXPWR1 see p 14 No 7 Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector d JUULI IOOC ponn 8 0 O O D m O C C L m L Though this motherboard provides 24 pin ATX power connector 26 a A it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20 pin ATX power supply To use the 20 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13 20 Pin ATX Power Supply Installation 1 Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector ATX 12V Power Connector 8 pin ATX12V1 see p 14 No 1 D Though this motherboard provides 8 pin ATX 12V power connector it can stil
48. item to enable or disable RTC Real Time Clock to power on the system 74 3 4 7 USB Configuration ee 1 20 DEFI SETIP lrTriLiry TZ eru Bts R L EEN te a Site ER pi RL i Catrellze 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 configuration options Enabled Auto Disabled and UEFI Setup Only The default value is Enabled Please refer to below descriptions for the details of these four options Enabled Enables support for legacy USB Auto Enables legacy support if USB devices are connected Disabled USB devices are not allowed to use under legacy OS and UEFI setup when Disabled is selected If you have USB compatibility is sue it is recommended to select Disabled to enter OS UEFI Setup Only USB devices are allowed to use only under UEFI setup and Windows Linux OS Legacy USB 3 0 Support Use this option to enable or disable legacy support for USB 3 0 devices The default value is Enabled 75 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 ASROCK D
49. l work ao if you adopt a traditional 4 pin ATX 12V power supply To use the 4 pin ATX power supply please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5 8 4 Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation 4 SLI XFIRE Power Connector It is not necessary to use this 4 pin SLI XFIRE_PWR1 connector but please connect it see p 14 No 48 with a hard disk power connecor when two graphics cards are plugged to this motherboard E B a SLI XFIRE_POWER1 39 IEEE 1394 Header sa GND 9 pin FRONT_ 1394 RXTPBM_O 12V see p 14 No 8 oP 1 12V RXTPBP_O ND RXTPAP_O Serial port Header 9 pin COM1 see p 14 No 36 DD D l HDMI_SPDIF Header 2 pin HDMI_SPDIF1 GND see p 14 No 41 SPDIFOUT 40 Besides one default IEEE 1394 port on the I O panel there is one IEEE 1394 header FRONT_ 1394 on this motherboard This IEEE 1394 header can support one IEEE 1394 port This COM1 header supports a serial port module HDMI_SPDIF header providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV projector LCD devices Please connect the HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card to this header The Installation Guide of Front USB 3 0 Panel Prepare the bundled Front USB 3 0 Panel four Screw the 2 5 HDD SSD to the Front HDD screws and six chassis screws USB 3 0 Panel with four HDD screws Intall the Front USB 3 0 Panel into the 2 5 FSG Screw the Front
50. lyst 10 9 For the latest updates of the supported PCI Express VGA card list for CrossFirex Mode please visit our website for details ASRock website http Awww asrock com support index htm 13 1 6 Motherboard Layout ao PS WN ch 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 24 4cm 9 6in gt l 7 Eeer Dual GLAN PCIE2 RoHS 45 kl PCH Zabiech PCIE3 Super PCIE4 1 0 PCI Express 2 0 P67 Extreme6 42 PCI2 Designed in Taipei 40 PCIE5 E uses vegan ATX 12V Power Connector ATX12V1 1155 Pin CPU Socket CPU Fan Connector CPU_FAN2 CPU Fan Connector CPU_FAN1 2 x 240 pin DDR3 DIMM Slots Dual Channel DDR3_A1 DDR3_B1 Blue 2 x 240 pin DDR3 DIMM Slots Dual Channel DDR3_A2 DDR3_B2 White ATX Power Connector ATXPWR1 Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header FRONT_1394 White Power Fan Connector PWR_FAN1 Chassis Fan Connector CHA_FANS3 SATA2 Connector SATA2_5 Blue SATA2 Connector SATA2_4 Blue SATA2 Connector SATA2_3 Blue SATA2 Connector SATA2_2 Blue SATA3 Connector SATA3_1 White SATA3 Connector SATA3_0 White SATA3 Connector SATA3_M2 White SATA3 Connector SATA3_M1 White SATA3 Connector SATA3_M4 White SATA3 Connector SATA3_M3 White
51. ng condition However please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA3 HDD What is Hot Swap Function If SATA3 HDDs are built as RAID 1 or RAID 5 then it is called Hot Swap for the action to insert and remove the SATA3 HDDs while the system is still power on and in working condition 49 2 18 SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD in RAID AHCI mode Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully Before you process the SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD Hot Plug please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack A 7 pin SATA data cable B SATA power cable with SATA 15 pin power connector interface A SATA data cable Red B SATA power cable SATA 7 pin The SATA 15 pin power 1x4 pin conventional connector connector Black connect power connector White to SATA SATAII SATA3 HDD connect to power supply Caution 1 Without SATA 15 pin power connector interface the SATA SATAII SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be processed 2 Even some SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs provide both SATA 15 pin power connector and IDE 1x4 pin conventional power connector interfaces the IDE 1x4 pin conventional power connector interface is definitely not able to support Hot Plug and will cause the HDD damage and data loss Points of attention before you process the Hot Plug
52. ng in the BIOS applying Untied Overclocking Technology or using the third party overclocking tools Overclocking may affect your system 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 CAUTION il About the setting of Hyper Threading Technology please check page 68 This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology make sure to read the installation guide of memory modules on page 21 for proper installation DDR3 frequency options may depend on the processor Only K Series CPU can support DDR3 overclock to 2133 and 1866 Due to the operating system limitation the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows 7 Vista XP For Windows OS with 64 bit CPU there is no such limita tion For microphone input this motherboard supports both stereo and mono modes For audio output this motherboard supports 2 channel 4 chan nel 6 channel and 8 channel modes Please check the table on page 15 for proper connection ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility AXTU is an all in one tool to fine tune different system functions in a user friendly interface which is including Hardware Monitor Fan Control Overclocking OC DNA and IES In Hardware Monitor it shows the major readings of your sys
53. ng teaming driver system will show below warming message Please choose Continue Anyway and keep installing driver 2 After installing driver please open Teaming Utility in Programs Start gt Programs gt Realtek gt Teaming Utility 3 Click Teaming item and then press Create Team button FS Realtek Teaming Application o SS E9 Realtek RTLSIE8C P B Realtek br Sieg 58 4 Key in Team Name and choose Link Aggregation LACP 802 3ad for Settings Create Team Basic bs eam Name Team Settings Load Balance Fail Over Fast Giga EtherChannel FEC GEC C Link Aggregation LACH 802 3a Available Adapters BH Realtek RTL8168C P 8111C P PCI E Gigabit 5 Realtek RTL8168C P 8111C P PCI E Gigabit 5 Select two available onboard LAN cards and then press OK button After pressing OK button system will show below warming message Please choose Continue Anyway 6 After doing above settings system will auto create a new Local Area Connection 7 Reboot your system Then you will find the Speed column of new Local Area Connection show 2 0Gbps Local Area Connection 5 Status General Support Connection Status Connected Duration 00 58 30 Speed t 2 0 Gbps Activity Received Packets 59 For Windows Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit OS 1 Install Teaming driver from the following path of motherboard Support CD Dri
54. on the socket surface Step 2 Place the heatsink onto the socket Ensure fan cables are oriented on side closest to the CPU fan connector on the motherboard CPI E FAN1 see page 14 No 4 mae Step 3 Align fasteners with the motherboard through TT E holes Step 4 Rotate the fastener clockwise then press down on fastener caps with thumb to install and lock Repeat with remaining fasteners I 5 If you press down the fasteners without rotating them clockwise the heatsink cannot be secured on the motherboard Step 5 Connect fan header with the CPU fan connector on the motherboard Step 6 Secure excess cable with tie wrap to ensure cable does not interfere with fan operation or contact other components Please be noticed that this motherboard supports Combo Cooler Option C C O which provides the flexible option to adopt three dif ferent CPU cooler types Socket LGA 775 LGA 1155 and LGA 1156 The white throughholes are for Socket LGA rer 1155 1156 CPU fan 20 2 5 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM This motherboard provides four 240 pin DDR3 Double Data Rate 3 DIMM slots and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology For dual channel con figuration you always need to install identical the same brand speed size and chip type DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots of the same color In other words you have to install identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel A DDR3_ A1 and DDR3_B1 Blue slots see p
55. onfiguration To prepare for this you will need another SATA SATAII hard drive with a capacity equal to or greater than that currently being used as the source hard drive 1 Physically attach one additional SATA SATAII SATA3 hard drive to the SATAII SATA3 port not being used Note the serial number of the hard drive already in the system you will use this to select it as the source hard drive when initiating the migration 2 Boot Windows install the Intel R Rapid Storage software if not already installed using the setup package obtained from a CD ROM or from the Internet This will install the necessary Intel Storage Utility and start menu links 3 Open the Intel Storage Utility from the Start Menu and select Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive from the Actions menu This will activate the Create RAID volume from Existing Hard Drive Wizard Click through the dialogs as prompted It s important to understand what will occur during the migration process because any data on the destination hard drive will be lost 4 Once the migration is complete reboot the system If you migrated to a RAID 0 volume use Disk Management from within Windows in order to partition and format the empty space created when the two hard drive capacities are combined You may also use third party software to extend any existing partitions within the RAID volume 54 2 20 4 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Wit
56. p Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key 65535 OXFFFF means indefinite waiting Bootup Num Lock If this item is set to On it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot up Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo The default value is Enabled 7 AddOn ROM Display Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display If you enable the option Full Screen Logo but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots please select Enabled Configuration options Enabled and Disabled The default value is Enabled Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature Boot Failure Guard Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Boot Failure Guard Count Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Count 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 Leg ST LE Deal ee Cheese Ire Firari a Kn H GEIER TEE ROESCH 78 3 8 Exit Screen E E d iens ra DES pt Dba mian iniaa erue iter smiet rom W ito BS BM Es Te es we ey Tonay a Save Changes and Exit When you select this option it will pop out the following message Save configuration changes and exit setup Select OK to save the changes and exit the UEFI
57. pecifications ATX Form Factor 12 0 in x 9 6 in 30 5 cm x 24 4 cm All Solid Capacitor design 100 Japan made high quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors Supports 2nd Generation Intel Core i7 i5 i3 in LGA1155 Package Advanced V16 2 Power Phase Design Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2 0 Technology Supports K Series unlocked CPU E Hyper Threading Technology see CAUTION 1 Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology see CAUTION 2 4x DDR3 DIMM slots Supports DDR3 2133 O0C 1866 OC 1600 1333 1066 non ECC un buffered memory see CAUTION 3 Max capacity of system memory 32GB see CAUTION 4 Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile XMP Expansion Slot 3 x PCI Express 2 0 x16 slots PCIE2 PCIE4 single at x16 or dual at x8 x8 mode PCIE5 x4 mode 2x PCI Express 2 0 x1 slots 2x PCI slots Supports ATI Quad CrossFirex 3 Way CrossFirex and CrossFirex Supports NVIDIA Quad SLI and SLI 7 1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec Premium Blu ray audio support Supports THX TruStudio Pro 2x PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10 100 1000 Mb s Realtek RTL8111E Supports Wake On LAN Supports LAN Cable Detection Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802 3az Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function Rear Panel UO I O Panel 1 x PS 2 Mouse Port 1 x PS 2 Keyboard Port 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 4x Ready to Use USB 2 0 Ports
58. prompted insert the SATA SATAII SATAS driver diskette containing the Intel AHCI driver After reading the floppy disk the driver will be presented Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install Using SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1 Set up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATA Mode to IDE For SATA3_0 SATA3_1 and SATA2_2 to SATA2_5 ports Set the option Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode to IDE For SATA3_M1 to SATA3_ M4 ports STEP 2 Install Windows XP XP 64 bit OS on your system 56 2 21 2 Installing Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions please follow below steps Using SATA SATAII SATA3 HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1 Set Up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATA Mode to AHCI For SATA3_0 SATA3_1 and SATA2_2 to SATA2_5 ports Set the option Marvell SATA3 Operation Mode to AHCI For SATA3_M1 to SATA3_ M4 ports STEP 2 Install Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit OS on your system Using SATA SATAII STA3 HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1 Set up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced s
59. r in the Support CD to dis play the menus 4 2 2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices 4 2 3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard sup ports Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it 4 2 4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock welcome to visit ASRock s website at http www asrock com or you may contact your dealer for further information 80 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 21B This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows OS to be installed on a large size HDD gt 2TB Please follow below procedure to install the operating system 1 Please make sure to use Windows Vista 64 bit with SP1 or above or Windows 7 64 bit 2 Set AHCI Mode in UEFI Setup Utility gt Advanced gt Storage Configuration gt SATA Mode 3 Press F11 to launch boot menu at system POST 4 Choose the item UEFI xxx to boot xxx is the device which contains your Windows installation files Normally it is an optical drive 5 Start Windows installation 81
60. r on each drive Then connect the white end of SATA power cable to the power connector of the power supply USB 2 0 Headers 9 pin USB6_7 see p 14 No 34 9 pin USB8_9 see p 14 No 33 9 pin USB10_ 11 see p 14 No 31 9 pin USB12_ 13 see p 14 No 30 USB 3 0 Header 19 pin USB3_2_3 see p 14 No 35 Infrared Module Header 5 pin IR1 see p 14 No 39 USB_PWR P 11 P 11 ND DUMMY GND P 10 P 10 USB_PWR USB_PWR P USB_PWR IntA_P2_D IntA_P2_D GND IntA_P2_SSTX IntA_P2_SSTX D IntA_P2_SSRX IntA_P2_SSRX Vbus Vbus GND IntA_P1_SSTX INtA_P1_SSTX GND IntA_P1_D IntA_P1_D ID IRTX 5VSB DUMMY GND IRRX 36 IntA_P1_SSRX INtA_P1_SSRX Besides four default USB 2 0 ports on the I O panel there are four USB 2 0 headers on this motherboard Each USB 2 0 header can support two USB 2 0 ports Besides four default USB 3 0 ports on the I O panel there is one USB 3 0 header on this motherboard This USB 3 0 header can support two USB 3 0 ports This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module Front Panel Audio Header GND This is an interface for front PRESENCE 9 pin HD AUDIO E S panel audio cable that allows see p 14 No 38 convenient connection and control of audio devices OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2 L d d 1 High Definition
61. ration you can start to install Windows XP XP 64 bit on your system At the beginning of Windows setup press F6 to install a third party RAID driver When prompted insert the SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette containing the Intel RAID driver After reading the floppy disk the driver will be presented Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install After the installation of Windows XP XP 64bit OS if you want to manage RAID func tions you are allowed to use both RAID Installation Guide and Intel Rapid Storage Infor mation for RAID configuration Please refer to the document in the Support CD Guide to SATA Hard Disks Installation and RAID Configuration which is located in the folder at the following path RAID Installation Guide and the document in the support CD Guide to Intel Rapid Storage which is located in the folder at the following path Intel Rapid Storage Information SATAII driver from the Support CD again so that Intel Rapid Storage f N If you want to use Intel Rapid Storage in Windows environment install ka dh will be installed to your system as well 2 20 2 Setting Up a RAID Ready System You can also set up a RAID Ready system with a single SATA SATAII SATA3 hard disk A RAID Ready system can be seamlessly upgraded to RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID 5 at a later date by using RAID migration feature of In
62. rvell SATA3 operation mode Configuration options IDE Mode AHCI Mode and Disabled The default value is IDE Mode Marvell SATA3 Bootable Use this to enable or disable Onboard Marvell SATA3 Option ROM If Option ROM is disabled UEFI cannot use the SATA device to connect to Marvell SATA3 controller as Boot Device We recommend to use Intel P67 SATA ports SATA3_0 SATA3_1 SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SATA2_4 and SATA2_5 for your bootable devices This will minimum your boot time and get the best performance But if you still want to boot from Marvell SATA3 controller you can still enable this in UEFI SATA Mode This item is for SATA3_0 SATA3_1 and SATA2_2 to SATA2_5 ports Use this to select SATA mode Configuration options IDE Mode AHCI Mode RAID Mode and Disabled The default value is IDE Mode AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk perfor mance but IDE mode does not have these advantages SATA Controller 0 Please select Compatible when you install legacy OS If native OS Win dows XP Vista 7 is installed please select Enhanced 72 SATA Controller 1 Please select Compatible when you install legacy OS If native OS Win dows XP Vista 7 is installed please select Enhanced Hard Disk S M A R T Use this item to enable or disable the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analy sis and Reporting Technology feature Configura
63. s 2 0 x1 Slot PCIE1 White SLI XFIRE Power Connector 1 7 I O Panel 19 18 17 16 Ie 14 13 12 1 PS 2 Mouse Port Green 11 Microphone Pink 2 Coaxial SPDIF Out Port 12 USB3 0 Ports USB34 3 LAN RJ 45 Port 13 IEEE 1394 Port IEEE 1394 4 USB 2 0 Ports USB45 14 eSATA3 Connector 5 LAN RJ 45 Port 15 USB 2 0 Ports USB23 6 Side Speaker Gray 16 USB3 0 Ports USB12 7 Rear Speaker Black 17 Optical SPDIF Out Port 8 Central Bass Orange 18 Clear CMOS Switch CLRCBTN 9 Line In Light Blue 19 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 10 Front Speaker Lime If you want to install USB 3 0 device on this motherboard we recommend to use USB 3 0 ports USB12 as the first priority to get better performance 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 Description Description Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection ACT LINK SPEED LED LED SS Data Activity 100Mbps connection i 1Gbps connection LAN Port If you use 2 channel speaker please connect the speaker s plug into Front Speaker Jack See the table below for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use TABLE for Audio Output Connection 15 To 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 find Mixer tool on yo
64. tel Rapid Storage The following steps outline how to build an Intel RAID Ready system 1 Assemble the system and attach a single SATA SATAII SATA3 hard drive 2 Set up system UEFI as step 1 of page 52 When done exit Setup 3 Make a SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette as step 2 of page 52 Begin Windows setup by booting from the installation CD 4 At the beginning of Windows setup press F6 to install a third party RAID driver When prompted insert the SATA SATAII SATA3 driver diskette containing the Intel RAID driver After reading the floppy disk the driver will be presented Select the driver to install according to the mode you choose and the OS you install 53 5 Finish the Windows installation and install all necessary drivers 6 Install the Intel R Rapid Storage software via the CD ROM included with your motherboard or after downloading it from the Internet This will add the Intel R Rapid Storage Console which can be used to manage the RAID configuration 7 After setting up a RAID Ready system as the above steps you can follow the procedures of the next section to migrate the system to RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID 5 2 20 3 Migrating a RAID Ready System to RAID 0 RAID 1 or RAID 5 If you have an existing RAID Ready system then you can use the following steps to perform a migration from a single non RAID configuration to a two drive RAID 0 RAID 1 configuration or three drive RAID 5 c
65. tem In Fan Control it shows the fan speed and temperature for you to adjust In Overclocking you are allowed to overclock CPU frequency for optimal system performance In OC DNA you can save your OC settings as a profile and share with your friends Your friends then can load the OC profile to their own system to get the same OC settings In IES Intelligent Energy Saver the voltage regulator can reduce the number of output phases to improve efficiency when the CPU cores are idle without sacrificing computing performance Please visit our website for the operation procedures of ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility AXTU ASRock website http www asrock com ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems first like MS DOS or Windows With this utility you can press lt F6 gt key during the POST or press lt F2 gt key to BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive floppy disk or hard drive then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks without prepar ing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32 16 12 file system 10 Wie 12 ils To experience intuitive motion controlled games is no longer only avail able at Wii ASRock AIWI utility introdu
66. ter restarting your computer please confirm whether the option Enable CrossFire in ATI Catalyst Control Center is selected or not if not please select it again and then you are able to enjoy the benefit of CrossFirex feature Step 7 You can freely enjoy the benefit of CrossFirex 3 Way CrossFirex or Quad CrossFirex feature CrossFirex appearing here is a registered trademark of ATI Technologies Inc and is used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe For further information of ATI CrossFirex technology please check AMD website for updates and details 2 9 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports Surround Display upgrade With the external add on PCI Express VGA cards you can easily enjoy the benefits of Surround Display feature For the detailed instruction please refer to the document at the following path in the Support CD Surround Display Information 33 2 10 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumper is Short If no jumper cap d is placed on pins the jumper is Open The illustration shows a 3 pin jumper whose di s Nak pint and pin2 are Short when jumper cap Short Open is placed on these 2 pins Jumper Setting Description Clear CMOS Jumper 12 23 CLRCMOS1 je of Be e see p 14 No 32 Default Clear CMOS
67. the slot and press firmly until the card is completely seated on the slot Step 5 Fasten the card to the chassis with screws Step 6 Replace the system cover 23 2 7 SLI and Quad SLI Operation Guide This motherboard supports NVIDIA SLI and Quad SLI Scalable Link Interface technology that allows you to install up to three identical PCI Express x16 graphics cards Currently NVIDIA SLI technology supports Windows XP XP 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit OS NVIDIA Quad SLI technology support Windows Vista Vista 64 bit 7 7 64 bit OS only Please follow the installation procedures in this section G Requirements 1 For SLI technology you should have two identical SLI ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified For Quad SLI technology you should have two identical Quad SL ll reach graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified 2 Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA SL technology Download the driver from NVIDIA website www nvidia com 3 Make sure that your power supply unit PSU can provide at least the minimum power required by your system It is recommended to use NVIDIA certified PSU Please refer to NVIDIA website for details Ui H 2 7 1 Graphics Card Setup TM 2 7 1 1 Installing Two SLI Ready Graphics Cards Step 1 Install the identical SLI ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certified because different
68. tion Keys wstontcacusweteecnenmoesdtnttecdeeemmeneisecss 63 3 2 Main SOFC C MN srersnicasiexcexcnneneenvaiepcaxexadarsiaasevknwiaraankandonenerces 63 3 3 OC Tweaker Screen ccccccccecccccceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 64 3 4 Advanced Gcreen rnrn rnrn rnrn nanen enn 67 341 CPU CONNU ANON siisi cai 68 3 4 2 North Bridge Contfgouraton 70 3 4 3 South Bridge Configuration ees 71 3 4 4 Storage Configuration cccccccccececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 72 3 4 5 Super IO Configuration socscreccerssesdseacxestonsversensiivess 73 3 4 6 ACPI COnmQurrall ON D 74 34 7 USB Configurator E 79 3 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Gcreen 76 20 Bo COE EE 77 3 7 Security Screen siccnvencesdnnssvevessencereasiorsiancesenmtdrsvatonionctioners 78 oB EXE OTOC poea EET 79 4 Software GUDDOnt 80 4 1 Install Operating Gvstem nenne 80 4 2 Support CD Information EN 80 4 2 1 Running Support CD ME 80 4 2 2 Drivers E EE 80 4 2 3 Utilities Men iiiscassivin wna ieieiaien 80 4 2 4 Contact INOPMAUON wivinciccisasasicstecenesesssrnedinciees caween 80 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock P67 Extreme6 motherboard a reliable moth erboard 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 contain introduction of the motherboard and step by step guide to the hardware installation
69. tion options Disabled Auto Enabled 3 4 5 Super lO Configuration ban anlk EDD HELLER ToDay a OnBoard Floppy Controller Use this item to enable or disable floppy drive controller 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 Configuration options Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 DES IRQ4 DES IRQ3 Infrared Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard infrared port Infrared Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard infrared port Configuration options Auto 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 DES IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 73 3 4 6 ACPI Configuration bepari the Higani SEI wines ist Ire Pete F LL pete fin Tra BERT bart It ee it Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto detect or disable the Suspend to RAM feature Select 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 PS 2 Keyboard Power On Use this item to enable or disable PS 2 keyboard to turn on the system from the power soft off mode PCI Devices Power On Use this item to enable or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the power soft off mode Ring In Power On Use this item to enable or disable Ring In signals to turn on the system from the power soft off mode RTC Alarm Power On Use this
70. ur system Please select Mixer ToolBox Ka click Enable playback multi streaming and click ok Choose 2CH ACHT 6CH or 8CH and then you are allowed to select Realtek HDA Primary output to use Rear Speaker Central Bass and Front Speaker or select Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output to use front panel audio 16 Chapter 2 Installation This is an ATX form factor 12 0 x 9 6 30 5 x 24 4 cm motherboard Before you install the motherboard study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard components 2 1 Screw Holes Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Do not over tighten the screws Doing so may damage the motherboard 2 2 Pre installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings 1 Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component 2 To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity NEVER place your motherboard directly on the carpet or the like Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle components 3 Hold components by the edges and do not tou
71. ure 64Mb AMI BIOS AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support Supports Plug and Play ACPI 1 1 Compliance Wake Up Events Supports jumpertree SMBIOS 2 3 1 Support DRAM PCH CPU PLL VTT VCCSA Voltage Multi adjustment Support CD Drivers Utilities AntiVirus Software Trial Version ASRock Software Suite CyberLink DVD Suite OEM and Trial Unique Feature ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility AXTU see CAUTION 6 Instant Boot ASRock Instant Flash see CAUTION 7 ASRock AIWI see CAUTION 8 ASRock APP Charger see CAUTION 9 SmartView see CAUTION 10 Hybrid Booster CPU Frequency Stepless Control see CAUTION 11 ASRock U COP see CAUTION 12 Boot Failure Guard B F G Combo Cooler Option C C O see CAUTION 13 Good Night LED Hardware CPU Temperature Sensing Monitor Chassis Temperature Sensing CPU Chassis Power Fan Tachometer CPU Chassis Quiet Fan Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto Adjust by CPU or MB Temperature CPU Chassis Fan Multi Speed Control Voltage Monitoring 12V 5V 3 3V CPU Vcore Microsoft Windows 7 7 64 bit Vista Vista 64 bit XP XP 64 bit compliant Certifications FCC CE WHQL ErP EuP Ready ErP EuP ready power supply is required see CAUTION 14 For detailed product information please visit our website http Awww asrock com WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking including adjusting the setti
72. vers other EXE_Teaming_Green Normal This is a special driver for Teaming function only If you don t want to use Teaming please install the LAN driver provided by our support CD link When installing teaming driver system will show below warming message Please choose Continue Anyway and keep installing driver 2 After installing driver please open Teaming Utility in Programs Start gt Programs gt Realtek gt Teaming Utility 3 Click Teaming item and then press Create Team button Bealtek Eihera Dipit Listy Ce ta PCC GRE ES S Bessi Pole OBE F DS Vd i G Dieghi bd aust a Citit GD We Oe LAN ab Seren Flsrinrt Basic Info Team Name Client Settings Load Balance A Fail Over Fast Giga EtherChannel FEC GEC Link Aggregation LACH 802 3ad Add Members Kvailable Adapters Realtek PCle GBE Family Controlle i Realtek PCle GBE Family Controller H Cancel 60 5 Select two available onboard LAN cards and then press OK button After pressing OK button system will show below warming message Please choose Continue Anyway 6 After doing above settings system will auto create a new Local Area Connection 7 Reboot your system Then you will find the Speed column of new Local Area Connection show 2 0Gbps E x 4 Local Area Connection 3 Status l General Connection IPv4 Connectivity No Internet access IPv6 Connectivity No network access Media State
73. y features Exit To exit the current screen or the UEFI SETUP UTILITY Use lt lt gt key or lt gt key to choose among the selections on the menu bar and then press lt Enter gt to get into the sub screen You can also use the mouse to click your required item 62 3 1 2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key Navigation Key s Function Description gt Moves cursor left or right to select Screens ao Moves cursor up or down to select items To change option for the selected items lt Enter gt To bring up the selected screen lt F1 gt To display the General Help Screen lt F9 gt To load optimal default values for all the settings lt F10 gt To save changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY lt ESC gt To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3 2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview 63 3 3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen you can set up overclocking features ASROCK UEFI SETUP UTILITY C on d A oer EE EE EE EC EZ OC Use this item to load EZ overclocking setting Please note that overclocking may cause damage to your components and motherboard It should be done at your own risk and expense CPU Ratio Setting Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology is Int
74. yper Threading Technology To enable this feature it requires a computer system with an Intel processor that supports Hyper Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology such as Microsoft Windows XP Vista 7 Set to Enabled if using Microsoft Windows XP Vista 7 or Linux kernel version 2 4 18 or higher This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper Threading technology Active Processor Cores Use this item to select the number of cores to enable in each processor package Configuration options All 1 and 2 The default value is All Hardware Prefetcher Use this item to turn on off the MLC streamer prefetcher Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Use this item to turn on off prefetching of adjacent cache lines Enhance Halt State C1E All processors support the Halt State C1 The C1 state is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware support from the chipset In the C1 power state the processor maintains the context of the system caches CPU C3 State Support Use this to enable or disable CPU C3 ACPI C2 report to OS CPU C6 State Support Use this to enable or disable CPU C6 ACPI C3 report to OS Package C State Support Selected option will program into C State package limit register The default value is Auto 68 CPU Thermal Throttling You may select Enabled to enable CPU internal thermal

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