background image

Summary of Contents for EPC612D8

Page 1: ......

Page 2: ...implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock Rack its directors officers employees or agen...

Page 3: ...ant to know more about ASRock Rack you re welcome to visit ASRock Rack s website at www ASRockRack com or you may contact your dealer for further information ASRock Rack Incorporation 6F No 37 Sec 2 J...

Page 4: ...20 2 3 Installing the CPU 21 2 4 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 24 2 5 Installation of Memory Modules DIMM 25 2 6 Expansion Slots PCI and PCI Express Slots 27 2 7 Jumper Setup 30 2 8 Onboard Hea...

Page 5: ...nsole Redirection 62 3 4 6 USB Configuration 64 3 4 7 Chipset Configuration 65 3 4 8 Storage Configuration 68 3 4 9 H W Monitor Screen 71 3 4 10 Intel ME Configuration 73 3 4 11 Easy RAID Installer 74...

Page 6: ...84 4 2 4 Contact Information 84 Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 85 5 1 Troubleshooting Procedures 85 5 2 Technical Support Procedures 87 5 3 Returning Merchandise for Service 87 Chapter 6 Net Framework Inst...

Page 7: ...D8A TB Motherboard ATX Form Factor 12 0 in x 9 6 in 30 5 cm x 24 4 cm Support CD User Manual 4 x SATA3 Cables 50cm 2 x SATA3 Cables 60cm 1 x I O Shield If any items are missing or appear damaged conta...

Page 8: ...t 4 mini PCIe x4 to support M 2 Full and Half size support The M 2 slot shares lanes with PCIe Slot 6 Slot 3 ME x16 EE x16 x16 x0 or x8 x8 with slot 1 Slot 2 N A Slot 1 ME x16 EE x8 Storage SATA Contr...

Page 9: ...h LED ACT LINK LED and SPEED LED Serial Port 1 COM1 ThunderBolt EPC612D8A TB 1 with DP_IN The onboard Thunderbolt port is only supported on Windows 8 1 8 7 EPC612D8A EPC612D8 N A Audio Jack EPC612D8A...

Page 10: ...3V CPU Vcore DRAM 1 05V_PCH BAT 3VSB 5VSB Support OS OS Microsoft Windows Windows 7 32 64 bit Windows 8 32 64 bit Windows 8 1 32 64 bit Windows 10 64 bit Server 2008 R2 SP1 64 bit Server 2012 64 bit S...

Page 11: ...may fail Windows Hardware Quality Lab WHQL certification tests If you install the drivers only it will pass the WHQL tests 1 About the setting of Hyper Threading Technology please check page 55 2 Due...

Page 12: ...ty you can press the F6 key during the POST or the F2 key to enter into the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Rack Instant Flash Just launch this tool and save the new BIOS file to your USB flash drive...

Page 13: ...PANEL1 1 1 COM2 1 HD_AUDIO1 1 1 SPEAKER1 1 IPMB_1 1 CMOS Battery RoHS BUZZER1 Top IMPI_LAN BMC_SMB_1 BMC_SMB_2 BMC_SMB_3 2 3 4 31 34 38 39 40 42 TR1 33 37 9 10 HDMI_SPDIF1 1 45 5 Intel C612 128Mb BIO...

Page 14: ...HD_AUDIO1 1 1 SPEAKER1 1 IPMB_1 1 CMOS Battery RoHS BUZZER1 Top IMPI_LAN BMC_SMB_1 BMC_SMB_2 BMC_SMB_3 2 3 4 31 34 38 39 40 42 TR1 33 37 9 10 HDMI_SPDIF1 1 45 5 Intel C612 BMC ROM EPC612D8A CPU_FAN1 M...

Page 15: ...FRONT_FAN2 14 Front Fan Connector FRONT_FAN1 15 SATA3 Connector SATA_4 White 16 SATA3 Connector SATA_3 White 17 SATA3 Connector SATA_2 White 18 SATA3 Connector SATA_1 White 19 SATA3 Connector SSATA_1...

Page 16: ...us Header BMC_SMB_2 40 BMC SMBus Header BMC_SMB_1 41 Non Maskable Interrupt Button NMI_BTN1 42 COM Port Header COM2 43 Chassis ID0 Jumper Chassis ID0 44 CPU PECI Jumper PECI1 45 Chassis ID0 Jumper Cha...

Page 17: ...ug TPM1 1 PANEL1 1 1 COM2 1 1 SPEAKER1 1 IPMB_1 1 CMOS Battery RoHS BUZZER1 Top IMPI_LAN BMC_SMB_1 BMC_SMB_2 BMC_SMB_3 2 3 4 31 34 38 39 40 42 TR1 33 37 9 10 45 5 Intel C612 BMC ROM EPC612D8 CPU_FAN1...

Page 18: ...AN2 14 Front Fan Connector FRONT_FAN1 15 SATA3 Connector SATA_4 White 16 SATA3 Connector SATA_3 White 17 SATA3 Connector SATA_2 White 18 SATA3 Connector SATA_1 White 19 SATA3 Connector SSATA_1 White 2...

Page 19: ...latform Management Bus header IPMB_1 38 BMC SMBus Header BMC_SMB_3 39 BMC SMBus Header BMC_SMB_2 40 BMC SMBus Header BMC_SMB_1 41 Non Maskable Interrupt Button NMI_BTN1 42 COM Port Header COM2 43 Chas...

Page 20: ...isplay Port Input DP_IN1 2 VGA Port VGA1 8 LAN RJ 45 Port IPMI_LAN 3 LAN RJ 45 Port LAN2 9 USB 3 0 Ports USB3_1 2 4 LAN RJ 45 Port LAN1 NCSI 10 Front Speaker Lime 5 USB 2 0 Ports USB_1_2 11 Microphone...

Page 21: ...orts USB3_1 2 3 LAN RJ 45 Port LAN2 8 Front Speaker Lime 4 LAN RJ 45 Port LAN1 NCSI 9 Microphone Pink 5 USB 2 0 Ports USB_1_2 10 Line In Light Blue EPC612D8 5 4 3 2 1 6 7 No Description No Description...

Page 22: ...ction Blinking Data Activity 100Mbps Orange 100Mbps connection On Link Green 1Gbps connection There are two LEDs on each LAN port Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications LAN P...

Page 23: ...EPC612D8 Series 17 English 1 6 Block Diagram EPC612D8A TB...

Page 24: ...18 English EPC612D8A...

Page 25: ...EPC612D8 Series 19 English EPC612D8...

Page 26: ...ber to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle the compo nents 3 Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs 4 Whenever you uninstall any component pla...

Page 27: ...unclean or if there are any bent pins in the socket Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found Otherwise the CPU will be seriously damaged 7 Unplug all power cables bef...

Page 28: ...22 English A 3 B 4 5...

Page 29: ...EPC612D8 Series 23 English The cover must be placed if returning the motherboard for after service 6 A B 7 8 B A...

Page 30: ...and Heatsink C P U _ F A N 1 2 CPU fan for narrow ILM socket Support an active or passive heatsink Before you installed the heatsink you need to spray thermal interface material between the CPU and th...

Page 31: ...ulated 2 Populated Populated Populated Populated 1 For dual channel configuration you always need to install identical the same brand speed size and chip type DDR4 DIMM pairs 2 It is unable to activat...

Page 32: ...26 English 1 2 3...

Page 33: ...PCI Express x8 lane width cards PCIE3 and PCIE7 PCIE 3 0 x16 slot from CPU are used for PCI Express x16 lane width cards Slot Generation Mechanical Electrical Source PCIE 7 3 0 x16 x16 CPU PCIE 6 3 0...

Page 34: ...XTM Mode N A x16 x8 N A x8 PCIE1 PCIE3 PCIE7 Single Graphics Card N A x16 N A Two Graphics Cards in CrossFireXTM Mode N A x16 x8 Three Graphics Cards in 3 Way CrossFireXTM Mode x8 x8 x8 PCIe Slot Conf...

Page 35: ...essary 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 s...

Page 36: ...Open The illustration shows a 3 pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are Short when a jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins SATA DOM Power Jumper 3 pin SATAPWR1 No 25 SATA DOM SATA Cable Default SATAPWR1 all...

Page 37: ...d for system level use Chassis ID0 Jumper 3 pin Chassis ID0 see p 7 No 43 Chassis ID1 Jumper 3 pin Chassis ID1 see p 7 No 45 Chassis ID2 Jumper 3 pin Chassis ID2 see p 7 No 47 Reserved for system leve...

Page 38: ...hassis ID0 Jumper 3 pin Chassis ID0 see p 7 No 43 Chassis ID1 Jumper 3 pin Chassis ID1 see p 7 No 45 Chassis ID2 Jumper 3 pin Chassis ID2 see p 7 No 47 Reserved for system level use Reserved for syste...

Page 39: ...onnect 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 system is in S1 S3 sleep state The LED is off when the system...

Page 40: ...two 2 pin headers allow you to use the Gigabit internet indicator cable to connect to the LAN status indicator When this indicator flickers it means that the internet is prop erly connected C Chassis...

Page 41: ...TA_3 SSATA_2 M_SATA_1 M_SATA_0 These eight SATA3 connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices with up to 6 0 Gb s data transfer rate Serial ATA3 DOM Connector SATA_0 No 24 SA TA_0...

Page 42: ...o ports USB 2 0 Connector USB_5 No 31 USB 3 0 Header 19 pin USB3_3_4 No 9 Besides two 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 sup...

Page 43: ...tor LCD devices Please connect the HDMI connector of HDMI VGA card to this header CPU Fan Connector 4 pin CPU_FAN1 No 6 GND FAN_VOLTAGE CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL 1 2 3 4 This motherboard provide...

Page 44: ...e to the ground pin All fans support Fan Control SATA Power Connectors 4 pin SATA_PWR1 No 30 GND 5V GND 12V Please connect a SATA power cable ATX Power Connector 24 pin ATXPWR1 No 5 This motherboard p...

Page 45: ...s platform integrity Serial General Purpose Input Output Headers 7 pin SATA_SGPIO1 No 21 7 pin SATA_SGPIO2 No 26 7 pin SATA_SGPIO3 No 23 1 SLOAD SCLOCK GND GND SDATAOUT These headers support Serial Li...

Page 46: ...gement cards that provide management features using the IPMB Thermal Sensor Header 3 pin TR1 No 34 1 TR1 TR1 GND Please connect the thermal sensor cable to either pin 1 2 or pin 2 3 and the other end...

Page 47: ...stall PCI E devices or try installing them in other slots If the problem still exists please remove all PCI E devices or try using another VGA card A0 A7 Problem related to IDE or SATA devices Please...

Page 48: ...e 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 top to bottom...

Page 49: ...tion Diagram Using Graphics card with DisplayPort 2 1 DisplayPort 1 Connect one end of the DisplayPort Cable to the DisplayPort of the graphics card Then connect the other end of the cable to the Disp...

Page 50: ...imary adapter fails but is later restored to an active status control is automatically switched back to the Preferred Primary adapter Step 1 From Device Manager open the properties of a team Step 2 Cl...

Page 51: ...with the SATA Express connector you can only choose either the M 2_ SSD NGFF Socket 3 or the SATA Express connector to use The M 2_SSD NGFF Socket 3 supports SSD drives Please note that the WiFi or o...

Page 52: ...E A Step 4 Peel off the yellow protective film on the nut to be used Hand tighten the standoff into the desired nut location on the motherboard B C A A B C D E Step 5 Align and gently insert the M 2...

Page 53: ...or PX G256M6e ADATA AXNS381E 256GM B SanDisk SD6PP4M 128G Crucial CT120M500SSD4 120G SanDisk SD6PP4M 256G Crucial CT240M500SSD4 240G Samsung XP941 512G MZHPU512HCGL Intel SSDSCKGW080A401 80G Kingston...

Page 54: ...elections Item Description Main To set up the system time date information OC Tweaker For overclocking configurations Advanced To set up the advanced UEFI features Server Mgmt To manage the server Sec...

Page 55: ...for the selected items Tab Switch to next function Enter To bring up the selected screen PGUP Go to the previous page PGDN Go to the next page HOME Go to the top of the screen END Go to the bottom of...

Page 56: ...2 Main Screen Once you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview The Main screen provides system overview information and allows you to set the system t...

Page 57: ...l CPU clock speed without affecting the clock speed of other components CPU Cache Ratio The CPU Internal Bus Speed Ratio The maximum should be the same as the CPU Ratio Minimum CPU Cache Ratio Use thi...

Page 58: ...time until the CPU ratio is lowered when the Long Duration Power Limit is exceeded Short Duration Power Limit Configure Package Power Limit 2 in watts When the limit is exceeded the CPU ratio will be...

Page 59: ...e the voltage for the System Agent Setting the voltage higher may increase system stability when overclocking CPU Intergrated VR Faults Disable FIVR Faults to raise the threshold to trigger CPU over c...

Page 60: ...ection you may set the configurations for the following items CPU Configuration DRAM Configuration ACPI Configuration Configure Super IO Settings Serial Port Con sole Redirection USB Configuration Chi...

Page 61: ...he processor to run above its base operating frequency when the operating system requests the highest performance state Long Duration Power Limit Configure Package Power Limit 1 in watts When the limi...

Page 62: ...cious buffer overflow attacks Enable Intel TXT Support Enable Intel Trusted Execution Technology configuration Please disable EX DFX 60 English Features when TXT is enabled Enable SMX Use this item to...

Page 63: ...better power saving Package C State Support Enable CPU PCIe Memory Graphics C State Support for power saving CPU C3 State Support Enable C3 sleep state for lower power consumption CPU C6 State Suppor...

Page 64: ...the memory module s inserted and as sign the appropriate frequency automatically ECC Support This allows you to enable or disable the DDR ECC support feature Channel Interleaving Use this item to sele...

Page 65: ...e system from the power soft off mode RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC Real Time Clock to power on the system USB Keyboard Remote Power On Use this item to enable or disable U...

Page 66: ...60 English off mode Wake From Onboard LAN 2 It allows the system to be waked up by the Onboard Intel LAN...

Page 67: ...oard serial port Change Settings Use this item to select an optimal setting for Super IO device Serial Port 2 Configuration Use this item to configure the onboard serial port 2 Select and enter the Se...

Page 68: ...Terminal Type Use this item to select the preferred terminal emulation type for out of band management It is recommended to select VT UTF8 Option Description VT100 ASCII character set VT100 Extended V...

Page 69: ...o send start stop signals The options include None Hardware RTS CTS and Software Xon Xoff VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Use this item to enable or disable the VT UTF8 Combo Key Support for ANSI VT100 term...

Page 70: ...3 4 6 USB Configuration Intel USB3 0 Mode Use this item to select the mode of operation of Intel USB3 0 controller Legacy USB 3 0 Support Use this item to enable or disable Legacy OS Support for USB 3...

Page 71: ...hecking the Windows certification and showwarning messages if the devices aren t certified Or select DP to support DP 1 2 TBT Device IO resource Support Enable IO Resource Support if your older Thunde...

Page 72: ...is Auto PCIE 6 Link Speed This allows you to select PCIE 6 Link Speed The default value is Auto PCIE 1 PCIE 3 Link Width This allows you to select PCIE 1 PCIE 3 Link Width The default value is Auto P...

Page 73: ...t panel HD audio to Auto or Disabled Above 4G Decoding Enable or disable 64bit capable Devices to be decoded in Above 4G Address Space only if the system supports 64 bit PCI decoding Restore on AC Pow...

Page 74: ...Use this item to enable or disable SATA Controller SATA Mode Selection Use this to select SATA mode Configuration options Disabled IDE Mode AHCI Mode and RAID Mode The default value is AHCI Mode AHCI...

Page 75: ...ust SATA DTLE DATA Values 0 15 SATA Device Type Identify the SATA port connected to Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive sSATA Storage Configuration sSATA Controller Use this item to enable or disable...

Page 76: ...uration Marvell 9172 Controller Enable or disable Marvell 9172 Controller Marvell 9172 Operation Mode This item is for M_SATA ports Use this to select Marvell SATA operation mode Configuration options...

Page 77: ...cal voltage CPU_FAN 1 This allows you to set the CPU fan 1 s speed The default value is Smart Fan REAR_FAN 1 This allows you to set the rear fan 1 s speed The default value is Smart Fan FRNT_FAN 1 Thi...

Page 78: ...Smart Fan Duty x x means 1 to 11 stage This allows you to set duty cycle for each stage Smart Fan Temp Control Smart Fan Temp x x means 1 to 11 stage This allows you to set temperature for each stage...

Page 79: ...3 4 10 Intel ME Configuration ME Subsystem screen displays the Intel ME Subsystem Con guration information such as Operational Firmware Version ME Firmware ME Firmware Type ME Firmware SKU and ME Fil...

Page 80: ...asy RAID Installer can help you to copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your USB storage device After copying the RAID driver to your USB storage device please change SATA Mode to RAID then you c...

Page 81: ...floppy disk or hard drive and launch this tool then you can update your UEFI only in a few clicks without preparing an additional floppy diskette or other compli cated flash utility Please be noted th...

Page 82: ...interfaces System Event Log Press Enter to change the SEL event log configuration SEL Components Change this to enable ro disable all features of System Event Logging during boot Erase SEL Use this t...

Page 83: ...the IP Address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address in the BIOS for BMC LAN channel configuration Dynamic IP address Subnet Mask and Gateway Address are automatically assigned by the network s DHCP server...

Page 84: ...et or change the password for the administrator account Only the administrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password User...

Page 85: ...ables boot with initialization of a minimal set of devices required to launch active boot option No effort for BBS boot options Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup...

Page 86: ...ings CSM Parameters Use this option to configure the parameters of OpROM execution boot options filter etc CSM Enable to launch the Compatibility Support Module If you are using Windows 8 64 bit UEFI...

Page 87: ...The options include No Yes Next reset and Yes Every reset If Yes is selected all logged events will be erased When Log is Full Use this item to choose options for reactions to a full Smbios Event Log...

Page 88: ...changed here do not take effect until computer is restarted entries which utilize a multiple event counter The value ranges from 0 to 99 minutes View Smbios Event Log This allows you to view the Smbi...

Page 89: ...TY Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option the following message Discard changes and exit setup will pop out Select Yes to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes Discard C...

Page 90: ...The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if AUTORUN is enabled in your computer If the Main Menu does not appear automatically locate and double click on the file ASRSetup exe from the root folder...

Page 91: ...to default settings 3 Check the settings of the 115V 230V switch on the power supply 4 Verify if the battery on the motherboard provides 3VDC Install a new battery if it does not If there is no video...

Page 92: ...battery on the motherboard provides 3VDC Install a new battery if it does not 2 Confirm whether your power supply provides adaquate and stable power Other problems 1 Try searching keywords related to...

Page 93: ...a copy of your invoice marked with the date of purchase is required By calling your vendor or going to our RMA website http event asrockrack com tsd asp you may obtain a Returned Merchandise Authoriza...

Page 94: ...equired to install Net Framework Please follow the steps below to enable Net Framework feature on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 6 1 Installing Net Framework 3 5 1 For Server 2008 R2 1 Double click...

Page 95: ...EPC612D8 Series 89 English 3 Check the box next to Net Framework 3 5 1 and then click Next 4 Click Next to continue...

Page 96: ...90 English 5 Click Install to start installing Net Framework 3 5 1 6 After the installation completes click Close P N 15G065023000AK V1 0...

Reviews: