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- Direct Drive Technology

- EMI Shielding Cover

- PCB Isolate Shielding

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Supports DTS Connect

LAN

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PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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Qualcomm® Atheros® Killer

E2200 Series

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Energy Eicient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

Rear Panel
I/O

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1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x DVI-D Port

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1 x HDMI-Out Port

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1 x HDMI-In Port

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1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

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3 x USB 2.0 Ports

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1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0)

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4 x USB 3.0 Ports

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

LED)

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HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /

Front Speaker / Microphone

Storage

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6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,

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

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

Hot Plug

Connector

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1 x IR Header

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1 x COM Port Header

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1 x Power LED Header

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2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)

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3 x Chassis Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin)

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1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)

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1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector (Hi-Density Power

Connector)

Summary of Contents for Fatal1ty Z87 Killer Series

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Page 2: ...implied including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or itness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock its directors oicers employees or agents be liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential damages including damages for loss of proits loss of business loss of data interruption of business and the like even if ASRock has been advise...

Page 3: ...ed States and other countries Manufactured under license under U S Patent Nos 5 956 674 5 974 380 6 487 535 7 003 467 other U S and worldwide patents issued pending DTS the Symbol DTS and the Symbol together is a registered trademark DTS Connect DTS Interactive DTS Neo PC are trademarks of DTS Inc Product includes sotware DTS Inc All Rights Reserved ...

Page 4: ...New York and St Louis WINNING STREAK I was excited to showcase my true gaming skills when defending my title as CPL Champion of the year at the CPL Winter 2001 because I would be competing in a totally diferent irst person shooter fps game Alien vs Predator II I won that competition and walked away with a new car he next year I won the same title playing Unreal Tournament 2003 becoming the only th...

Page 5: ...nd Quality hardware makes a huge difference in competitions a couple more frames per second and everything gets really nice It s all about getting the computer processing faster and allowing more luid movement around the maps My vision for Fatal1ty hardware is to allow gamers to focus on the game without worrying about their equipment something I ve preached since I began competing I don t want to...

Page 6: ...ion Slots PCI Express Slots 21 2 5 Jumpers Setup 22 2 6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 24 2 7 Using the HDMI In Port 28 2 8 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 31 2 8 1 Installing Two SLITM Ready Graphics Cards 31 2 8 2 Driver Installation and Setup 33 2 9 CrossFireXTM 3 Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 34 2 9 1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM Ready Graphics Cards 34 2 9 2 Insta...

Page 7: ... 2 Recording Your Gameplay 58 Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 59 4 1 Introduction 59 4 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar 59 4 1 2 Navigation Keys 60 4 2 Main Screen 61 4 3 OC Tweaker Screen 62 4 4 Advanced Screen 71 4 4 1 CPU Coniguration 72 4 4 2 Chipset Coniguration 74 4 4 3 Storage Coniguration 77 4 4 4 Intel Rapid Start Technology 79 4 4 5 Intel Smart Connect Technology 80 4 4 6 Super IO Coniguration 81 4 4 7 AC...

Page 8: ...4 5 Tools 85 4 6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 88 4 7 Boot Screen 89 4 8 Security Screen 92 4 9 Exit Screen 93 ...

Page 9: ...ts ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer Series Motherboard ATX Form Factor ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer Series Quick Installation Guide ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Killer Series Support CD 4 x Serial ATA SATA Data Cables Optional 1 x I O Panel Shield 1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card Because the motherboard speciications and the BIOS sotware might be updated the content of this manual will be subject to change without no...

Page 10: ...io Purity SoundTM CPU Supports 4th generation Intel CoreTM i7 i5 i3 Xeon Pentium Celeron in LGA1150 package Digi Power design 8 Power Phase design Supports Intel Turbo Boost 2 0 Technology Supports Intel K Series unlocked CPUs Supports ASRock BCLK Full range Overclocking Chipset Intel Z87 Memory Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology 4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots Supports DDR3 3050 OC 2800 OC 2400 OC 2133 OC 1...

Page 11: ...nsiderTM Intel HD Graphics 4600 Pixel Shader 5 0 DirectX 11 1 Max shared memory 1792MB hree VGA Output options D Sub DVI D and HDMI Port Supports Triple Monitor Supports HDMI Technology with max resolution up to 4K 2K 4096x2304 24Hz Supports DVI D with max resolution up to 1920x1200 60Hz Supports D Sub with max resolution up to 1920x1200 60Hz Supports Auto Lip Sync Deep Color 12bpc xvYCC and HBR H...

Page 12: ...l1ty Mouse Port USB 2 0 4 x USB 3 0 Ports 1 x RJ 45 LAN Port with LED ACT LINK LED and SPEED LED HD Audio Jacks Rear Speaker Central Bass Line in Front Speaker Microphone Storage 6 x SATA3 6 0 Gb s Connectors support RAID RAID 0 RAID 1 RAID 5 RAID 10 Intel Rapid Storage Technology 12 and Intel Smart Response Technology NCQ AHCI and Hot Plug Connector 1 x IR Header 1 x COM Port Header 1 x Power LED...

Page 13: ...lti adjust ment Support CD Drivers Utilities AntiVirus Sotware Trial Version Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar Start8 30 days trial XSplit Killer Network Manager Hardware Monitor CPU Chassis temperature sensing CPU Chassis Power Fan Tachometer CPU Chassis Quiet Fan Auto adjust fan speed by CPU tem perature CPU Chassis Fan multi speed control Voltage monitoring 12V 5V 3 3V CPU Vcore Voltage OS Micr...

Page 14: ...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 Due to limitation the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows 32 bit operating systems Windows 64 bit operat ing systems do not have such limitations You can use ASRock X...

Page 15: ...to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports continuous charging when your PC enters into Standby mode S1 Suspend to RAM S3 hibernation mode S4 or power of S5 ASRock XFast USB ASRock XFast USB can boost the performance of your USB storage devices he performance may depend on the properties of the device ASRock XFast RAM ASRock XFast RAM is included in F Stream It fully uti...

Page 16: ...omatically to dehumidify the system ater entering S4 S5 state ASRock Easy RAID Installer ASRock Easy RAID Installer can help you to copy the RAID driver from the support CD to your USB storage device Ater copying the RAID driver to your USB storage device please change SATA Mode to RAID then you can start installing the OS in RAID mode ASRock Easy Driver Installer For users that don t have an opti...

Page 17: ... weapon if you are unable to wield it proiciently Key Master enhances your mouse and keyboard with customizable macros sniper modes scroll speed key repeat rates and repeat delay turning your boring old keyboard and mouse into lethal weapons ASRock FAN Tastic Tuning ASRock FAN Tastic Tuning is included in F Stream Conigure up to ive diferent fan speeds using the graph he fans will automatically sh...

Page 18: ...Top LINE IN Center FRONT Bottom Optical SPDIF Bottom MIC IN CLRCMOS1 1 PLED1 1 1 SPEAKER1 IR1 1 HDLED RESET PLED PWRBTN PANEL1 1 USB6_7 1 USB4_5 1 COM1 1 1 HD_AUDIO1 Z87 KILLER PCIE1 CHA_FAN1 CHA_FAN2 CHA_FAN3 RoHS 15 CPU_FAN1 CPU_FAN2 USB 2 0 T USB2 B USB3 HDMI1 FATAL TY 1 Purity Sound TM VGA1 DVI1 PWR_FAN1 PCIE3 USB 3 0 T USB0 B USB1 HDMI_IN1 64Mb BIOS BIOS_B1 64Mb BIOS BIOS_A1 BIOS_B_LED1 BIOS_...

Page 19: ... SATA3_3 11 SATA3 Connector SATA3_2 12 SATA3 Connector SATA3_5 13 SATA3 Connector SATA3_4 14 Power LED Header PLED1 15 System Panel Header PANEL1 16 Chassis Speaker Header SPEAKER1 17 BIOS Selection Jumper BIOS_SEL1 18 Chassis Fan Connector CHA_FAN1 19 Clear CMOS Jumper CLRCMOS1 20 USB 2 0 Header USB4_5 21 USB 2 0 Header USB6_7 22 SLI XFIRE Power Connector SLI XFIRE_PWR1 23 Infrared Module Header ...

Page 20: ...e Pink 3 Fatal1ty Mouse Port USB2 12 Optical SPDIF Out Port 4 USB 2 0 Port USB3 13 USB 3 0 Ports USB3_23 5 USB 3 0 Ports USB3_01 14 HDMI In Port 6 LAN RJ 45 Port 15 HDMI Out Port 7 Central Bass Orange 16 DVI D Port 8 Rear Speaker Black 17 PS 2 Mouse Keyboard Port 9 Line In Light Blue 1 2 4 3 5 6 8 11 12 17 13 14 15 16 7 10 9 ...

Page 21: ...rdance with the type of speaker you use Audio Output Channels Front Speaker No 10 Rear Speaker No 8 Central Bass No 7 Line In No 9 2 V 4 V V 6 V V V 8 V V V V ACT LINK LED SPEED LED LAN Port To enable Multi Streaming you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header Ater restarting your computer you will ind the Mixer tool on your system Please select Mixer ToolBox clic...

Page 22: ...es to you and damages to motherboard components In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the motherboard s components NEVER place your motherboard directly on a carpet Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle the components Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs Whenever you uninstall any components place them on a gr...

Page 23: ...e socket please check if the PnP cap is on the socket if the CPU surface is unclean or if there are any bent pins in the socket Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found Otherwise the CPU will be seriously damaged 2 Unplug all power cables before installing the CPU 2 1 A B ...

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Page 25: ...Fatal1ty Z87 Killer Series 17 English Please save and replace the cover if the processor is removed he cover must be placed if you wish to return the motherboard for ater service ...

Page 26: ...18 English 2 2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 1 2 C P U _ F A N ...

Page 27: ... force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation Priority DDR3_A1 DDR3_A2 DDR3_B1 DDR3_B2 1 Populated Populated 2 Populated Populated 3 Populated Populated Populated Populated 1 For dual channel coniguration you always need to install identical the same brand speed size and chip type DDR3 DIMM pairs 2 It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology with only one or three memory modul...

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Page 29: ...or PCI Express x1 lane width cards PCIE7 PCIe 3 0 x16 slot is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards PCIe Slot Conigurations PCIE2 PCIE5 PCIE7 Single Graphics Card x16 N A N A Two Graphics Cards in CrossFireXTM or SLITM Mode x8 x8 N A hree Graphics Cards in 3 Way CrossFireXTM Mode x8 x4 x4 For a better thermal environment please connect a chassis fan to the motherboard s chassis fan con...

Page 30: ...To clear and reset the system parameters to default setup please turn of the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply Ater 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 ater you update the BIOS If you need to clear the CMOS when you just inish updating the BIOS you must boot up the system irst and...

Page 31: ...BIOS is corrupted or damaged please use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 then the backup BIOS will take over on the next system boot Ater that short pin1 and pin2 again then use Secure Backup UEFI in BIOS setup utility to copy the BIOS ile to the main BIOS to ensure normal system operation For the sake of system safety users cannot update the backup BIOS manually Users may refer to the BIOS LED...

Page 32: ...Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel he LED is on when the system is operating he LED keeps blinking when the system is in S1 S3 sleep state he LED is of when the system is in S4 sleep state or powered of S5 HDLED Hard Drive Activity LED Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel he LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data he front...

Page 33: ... 2 0 Headers 9 pin USB4_5 see p 10 No 20 9 pin USB6_7 see p 10 No 21 Besides four USB 2 0 ports on the I O panel there are two headers on this motherboard Each USB 2 0 header can support two ports USB 3 0 Headers 19 pin USB3_4_5 see p 10 No 7 Besides four USB 3 0 ports on the I O panel there is one header on this motherboard Each USB 3 0 header can support two ports 1 PLED PLED PLED DUMMY GND GND ...

Page 34: ...UT_RET 1 High Deinition Audio supports Jack Sensing but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly Please follow the instructions in our manual and chassis manual to install your system 2 If you use an AC 97 audio panel please install it to the front panel audio header by the steps below A Connect Mic_IN MIC to MIC2_L B Connect Audio_R RIN to OUT2_R and Audio_L LIN to OUT...

Page 35: ... motherboard pro vides an 8 pin ATX 12V power connector To use a 4 pin ATX power supply please plug it along Pin 1 and Pin 5 SLI XFIRE Power Connector 4 pin SLI XFIRE_ PWR1 see p 10 No 22 Please connect this connector with a hard disk power connector when two graphics cards are installed on this motherboard Infrared Module Header 5 pin IR1 see p 10 No 23 his header supports an optional wireless tr...

Page 36: ...sle of switching cables back and forth when you want to display the screen of another device such as smartphone tablet camcorder DVD player or another PC onto the PC monitor Another useful feature of this function is that external video source can be viewed even when your PC is in standby mode or powered of For example you can play smartphone games or watch tablet video on your PC screen USB 3 0 U...

Page 37: ...Fatal1ty Z87 Killer Series 29 English Connection Diagram USB 3 0 USB 3 0 Power Source HDMI Adapter ...

Page 38: ... switch right or let to enable Onboard on board PC screen or HDMI HDMI In Source or Use the hotkey to switch between on board PC screen or HDMI In Source To change the hotkey click the textbox next to Hotkey and enter the action for the key 1 If there is no video displayed on your monitor make sure that the cables are properly connected and make sure that Deep S5 option in BIOS SETUP is set to Dis...

Page 39: ...2 slot and the other graphics card to PCIE5 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step 2 If required connect the auxiliary power source to the PCI Express graphics cards Requirements 1 You should only use identical SLITM ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA certi ied 2 Make sure that your graphics card driver supports NVIDIA SLITM technology Download the drivers from the N...

Page 40: ...oldingers on each graphics card Make sure the ASRock SLI_ Bridge_2S Card is irmly in place Step 4 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 ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card SLI_Bridge_2S Card ...

Page 41: ...VIDIA nView system tray utility Please follow the below procedures to enable the multi GPU For SLITM and Quad SLITM mode Step 1 Double click the NVIDIA Control Panel icon in the Windows system tray Step 2 In the let pane click Set SLI and PhysX coniguration hen select Maximize 3D performance and click Apply Step 3 Reboot your system Step 4 You can freely enjoy the beneits of SLITM or Quad SLITM ...

Page 42: ...cs cards he CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase not bundled with this motherboard Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details 1 You should only use identical CrossFireXTM ready graphics cards that are AMD certiied 2 Make sure that your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology Download the drivers from the AMD s website www amd com 3 Make sure...

Page 43: ...E7 slot Make sure that the cards are properly seated on the slots Step 2 Use one CrossFire Bridge to connect the graphics cards on PCIE2 and PCIE5 slots and use the other CrossFire Bridge to connect the graphics cards on PCIE5 and PCIE7 slots he CrossFire Bridge is provided with the graphics card you purchase not bundled with this motherboard Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details S...

Page 44: ...p Step 4 Double click the AMD Catalyst Control Center icon in the Windows system tray Step 5 In the let pane click Performance and then AMD CrossFireXTM hen select Enable AMD CrossFireX and click Apply Select the GPU number according to your graphics card and click Apply AMD Catalyst Control Center he Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download We recommend using this utility to uninstall any pre...

Page 45: ...and double click on the ile ASRSETUP EXE in the Support CD to display the menu Drivers Menu he drivers compatible to your system will be auto detected and listed on the support CD driver page Please click Install All or follow the order from top to bottom to install those required drivers herefore the drivers you install can work properly Utilities Menu he Utilities Menu shows the application sotw...

Page 46: ...ing F Stream When you install the all in one driver to your system from ASRock s support CD F Stream will be auto installed as well Ater the installation you will ind the icon F Stream on your desktop Double click the F Stream icon F Stream main menu will pop up 3 2 2 Using F Stream here are ive sections in F Stream main menu Operation Mode Tools OC Tweaker System Info and Tech Service Operation M...

Page 47: ...the VBIOS must support UEFI GOP if you are using an external graphics card OMG Schedule the starting and ending hours of Internet access granted to other users Place X marks on the time table to disable the Internet Good Night LED Switch of the Power HDD LAN LEDs when the system is on and automatically switch of the Power and Keyboard LEDs when the system enters into Standby Hibernation mode FAN T...

Page 48: ...diferent devices to one monitor and toggle between the primary and secondary screen without replugging the connectors every time Please set a hotkey for switching between the two devices Mouse Polling You are installing the mouse into Fata1ty Mouse Port Ater applying your mouse polling rate move your mouse to feel it OC Tweaker Conigurations for overclocking the system System Info View information...

Page 49: ...Fatal1ty Z87 Killer Series 41 English Tech Service Contact Tech Service ...

Page 50: ...s 8 7 32 or 64 bit edition Set the SATA mode to AHCI If Windows 8 7 is already installed under IDE mode directly changing the SATA mode to AHCI may cause Windows 8 7 to crash while booting If your system is not in AHCI mode please follow the instructions below 1 Press Win R simultaneously in Windows 8 7 type Regedit into the word box then click OK 2 Enter into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentCont...

Page 51: ...all AHCI drivers automatically 3 3 2 Setup Guide Coniguring Rapid Start Step 1 Run ASRock Rapid Start utility from Start All Programs ASRock Utility Step 2 If you have more than one hard drives in your system you must select one then choose the Partition Size desired for your hidden partition and click on Create he system will automatically create a hidden partition according to your settings If t...

Page 52: ...44 English Step 3 When prompted to restart ater the setup click Yes to reboot Step 4 Double click the Intel Rapid Start Technology Manager icon in the Windows system tray ...

Page 53: ...o 0 minutes Windows will immediately enable Rapid Start mode as it enters sleep state Using Rapid Start 1 You may shut down the computer without terminating the applications or iles you are executing currently Click on Windows Start the arrow next to Shut down and click on Sleep 2 Windows system will enter sleep state 3 According to your settings in Rapid Start Technology Manager the system will a...

Page 54: ...ot cause data loss of the programs or iles you were executing before entering sleep state 4 When you wish to continue to use the computer just hit the power button the system will rapidly return to Windows the programs and iles which you were using before entering sleep state will be accessible immediately ...

Page 55: ...8 7 32 or 64 bit edition Set the SATA mode to AHCI If Windows 8 7 is already installed under IDE mode directly changing the SATA mode to AHCI may cause Windows 8 7 to crash while booting If your system is not in AHCI mode please follow the instructions below 1 Press Win R simultaneously in Windows 8 7 type Regedit into the word box then click OK 2 Enter into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentContro...

Page 56: ...ility Step 1 Install ASRock Smart Connect Utility which is located in the folder at the following path of the Support CD ASRock Utility Smart Connect Step 2 Once installed run ASRock Smart Connect from your desktop or go to Windows Start All Programs ASRock Utility ...

Page 57: ...he Add button Take Foxmail as an example add Foxmail to the Application list Step 4 Select Foxmail from the Application List then click the arrow pointing right to add this application to the Smart Connect List Step 5 Click Apply to enable Smart Connect ...

Page 58: ... updates Shorter durations will provide more frequent updates but may cause more power consumption Using Smart Connect 1 Keep the applications which you wish to connect to the internet and receive updates while the system is in sleep state running Foxmail for instance keep Foxmail running 2 Click on Windows Start the arrow next to Shut down and click on Sleep 3 Windows system will enter sleep stat...

Page 59: ...pdate Foxmail he screen will not display anything so the computer can maintain minimum power usage Aterwards the system will automatically return to sleep state again 5 Upon waking up the system you will ind the new mail that were sent to you during sleep state are already updated and ready to be read in Foxmail ...

Page 60: ...h added customizations for greater eiciency 3 5 1 Installing Start8 Install Start8 which is located in the folder at the following path of the Support CD ASRock Utility Start8 3 5 2 Coniguring Start8 Style Select between the Windows 7 style and Windows 8 style Start Menu hen select the theme of the Start Menu and customize the style of the Start icon ...

Page 61: ...eries 53 English Conigure Conigure provides coniguration options including icon sizes which shortcuts you want Start Menu to display quick access to recently used apps the functionality of the power button and more Control ...

Page 62: ...ress on the Windows key does Desktop Desktop allows you to disable the hot corners when you are working on the desktop It also lets you choose whether or not the system boots directly into desktop mode and bypass the Metro user interface About Displays information about Start8 ...

Page 63: ...aming and recording a lot easier and more fun to do we are giving away the 3 months premium license which is worth US 24 95 for free 3 6 1 Live Streaming Your Gameplay Step 1 Go to Start All Programs XSplit XSplit Broadcaster to launch it Step 2 Log in with your own username and password If you do not have an XSplit account click No XSplit account to register ...

Page 64: ...dcast Add Channels Step 4 Click Add Step 5 Select a platform for live streaming Before you start streaming you need to register an account for the streaming service website such as Twitch tv USTREAM or other livestreaming services ...

Page 65: ... English Step 6 Fill in your platform s Username and Password Based on your needs conigure the Video and Audio Encoding settings Click OK Step 7 he channel then appears in your broadcast list Click Apply and OK to save the settings ...

Page 66: ... click and choose Paste to paste the link into the browser and you can see your broadcast To disable live streaming go to Broadcast again and deselect the platform 3 6 2 Recording Your Gameplay Step 1 Go to Broadcast Local recording to start recording Step 2 To stop recording Go to Broadcast again and deselect Local recording Step 3 Go to Tools My Recordings to access your recordings ...

Page 67: ...art the system by pressing Ctl Alt Delete or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You may also restart by turning the system of and then back on 4 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar he top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections Main For setting system time date information OC Tweaker For overclocking conigurations Advanced For advanced system conigurations Tool Useful tools H W Mo...

Page 68: ...of each navigation key Navigation Key s Description To change option for the selected items Tab Switch to next function 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 the screen F1 To display the General Help Screen F4 Toggle sound on of F7 Discard changes and exit the SETUP UTILITY F9 Load optimal default values for all the settings ...

Page 69: ...EFI SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview Active Page on Entry Select the default page when entering the UEFI setup utility UEFI Guide UEFI Guide is a quick tutorial for ASRock s UEFI setup Utility You may abort the tutorial by pressing esc ...

Page 70: ...anced Turbo Load optimized CPU and GPU OC settings Please note that overclocking may cause damage to your CPU and motherboard It should be done at your own risk and expense Load Optimized CPU OC Setting Please note that overclocking may cause damage to your CPU and motherboard It should be done at your own risk and expense Load Optimized GPU OC Setting Please note that overclocking may cause damag...

Page 71: ...tio multiplied with the BCLK Increasing the BCLK will increase the internal CPU clock speed but also afect the clock speed of other components BCLK Ratio Conigure BCLK Ratio to prevent the PC from crashing when the internal CPU clock speed and clock speed of other components are too high Spread Spectrum Enable Spread Spectrum to reduce electromagnetic interference for passing EMI tests Disable to ...

Page 72: ...ower while a higher limit may improve performance Long Duration Maintained Conigure the period of time until the CPU ratio is lowered when the Long Duration Power Limit is exceeded Short Duration Power Limit Conigure Package Power Limit 2 in watts When the limit is exceeded the CPU ratio will be lowered immediately A lower limit can protect the CPU and save power while a higher limit may improve p...

Page 73: ...MP Setting Load XMP settings to overclock the DDR3 memory and perform beyond standard speciications DRAM Reference Clock Select Auto for optimized settings DRAM Frequency If Auto is selected the motherboard will detect the memory module s inserted and assign the appropriate frequency automatically DRAM Performance Mode Choose high performance mode to increase memory performance Use default setting...

Page 74: ...tRAS he number of clock cycles required between a bank active command and issuing the precharge command Command Rate CR he delay between when a memory chip is selected and when the irst active command can be issued Write Recovery Time tWR he amount of delay that must elapse ater the completion of a valid write operation before an active bank can be precharged Refresh Cycle Time tRFC he number of c...

Page 75: ...e DDR3 initiates a minimum of one refresh command internally once it enters Self Refresh mode tRDRD Conigure between module read to read delay tRDRDDR Conigure between module read to read delay from diferent ranks tRDRDDD Use this to change DRAM tRWSR Auto Manual settings he default is Auto tWRRD Conigure between module write to read delay tWRRDDR Conigure between module write to read delay from d...

Page 76: ...e delay from diferent DIMMs RTL CHA Conigure round trip latency for channel A RTL CHB Conigure round trip latency for channel B IO L CHA Conigure IO latency for channel A IO L CHB Conigure IO latency for channel B ODT WR CHA Conigure the memory on die termination resistors WR for channel A ODT WR CHB Conigure the memory on die termination resistors WR for channel B ODT NOM CHA Use this to change O...

Page 77: ...imized settings Adaptive Add voltage to the CPU when the system is under heavy load Override he voltage is ixed Vcore Adaptive Voltage Conigure the voltage added to the Vcore when the system is under heavy loading Vcore voltage additional ofset Conigure the dynamic CPU voltage added to the Vcore CPU Cache Voltage Mode Auto For optimized settings Adaptive Add voltage to the CPU Cache when the syste...

Page 78: ...PU Integrated VR Eiciency Mode Enable FIVR Eiciency Management for power saving Disable for better performance and overclocking capabilities Voltage Coniguration Power Saving Mode Enable Power Saving Mode to reduce power consumption CPU Input Voltage Conigure the voltage for the CPU CPU Load Line Calibration CPU Load Line Calibration helps prevent CPU voltage droop when the system is under heavy l...

Page 79: ...conigurations for the following items CPU Coniguration Chipset Coniguration Storage Coniguration Intel Rapid Start Technology Intel Smart Connect Technology Super IO Coniguration ACPI Con iguration and USB Coniguration Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction ...

Page 80: ... each processor package CPU C States Support Enable CPU C States Support for power saving It is recommended to keep C3 C6 and C7 all enabled for better power saving Enhanced Halt State C1E Enable Enhanced Halt State C1E for lower power consumption CPU C3 State Support Enable C3 sleep state for lower power consumption CPU C6 State Support Enable C6 deep sleep state for lower power consumption CPU C...

Page 81: ...n classes of malicious bufer overlow attacks Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions so that one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems Hardware Prefetcher Automatically prefetch data and code for the processor Enable for better performance Adjacent Cache Line Pr...

Page 82: ...roving application compatibility and reliability and providing additional levels of manageability security isolation and I O performance PCIE2 Link Speed Select the link speed for PCIE2 PCIE5 Link Speed Select the link speed for PCIE5 PCIE7 Link Speed Select the link speed for PCIE7 Share Memory Conigure the size of memory that is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boot...

Page 83: ... the onboard network interface controller Deep Sleep Conigure deep sleep mode for power saving when the computer is shut down Restore on AC Power Loss Select the power state ater a power failure If Power Of is selected the power will remain of when the power recovers If Power On is selected the system will start to boot up when the power recovers Good Night LED By enabling Good Night LED the Power...

Page 84: ...e emphasis Control Reduce the level of all bits except the irst one ater a transition for the bus between the CPU and PCH Users may select 6dB for better overclocking results PEG0 De emphasis Control Reduce the level of all bits except the irst one ater a transition for the irst PCIEx16 slot Users may select 6dB for better overclocking results ...

Page 85: ...ve Link Power Management SATA Aggressive Link Power Management allows SATA devices to enter a low power state during periods of inactivity to save power It is only supported by AHCI mode Dynamic Storage Accelerator Keep this option enabled for higher HDD and SDD I O performance lower latency and increased system responsiveness AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface supports NCQ and other new feat...

Page 86: ...ish Hard Disk S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology It is a monitoring system for computer hard disk drives to detect and report on various indicators of reliability ...

Page 87: ...y Z87 Killer Series 79 English 4 4 4 Intel Rapid Start Technology Intel Rapid Start Technology Intel Rapid Start Technology is a new zero power hibernation mode which allows users to resume in just 5 6 seconds ...

Page 88: ...4 5 Intel Smart Connect Technology Intel Smart Connect Technology Intel Smart Connect Technology automatically updates your email and social networks such as Twitter Facebook etc while the computer is in sleep mode ...

Page 89: ...Z87 Killer Series 81 English 4 4 6 Super IO Coniguration Serial Port Enable or disable the Serial port Serial Port Address Select the address of the Serial port Infrared Port Enable or disable the Infrared port ...

Page 90: ... hard disk is ready this is recommended for better system stability ACPI HPET Table Enable the High Precision Event Timer for better performance and to pass WHQL tests PS 2 Keyboard Power On Allow the system to be waked up by a PS 2 Keyboard PCI Devices Power On Allow the system to be waked up by a PCI device and enable wake on LAN Ring In Power On Allow the system to be waked up by onboard COM po...

Page 91: ... to be waked up by the real time clock alarm Set it to By OS to let it be handled by your operating system USB Keyboard Remote Power On Allow the system to be waked up by an USB keyboard or remote controller USB Mouse Power On Allow the system to be waked up by an USB mouse ...

Page 92: ...gacy OS Support for USB 2 0 devices If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is recommended to disable legacy USB support Select UEFI Setup Only to support USB devices under the UEFI setup and Windows Linux operating systems only Legacy USB 3 0 Support Enable or disable Legacy OS Support for USB 3 0 devices USB3 Driving Impedence Enable if you encounter USB 3 0 compatibility issues ...

Page 93: ...re required UEFI Tech Service Contact ASRock Tech Service if you are having trouble with your PC Please setup network coniguration before using UEFI Tech Service Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer helps you to copy the RAID driver from the support CD to your USB storage device Ater copying the drivers please change the SATA mode to RAID then you can start installing the operating system in RA...

Page 94: ...rent working ROM image to the secondary lash ROM Internet Flash ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI irmware version from our servers for you Please setup network coniguration before using Internet Flash For BIOS backup and recovery purpose it is recommended to plug in your USB pen drive before using this function Network Coniguration Use this to conigure internet connection...

Page 95: ...od of time until the computer powers on and enables Dehumidiier ater entering S4 S5 state Dehumidiier Duration Conigure the duration of the dehumidifying process before it returns to S4 S5 state Dehumidiier CPU Fan Setting Conigure the speed of the CPU fan while Dehumidiier is enabled he higher the value the faster the fan speed Max 255 Min 1 Save User Default Type a proile name and press enter to...

Page 96: ...ing Select a fan mode for Chassis Fan 1 or choose Customize to set 5 CPU temperatures and assign a respective fan speed for each temperature Chassis Fan 2 Setting Select a fan mode for Chassis Fan 2 or choose Customize to set 5 CPU temperatures and assign a respective fan speed for each temperature Chassis Fan 3 Setting Select a fan mode for Chassis Fan 3 or choose Customize to set 5 CPU temperatu...

Page 97: ... are using an external graphics card Please notice that Ultra Fast mode will boot so fast that the only way to enter this UEFI Setup Utility is to Clear CMOS or run the Restart to UEFI utility in Windows Boot From Onboard LAN Allow the system to be waked up by the onboard LAN Setup Prompt Timeout Conigure the number of seconds to wait for the setup hot key Bootup Num Lock Select whether Num Lock s...

Page 98: ...he computer fails to boot for a number of times the system automatically restores the default settings Boot Failure Guard Count Conigure the number of attempts to boot until the system automatically restores the default settings CSM Compatibility Support Module CSM Enable to launch the Compatibility Support Module Please do not disable unless you re running a WHCK test If you are using Windows 8 6...

Page 99: ...se that support legacy option ROM only Launch Storage OpROM Policy Select UEFI only to run those that support UEFI option ROM only Select Legacy only to run those that support legacy option ROM only Launch Video OpROM Policy Select UEFI only to run those that support UEFI option ROM only Select Legacy only to run those that support legacy option ROM only ...

Page 100: ...r 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 Password Set or change the password for the user account Users are unable to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password Secure Boot Enable to support Windows 8 Secure Boo...

Page 101: ...ect this option the following message Discard changes and exit setup will pop out Select OK to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes Discard Changes When you select this option the following message Discard changes will pop out Select OK to discard all changes Load UEFI Defaults Load UEFI default values for all options he F9 key can be used for this operation Launch EFI Shell from...

Page 102: ...ation For technical questions please submit a support request form at http www asrock com support tsd asp ASRock Incorporation 2F No 37 Sec 2 Jhongyang S Rd Beitou District Taipei City 112 Taiwan R O C ASRock EUROPE B V Bijsterhuizen 3151 6604 LV Wijchen he Netherlands Phone 31 24 345 44 33 Fax 31 24 345 44 38 ASRock America Inc 13848 Magnolia Ave Chino CA91710 U S A Phone 1 909 590 8308 Fax 1 909...

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