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Dehumidiier Period

Conigure the period 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

Instant Flash

Save UEFI iles in your USB storage device and run Instant Flash to update your 

UEFI. 

Internet Flash - DHCP (Auto IP), Auto

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.

Summary of Contents for Z170 Extreme3

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Page 2: ...mplied 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 liab...

Page 3: ...he terms HDMI and HDMI High Deinition Multimedia Interface and the HDMI logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of HDMI Licensing LLC in the United States and other countries...

Page 4: ...etup 18 2 6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19 2 7 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 23 2 7 1 Installing Two SLITM Ready Graphics Cards 23 2 7 2 Driver Installation and Setup 25 2 8 CrossFireXTM 3 W...

Page 5: ...hapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 47 4 1 Introduction 47 4 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar 47 4 1 2 Navigation Keys 48 4 2 Main Screen 49 4 3 OC Tweaker Screen 50 4 4 Advanced Screen 60 4 4 1 CPU Coniguration 61 4 4 2 Ch...

Page 6: ...4 6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 78 4 7 Security Screen 80 4 8 Boot Screen 81 4 9 Exit Screen 84...

Page 7: ...Z170 Extreme3 Motherboard ATX Form Factor ASRock Z170 Extreme3 Quick Installation Guide ASRock Z170 Extreme3 Support CD 2 x Serial ATA SATA Data Cables Optional 1 x I O Panel Shield 1 x ASRock SLI_Bri...

Page 8: ...y be achieved when a single memory module is installed Single channel memory Please refer to Memory Support List on ASRock s website for more information http www asrock com Max capacity of system mem...

Page 9: ...y BD playback with HDMI Port Audio 7 1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec Premium Blu ray Audio support Supports Surge Protection ASRock Full Spike Protection ELNA Audio C...

Page 10: ...M 2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 32 Gb s Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks Supports ASRock U 2 Kit Connector 1 x TPM Header 1 x Power LED and Speaker Header 2 x CPU Fan Connectors 4 pin Smart Fan Sp...

Page 11: ...ed instructions For the updated Windows 10 driver please visit ASRock s website for details http www asrock com Certiica tions FCC CE WHQL ErP EuP Ready ErP EuP ready power supply is required Please r...

Page 12: ...tom MIC IN PCIE4 HDLED RESET PLED PWRBTN PANEL1 1 USB_1_2 1 1 SPK_PLED1 1 HD_AUDIO1 PCIE6 SATA3_0_2 SATA3_1_3 PCIE1 CPU_FAN1 RoHS 8 6 7 11 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 HDMI1 USB 3 0 T USB3 B USB4 1 3 2 22 20...

Page 13: ...Fan Connector CHA_FAN3 9 SATA3 Connectors SATA3_0_2 10 SATA3 Connectors SATA3_1_3 11 SATA Express Connectors SATA_EXP_0_1 12 Chassis Fan Connector CHA_FAN2 13 Power LED and Speaker Header SPK_PLED1 14...

Page 14: ...LAN RJ 45 Port 9 USB 3 1 Type A Port USB31_TA_1 3 Central Bass Orange 10 USB 3 1 Type C Port USB31_TC_1 4 Rear Speaker Black 11 USB 3 0 Ports USB3_56 5 Line In Light Blue 12 USB 3 0 Ports USB3_34 6 F...

Page 15: ...ith the type of speaker you use Audio Output Channels Front Speaker No 6 Rear Speaker No 4 Central Bass No 3 Line In No 5 2 V 4 V V 6 V V V 8 V V V V To enable Multi Streaming you need to connect a fr...

Page 16: ...ysical injuries 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 t...

Page 17: ...t 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 Othe...

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Page 19: ...13 English Z170 Extreme3 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 20: ...14 English 2 2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 1 2 C P U _ F A N...

Page 21: ...DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation Priority DDR4_A1 DDR4_A2 DDR4_B1 DDR4_B2 1 Populated Populated 2 Populated Populated 3 Populated Populated Populated Populated 1 For dual channel conigurat...

Page 22: ...16 English 1 2 3...

Page 23: ...Ie 3 0 x16 slot is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards PCIe Slot Conigurations For a better thermal environment please connect a chassis fan to the motherboard s chassis fan connector CH...

Page 24: ...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...

Page 25: ...r LED 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 sys...

Page 26: ...TA3_5_4 see p 6 No 15 SATA_EXP_0_1 see p 6 No 11 Please connect either SATA or PCIe storage devices to these connectors he upper SATA Express Connector SATA3_EXP_0 is shared with the SATA3_0 SATA3_1 a...

Page 27: ...ntA_PA_D IntA_PA_D J_SENSE OUT2_L 1 MIC_RET PRESENCE GND OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L OUT_RET 1 High Deinition Audio supports Jack Sensing but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correc...

Page 28: ...2V power connector To use a 4 pin ATX power supply please plug it along Pin 1 and Pin 5 hunderbolt AIC Connector 5 pin TB1 see p 6 No 19 Please connect a hunderboltTM add in card AIC to this connector...

Page 29: ...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 g...

Page 30: ...ldingers 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 t...

Page 31: ...iew 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...

Page 32: ...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...

Page 33: ...27 English Z170 Extreme3 Step 3 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connec tor of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE2 slot...

Page 34: ...sFire Bridge to connect the graphics cards on PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots and use the other CrossFire Bridge to connect the graphics cards on PCIE4 and PCIE6 slots he CrossFire Bridge is provided with the g...

Page 35: ...d Setup 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 clic...

Page 36: ...a M 2 Socket M2_1 is shared with the SATA3_0 SATA3_1 and the SATA Express connector SATA_EXP0 If either one of them is in use the others will be disabled Installing the M 2_SSD NGFF Module Step 1 Prep...

Page 37: ...5 if you are going to use the default nut Otherwise release the standof by hand B C D E A Step 4 Peel of the yellow protective ilm on the nut to be used Hand tighten the standof into the desired nut...

Page 38: ...40GB SATA3 2280 CT240M500SSD4 Intel 80GB SATA3 2280 Intel SSDSCKGW080A401 80G Kingston 120GB SATA3 2280 SM2280S3 Kingston 480GB PCIe2 x4 2280 SH2280S3 480G Plextor 256GB PCIe 2280 PX G256M6e Plextor 5...

Page 39: ...ble 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 In...

Page 40: ...ownloaded from ASRock Live Update APP Shop Ater the installation you will ind the icon A Tuning on your desktop Double click the A Tuning icon F Stream main menu will pop up 3 2 2 Using A Tuning here...

Page 41: ...35 English Z170 Extreme3 OC Tweaker Conigurations for overclocking the system System Info View information about the system he System Browser tab may not appear for certain models...

Page 42: ...speeds using the graph he fans will automatically shit to the next speed level when the assigned temperature is met Tech Service Contact Tech Service if you have problems with your computer Please lea...

Page 43: ...37 English Z170 Extreme3 Settings Conigure ASRock A Tuning Click to select Auto run at Windows Startup if you want A Tuning to be launched when you start up the Windows operating system...

Page 44: ...ASRock Live Update APP Shop utility You need to be connected to the Internet to download apps from the ASRock Live Update APP Shop 3 3 1 UI Overview Category Panel he category panel contains several...

Page 45: ...rs on the let side of the screen he other various apps are shown on the right Please scroll up and down to see more apps listed You can check the price of the app and whether you have already intalled...

Page 46: ...p click on the red icon to start downloading Step 4 When installation completes you can ind the green Installed icon appears on the upper right corner To uninstall it simply click on the trash can ico...

Page 47: ...the apps you have already installed When there is an available new version for your app you will ind the mark of New Version appears below the installed app icon Step 1 Click on the app icon to see m...

Page 48: ...u will see a list of recommended or critical updates for the BIOS or drivers Please update them all soon Step 1 Please check the item information before update Click on to see more details Step 2 Clic...

Page 49: ...lish Z170 Extreme3 3 3 4 Setting In the Setting page you can change the language select the server location and determine if you want to automatically run the ASRock Live Update APP Shop on Windows st...

Page 50: ...or website A Windows PC Win7 USB Patcher included in the ASRock Support CD or website Scenarios You have an ODD and PS 2 ports If there is an optical disc drive PS 2 ports and PS 2 Keyboard or mouse o...

Page 51: ...ract the tool Win7 USB Patcher and launch it Step 3 Select the Win7 Folder from Step1 by clicking the red circle as shown as the picture below Step 4 Select the USB Driver Folder by clicking the red c...

Page 52: ...mage to a CD please check Burn Image and select Target Device to Burn If not the patched ISO image will be exported to the destination selected in Step5 hen Press Start to proceed Step 7 Now you are a...

Page 53: ...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 Tw...

Page 54: ...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 sc...

Page 55: ...0 Extreme3 4 2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview Favorite Display your collection of BIOS items Press F5 to add remove your...

Page 56: ...ase 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 You can use this option to load optimized GPU overc...

Page 57: ...CPU Cache Ratio Set the minimum CPU Internal Bus Speed Ratio BCLK Frequency he CPU speed is determined by the CPU Ratio multiplied with the BCLK Increasing the BCLK will increase the internal CPU clo...

Page 58: ...re 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 CP...

Page 59: ...cy is selected the corresponding DRAM and BCLK frequency for overclocking will be set Primary Timing CAS Latency tCL he time between sending a column address to the memory and the beginning of the dat...

Page 60: ...vated in diferent banks of the same rank Write to Read Delay tWTR_L he number of clocks between the last valid write operation and the next read command to the same internal bank Write to Read Delay t...

Page 61: ...ad to read delay tRDRD_dd Conigure between module read to read delay tRDWR_sg Conigure between module read to write delay tRDWR_dg Conigure between module read to write delay tRDWR_dr Conigure between...

Page 62: ...dd Conigure between module write to write delay RTL CH A Conigure round trip latency for channel A RTL CH B Conigure round trip latency for channel B IO L CH A Conigure IO latency for channel A IO L C...

Page 63: ...igure tREFIx9 txSDLL Conigure txSDLL txs_ofset Conigure txs_ofset tZQOPER Conigure tZQOPER tMOD Conigure tMOD ZQCS_period Conigure ZQCS_period tZQCS Conigure tZQCS Advanced Setting ODT WR CH A Conigur...

Page 64: ...Boot to skip DRAM memory training for booting faster Voltage Coniguration CPU Vcore Voltage Conigure the voltage for the CPU Vcore SET OV his funtion allows override of normal operation to overvoltag...

Page 65: ...59 English Z170 Extreme3 Save User Default Type a proile name and press enter to save your settings as user default Load User Default Load previously saved user defaults...

Page 66: ...Coniguration Active Page on Entry Select the default page when entering the UEFI setup utility Full HD UEFI When Auto is selected the resolution will be set to 1920 x 1080 if the monitor supports Ful...

Page 67: ...of cores to enable in 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...

Page 68: ...lows 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 pref...

Page 69: ...lize hardware by improving application compatibility and reliability and providing additional levels of manageability security isolation and I O performance PCIE2 Link Speed Select the link speed for...

Page 70: ...he integrated graphics enabled at all times Render Standby Power down the render unit when the GPU is idle for lower power consumption Inte R Ethernet Connection I219 V Enable or disable the onboard n...

Page 71: ...3 Good Night LED By enabling Good Night LED the Power HDD LEDs will be switched of when the system is on It will also automatically switch of the Power and Keyboard LEDs when the system enters into St...

Page 72: ...t allows SATA devices to enter a low power state during periods of inactivity to save power It is only supported by AHCI mode Hard Disk S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Repo...

Page 73: ...67 English Z170 Extreme3 M2_1 SATA3_0_1 SATA_EXP0 Switch Auto M2_1 SATA3_0_1 SATA_EXP0 auto switch Force_SATA Switch to SATA3_0_1 SATA_EXP0 Force_M2_1 Switch to M2_1...

Page 74: ...68 English 4 4 4 Intel Thunderbolt 2 Intel R Thunderbolt Technonogy Enable Disable the Intel R hunderbolt function...

Page 75: ...69 English Z170 Extreme3 4 4 5 Super IO Coniguration PS2 Y Cable Enable the PS2 Y Cable or set this option to Auto...

Page 76: ...m to be waked up by a PS 2 Keyboard PCIE Devices Power On Allow the system to be waked up by a PCIE device and enable wake on LAN Ring In Power On Allow the system to be waked up by onboard COM port m...

Page 77: ...71 English Z170 Extreme3 USB Mouse Power On Allow the system to be waked up by an USB mouse...

Page 78: ...EFI Setup Only to support USB devices under the UEFI setup and Windows Linux operating systems only Port 60 64 Emulation Enable the support of I O port 60h 64h emulation his should be enabled for the...

Page 79: ...73 English Z170 Extreme3 4 4 8 Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enable or disable BIOS support for security device...

Page 80: ...ed to other users In order to prevent users from bypassing OMG guest accounts without permission to modify the system time are required UEFI Tech Service Contact ASRock Tech Service if you are having...

Page 81: ...t Manager Boot Manager is speciically designed for the dual OS platform multi OS platform users to easily customize and manage the boot menu Please connect more than one boot devices to use this tool...

Page 82: ...fan while Dehumidiier is enabled he higher the value the faster the fan speed Max 255 Min 1 Instant Flash Save UEFI iles in your USB storage device and run Instant Flash to update your UEFI Internet...

Page 83: ...Network Coniguration Use this to conigure internet connection settings for Internet Flash Internet Setting Enable or disable sound efects in the setup utility UEFI Download Server Select a server to d...

Page 84: ...or each temperature CPU Fan 1 Setting Select a fan mode for CPU Fans 1 or choose Customize to set 5 CPU temperatures and assign a respective fan speed for each temperature CPU Fan 2 Setting Select a f...

Page 85: ...fan temperature source for Chassis Fan 2 Chassis Fan 3 Setting Select a fan mode for Chassis Fan 3 or choose Customize to set 5 CPU temperatures and assign a respective fan speed for each temperature...

Page 86: ...e 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...

Page 87: ...sing 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 Bo...

Page 88: ...n ROM messages or conigure the AddOn ROM if you ve enabled Full Screen Logo Disable for faster boot speed Boot Failure Guard If the computer fails to boot for a number of times the system automaticall...

Page 89: ...Legacy only to run those that support legacy option ROM only Select Do not launch to not execute both legacy and UEFI option ROM Launch Storage OpROM Policy Select UEFI only to run those that support...

Page 90: ...n 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 messag...

Page 91: ...nformation 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...

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