ASROCK X79 Extreme4 Bedienungsanleitung

1X79 Extreme4User ManualVersion 1.1Published July 2013Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

10           This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS 

1113. ASRock X-FAN will be automatically activated only when the system rises to a certain temperature under heavy-loading or overclocking. Normally,

121.3 Motherboard Layout 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 24 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1, Black) 2 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slot

131.4 I/O Panel* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

14 To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front 

15Chapter 2: Installation    

162.3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 2011-Pin CPU, please follow the steps below.Before you insert the 2011-Pin CPU into the socket,

17Step 2-2. Locate Pin1 and the two orientation key notches.alignment key alignment key Pin12011-Pin CPU 2011-Pin SocketFor proper inserting, pleas

182.4 Installation of CPU Fan and HeatsinkThis motherboard is equipped with 2011-Pin socket that supports Intel 2011-Pin CPU. Please adopt the type o

192.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)      slots, and supports Quad Chann

2Copyright Notice:No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, exce

202.6 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 use

212.7 SLITM, 3-Way SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation GuideThis motherboard supports NVIDIA® SLITM, 3-Way SLITM and Quad SLITM (Scalable 

22Step4. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE1 slot. 

232.7.1.2 Installing Three SLITM-Ready Graphics CardsStep 1. Install the identical 3-Way SLITM-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA®  

242.7.2 Driver Installation and SetupInstall the graphics card drivers to your system. After that, you can enable the Multi-

25 For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS: (For SLITM and Quad SLITM mode) A. Click the Start icon on your Windows taskbar. B. Fr

26 For Windows® VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit OS: (For 3-Way SLITM mode) A. Follow steps A to D on page 25. B. From the pop-up menu, sel

27   TM. All three CrossFireXTM com

28CrossFire BridgeStep 3. Connect the DVI monitor cable to the DVI connector on the Radeon graphics card on PCIE1 slot. (You may use the DVI to D-S

292.8.1.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics CardsStep 1. Install the identical 3-Way CrossFireXTM-ready graphics cards that are AMD® cert

3Contents1 Introduction ... 51.1 Package Contents ...

30 The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prio

312.9 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports Surround Display upgrade. With the external add-on PCI 

32* ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock motherboards. Please refer to ASRock website for the motherboard support list: http://ww

332.11 ASRock XFast Charger Operation GuideASRock XFast Charger is the best and fastest technology to charge your mobiledevices via PC. With the supe

342.12 Jumpers SetupThe illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is p

35Serial ATA2 Connectors These four Serial ATA2   SATA

36Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front  panel audio cable that allows  convenient connection

37   

38Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis  speaker to this header.Power LED Header Please con

39  CPU fan still can work successfully even without the

42.24 Untied Overclocking Technology ... 523 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ... 533.

40Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a serial port module. SLI/XFIRE Power Connector It is not necessar

41Power Switch Power Switch is a smart switch, allowing users to quickly turn  on/off the system.Reset Switch Re

422.15 Dr. DebugDr. Debug is used to provide code information, which makes troubleshooting even easier. Please see the diagrams below for reading the

43 0x37 Post-Memory North Bridge initialization is started   

44 0x62 Installation of the South Bridge Runtime Services 0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started  

45 0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup Verifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup  

462.16 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks InstallationThis motherboard adopts Intel®

472.18 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2 HDDsThis motherboard supports Hot Plug and Hot Swap functions for SATA / SATA2 in RAID / AHCI

48 Caution1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 Hot Plug cannot be processed.2. Even some SATA / SATA2 / SAT

49 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD:Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:Please do follow below instruction sequence to proc

5Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock X79 Extreme4 motherboard, a reliable moth- 

502.21 Driver Installation GuideTo install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical 

512.23 Installing Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID FunctionsIf you want to install Windows® 7

52Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without NCQ functionSTEP 1: Set Up UEFI.

53Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITYsystem. The UEFI chip on the

543.1.2 Navigation KeysPlease check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Description

553.3 OC Tweaker ScreenIn the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features.Load CPU EZ OC Setting You can use this option to load CPU EZ

56Turbo Boost Power Limit and [Manual]. The default value is [Auto]. Co

57DRAM tRP The default is [Auto].DRAM tRAS      

58ODT WR (CH B) is [Auto].ODT NOM (CH B) 

59 Voltage Control CPU Core Voltage Use this to select CPU Core Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. CPU Load-Line Calibration CPU Load-Line Cal

61.2 Specifications Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 9.6-in, 30.5 cm x 24.4 cm - Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-  

60Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.3.4 Advanced Screen

613.4.1 CPU ConfigurationCPU Ratio Setting Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel Hyper Threading Technology To enable

62Intel SpeedStep Technology        -cessor ca

633.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [PCI] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapt-er priority.

643.4.3 South Bridge ConfigurationRestore on AC/Power LossThis allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss. If [Power Off] i

653.4.4 Storage ConfigurationSATA Mode This item is for SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and SATA2_0 to SATA2_3 ports.    

663.4.5 Super IO ConfigurationSerial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address 

673.4.6 ACPI ConfigurationSuspend to RAMUse this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to-RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enab

683.4.7 USB ConfigurationUSB 2.0 ControllerUse this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller. USB 3.0 ControllerUse this item to enabl

693.4.8 ME SubsystemME Version

7 - 1 x Coaxial SPDIF Out Port - 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port - 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports - 1 x eSATA3 Connector - 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Po

703.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring ScreenIn this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the param

713.6 Boot Screen-ure the boot settings and the boot priority.

723.7 Security ScreenIn this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it

733.8 Exit ScreenSave Changes and ExitWhen you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save 

74Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vi

75Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in AHCI ModeThis motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a 

76Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB in RAID ModeThis motherboard adopts UEFI BIOS that allows Windows® OS to be installed on a 

77If you install Windows® 7 64-bit / VistaTM 64-bit in a large hard disk (ex. Disk ® or insta

78B. Disable “Volume Shadow Copy” service. a. Type “computer management” in the Start Menu, then press “Enter”. b. Go to “Services and Applica

79 c. Set “Startup type” to “Disable” then Click “OK”.C. Reboot your system.D. After reboot, please start to install motherboard drivers and utili

8 BIOS Feature - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support - Supports “Plug and Play” - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports jumperfree

9 WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied O