H55M/USB3 User Manual Version 2.0 Published May 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 registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe.
Contents 1 Introduction ................................................... 5 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Package Contents .......................................................... Specifications ................................................................ Motherboard Layout ...................................................... I/O Panel ......................................................................... 5 6 11 12 2 Installation ...................................................... 13 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.
3 BIOS SSETUP ETUP UTILITY ........................................... 32 3.1 Introduction ............................................. 32 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8 3.1.1 BIOS Menu Bar .................................................... 3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... Main Screen ................................................................... OC Tweaker Screen ...................................................... Advanced Screen .........................
Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock H55M/USB3 motherboard, a reliable motherboard 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. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the configuration guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.
1.2 Specifications Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics * - Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 8.8-in, 24.4 cm x 22.
Audio LAN Rear Panel I/O USB 3.0 Connector BIOS Feature - 7.
Support CD Unique Feature Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - Supports I. O. T.
CAUTION! 1. Intel® CoreTM i3 and Pentium ® G6950 processors do not support Intel® Turbo Boost Technology. 2. 3. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 39. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read 4. “Untied Overclocking Technology” on page 31 for details. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.
15. 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 key during the POST or press key to BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash.
1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 3 2 5 4 6 22.4cm (8.
1.4 I/O Panel 1 14 15 16 1 2 3 *4 5 6 7 8 3 2 13 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) VGA/D-Sub Port USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) LAN RJ-45 Port Central / Bass (Orange) Rear Speaker (Black) Optical SPDIF Out Port Line In (Light Blue) ** 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 4 12 5 8 6 9 7 10 11 Front Speaker (Lime) Microphone (Pink) USB 2.0 Port (USB1) USB 3.0 Port (USB0) eSATAII Port (eSATAII_1) VGA/HDMI Port VGA/DVI-D Port PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN port.
Chapter 2: Installation This is a Micro ATX form factor (9.6" x 8.8", 24.4 x 22.4 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.
2.3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 1156-Pin CPU, please follow the steps below. Load Plate Load Lever Contact Array Socket Body 1156-Pin Socket Overview Before you insert the 1156-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. Otherwise, the CPU will be seriously damaged. Step 1. Open the socket: Step 1-1.
black line Step 3. Insert the 1156-Pin CPU: Step 3-1. Hold the CPU by the edge where is marked with black line. Step 3-2. Orient the CPU with IHS (Integrated Heat Sink) up. Locate Pin1 and the two orientation key notches. orientation key notch alignment key Pin1 Pin1 alignment key 1156-Pin Socket orientation key notch 1156-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.
2.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1156-Pin socket that supports Intel 1156-Pin CPU. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1156-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 dissipation. Ensure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other.
2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) H55M/USB3 motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install two identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) memory modules in the DDR3 DIMM slots to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology. Otherwise, it will operate at single channel mode. 1. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into 2.
2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There are 1 PCI slot and 3 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slot: PCI slot is used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards. PCIE2 / PCIE3 (PCIE x1 slot; White) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc. Installing an expansion card Step 1. Step 2. Step 3. Step 4. Step 5. Step 6.
2.7 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 is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins. Jumper Setting PS2_USB_PWR1 2_3 1_2 Description Short pin2, pin3 to enable (see p.11, No. 2) +5VSB (standby) for PS/2 +5V +5VSB or USB45 wake up events.
2.8 Onboard Headers and Connectors 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! (SATAII_1 (Port 0): see p.11, No. 9) (SATAII_2 (Port 1): see p.11, No. 8) SATAII_1 (Port 0) SATAII_2 (Port 1) Serial ATAII Connectors (SATAII_4 (Port 3): see p.11, No. 11) SATAII_5 (Port 4) (SATAII_5 (Port 4): see p.11, No.
Print Port Header AFD# ERROR# PINIT# SLIN# (25-pin LPT1) (see p.11 No. 24) 1 GND SPD7 SPD6 ACK# SPD5 BUSY SPD4 PE SPD3 SLCT SPD2 SPD1 SPD0 STB# Infrared Module Header IRTX +5VSB DUMMY (5-pin IR1) (see p.11 No. 23) 1 This is an interface for print port cable that allows convenient connection of printer devices. This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. GND IRRX Front Panel Audio Header GND PRESENCE# MIC_RET OUT_RET (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) (see p.11 No.
System Panel Header PLED+ PLEDPWRBTN# GND (9-pin PANEL1) (see p.11 No. 17) 1 This header accommodates several system front panel functions. DUMMY RESET# GND HDLEDHDLED+ Chassis Speaker Header (4-pin SPEAKER 1) (see p.11 No. 21) 1 SPEAKER DUMMY DUMMY +5V Chassis and Power Fan Connectors Please connect the fan cables to the fan connectors and (4-pin CHA_FAN1) (see p.11 No. 22) (3-pin PWR_FAN1) (see p.11 No. 4) Please connect the chassis speaker to this header.
ATX Power Connector 12 24 1 13 (24-pin ATXPWR1) Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. (see p.11, No. 7) Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, 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 ATX 12V Power Connector 4 8 1 6 (8-pin ATX12V1) (see p.11 No.
HDMI_SPDIF Cable Please connect the black end (A) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI_SPDIF header on the motherboard. Then connect the white end (B or C) of HDMI_SPDIF cable to the HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card. C (Optional) B A A. black end B. white end (2-pin) +5V SPDIFOUT GND SPDIFOUT GND blue black blue black 24 C.
2.9 HDMI_SPDIF Header Connection Guide HDMI (High-Definition Multi-media Interface) is an all-digital audio/video specification, which provides an interface between any compatible digital audio/ video source, such as a set-top box, DVD player, A/V receiver and a compatible digital audio or video monitor, such as a digital television (DTV). A complete HDMI system requires a HDMI VGA card and a HDMI ready motherboard with a HDMI_SPDIF header.
2.10 SA SATTAII Hard Disk Setup Guide Before installing SATAII hard disk to your computer, please carefully read below SATAII hard disk setup guide. Some default setting of SATAII hard disks may not be at SATAII mode, which operate with the best performance. In order to enable SATAII function, please follow the below instruction with different vendors to correctly adjust your SATAII hard disk to SATAII mode in advance; otherwise, your SATAII hard disk may fail to run at SATAII mode.
2.11 Serial A ATTA (SA (SATTA) / Serial A ATTAII (SA (SATTAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® H55 bridge chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This 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.
2.13 SA eature and Operation SATTA / SA SATTAII HDD Hot Plug FFeature Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATAII HDD in AHCI mode. Please read below operation guide of SATA / SATAII HDD Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process the SATA / SATAII 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.
How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII 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 HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Please connect SATA power cable 1x4-pin end Step 2 Connect SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATAII connector. (White) to the power supply 1x4-pin cable.
2.14 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.
Using SATA / SATAII HDDs without NCQ function (IDE mode) STEP 1: Set up BIOS. A. Enter BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration. B. Set the option “SATA Operation Mode” to [IDE]. STEP 2: Install Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS on your system. 2.16 Untied Overclocking TTechnology echnology This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology, which means during overclocking, FSB enjoys better margin due to fixed PCI / PCIE buses.
Chapter 3: BIOS SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The BIOS FWH chip on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press or during the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS SETUP UTILITY, otherwise, POST will continue with its test routines.
3 . 1 . 2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key.
3.3 OC TTweak weak er Screen weaker In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot OC Tweaker Settings Turbo 50 [Press Enter] Load CPU EZ OC Setting Load Memory EZ OC Setting Load GPU EZ OC Setting Load XMP Setting Profile 1 : DDR3 1600 7-7-7-18 Intelligent Energy Saver Good Night LED [Press Enter] [Press Enter] [Press Enter] [Default] 1.
Good Night LED Enable this option to turn off Power LED and Lan LED when the system is power on. The keyboard LED will also be turned off in S1, S3 and S4 state. The default value is [Disabled]. Overclock Mode Use this to select Overclock Mode. Configuration options: [Auto], [Manual], [I.O.T.] and [Optimized]. The default value is [Auto]. If you select [Manual], Untied Overclocking function is enabled. Please refer to page 31 for the details of Untied Overclocking Technology.
DRAM Timing Control Use this item to control DRAM Timing. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced DRAM Timing Control DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM DRAM tCL tRCD tRP tRAS tRFC tWR tWTR tRRD tRTP tFAW Command Rate DRAM tCL 9 [Auto] 9 [Auto] 9 [Auto] 24 [Auto] 74 [Auto] 10 [Auto] 5 [Auto] 4 [Auto] 5 [Auto] 20 [Auto] [Auto] Min = 6 Max = 11 +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
DRAM tFAW This controls the number of DRAM clocks for TFAW. Configuration options: [Auto], [1] to [63]. DRAM Command Rate Use this item to adjust DRAM Command Rate. Configuration options : [1], [2] and [Auto]. ASRock VDroop Control Use this to enable or disable ASRock VDroop control. Configuration options: [With VDroop] and [Without VDroop]. The default value is [With VDroop]. CPU Voltage Use this to select CPU Voltage. Configuration options: [Auto], [Manual] and [Overdrive Offset].
3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, ACPI Configuration, Storage Configuration, PCIPnP Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, and USB Configuration. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Advanced Settings Security Exit Options for CPU WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction.
3 . 4 . 1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure advanded CPU settings Intel (R) Core (TM) CPU 870 @ 2.93GHz Frequency :2.93GHz Cache L1 :128 KB Cache L2 :1024 KB Cache L3 :8192 KB Ratio Status:Unlocked (Min:09, Max:22) Ratio Actual Value:22 CPU Ratio Setting 20 [Auto] Enhanced Halt State [Disabled] Intel (R) Virtualization tech.
Vista TM / 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]. A20M Use this item to enable or disable A20M. Legacy OS and AP may need A20M enabled. The default value is [Disabled]. Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech. Intel (R) SpeedStep(tm) tech.
3 . 4 . 2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings Primary Graphics Adapter Share Memory DVMT Mode Select DVMT/FIXED Memory Onboard HD Audio Front Panel OnBoard HDMI HD Audio OnBoard Lan [PCI] [Auto] [DVMT Mode] [Maximum DVMT] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] Intel VT-d Configuration +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
OnBoard Lan This allows you to enable or disable the “OnBoard Lan” feature. Intel VT-d Configuration 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].
3.4.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Configuration Suspend To RAM [Disabled] Restore on AC/Power Loss Ring-In Power On PCI Devices Power On PS / 2 Keyboard Power On RTC Alarm Power On [Power Off] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] ACPI HPET Table [Disabled] Select auto-detect or disable the STR feature. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc.
3.4.4 Storage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Storage Configuration Options [IDE] SATA Operation Mode [Compatible] SATAII 1,2,3,4 Configuration SATA5, eSATA 1 Configuration [Enhanced] SATAII_1 SATAII_2 SATAII_3 SATAII_4 SATAII_5 eSATAII_1 IDE AHCI Disabled [Hard Disk] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.
IDE Device Configuration You may set the IDE configuration for the device that you specify. We will use the “Primary IDE Master” as the example in the following instruction. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Primary IDE Master Device Vendor Size LBA Mode Block Mode PIO Mode Async DMA Ultra DMA S.M.A.R.T. :Hard Disk :ST340014A :40.0 GB :Supported :16Sectors :4 :MultiWord DMA-2 :Ultra DMA-5 :Supported Type LBA/Large Mode Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) PIO Mode DMA Mode S.M.A.R.T.
DMA Mode DMA capability allows the improved transfer-speed and data-integrity for compatible IDE devices. S.M.A.R.T. Use this item to enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) feature. Configuration options: [Disabled], [Auto], [Enabled]. 32-Bit Data Transfer Use this item to enable 32-bit access to maximize the IDE hard disk data transfer rate. 3 . 4 .
3.4.6 Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Serial Port Address Infrared Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ PS/2 Port Type [3F8 / IRQ4] [Disabled] [378] [ECP + EPP] [1.9] [DMA3] [IRQ7] [Auto] +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
3.4.7 USB Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Controller Legacy USB Support USB 2.0 Rate Matching hub USB 3.0 Controller To enable or disable the onboard USB controllers. [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. USB Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB controller.
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.
3 . 6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Boot Settings Exit Configure Settings during System Boot.
Boot Logo Use this option to select logo in POST screen. This option only appears when you enable the option “Full Screen Logo”. Configuration options: [Auto], [EuP], [Scenery] and [ASRock]. The default value is [Auto]. Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Boot Up Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 3 .
3.8 Exit Screen Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the changes. Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Load Load Load Security Exit F10 key can be used for this operation. BIOS Defaults Performance Setup Default (IDE/SATA) Performance Setup AHCI Mode Power Saving Setup Default Enter F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.
Software Supportt Chapter 4: Sof tware Suppor 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures in this chapter for general reference only. Refer to your OS documentation for more information. 4 .
