ASRock E350M1: 1. Introduction

1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock E350M1 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.

This Quick Installation Guide contains introduction of the motherboard and step-by-

step installation guide. More detailed information of the motherboard can be found

in the user manual presented in the Support CD.

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software might be

updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without no-

tice. In case any modications of this manual occur, the updated version

will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may nd

the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well.

ASRock website http://www.asrock.com

If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit

our website for specic information about the model you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock E350M1 Motherboard

(Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm)

ASRock E350M1 Quick Installation Guide

ASRock E350M1 Support CD

2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

1 x I/O Panel Shield

ASRock Reminds You...

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To get better performance in Windows

8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

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Vista

64-bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Con-

guration to AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the “User

Manual” in our support CD for details.

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1.2 Specifications

Platform - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm

- Solid Capacitor for CPU power

CPU - AMD Dual-Core Zacate E350/E350D APU

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- Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet

Technology

- UMI 2.5 GT/s

Chipset - AMD A50M Chipset

Memory - 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR3 1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered

memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION 1)

Expansion Slot - 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (blue @ x4 mode)

Graphics - Integrated AMD Radeon HD 6310 graphics

- DX11 class iGPU, Pixel Shader 5.0

- Max. shared memory 512MB (see CAUTION 2)

- Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI

- Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to

1920x1200 (1080P)

- Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 75Hz

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @

85Hz

- Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports

- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback

with DVI and HDMI ports

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- Supports Dolby

TrueHD and DTS-HD Master Audio

through HDMI port

Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection

(Realtek ALC892 Audio Codec)

- Premium Blu-ray audio support

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

- Realtek RTL8111E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

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- Supports Energy Efcient Ethernet 802.3az

Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port

- 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port

- 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port

- 1 x HDMI Port

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

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 -6xReady-to-UseUSB2.0Ports

 -1xeSATA3Connector

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

 LED)

 -HDAudioJack:RearSpeaker/Central/Bass/Linein/Front

 Speaker/Microphone(seeCAUTION 3)

SATA3 -4xSATA36.0Gb/sconnectors,supportNCQ,AHCIand

 "HotPlug"functions

Connector -4xSATA36.0Gb/sconnectors

 -1xCIRheader

 -1xCOMportheader

 -CPU/ChassisFANconnector

 -24pinATXpowerconnector

 -Frontpanelaudioconnector

 -2xUSB2.0headers(support4USB2.0ports)

BIOS Feature -32MbAMIBIOS

 -AMIUEFILegalBIOSwithGUIsupport

 -Supports“PlugandPlay”

 -ACPI1.1ComplianceWakeUpEvents

 -Supportsjumperfree

 -SMBIOS2.3.1Support

 -DRAM,FCH,+1V,+1.8VVoltageMulti-adjustment

Support CD -Drivers,Utilities,AntiVirusSoftware(TrialVersion),

 CyberLinkMediaEspresso6.5Trial,GoogleChrome

 BrowserandToolbar

Unique Feature -ASRockInstantBoot

 -ASRockInstantFlash(seeCAUTION 4)

 -ASRockAPPCharger(seeCAUTION 5)

 -HybridBooster:

  -ASRockU-COP(seeCAUTION 6)

  -BootFailureGuard(B.F.G.)

Hardware  -CPUTemperatureSensing

Monitor -ChassisTemperatureSensing

 -CPU/ChassisFanTachometer

 -CPU/ChassisQuietFan(AllowChassisFanSpeed

 Auto-AdjustbyCPUorMBTemperature)

 -CPU/ChassisFanMulti-SpeedControl

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 -VoltageMonitoring:+12V,+5V,+3.3V,CPUVcore

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OS -Microsoft

Windows

8/864-bit/7/764-bit/Vista

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 Vista

64-bit/XP/XPMediaCenter/XP64-bitcompliant

Certications -FCC,CE,WHQL

 -ErP/EuPReady(ErP/EuPreadypowersupplyisrequired)

 (seeCAUTION 7)

*Fordetailedproductinformation,pleasevisitourwebsite:http://www.asrock.com

WARNING

 Pleaserealizethatthereisacertainriskinvolvedwithoverclocking,including

 adjustingthesettingintheBIOS,applyingUntiedOverclockingTechnology,or

 usingthethird-partyoverclockingtools.Overclockingmayaffectyoursystem

 stability,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.

CAUTION!

1. Due totheoperatingsystemlimitation, theactualmemorysizemay be

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lessthan4GBforthereservationforsystemusageunderWindows

8/7

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/XP.ForWindows

OSwith64-bitCPU,thereisnosuchlimita-

tion.

2. Themaximumsharedmemorysizeisdenedbythechipsetvendorand

issubject tochange. PleasecheckAMD websiteforthelatestinforma-

tion.

3. Formicrophoneinput,thismotherboardsupportsbothstereoandmono

modes.Foraudiooutput,thismotherboardsupports2-channel,4-chan-

nel,6-channel,and8-channelmodes.Pleasecheckthetableonpage3

forproperconnection.

4. ASRock Instant Flash isaBIOS ash utility embedded in FlashROM.

This convenient BIOS update tool allowsyou to update system BIOS

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withoutenteringoperatingsystemsrstlikeMS-DOSorWindows

.With

thisutility,youcanpress<F6>keyduringthePOSTorpress<F2>keyto

BIOSsetupmenutoaccessASRockInstantFlash.Justlaunchthistool

andsavethenewBIOSletoyourUSBashdrive,oppydiskorhard

 drive,thenyoucanupdateyourBIOSonlyinafewclickswithoutprepar-

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inganadditionaloppydisketteorothercomplicatedashutility.Please

benotedthattheUSBashdriveorharddrivemustuseFAT32/16/12le

system.

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5. Ifyoudesireafaster,lessrestrictedwayofchargingyourAppledevices,

suchasiPhone/iPod/iPadTouch,ASRockhaspreparedawonderful

 solutionforyou-ASRockAPPCharger.SimplyinstallingtheAPPChar-

gerdriver, it makesyouriPhone charged muchquicklyfromyour com-

puterandupto40%fasterthanbefore.ASRockAPPChargerallowsyou

toquicklychargemanyAppledevicessimultaneouslyandevensupports

continuouschargingwhenyourPCentersintoStandbymode(S1),Sus-

pendtoRAM (S3),hibernationmode(S4) orpoweroff(S5).WithAPP

Charger driver installed, you can easily enjoythe marvelouscharging

experiencethanever.

 ASRockwebsite:http://www.asrock.com/Feature/AppCharger/index.asp

6. WhileCPUoverheatisdetected,thesystemwillautomaticallyshutdown.

Beforeyouresumethesystem,pleasecheckiftheCPUfanonthe

motherboardfunctionsproperlyandunplugthepowercord,thenplugit

backagain.Toimproveheatdissipation,remembertospraythermal

 greasebetweentheCPUandtheheatsinkwhenyouinstallthePCsys-

tem.

7. EuP,standsforEnergyUsingProduct,wasaprovisionregulatedbyEu-

ropeanUniontodenethepowerconsumptionforthecompletedsystem.

AccordingtoEuP,thetotalACpowerofthecompletedsystemshallbe

under1.00Winoffmodecondition.TomeetEuPstandard,anEuPready

motherboardandanEuPreadypowersupplyarerequired.Accordingto

Intel’ssuggestion,theEuPreadypowersupplymustmeetthestandard

of5vstandbypowerefciencyishigherthan50%under100mAcurrent

consumption.ForEuPreadypowersupplyselection,werecommendyou

checkingwiththepowersupplymanufacturerformoredetails.

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