ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M: 1. Introduction
1. Introduction: ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M
1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M motherboard, a
reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent qual-
ity control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming
to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance.
In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the mother-
board and step-by-step hardware installation guide. Chapter 3 and 4 con-
tains the conguration guide of BIOS setup and information of the Support
CD.
Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software
might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to
change without notice. In case any modications of this manual
occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock’s web-
site without further notice. You may nd the latest VGA cards
and CPU support list on ASRock’s website as well. ASRock
website http://www.asrock.com
If you require technical support related to this motherboard,
please visit our website for specic information about the model
you are using.
www.asrock.com/support/index.asp
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)
ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M Quick Installation Guide
ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M Support CD
4 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
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64-bit / Vista
/ Vista
64-bit, it is recommended to set
the BIOS option in Storage Conguration 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 Specications
Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor
- ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time) (100%
Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer
Capacitors)
CPU - Support for Socket FM2 100W processors
- 4 + 2 Power Phase Design
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- Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet
Technology
- UMI-Link GEN2
Chipset - AMD A85X (Hudson-D4)
Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Support DDR3 2600+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866/
1600/1333/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
(see CAUTION 1)
- Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB
(see CAUTION 2)
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- Supports Intel
Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 1.3 /
1.2
- Supports AMD Memory Prole (AMP)
Expansion Slot - 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (PCIE1 @ x16 mode;
PCIE3 @ x4 mode)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
- 1 x PCI slot
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- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX
, CrossFireX
and
Dual Graphics
Graphics - AMD Radeon HD 7000 series graphics
- DirectX 11, Pixel Shader 5.0
- Max. shared memory 2GB
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- Three VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
- Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution
up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports Dual-link DVI with max. resolution up to
2560x1600 @ 75Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x
1600 @ 60Hz
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- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC
and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI
(see CAUTION 3)
- Supports Blu-ray Stereoscopic 3D with HDMI 1.4a
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- Supports AMD Steady Video
2.0: New video post
processing capability for automatic jutter reduction on
home/online video
- Supports HDCP with DVI and HDMI ports
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD
playback with DVI and HDMI ports
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
- Supports Energy Efcient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE
Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
- 1 x D-Sub Port
- 1 x DVI-D Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x eSATA3 Connector
- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
- 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
SATA3 - 7 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID
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0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and
Hot Plug
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USB 3.0
- 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports, support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up
to 5Gb/s
- 1 x Front USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports),
supports USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
Connector - 7 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x CIR header
- 1 x Print port header
- 1 x COM port header
- 1 x Power LED header
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion header
- 2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
- 1 x Chassis Fan connector (4-pin)
- 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 8 pin 12V power connector
- Front panel audio connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
BIOS Feature - 64Mb 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, APU PCIE VDDP, CPU and CPU NB/GFX
Voltage Multi-adjustment
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version),
CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome
Browser and Toolbar
Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing
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Monitor - Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan
- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
- CASE OPEN detection
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
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OS - Microsoft
Windows
8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
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/ Vista
64-bit compliant
Certications - FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is
required)
* 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 third-
party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your
system’s stability, or even cause damage to the compo-
nents 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.
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CAUTION!
1. Whether 2600/2400/2133/1866/1600MHz memory speed
is supported depends on the CPU you adopt. If you want
to adopt DDR3 2600/2400/2133/1866/1600 memory
module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory
support list on our website for the compatible memory
modules.
ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
2. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memo-
ry size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for sys-
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tem usage under Windows
8 / 7 / Vista
. For Windows
64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize the memory
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that Windows
cannot use.
3. xvYCC and Deep Color are only supported under Win-
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dows
8 64-bit / 8 / 7 64-bit / 7. Deep Color mode will be
enabled only if the display supports 12bpc in EDID. HBR
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is supported under Windows
8 64-bit / 8 / 7 64-bit / 7 /
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Vista
64-bit / Vista
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1.3 Unique Features
ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU)
ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU) is an all-in-
one tool to ne-tune different system functions in a user-
friendly interface, which includes Hardware Monitor, Fan
Control, Overclocking, OC DNA, IES and XFast RAM.
In Hardware Monitor, it shows the major readings of
your system. In Fan Control, it shows the fan speed and
temperature for you to adjust. In Overclocking, you are
allowed to overclock CPU frequency for optimal system
performance. In OC DNA, you can save your OC set-
tings as a profile and share it with your friends. Your
friends then can load the OC prole to their own system
to get the same OC settings. In IES (Intelligent Energy
Saver), the voltage regulator can reduce the number of
output phases to improve efciency when the CPU cores
are idle without sacrificing computing performance. In
XFast RAM, it fully utilizes the memory space that can-
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not be used under Windows
OS 32-bit CPU.
ASRock Instant Boot
ASRock Instant Boot allows you to turn on your PC in
just a few seconds, provides a much more efcient way
to save energy, time, money, and improves system run-
ning speed for your system. It leverages the S3 and S4
ACPI features which normally enable the Sleep/Standby
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and Hibernation modes in Windows
to shorten boot up
time. By calling S3 and S4 at specic timing during the
shutdown and startup process, Instant Boot allows you
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to enter your Windows
desktop in a few seconds.
ASRock Instant Flash
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ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded
in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows
you to update system BIOS without entering operating
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systems rst like MS-DOS or Windows
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you can press the <F6> key during the POST or the
<F2> key to enter into the 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 preparing 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.
ASRock APP Charger
If you desire a faster, less restricted way of charging your
Apple devices, such as iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch, ASRock
has prepared a wonderful solution for you - ASRock APP
Charger. Simply install the APP Charger driver, it makes
your iPhone charge much quickly from your computer
and up to 40% faster than before. ASRock APP Charger
allows you to quickly charge many Apple devices simul-
taneously and even supports continuous charging when
your PC enters into Standby mode (S1), Suspend to
RAM (S3), hibernation mode (S4) or power off (S5). With
APP Charger driver installed, you can easily enjoy the
marvelous charging experience.
ASRock XFast USB
ASRock XFast USB can boost USB storage device per-
formance. The performance may depend on the proper-
ties of the device.
ASRock XFast LAN
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ASRock XFast LAN provides a faster internet access,
which includes the benets listed below. LAN Application
Prioritization: You can congure your application’s prior-
ity ideally and/or add new programs. Lower Latency in
Game: After setting online game’s priority higher, it can
lower the latency in games. Traffic Shaping: You can
watch Youtube HD videos and download simultaneously.
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Real-Time Analysis of Your Data: With the status win-
dow, you can easily recognize which data streams you
are transferring currently.
ASRock XFast RAM
ASRock XFast RAM is a new function that is included
into ASRock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU). It fully uti-
lizes the memory space that cannot be used under Win-
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dows
OS 32-bit CPU. ASRock XFast RAM shortens the
loading time of previously visited websites, making web
surng faster than ever. And it also boosts the speed of
Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. Another advantage of
ASRock XFast RAM is that it reduces the frequency of
accessing your SSDs or HDDs in order to extend their
lifespan.
ASRock Crashless BIOS
ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their
BIOS without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during
the BIOS update process, ASRock Crashless BIOS will
automatically finish the BIOS update procedure after
regaining power. Please note that BIOS files need to
be placed in the root directory of your USB disk. Only
USB2.0 ports support this feature.
ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or
restrict internet access at specied times via OMG. You
may schedule the starting and ending hours of internet
access granted to other users. In order to prevent users
from bypassing OMG, guest accounts without permission
to modify the system time are required.
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ASRock Internet Flash
ASRock Internet Flash searches for available UEFI rm-
ware updates from our servers. In other words, the sys-
tem can auto-detect the latest UEFI from our servers
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and ash them without entering Windows
OS. Please
note that you must be running on a DHCP configured
computer in order to enable this function.
ASRock UEFI System Browser
ASRock UEFI system browser is a useful tool included in
graphical UEFI. It can detect the devices and congura-
tions that users are currently using in their PC. With the
UEFI system browser, you can easily examine the cur-
rent system conguration in UEFI setup.
ASRock On/Off Play Technology
ASRock On/Off Play Technology allows users to enjoy
the great audio experience from the portable audio de-
vices, such like MP3 player or mobile phone to your PC,
even when the PC is turned off (or in ACPI S5 mode)!
This motherboard also provides a free 3.5mm audio
cable (optional) that ensures users the most convenient
computing environment.
ASRock Dehumidier Function
Users may prevent motherboard damages due to damp-
ness by enabling “Dehumidifier Function”. When en-
abling Dehumidier Function, the computer will power on
automatically to dehumidify the system after entering S4/
S5 state.
ASRock Easy RAID Installer
ASRock Easy RAID Installer can help you to copy the
RAID driver from a support CD to your USB storage de-
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vice. After 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 Interactive UEFI
ASRock Interactive UEFI is a blend of system congura-
tion tools, cool sound effects and stunning visuals. The
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unprecedented UEFI provides a more attractive interface
and brings a lot more amusement.
ASRock Fast Boot
With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes
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less than 1.5 seconds to logon to Windows
8 from a
cold boot. No more waiting! The speedy boot will com-
pletely change your user experience and behavior.
ASRock X-Boost
Brilliantly designed for combo overclocking, ASRock X-
Boost Technology is able to unleash the hidden power
of your CPUs. Simply press “X” when turning on the PC,
X-Boost will automatically overclock the relative compo-
nents to get up to 15.77% performance boost! With the
smart X-Boost, overclocking CPU can become a near
one-button process.
ASRock Restart to UEFI
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Windows
8 brings the ultimate boot up experience.
The lightning boot up speed makes it hard to access
the UEFI setup. ASRock Restart to UEFI technology is
designed for those requiring frequent UEFI access. It al-
lows users to easily enter the UEFI automatically when
turning on the PC next time. Just simply enable this func-
tion; the PC will be assured to access the UEFI directly
in the very beginning.
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Оглавление
- Motherboard Layout
- I/O Panel
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Installation
- 3. BIOS Information
- 1. Einführung
- 2. BIOS-Information
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Informations sur le BIOS
- 1. Introduzione
- 2. Informazioni sul BIOS
- 1. Introducción
- 2. BIOS Información
- 1. Введение
- 2. Информация о BIOS
- 1. Introdução
- 2. Informações da BIOS
- 1. Giriş
- 2. BIOS Bilgileri
- 1. 제품소개
- 2. 시스템 바이오스 정보
- 1. 主板簡介
- 2. BIOS 信息
- 1. 主機板簡介
- 2. BIOS 訊息
- 1. Penjelasan
- Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB
