ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M: I/O Panel

I/O Panel

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1 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

8 Line In (Light Blue)

(Green/Purple)

9 Front Speaker (Lime) **

2 D-Sub Port (VGA)

10 Microphone (Pink)

3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_1_2)

11 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_3_4)

4 LAN RJ-45 Port *

12 eSATA3 Connector ***

5 Central / Bass (Orange)

13 HDMI Port

6 Rear Speaker (Black)

14 DVI-D Port

7 Optical SPDIF Out Port

15 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_1_2)

* There are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN

port LED indications.

ACT/LINK

SPEED

LAN Port LED Indications

LED

LED

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description

Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection

Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection

On 100Mbps connection Green 1Gbps connection

LAN Port

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** If you use a 2-channel speaker, please connect the speaker’s plug into “Front

Speaker Jack”. See the table below for connection details in accordance with the

type of speaker you use.

TABLE for Audio Output Connection

Audio Output

Front Speaker

Rear Speaker

Central / Bass

Line In

Channels

(No. 9)

(No. 6)

(No. 5)

(No. 8)

2 V -- -- --

4 V V -- --

6 V V V --

8 V V V V

To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable

to the front panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will nd “Mixer”

tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable play-

back multi-streaming”, and click “ok”.

Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowed to select “Realtek

HDA Primary output” to use Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or

select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use front panel audio.

*** eSATA3 connector supports SATA Gen3 in cable 1M.

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