ASRock H61M-DG3__USB3: 1. Introduction

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1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock 

H61M-DG3/USB3 

motherboard, a reliable moth-

erboard 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

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 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

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 cations of this manual occur, the updated version 

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

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 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

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 c information about the model you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock 

H61M-DG3/USB3

 Motherboard 

(Micro ATX Form Factor: 8.9-in x 6.8-in, 22.6 cm x 17.3 cm)

ASRock 

H61M-DG3/USB3

 Quick Installation Guide

ASRock 

H61M-DG3/USB3

 Support CD 

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

1 x I/O Panel Shield

ASRock Reminds You...

To get better performance in Windows

® 

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

TM 

/ Vista

TM

 64-

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

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 guration to 

AHCI mode. 

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1.2 Speci

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 cations

 Platform

- Micro ATX Form Factor: 8.9-in x 6.8-in, 22.6 cm x 17.3 cm

- All Solid Capacitor design

 CPU

- Supports 2nd Generation Intel

®

 Core

TM

 i7 / i5 / i3 in  

  LGA1155 Package   

- Supports Intel

®

 Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

- Supports K-Series unlocked CPU 

 Chipset 

- Intel

®

 H61

- Supports Intel

®

 Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect 

Technology 

 Memory 

- Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology   

- 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots  

- Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered 

  memory (DDR3 1600 with Intel

®

 Ivy Bridge CPU, 

  DDR3 1333 with Intel

®

 Sandy Bridge CPU)  

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

CAUTION 1

)

- Supports Intel

®

 Extreme Memory Pro

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 le (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 with 

  Intel

®

 Ivy Bridge CPU

 Expansion Slot 

- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot 

  * PCIE 3.0 is only supported with Intel

®

 Ivy Bridge CPU. With 

    Intel

®

 Sandy Bridge CPU, it only supports PCIE 2.0.

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

 Graphics 

 * 

Intel

®

 HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs 

  can be supported only with processors which are GPU 

  integrated.

- Supports Intel

®

 HD Graphics Built-in Visuals: Intel

®

 Quick 

  Sync Video 2.0, Intel

®

 InTru

TM

 3D, Intel

®

 Clear Video HD 

  Technology, Intel

®

 Insider

TM

, Intel

®

 HD Graphics 2500/4000 

  with Intel

®

 Ivy Bridge CPU

- Supports Intel

®

 HD Graphics Built-in Visuals: Intel

®

 Quick 

  Sync Video, Intel

®

 InTru

TM

 3D, Intel

®

 Clear Video HD 

  Technology, Intel

®

 HD Graphics 2000/3000, Intel

®

 Advanced 

  Vector Extensions (AVX) with Intel

®

 Sandy Bridge CPU

- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel

®

 Ivy Bridge CPU. 

  Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel

®

 Sandy Bridge 

  CPU.

- Max. shared memory 1760MB with Intel

®

 Ivy Bridge CPU. 

  Max. shared memory 1759MB with Intel

®

 Sandy Bridge 

  CPU. 

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- Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by 

  independent display controllers

- Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

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

  75Hz

- Supports HDCP function with DVI port

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

  with DVI port

 Audio 

- 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)

 LAN 

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

- Realtek RTL8111E

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports LAN Cable Detection

- Supports Energy Ef

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 cient Ethernet 802.3az

- Supports PXE

 Rear Panel I/O 

I/O Panel

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x D-Sub Port

- 1 x DVI-D Port

- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 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: Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone 

 USB 3.0

- 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ188H, support 

  USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

- 1 x Front USB 3.0 header by Etron EJ188H (supports 2 

  USB 3.0 ports), supports USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

Connector

- 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and 

  Hot Plug functions

- 1 x Print Port header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion header

- 1 x CPU Fan connector (4-pin)

- 1 x Chassis Fan connector (4-pin)

- 1 x Power Fan connector (3-pin)

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 4 pin 12V power connector

- Front panel audio connector

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

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- 1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)

BIOS Feature

- 32Mb 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

- IGPU, DRAM, PCH, CPU PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage 

  Multi-adjustment

 Support CD 

- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), 

  CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX 

  Multimedia Suite - OEM

Hardware 

- CPU Temperature Sensing

Monitor

- Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer

- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed 

  Auto-Adjust by CPU Temperature)

- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control

- CASE OPEN detection

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

 OS

 - 

Microsoft

® 

Windows

® 

7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

TM 

/ Vista

TM

 64-bit    

  / XP / XP 64-bit compliant (see 

CAUTION 2

)

 Certi

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 cations

- 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 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.

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CAUTION!

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

may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage 

under Windows

®

 7 / Vista

TM

 / XP. For Windows

®

 OS with 64-bit 

CPU, there is no such limitation. You can use ASRock XFast 

RAM to utilize the memory that Win

dows

®

 cannot use.

2.  ASRock XFast RAM is not supported by Microsoft

®

 Windows

®

XP / XP 64-bit.

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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 settings as 

a pro

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 le and share it with your friends. Your friends then can 

load the OC pro

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 le to their own system to get the same OC set-

tings. In IES (Intelligent Energy Saver), the voltage regulator 

can reduce the number of output phases to improve ef

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 ciency 

when the CPU cores are idle without sacri

fi

 cing computing per-

formance. In XFast RAM, it fully utilizes the memory space that 

cannot 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 ef

fi

 cient way to save energy, 

time, money, and improves system running speed for your sys-

tem. It leverages the S3 and S4 ACPI features which normally 

enable the Sleep/Standby and Hibernation modes in Windows

®

to shorten boot up time. By calling S3 and S4 at speci

fi

 c timing 

during the shutdown and startup process, Instant Boot allows 

you to enter your Windows

®

 desktop in a few seconds.  

ASRock Instant Flash

ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS 

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 ash utility embedded in Flash 

ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update 

system BIOS without entering operating systems 

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 rst like MS-

DOS or Windows

®

. With this utility, 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 

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 le to your USB 

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 ash  drive, 

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 oppy disk or 

hard drive, then you can update your BIOS only in a few clicks 

without preparing an additional 

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 ash utility. Please be noted that the USB 

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hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 

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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 simultaneously and even supports continu-

ous 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 mar-

velous charging experience.

ASRock XFast USB   

ASRock XFast USB can boost USB storage device perfor-

mance. The performance may depend on the properties of the 

device.

ASRock XFast LAN 

ASRock XFast LAN provides a faster internet access, which 

includes the benefits listed below. LAN Application Prioritiza-

tion: You can con

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 gure your application’s priority ideally and/or 

add new programs. Lower Latency in Game: After setting online 

game’s priority higher, it can lower the latency in games. Traf

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 c 

Shaping: You can watch Youtube HD videos and download si-

multaneously. Real-Time Analysis of Your Data: With the status 

window, 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 AS-

Rock Extreme Tuning Utility (AXTU). It fully utilizes the memory 

space that cannot be used under Windows

®

 OS 32-bit CPU. 

ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of previously 

visited websites, making web surfing faster than ever. And it 

also boosts the speed of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. An-

other advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is that it reduces the 

frequency of accessing your SSDs or HDDs in order to extend 

their lifespan.

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ASRock Crashless BIOS 

ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS 

without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during the BIOS up-

date process, ASRock Crashless BIOS will automatically 

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 nish 

the BIOS update procedure after regaining power. Please note 

that BIOS 

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 les 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 speci

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 ed 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 re-

quired. 

ASRock Internet Flash

ASRock Internet Flash searches for available UEFI firmware 

updates from our servers. In other words, the system can auto-

detect the latest UEFI from our servers and 

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 ash them without 

entering Windows

®

 OS. Please note that you must be running 

on a DHCP con

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 gured computer in order to enable this function.

ASRock Fast Boot

With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes less 

than 1.5 seconds to logon to Windows 8 from a cold boot. No 

more waiting! The speedy boot will completely change your user 

experience and behavior.

ASRock Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.)

Combo Cooler Option (C.C.O.) provides the 

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 exible option to 

adopt three different CPU cooler types, Socket LGA 775, LGA 

1155 and LGA 1156. Please be noticed that not all the 775 and 

1156 CPU Fan can be used.