ASRock H61M-DPS: 1. Introduction

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1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock 

H61M-DPS 

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

fi

 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-DPS

 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)

ASRock 

H61M-DPS

 Quick Installation Guide

ASRock 

H61M-DPS

 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

®

 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

TM 

/ 

Vista

TM

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

fi

 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 Speci

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 cations

 Platform

- Micro ATX Form Factor

- Solid Capacitor for CPU power 

 CPU

- Supports 3

rd

 and 2

nd

 Generation Intel

®

 Core

TM

 i7 / i5 / i3 in 

  LGA1155 Package

- Supports Intel

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 Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

- Supports K-Series 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

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 Extreme Memory Pro

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 le (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2 with 

  Intel

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 Ivy Bridge CPU

 Expansion Slot 

- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot (PCIE1 @ x16 mode)

  * 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

- 1 x PCI slot

 Graphics 

 * 

Intel

®

 HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can 

  be supported only with processors which are GPU 

  integrated.

- Supports Intel

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 HD Graphics Built-in Visuals: Intel

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 Quick 

  Sync Video 2.0, Intel

®

 InTru

TM

 3D, Intel

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 Clear Video HD 

  Technology, Intel

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 Insider

TM

, Intel

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 HD Graphics 2500/4000 

  with Intel

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 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 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 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

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

  LED)

- HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Connector

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

  Hot Plug functions

- 1 x CIR header

- 1 x Print Port header

- 1 x COM port header

- 1 x Chassis Intrusion header

- 1 x CPU Fan connectors (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) 

BIOS Feature

- 32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support 

- Supports “Plug and Play”

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- Supports jumperfree

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- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

 Support CD 

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

  CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome 

  Browser and Toolbar

Hardware 

- CPU Temperature Sensing

Monitor

- Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU Fan Tachometer

- Chassis Fan Tachometer

- CPU 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

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Windows

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 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

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/ 

  Vista

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 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant

 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.

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

®

 8 / 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.

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1.3 Pin Header Easy Installation Guide

ASRock motherboard is equipped with pin headers with obvious colors which indi-

cate you to recognize the crucial headers more easily. Please refer to below illustra-

tions for the pin de

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 nition of onboard headers. If you want to have more information 

about the usage of these headers, please refer to “Jumpers Setup“ and “Onboard 

Headers and Connectors“ for details. 

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GND

PRESENCE#

MIC_RET

MIC2_L

MIC2_R

OUT2_R

J_SENSE

OUT2_L

OUT_RET

Front Panel Audio Header

1

PLED+

PLED-

PWRBTN#

HDLED+

HDLED-

GND

REST#

GND

DUMMY

System Panel Header

USB  2.0  Header      

1

USB_PWR

P-

P+

USB_PWR

P-

P+

GND

GND

DUMMY

Chassis Speaker Header

1

+5V

DUMMY

SPEAKER

DUMMY

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1.4 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 

Description

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRCMOS1)  

(see p.2,  No. 23)

Note:  CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. To clear and reset the 

system parameters to default setup, please turn off the computer and unplug 

the power cord from the power supply. After waiting for 15 seconds, use a 

jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, 

please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS. If you need 

to clear the CMOS when you just 

fi

 nish updating the BIOS, you must boot up 

the system 

fi

 rst, and then shut it down before you do the clear-CMOS action. 

Please be noted that the password, date, time and user default pro

fi

 le will be 

cleared only if the CMOS battery is removed. 

Clear CMOS

Default

If you clear the CMOS, the case open may be detected. Please adjust

the BIOS option “Clear Status” to clear the record of previous chassis

 intrusion 

status.

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1.5 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!

Serial ATA2 Connectors 

These four Serial ATA2 

(SATA_0: see  p.2, No. 13) 

(SATA2) connectors support   

(SATA_1: see  p.2, No. 11) 

SATA data cables for internal  

(SATA_2: see  p.2, No. 14) 

storage  devices. The current  

(SATA_3: see  p.2, No. 10) 

SATA2 interface allows up to 

3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

Serial ATA (SATA) 

Either end of the SATA data  

Data Cable 

cable can be connected to the  

(Optional)

SATA2 hard disk or the SATA2 

connector on this motherboard.

USB 2.0 Headers 

Besides four default USB 2.0 

(9-pin USB4_5)

ports on the I/O panel, there   

(see p.2  No. 16)

are two USB 2.0 headers on   

this motherboard. Each 

USB 2.0 header can support   

two USB 2.0 ports.

(9-pin USB6_7)

(see p.2  No. 15)

Consumer Infrared Module Header 

This header can be used to    

(4-pin CIR1)

connect the remote   

(see p.2  No. 17)

 controller 

receiver.

SATA_3           SATA_1

SATA_2           SATA_0

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J_SENSE

OUT2_L

1

MIC_RET

PRESENCE#

GND

OUT2_R

MIC2_R

MIC2_L

OUT_RET

Front Panel Audio Header 

This is an interface for front 

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

panel audio cable that allows  

(see p.2  No. 20)

convenient connection and    

control of audio devices.

1. High De

fi

 nition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on  

    the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the  

    instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system.

2. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio    

    header as below:

    A. Connect Mic_IN (MIC) to MIC2_L.

    B. Connect Audio_R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L.

    C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND). 

    D. MIC_RET and OUT_RET are for HD audio panel only. You don’t     

         need to connect them for AC’97 audio panel.

    E. To activate the front mic. 

         For Windows

®

 XP / XP 64-bit OS:

                 Select “Mixer”. Select “Recorder”. Then click “FrontMic”.

         For Windows

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 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

TM

 / Vista

TM

 64-bit OS:

         Go to the "FrontMic" Tab in the Realtek Control panel. Adjust  

         “Recording Volume”.

System Panel Header 

This header accommodates

(9-pin PANEL1)

several system front panel   

(see p.2  No. 7)

 functions.

Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the 

chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below. Note the 

positive and negative pins before connecting the cables.

PWRBTN (Power Switch): 

Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may con

fi

 gure 

the way to turn off your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch): 

Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset 

switch to restart the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a 

normal restart.

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CPU Fan Connector 

Please connect the CPU fan 

(4-pin CPU_FAN1)

cable to the connector and 

(see p.2  No. 4)

match the black wire to the    

ground 

pin.

PLED (System Power LED): 

Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED 

is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking when the sys-

tem is in S1 sleep state. The LED is off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep 

state or powered off (S5).

HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED): 

Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. The LED 

is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data.

The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly 

consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, 

speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this 

header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are 

matched correctly.

       Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin  

       CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function.  

       If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this  

       motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3.  

3-Pin Fan Installation

Pin 1-3 Connected

Chassis Speaker Header   

Please connect the chassis    

(4-pin SPEAKER 1)

speaker to this header.

(see p.2  No. 8)

Chassis and Power Fan Connectors 

Please connect the fan cables  

(4-pin CHA_FAN1)

to the fan connectors and  

(see p.2  No. 12)

match the black wire to the    

ground 

pin.

(3-pin PWR_FAN1)

(see p.2  No. 1)

GND

+12V

CHA_FAN_SPEED

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

PWR_FAN_SPEED

GND

+12V

GND

+12V

CPU_FAN_SPEED

FAN_SPEED_CONTROL

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ATX 12V Power Connector   

Please connect an ATX 12V  

(4-pin  ATX12V1)

power supply to this connector.

(see p.2  No. 2)

Chassis Intrusion Header   

This motherboard supports

(2-pin CI1)

CASE OPEN detection feature

(see p.2,  No. 22)

that detects if the chassis cover

has been removed. This feature

requires a chassis with chassis

intrusion detection design.

1

Signal

GND

ATX Power Connector 

Please connect an ATX power 

(24-pin ATXPWR1)

supply to this connector. 

(see p.2  No. 6)

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20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation

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.

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Print Port Header 

This is an interface for print 

(25-pin LPT1)

port cable that allows  

(see p.2  No. 19)

convenient connection of printer 

 devices.

1

AFD#

ERROR#

PINIT#

GND

SLIN#

STB#

SPD0

SPD1

SPD2

SPD3

SPD4

SPD5

SPD6

SPD7

ACK#

BUSY

PE

SLCT

Serial port Header 

This COM1 header supports a

(9-pin COM1)

serial port module. 

(see p.2  No. 18)