ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3: I/O Panel

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ASRock  Z68 Extreme3 Gen3  Motherboard

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I/O Panel

* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED  

   indications. 

LAN Port LED Indications

       Activity/Link LED        

SPEED LED

Status        Description            Status           Description 

Off           No Link               Off              10Mbps connection

Blinking   Data Activity        Orange      100Mbps connection

On           Link 

         Green        1Gbps connection

1 

USB 2.0  Ports  (USB01)                                          ** 9     Front  Speaker  (Lime)      

2 

D-Sub  Port  (VGA1)  

10  Microphone  (Pink)

3 

USB 2.0  Ports  (USB23) 

11  USB 3.0  Ports  (USB45)

      * 4 

LAN  RJ-45  Port                                                   *** 12 

eSATA3  Connector

5 

Central / Bass  (Orange)                                           13  Clear  CMOS  Switch  (CLRCBTN)  

6 

Rear  Speaker  (Black) 

14  HDMI  Port  (HDMI1)

7 

Optical  SPDIF  Out  Port 

15  DVI-D  Port  (DVI1) 

8 

Line  In  (Light  Blue) 

16  PS/2  Keyboard  Port  (Purple)

ACT/LINK

    LED

SPEED

  LED

LAN Port

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If you use 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 Channels   Front Speaker  Rear Speaker 

Central / Bass 

 Line In or  

(No. 9) 

(No. 6) 

(No. 5)          Side Speaker

  (No. 

8) 

2 

V 

-- -- --

4 V 

V 

-- 

--

6 

V 

V V --

8 

V 

V V V

8

11

12

13

14

15

16

5

6

7

9

10

4

1

2

3

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ASRock  Z68 Extreme3 Gen3  Motherboard

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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 

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 nd “Mixer” tool on your system.  

  Please select “Mixer ToolBox”               , click “Enable playback 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.