ASRock 990FX EXTREME4: instruction

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ASRock  990FX Extreme4  Motherboard

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controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the 

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follow the related regulations in advance.

“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see 

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ASRock  990FX Extreme4  Motherboard

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Motherboard Layout 

24.4cm (9.6-in)

SOCKET

  AM3b

AMD

990FX

Chipset

DDR3_A1

 (64

 bit,

 240-pin

 module)

DDR3_A2

 (64

 bit,

 240-pin

 module)

DDR3_B1

 (64

 bit,

 240-pin

 module)

DDR3_B2

 (64

 bit,

 240-pin

 module)

ATX12V1

CPU_FAN2

CPU_FAN1

CHA_FAN2

CHA_FAN3

CLRCMOS1

1

1

USB8_9

1

USB2_3

1

FRONT_1394

1

IDE1

SA

T

A3_5_6

SA

T

A3_3_4

SA

T

A3_1_2

1

PLED1

SPEAKER1

1

Dr.

Debug

PWRBTN1

RSTBTN1

USB3_0_1

HDLED    RESET

PLED  PWRBTN

1

PANEL 1

FLOPPY1

COM1

1

SATA3_7

SATA3_8

PCIE5

PCI2

PCIE4

PCIE1

PCIE2

PCIE3

PCI1

PWR_FAN1

CD1

HD_AUDIO1

1

CHA_FAN1

IR1

CMOS

BATTERY

LAN

PHY

PS2

Keyboard

Coaxial

SPDIF

Optical

SPDIF

Clr

CMOS

PS2

Mouse

USB

 2.0

T:

 U

S

B

0

B:

 USB1

RJ-45

 LAN

USB

 2.0

T:

 U

S

B

6

B:

 USB7

USB

 2.0

T:

 U

S

B

4

B:

 USB5

eSA

TA3

IEEE

 1394

USB

 3.0

T:

 U

S

B

2

B:

 USB3

T

op:

SIDE

  SPK

Center:

REAR

  SPK

Bottom:

CTR

  BASS

T

op:

LINE

  IN

Center:

FRONT

Bottom:

M

IC  I

N

AUDIO

CODEC

32Mb

BIOS

Super

I/O

30.5cm

 (12.0-in)

DDR3

 1866

HT3.0

Phenom

 II

AM3+

FSB2.6GHz

Dual

 Channel

140W

 CPU

Designed in Taipei

990FX Extreme4

Support 8-Core CPU

PCI Express 2.0

SATA3 6Gb/s

ErP/EuP

Ready

Front USB 3.0

RoHS

1394a

USB 3.0

1

HDMI_SPDIF1

AMD

SB950

Chipset

14

1 2 3 4

5

6 7

8 9

11

12

13

16

15

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

24

25

25

26

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

10

45

 1  

HDMI_SPDIF  Header  (HDMI_SPDIF1, White)  

23 

Chassis  Speaker  Header  

 2  

Chassis  Fan  Connector  (CHA_FAN3)   

(SPEAKER 1, White)

 3  

Clear  CMOS  Jumper  (CLRCMOS1) 

24 

Dr.  Debug  (LED)

 4 

Chassis  Fan  Connector  (CHA_FAN2)  

25 

Reset  Switch  (RSTBTN)

 5  

ATX  12V  Power  Connector  (ATX12V1) 

26 

Power  Switch  (PWRBTN)

 6 

CPU  Fan  Connector  (CPU_FAN1)  

27 

SPI Flash Memory (32Mb)

 7 

CPU  Fan  Connector  (CPU_FAN2) 

28 

USB 3.0  Header  (USB3_0_1, Light  Blue)

 8  

CPU  Heatsink  Retention  Module 

29 

System  Panel  Header  (PANEL1, White)

 9 

AM3+  CPU  Socket 

30 

Floppy  Connector  (FLOPPY1)

10 

2 x 240-pin  DDR3  DIMM  Slots 

31 

Serial  Port  Connector  (COM1)

(Dual Channel B: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1; Blue) 

32 

SATA3  Connector  (SATA3_7, White) 

11 

2 x 240-pin  DDR3  DIMM  Slots 

33 

SATA3  Connector  (SATA3_8, White)

(Dual Channel B: DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2; White)   34 

PCI  Express  2.0  x16  Slot  (PCIE5; Blue) 

12  

ATX  Power  Connector  (ATXPWR1)  

35 

PCI  Slot  (PCI2)

13 

USB 2.0  Header  (USB8_9, Blue) 

36 

PCI  Express  2.0  x16  Slot  (PCIE4; Blue) 

14 

USB 2.0  Header  (USB2_3, Blue) 

37 

PCI  Slot  (PCI1) 

15 

Front  Panel  IEEE  1394  Header 

38 

PCI  Express  2.0  x1  Slot  (PCIE3; White)

(FRONT_1394, White)  

39 

PCI  Express  2.0  x16  Slot  (PCIE2; Blue)

16 

Northbridge  Controller 

40 

Power  Fan  Connector  (PWR_FAN1)

17 

Southbridge  Controller  

41 

PCI  Express  2.0  x1  Slot  (PCIE1; White)

18 

Primary  IDE  Connector  (IDE1, Blue) 

42 

Internal  Audio  Connector: CD1 (White)

19 

SATA3  Connector  (SATA3_5_6, White) 

43 

Front  Panel  Audio  Header 

20 

SATA3  Connector  (SATA3_3_4, White) 

(HD_AUDIO1, White) 

21 

SATA3  Connector  (SATA3_1_2, White) 

44 

Infrared  Module  Header  (IR1)

22 

Power  LED  Header  (PLED1) 

45 

Chassis  Fan  Connector  (CHA_FAN1)

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ASRock  990FX Extreme4  Motherboard

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I/O Panel

** 

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 

Side Speaker

(No. 9) 

(No. 6) 

(No. 7) 

(No. 5)

2 

V 

-- -- --

4 V 

V 

-- 

--

6 

V 

V V --

8 

V 

V V V

LAN Port

ACT/LINK

    LED

SPEED

  LED

* 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

2

4

3

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

1 

PS/2  Mouse  Port  (Green)  

10     Microphone  (Pink)      

2 

Coaxial  SPDIF  Out  Port 

11  USB 3.0  Ports  (USB23)    

       *3 

LAN  RJ-45  Port 

12  IEEE  1394  Port  (IEEE  1394)

  

4 

USB 2.0  Ports  (USB45)                                        ***13  eSATA3  Connector 

  

5 

Side  Speaker  (Gray) 

14  USB 2.0  Ports  (USB67)  

6 

Rear  Speaker  (Black) 

15  USB 2.0  Ports  (USB01)

7 

Central / Bass  (Orange) 

16  Optical  SPDIF  Out  Port

8 

Line  In  (Light  Blue) 

17  Clear  CMOS  Switch  (CLRCBTN)

      **9 

Front  Speaker  (Lime) 

18  PS/2  Keyboard  Port  (Purple)

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ASRock  990FX Extreme4  Motherboard

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 

fi

 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 Pri-

mary 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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