ASRock 990fx extreme9: instruction
Manual for ASRock 990fx extreme9

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CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY
The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance
controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the
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Motherboard Layout
FS B 8 00
1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 21 Power Switch (PWRBTN)
2 CPU Heatsink Retention Module 22 Reset Switch (RSTBTN)
3 AM3+ CPU Socket 23 Dr. Debug (LED)
4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 24 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)
5 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2) 25 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)
6 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2) 26 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)
7 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 27 Consumer Infrared Module Header (CIR1)
(Dual Channel A: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1) 28 System Panel Header (PANEL1)
8 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots 29 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)
(Dual Channel B: DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2) 30 Power LED Header (PLED1)
9 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) 31 Serial Port Connector (COM1)
10 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 32 Infrared Module Header (IR1)
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11 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_6_7) 33 Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header
12 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_4_5) (FRONT_1394)
13 Northbridge Controller 34 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
14 Southbridge Controller 35 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE5)
15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A1_A2) 36 SPI Flash Memory (32Mb)
16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5_6) 37 PCI Slot (PCI1)
17 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3_4) 38 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE4)
18 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1_2) 39 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3)
19 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 40 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE2)
20 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 41 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1)
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2
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9
Key bo ard
PS2
Mou se
PS2
CPU_ FAN1
CPU_ FAN2
CHA_ FAN2
PWR_ FAN1
ATX1 2V1
CMO S
Clr
SPDI F
Opti cal
SPDI F
Coax ial
USB 3 .0
T: U S B0
B: US B1
SOCKET AM3b
eSATA
USB 2 .0
FS B 8 00
T: U SB0
B: US B1
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eSATA
IEE E 13 94
USB 2 .0
T: U SB2
B: US B3
USB 3.0
DDR3 _A 1 ( 64 bit, 240 -p in module)
DDR3 _A 2 ( 64 bit, 240 -p in module)
DDR3 _B 1 ( 64 bit, 240 -p in module)
DDR3 _B 2 ( 64 bit, 240 -p in module)
T: U SB 2
Top:
B: U SB3
RJ- 45
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CTR BASS
Bott om:
REAR SPK
Cent er:
SIDE SPK
Top:
12
MIC IN
Bott om:
FRON T
Cent er:
LINE IN
Top:
LAN
AMD
USB3 _6_ 7
USB3 _4_ 5
990FX
CMO S
13
BAT TE RY
Chipset
AUDI O
CODE C
PCIE1
41
14
40
PCIE2
990FX E x t reme9
AMD
39
PCIE3
SB950
15
SATA3_ A1_ A2
Super
Chipset
I/O
16
PCIE4
38
SATA3_ 5_6
17
37
PCI1
SATA3_ 3_4
32M b
Ro HS
36
BIO S
18
CHA_ FAN3
SPEAK ER1
SATA3_ 1_2
35
PCIE5
1
19
HD_A UDI O1
FRON T_1 394
COM1
USB4_ 5
Dr.
CHA_ FAN1
IR1
PLED1
PANEL 1
USB6 _7
1
PLED PWRBT N
Debug
PWRB TNRSTB TN
1
11
1
1
1
11
CLRCM OS1
1
HDLED RES ET
1
CIR1
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I/O Panel
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1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 11 Microphone (Pink)
2 Coaxial SPDIF Out Port 12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_2_3)
3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 13 IEEE 1394 Port (IEEE 1394)
4 USB 2.0 Port (USB23) *** 14 eSATA3 Connector (ESATA1)
* 5 LAN RJ-45 Port *** 15 eSATA3 Connector (ESATA2)
6 Side Speaker (Gray) 16 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_0_1)
7 Rear Speaker (Black) 17 Optical SPDIF Out Port
8 Central / Bass (Orange) 18 Clear CMOS Switch (CLRCBTN)
9 Line In (Light Blue) 19 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)
** 10 Front Speaker (Lime)
* 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
ACT/LINK
SPEED
Activity/Link LED SPEED LED
LED
LED
Status Description Status Description
Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection
LAN Port
**
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. 10) (No. 7) (No. 8) (No. 6)
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2 V -- -- --
4 V V -- --
6 V V V --
8 V V V V
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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 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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Table of contents
- Motherboard Layout
- I/O Panel
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Installation
- 3. BIOS Information
- 1. Einführung
- 2. BIOS-Information
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Informations sur le BIOS
- 1. Introduzione
- 2. Informazioni sul BIOS
- 1. Introducción
- 2. BIOS Información
- 1. Введение
- 2. Информация о BIOS
- 1. Introdução
- 2. Informações da BIOS
- 1. Giriş
- 2. BIOS Bilgileri
- 1. 제품소개
- 2. 시스템 바이오스 정보
- 1. 主板簡介
- 2. BIOS 信息
- 1. 主機板簡介
- 2. BIOS 訊息
- 1. Penjelasan
- Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB