ASRock H61M-GS: instruction

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ASRock  H61M-GS / H61M-S  Motherboard

English

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ASRock  H61M-GS / H61M-S  Motherboard

Motherboard Layout (H61M-GS / H61M-S)

English

 1  

Power  Fan  Connector  (PWR_FAN1) 

14 

System  Panel  Header  (PANEL1, White) 

 2  

1155-Pin  CPU  Socket 

15 

USB 2.0  Header  (USB6_7, Blue)

 3  

CPU  Fan  Connector  (CPU_FAN1) 

16 

USB 2.0  Header  (USB8_9, Blue)

 4 

ATX  12V  Power  Connector  (ATX12V1 

17 

COM  Port  Header  (COM1)

 5 

2 x 240-pin  DDR3  DIMM  Slots 

18 

Chassis  Fan  Connector  (CHA_FAN1)

(Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Blue) 

19 

Clear  CMOS  Jumper  (CLRCMOS1)

 6 

ATX  Power  Connector  (ATXPWR1)  

20 

Print  Port  Header  (LPT1, White) 

 7 

Intel  H61  Chipset 

21 

PCI  Express  2.0  x1  Slot  (PCIE3, White)

 8 

32Mb  SPI  Flash 

22 

Infrared  Module  Header  (IR1) 

 9 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_0, Blue) 

23 

PCI  Express  2.0  x1  Slot  (PCIE2, White)

10 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_1, Blue) 

24 

PCI  Express  2.0  x16  Slot  (PCIE1, Blue) 

11 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_2, Blue)  

25 

Front  Panel  Audio  Header 

12 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_3, Blue) 

(HD_AUDIO1, White)

13 

Chassis  Speaker  Header  (SPEAKER 1, White)

Intel

H61

A

T

XPWR1

Designed in Taipei

19.8cm (7.8 in)

24.4cm

(9.6

in)

DDR3_A1

(64

b

it,

2

40-pin

module)

DDR3_B1

(64

bit,

2

40-pin

module)

Dual

Channel

D

DR3

PCIE1

Top:

RJ-45

USB 2.0

T: USB4

B: USB5

PS2

Keyboard

VGA1

USB 2.0

T: USB0

B: USB1

To

p

:

LINE

IN

Center:

FRONT

Bottom:

MIC

IN

Super

I/O

CMOS

Battery

ATX12V1

DX10.1

PWR_F

AN1

CPU_FAN1

PCI Express 2.0

ErP/EuP Ready

LAN

PHY

1

HD_AUDIO1

AUDIO

CODEC

COM1

1

RoHS

IR1

1

USB6_7

1

CLRCMOS1

1

32Mb

BIOS

1

SATA2_3

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

SPEAKER1

CHA_FAN1

1

LPT1

1

2 3

4

5

6

9

10

11

12

8

7

14

13

15

16

22

17

18

19

20

21

23

24

25

SATA2_2

PS2

Mouse

USB 2.0

T: USB2

B: USB3

SATA2_1

SATA2_0

USB8_9

1

PCIE2

PCIE3

DVI1

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ASRock  H61M-GS / H61M-S  Motherboard

English

I/O Panel (H61M-GS)

* 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

ACT/LINK

    LED

SPEED

  LED

LAN Port

1 

PS/2  Mouse  Port  (Green)                    

 7 

USB 2.0  Ports  (USB23)                        

      * 2 

LAN  RJ-45  Port 

 8 

USB 2.0  Ports  (USB01)

3 

Line  In  (Light  Blue) 

 9 

VGA/DVI-D  Port

     ** 4 

Front  Speaker  (Lime) 

10  VGA/D-Sub  Port 

5 

Microphone  (Pink)  

11  PS/2  Keyboard  Port  (Purple)

6 

USB 2.0  Ports  (USB45) 

1

2

5

3

6

7

8

9

10

4

11

** To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front

    panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi-Streaming.

    For Windows

®

 XP:

    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” or

    “4CH” and then you are allowed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use Rear Speaker

    and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use front panel audio. Then

    reboot your system.

    For Windows

®

 7 / Vista

TM

:

    After restarting your computer, please double-click “Realtek HD Audio Manager” on the

    system tray. Set “Speaker Con

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 guration” to “Quadraphonic” or “Stereo”. Click “Device

    advanced settings”, choose “Make front and rear output devices playbacks two different audio

    streams simultaneously”, and click “ok”. Then reboot your system.