ASRock H61M-PS2: instruction

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ASRock  H61M-PS2  Motherboard

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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 

California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please 

follow the related regulations in advance.

“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see 

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ASRock  H61M-PS2  Motherboard

Motherboard Layout 

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 1  

Power  Fan  Connector  (PWR_FAN1) 

13 

Chassis  Speaker  Header  (SPEAKER 1, White) 

 2  

1155-Pin  CPU  Socket 

14 

System  Panel  Header  (PANEL1, White)

 3  

CPU  Fan  Connector  (CPU_FAN1) 

15 

USB 2.0  Header  (USB4_5, Blue)

 4 

ATX  12V  Power  Connector  (ATX12V1 

16 

USB 2.0  Header  (USB6_7, Blue)

 5 

2 x 240-pin  DDR3  DIMM  Slots 

17 

Chassis  Fan  Connector  (CHA_FAN1)

(Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Blue) 

18 

Clear  CMOS  Jumper  (CLRCMOS1)

 6 

ATX  Power  Connector  (ATXPWR1)  

19 

Infrared  Module  Header  (IR1) 

 7 

Intel  H61  Chipset 

20 

PCI  Slot  (PCI1)

 8 

32Mb  SPI  Flash 

21 

PCI  Express  2.0  x1  Slot  (PCIE2, White) 

 9 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_0, Blue) 

22 

PCI  Express  3.0  x16  Slot  (PCIE1, Blue)

10 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_1, Blue) 

23 

Front  Panel  Audio  Header 

11 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_2, Blue)  

(HD_AUDIO1, White) 

12 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_3, Blue)

Intel

H61

A

T

XPWR1

Designed in Taipei

19.8cm (7.8 in)

24.4cm

(9.6

in)

DDR3_A1

(64

bit,

2

40-pin

module)

DDR3_B1

(64

bit,

240-pin

module)

DDR3

PCIE1

Top:

RJ-45

USB 2.0

T: USB2

B: USB3

PS2

Keyboard

USB 2.0

T: USB0

B: USB1

To

p

:

LINE

IN

Center:

FRONT

Bottom:

MIC

IN

Super

I/O

CMOS

Battery

ATX12V1

PWR_F

AN1

CPU_FAN1

H61M-PS2

ErP/EuP

R

eady

LAN

PHY

1

HD_AUDIO1

AUDIO

CODEC

IR1

1

USB4_5

1

CLRCMOS1

1

32Mb

BIOS

1

SATA2_3

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

SPEAKER1

CHA_FAN1

1

2 3

4

5

6

9

10

11

12

8

7

14

13

15

16

22

17

18

19

20

21

23

SATA2_2

PS2

Mouse

SATA2_1

SATA2_0

USB6_7

1

PCIE2

PCI1

VGA1

X

Fast

LAN

X

Fast

USB

RoHS

COM1

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ASRock  H61M-PS2  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 

ACT/LINK

    LED

SPEED

  LED

LAN Port

1 

PS/2  Mouse  Port  (Green)                    

 6 

USB 2.0  Ports  (USB23)                        

      * 2 

LAN  RJ-45  Port 

 7 

USB 2.0  Ports  (USB01)

3 

Line  In  (Light  Blue) 

 8 

VGA  Port

     ** 4 

Front  Speaker  (Lime) 

 9 

COM Port

5 

Microphone  (Pink) 

10  PS/2  Keyboard  Port  (Purple) 

  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 “VIA HD Audio Deck” tool on  

  your system. Please follow below instructions according to the OS you install.

For Windows

®

 XP / XP 64-bit OS: 

  Please click “VIA HD Audio Deck” icon               , and click “Speaker”. Then you are allowed to

  select “2 Channel” or “4 Channel”. Click “Power” to save your change. 

For Windows

®

 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista

TM

 / Vista

TM

 64-bit OS:

  Please click “VIA HD Audio Deck” icon               , and click “Advanced Options” on the left side 

  on the bottom. In “Advanced Options” screen, select “Independent Headphone”, and click        

  “OK” to save your change.   

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