ASRock H61iCafe: instruction

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ASRock  H61iCafe  Motherboard

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ASRock  H61iCafe  Motherboard

Motherboard Layout 

English

 1  

1155-Pin  CPU  Socket 

17 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_3, Blue)

 2  

CPU  Fan  Connector  (CPU_FAN1) 

18 

Chassis  Speaker  Header  (SPEAKER 1, White)

 3  

CPU  Fan  Connector  (CPU_FAN2) 

19 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_1, Blue)

 4 

ATX  12V  Power  Connector  (ATX12V1) 

20 

Chassis  Fan  Connector  (CHA_FAN1)  

  

 5 

2 x 240-pin  DDR3  DIMM  Slots  

21 

USB 2.0  Header  (USB8_9, Blue) 

  

  

(Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Blue) 

22 

USB 2.0  Header  (USB6_7, Blue) 

 6 

2 x 240-pin  DDR3  DIMM  Slots 

23 

Infrared  Module  Header  (IR1)

(Dual Channel: DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2, White)  

24 

COM  Port  Header  (COM1)

 7 

ATX  Power  Connector  (ATXPWR1) 

25 

PCI  Slots  (PCI1-2) 

 8 

Chassis  Fan  Connector  (CHA_FAN2)  

26 

PCI  Express  2.0  x1  Slot  (PCIE3, White) 

 9 

32Mb  SPI  Flash 

27 

PCI  Express  2.0  x1  Slot  (PCIE2, White) 

10 

Clear  CMOS  Jumper  (CLRCMOS1)  

28 

Front  Panel  Audio  Header  

11 

Intel  H61  Chipset 

(HD_AUDIO1, White)

12 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_0, Blue)  

29 

HDMI_SPDIF  Header 

13 

SATA2  Connector  (SATA2_2, Blue) 

(HDMI_SPDIF1, White) 

14 

SATA3  Connector  (SATA3_1, White) 

30 

PCI  Express  2.0  x16  Slot  (PCIE1, Blue)

15 

SATA3  Connector  (SATA3_2, White) 

31 

Chassis  Fan  Connector  (CHA_FAN3)

16 

System  Panel  Header  (PANEL1, White) 

32 

Power  Fan  Connector  (PWR_FAN1)

Intel

H61

CMOS

Battery

A

TXPWR1

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)

H61iCafe

32Mb

BIOS

PCIE1

PCIE2

PCIE3

PCI1

PCI2

Super

I/O

RoHS

ATX12V1

PCI Express 2.0

21.8cm (8.6 in)

30.5cm

(12.0

in)

ErP/EuP Ready

USB6_7

1

1

1

1

USB8_9

SPEAKER1

1

IR1

1

HD_AUDIO1

1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

COM1

1

CLRCMOS1

1

SATA2_2

SATA3_1

SATA2_3

SATA3_2

SATA2_0

SATA2_1

Dual

Channel

DDR3

CPU_FAN1

CPU_FAN2

CHA_FAN1

CHA_FAN3

PWR_FAN1

CHA_FAN2

USB 2.0

T: USB0

B: USB1

PS2

Keyboard

VGA1

DVI_CON1

HDMI1

USB 2.0

T: USB4

B: USB5

Top:

RJ-45

T

op:

CTR

BASS

Center:

REAR

SPK

Bottom:

Optical

SPDIF

T

op:

LINE

IN

Center:

FRONT

Bottom:

MIC

IN

USB 3.0

T: USB2

B: USB3

LAN

PHY

AUDIO

CODEC

HDMI_SPDIF_1

1

Designed in Taipei

DX10.1

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ASRock  H61iCafe  Motherboard

English

I/O Panel

1 

USB 2.0  Ports  (USB01)                                         ** 8 

Front  Speaker  (Lime)                         

2 

VGA/D-Sub  Port 

 9 

Microphone  (Pink)       

      * 3 

LAN  RJ-45  Port 

10  USB 2.0  Ports  (USB45)

4 

Central / Bass  (Orange) 

11  USB 3.0  Ports  (USB23)

  

5 

Rear  Speaker  (Black) 

12  VGA/HDMI  Port  

6 

Optical  SPDIF  Out  Port 

13  VGA/DVI-D  Port

7 

Line  In  (Light  Blue) 

14  PS/2  Keyboard  Port  (Purple) 

1

2

5

3

6

7

8

9

10

11

13

14

12

4

** 

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. 8) 

(No. 5) 

(No. 4)          Side Speaker

  (No. 

7) 

2 

V 

-- -- --

4 V 

V 

-- 

--

6 

V 

V V --

8 

V 

V V V

* 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

  

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.