ASRock Z77 Extreme11: instruction

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Motherboard Layout

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1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

2 1155-Pin CPU Socket

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Black)

6 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2, Black)

7 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

8 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

9 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_11_12)

10 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_9_10)

11 SB Fan Connector (SB_FAN1)

12 SPI Flash Memory (64Mb)

13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0_1, Gray)

14 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2_3, Black)

15 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_4_5, Black)

16 SAS2/SATA3 Connector (SAS_0_1, Gray)

17 SAS2/SATA3 Connector (SAS_2_3, Gray)

18 SAS2/SATA3 Connector (SAS_4_5, Gray)

19 SAS2/SATA3 Connector (SAS_6_7, Gray)

20 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

21 Intel Z77 Chipset

22 Power LED Header (PLED1)

23 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

24 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

25 Power Switch (PWRBTN1)

26 Reset Switch (RSTBTN1)

27 Dr. Debug

28 Vertical Type A USB (USB8)

29 USB 2.0 Header (USB2_3)

30 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

31 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)

32 Consumer Infrared Module Header (CIR1)

33 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

34 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

35 Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header (FRONT_1394)

36 COM Port Header (COM1)

37 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

38 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

39 HDMI_SPDIF Header (HDMI_SPDIF1)

40 PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE7)

41 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE6)

42 Mini PCI Express Slot (MINI_PCIE1)

43 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE5)

44 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE4)

45 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3)

46 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE2)

47 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1)

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48 SLI/XFIRE Power Connector (SLI/XFIRE_PWR1)

49 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

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I/O Panel

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2

3

4

5

6

8

7

9

10

18

17

16

15

14

13

12

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1 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port

10 Microphone (Pink)

2 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

11 Optical SPDIF Out Port

*3 LAN RJ-45 Port

12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_78)

4 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01)

13 IEEE 1394 Port (1394)

*5 LAN RJ-45 Port

***14 eSATA3 Connector (eSATA_1)

6 Central / Bass (Orange)

15 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_56)

7 Rear Speaker (Black)

16 HDMI Port (HDMI1)

8 Line In (Light Blue)

17 Clear CMOS Switch (CLRCBTN1)

**9 Front Speaker (Lime)

18 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)

* There are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN

port LED indications.

ACT/LINK

SPEED

LAN Port LED Indications

LED

LED

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description

Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection

Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection

On 100Mbps connection Green 1Gbps connection

LAN Port

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** If you use a 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

Front Speaker

Rear Speaker

Central / Bass

Line In

Channels

(No. 9)

(No. 7)

(No. 6)

(No. 8)

2 V -- -- --

4 V V -- --

6 V V V --

8 V V V V

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

front panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer”

tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable play-

back multi-streaming”, and click “ok”.

Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then you are allowed to select “Realtek

HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker,

or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use the front panel audio.

*** eSATA3 connector supports SATA Gen3 in cable 1M.

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1. Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock Z77 Extreme11 motherboard, a reli-

able motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality

control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to

ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance.

In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the mother-

board and step-by-step hardware installation guide. Chapter 3 and 4 con-

tains the conguration guide of BIOS setup and information of the Support

CD.

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software

might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to

change without notice. In case any modications of this manual

occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock’s web-

site without further notice. You may nd the latest VGA cards

and CPU support list on ASRock’s website as well. ASRock

website http://www.asrock.com

If you require technical support related to this motherboard,

please visit our website for specic information about the model

you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Z77 Extreme11 Motherboard

(EATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm)

ASRock Z77 Extreme11 Quick Installation Guide

ASRock Z77 Extreme11 Support CD

8 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables

2 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cables

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_3S Card

1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI Bridge Card

1 x ASRock Wi-SB Box

12 x Screws

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1.2 Specications

Platform - EATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7

cm

- 2oz copper PCB

- Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made

high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

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CPU - Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel

Core

i7 / i5

/ i3 in LGA1155 Package

- Digi Power Design

- 8 + 4 Power Phase Design

- Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)

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- Supports Intel

Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

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- Supports Intel

K-Series unlocked CPU

- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology

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Chipset - Intel

Z77

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- Supports Intel

Rapid Start Technology and Smart

Connect Technology

Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR3 3000+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/

1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered

memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

(see CAUTION 1)

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- Supports Intel

Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2

Expansion Slot - 3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE1/PCIE5: single

at x16 (PCIE1)/x8(PCIE5) or dual at x8/x8; PCIE3: x8

mode)

®

* PCIE 3.0 is only supported with Intel

Ivy Bridge

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CPU. With Intel

Sandy Bridge CPU, it only supports

PCIE 2.0.

- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE7: x4 mode)

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- 3 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots

- 1 x mini-PCI Express slot: For WiFi + BT module

- PLX PEX 8747 and PLX PEX 8608 embedded

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- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX

, 4-Way

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TM

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CrossFireX

, 3-Way CrossFireX

and CrossFireX

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- Supports NVIDIA

Quad SLI

, 3-Way SLI

and

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SLI

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Graphics * Intel

HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA

outputs can be supported only with processors which

are GPU integrated.

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- Supports Intel

HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel

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TM

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Quick Sync Video 2.0, Intel

InTru

3D, Intel

Clear

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TM

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Video HD Technology, Intel

Insider

, Intel

HD

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Graphics 2500/4000 with Intel

Ivy Bridge CPU

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- Supports Intel

HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel

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Quick Sync Video, Intel

InTru

3D, Intel

Clear

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Video HD Technology, Intel

HD Graphics 2000/3000,

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Intel

Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) with Intel

Sandy Bridge CPU

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- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel

Ivy Bridge

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CPU. Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel

Sandy Bridge CPU

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- Max. shared memory 1760MB with Intel

Ivy Bridge

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CPU. Max. shared memory 1759MB with Intel

Sandy Bridge CPU

- Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution

up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC

and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI

- Supports HDCP with HDMI

- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD

playback with HDMI

Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection

(Realtek ALC898 Audio Codec)

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- Premium Blu-ray audio support

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- Supports THX TruStudio

LAN - 2 x PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Intel 82579V, Intel 82583V

- Supports Wake On LAN

- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function

- Supports PXE

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Wireless LAN - Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n

- Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)

- Supports High speed wireless connection up to

300Mbps

- 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive)

MIMO technology

- Supports Bluetooth 4.0 Class II

Rear Panel I/O - 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

- 1 x HDMI Port

- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port

- 2 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x eSATA3 Connector

- 8 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports

- 2 x RJ-45 LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and

SPEED LED)

- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port

- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

- HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line

in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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SAS2/SATA3 - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel

Z77, support

RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid

Storage and Intel Smart Response Technology),

NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

(SATA3_1 connector is shared with eSATA3 port)

- 8 x SAS2/SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by LSI

SAS2308 PCIe 3.0 x8 controller, support RAID (RAID

0, RAID 1, RAID 1E and RAID 10), MegaRAID Utility,

NCQ and Hot Plug

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USB 3.0 - 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Intel

Z77, support USB

1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

- 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ188, support USB

1.1/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s

- 2 x Front USB 3.0 headers by Etron EJ188 (support

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4 USB 3.0 ports), support USB 1.1/2.0/3.0 up to

5Gb/s

Connector - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID

0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 Intel Rapid Storage and

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RAID driver from a support CD to your USB storage de-

vice. After copying the RAID driver to your USB storage

device, please change “SATA Mode” to “RAID”, then you

can start installing the OS in RAID mode.

ASRock Fast Boot

With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes

less than 1.5 seconds to logon to Windows 8 from a cold

boot. No more waiting! The speedy boot will completely

change your user experience and behavior.

ASRock Restart to UEFI

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Windows

8 brings the ultimate boot up experience.

The lightning boot up speed makes it hard to access the

UEFI setup. ASRock Restart to UEFI allows users to

easily enter the UEFI automatically when turning on the

PC. Just simply enable this function; the PC will enter

the UEFI directly after you restart.

ASRock Good Night LED

ASRock Good Night LED technology can offer you a bet-

ter environment by extinguishing the unessential LED.

By enabling Good Night LED in BIOS, the Power / HDD

/ LAN LED will be switched off when system is on. Not

only this, Good night LED will automatically switch off

Power and Keyboard LED when the system enters into

Standby / Hibernation mode as well.

Vertical Type A USB

Vertical type USB ports are rarely seen on motherboard

designs. This ASRock motherboard is unprecedentedly

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equipped with a vertical USB 2.0 port named Vertical

Type A USB. Besides the USB ports on the rear I/O,

Vertical Type A USB is a convenient alternative port for

users to plug in devices.

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