ASRock Z87 Extreme6__ac: instruction

Version 1.0

Published May 2013

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Z87 Extreme6/ac / Z87 Extreme6

CMOS

Battery

Motherboard Layout

Z87 Extreme6/ac

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CMOS

Battery

Z87 Extreme6

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Z87 Extreme6/ac / Z87 Extreme6

No. Description

1 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

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

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

7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_4_5)

9 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_A3_A4)

10 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_A1_A2)

11 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_1)

12 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_2_3)

13 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_4_5)

14 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

15 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

16 Power LED Header (PLED1)

17 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

18 BIOS Selection Switch (BIOS_SEL1)

19 Power Switch (PWRBTN1)

20 Reset Switch (RSTBTN1)

21 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

22 Vertical Type A USB 2.0 (USB6)

23 USB 2.0 Header (USB2_3)

24 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)

25 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_6_7)

26 SLI/XFIRE Power Connector (SLI/XFIRE_PWR1)

27 COM Port Header (COM1)

28 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

29 Infrared Module Header (IR1)

30 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)

31 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

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I/O Panel

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8

1 2 3 754

9

101112131415161718

No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 11 Optical SPDIF Out Port

2 DVI-I Port 12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_23)

3 Display Port (ASMedia Hub)

4 LAN RJ-45 Port (Intel® I217V)* 13 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01)

5 LAN RJ-45 Port (Intel® I211AT)* (ASMedia Hub)

6 Central / Bass (Orange) 14 HDMI-In Port

7 Rear Speaker (Black) 15 HDMI-Out Port

8 Line In (Light Blue) 16 eSATA Connector***

9 Front Speaker (Lime)** 17 Clear CMOS Switch

10 Microphone (Pink) 18 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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* ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Port

Activity / Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

O No Link O 10Mbps connection

Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection

On Link Green 1Gbps connection

** 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.

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. Aer restarting your computer, you will nd the “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 the Rear Speaker, Central/Bass, and Front Speaker,

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

*** e eSATA connector supports SATA with cables within 1 meters.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z87 Extreme6/ac / Z87 Extreme6 motherboard,

a reliable 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.

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the

content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any modi-

cations of this documentation occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock’s

website without further notice. If you require technical support related to this mother-

board, please visit our website for specic information about the model you are using. You

may nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock’s website as well. ASRock

website http://www.asrock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

•

ASRock Z87 Extreme6/ac / Z87 Extreme6 Motherboard (ATX Form Factor)

•

ASRock Z87 Extreme6/ac / Z87 Extreme6 Quick Installation Guide

•

ASRock Z87 Extreme6/ac / Z87 Extreme6 Support CD

•

6 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

•

1 x I/O Panel Shield

•

1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card

•

1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel with 2.5” HDD/SSD Rack

•

4 x HDD Screws

•

6 x Chassis Screws

•

1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket

•

1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5GHz Antenna (for Z87 Extreme6/ac only)

•

2 x SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables (for Z87 Extreme6/ac only)

•

1 x WiFi Module Screw (for Z87 Extreme6 only)

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1.2 Specications

Platform

•

ATX Form Factor

•

Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-

quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

A-Style

•

Home Cloud

•

802.11ac WiFi (for Z87 Extreme6/ac only )

TM

•

Purity Sound

•

HDMI-In

th

TM

CPU

•

Socket LGA1150 to support 4

Gen Intel® Core

Processor

•

Digi Power Design

•

12 Power Phase Design

•

Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM)

®

•

Supports Intel

Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

®

•

Supports Intel

K-Series unlocked CPUSupports ASRock

BCLK Full-range Overclocking

®

Chipset

•

Intel

Z87

Memory

•

Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

•

4 x DDR3 DIMM slots

•

Supports DDR3 2933+(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/

1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered memory

•

Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB

(see CAUTION)

®

•

Supports Intel

Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2

•

Distortion-Free Slot

Expansion

•

3 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE3/PCIE4: single

Slot

at x16 (PCIE2); dual at x8 (PCIE2) / x8 (PCIE3); triple at x8

(PCIE2) / x4 (PCIE3) / x4 (PCIE4))

•

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot

•

2 x PCI slots

•

1 x mini-PCI Express slot

TM

TM

•

Supports AMD Quad CrossFireX

, 3-Way CrossFireX

and

TM

CrossFireX

TM

TM

•

Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLI

and SLI

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ASRock Easy Driver Installer

For users that don’t have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support

CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver

to your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other

required drivers automatically.

ASRock Interactive UEFI

ASRock Interactive UEFI is a blend of system conguration tools, cool sound eects

and stunning visuals. e unprecedented UEFI provides a more attractive interface

and more amusment.

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! e speedy boot will

completely change your user experience and behavior.

ASRock Restart to UEFI

Windows® 8 brings the ultimate boot up experience. e lightning boot up speed

makes it hard to access the UEFI setup. ASRock Restart to UEFI allows users to

enter the UEFI automatically when turning on the PC. By enabling this function,

the PC will enter the UEFI directly aer you restart.

ASRock Good Night LED

ASRock Good Night LED technology oers you a better sleeping environment by

extinguishing the unessential LEDs. By enabling Good Night LED in the BIOS, the

Power/HDD LEDs will be switched o when the system is powered on. Good Night

LED will automatically switch o the Power and Keyboard LEDs when the system

enters into Standby/Hibernation mode as well.

ASRock USB Key

In a world where time is money, why waste precious time everyday typing

usernames to log in to Windows? Why should we even bother memorizing those

foot long passwords? Just plug in the USB Key and let your computer log in to

windows automatically!

ASRock Home Cloud

is motherboard supports remote wake with the onboard Intel LAN, so you

can connect with your PC from anywhere in the world. You will be able to power

your PC on or turn it o, monitor and take control of it remotely with another

smartphone, tablet or computer.

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ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning

ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning is included in A-Tuning. Congure up to ve dierent

fan speeds using the graph. e fans will automatically shi to the next speed level

when the assigned temperature is met.

ASRock Distortion-Free Slot

ASRock's new pin design for the memory slots and PCIe slots may appear to be the

same as former designs, but actually eectively reduces distortion and promotes

performance, because we strive for perfection even in the most trivial details.

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1.4 WiFi-802.11n Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4GHz Antenna

(for Z87 Extreme6/ac only )

WiFi + BT Module

is motherboard comes with an exclusive WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac + BT v4.0

module that oers support for WiFi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac connectivity standards and

Bluetooth v4.0. WiFi + BT module is an easy-to-use wireless local area network

(WLAN) adapter to support WiFi + BT. Bluetooth v4.0 standard features Smart

Ready technology that adds a whole new class of functionality into the mobile

devices including Apple’s most recent iPhone 4S. BT 4.0 also includes Low Energy

Technology and ensures extraordinary low power consumption for PCs. e

2T2R WiFi solution sets a WiFi high speed standard and oers max link rate up to

867Mbps.

* e transmission speed may vary according to the environment.

* e WiFi + BT module is supported under Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit

only.

ASRock WiFi 2.4GHz Antenna

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Installing the SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables

Step 1

Prepare the SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables that

come with the package.

Step 2

Locate the WiFi Module that is installed on the

motherboard's mini-PCIe slot. en attach the

SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables to the WiFi Module.

Step3

Insert the RP-SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Connectors

to the antenna ports on the I/O shield

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Step 4

Fasten the screw nuts to secure the connec-

tors.