ASRock Z87E-ITX: instruction

Version 1.0

Published April 2013

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Z87E-IT X

Motherboard Layout

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No. Description

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)

3 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

4 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

5 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

6 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5) (shared with eSATA)

7 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_5_6)

8 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_4) (shared with mSATA)

9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)

10 TPM Header (TPMS1)

11 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

12 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

13 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

14 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0)

17 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

18 mini-PCI Express Slot (MINI_PCIE1)

19 WiFi-802.11n Module

20 USB 2.0 Header (USB_4_5)

21 USB 2.0 Header (USB_2_3)

22 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

23 mSATA Connector (MINI_PCIE2)

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 9 Microphone (Pink)

2 Display Port 10 Optical SPDIF Out Port

3 eSATA Connector*** 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

4 LAN RJ-45 Port 12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)

5 Central / Bass (Orange) 13 Clear CMOS Switch

6 Rear Speaker (Black) 14 HDMI Port

7 Line In (Light Blue) 15 DVI-I Port

8 Front Speaker (Lime)** 16 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse 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. 8)

(No. 6)

(No. 5)

(No. 7)

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 is shared with SATA3_5 connector.

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Z87E-ITX 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.

In this manual, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the motherboard

and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation guide of the

soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of the BIOS setup.

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 manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock’s website

without further notice. If you require technical support related to this motherboard, 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 Z87E-ITX Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)

• ASRock Z87E-ITX Quick Installation Guide

• ASRock Z87E-ITX Support CD

• 4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

• 1 x I/O Panel Shield

• 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5GHz Antenna

• 1 x DVI-to-D-Sub Converter

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1.2 Specications

Platform

• Mini-ITX Form Factor

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

quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)

A-Style

• Home Cloud

• WiFi 802.11ac

CPU

• Supports 4th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon® /

Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1150 Package

• Digi Power Design

• 6 Power Phase Design

• DrMOS

®

• Supports Intel

Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology

®

• Supports Intel

K-Series unlocked CPU

• Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking

®

Chipset

• Intel

Z87

Memory

• Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology

• 2 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: 16GB

(see CAUTION)

®

• Supports Intel

Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2

Expansion

• 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slot

Slot

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

• 1 x mSATA/full mini-PCI Express slot

Graphics

• Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can

be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.

• Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick

Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full

TM

HW Encode1, Intel® InTru

3D, Intel® Clear Video HD

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Technology, Intel® Insider

, Intel® HD Graphics 4400/4600

• Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1

• Max. shared memory 1792MB

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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

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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.

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

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

866Mbps.

* 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.

WiFi + BT Module

Antenna Ports

ASRock WiFi 2.4GHz Antenna

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