User manual ASROCK X58 EXTREME6

[. . . ] X58 Extreme6 User Manual Version 1. 0 Published August 2010 Copyright©2010 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. Disclaimer: Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informational use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. [. . . ] If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3. Pin 1-3 Connected 3-Pin Fan Installation (3-pin CPU_FAN2) (see p. 12 No. 6) 12 24 Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. 1 13 Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13. 12 24 20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation 1 13 ATX 12V Power Connector (8-pin ATX12V1) (see p. 12 No. 1) 6 1 Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector. 8 4 Though this motherboard provides 8-pin ATX 12V power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 4-pin ATX 12V power supply. To use the 4-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 5. 6 1 4-Pin ATX 12V Power Supply Installation 8 4 SLI/XFIRE Power Connector (4-pin SLI/XFIRE_PWR1) (see p. 12 No. 43) SLI/XFIRE_POWER1 It is not necessary to use this connector, but please connect it with a hard disk power connecor when two graphics cards are plugged to this motherboard at the same time. 39 IEEE 1394 Header (9-pin FRONT_1394) (see p. 12 No. 27) 1 RXTPAM_0 GND RXTPBM_0 +12V GND +12V RXTPBP_0 GND RXTPAP_0 Besides one default IEEE 1394 port on the I/O panel, there is one IEEE 1394 header (FRONT_1394) on this motherboard. This COM1 header supports a serial port module. Serial port Header (9-pin COM1) (see p. 12 No. 31) 1 RRXD1 DDTR#1 DDSR#1 CCTS#1 RRI#1 RRTS#1 GND TTXD1 DDCD#1 HDMI_SPDIF Header (2-pin HDMI_SPDIF1) (see p. 12 No. 34) 1 GND SPDIFOUT HDMI_SPDIF header, providing SPDIF audio output to HDMI VGA card, allows the system to connect HDMI Digital TV/ projector/LCD devices. Please connect the HDMI_SPDIF connector of HDMI VGA card to this header. The Installation Guide of Front USB 3. 0 Panel Step 1 Intall the Front USB 3. 0 Panel into the 3. 5" drive bay of the chassis. Step 2 Screw the Front USB 3. 0 Panel to the drive bay. Step 3 Plug the Front USB 3. 0 cable into the USB 3. 0 header (USB3_1_2) on the motherboard. Step 4 The Front USB 3. 0 Panel is ready to use. 40 The Installation Guide of Rear USB 3. 0 Bracket Step 1 Unscrew the two screws from the Front USB 3. 0 Panel. Step 2 Put the USB 3. 0 cable and the rear USB 3. 0 bracket together. Step 3 Screw the two screws into the rear USB 3. 0 bracket. Step 4 Put the rear USB 3. 0 bracket into the chassis. 2. 12 Smart Switches The motherboard has three smart switches: power switch, reset switch and clear CMOS switch, allowing users to quickly turn on/off or reset the sytem clear the CMOS values. 22) Power Switch is a smart switch, allowing users to quickly turn on/off the system. Reset Switch is a smart switch, allowing users to quickly reset the system. Clear CMOS Switch is a smart switch, allowing users to quickly clear the CMOS values Reset Switch (RSTBTN) (see p. 12 No. 17) clr CMOS You are not allowed to use Clear CMOS switch function if you set up the system password. If you want to clear the CMOS values, please clean your system password in advance or refer to page 34 "Clear CMOS jumper" description instead. 41 2. 13 Dr. Debug is used to provide code information, which makes troubleshooting even easier. The Bootblock initialization code sets up the chipset, memory and other components before system memory is available. The following table describes the type of checkpoints that may occur during the bootblock initialization portion of the BIOS: Checkpoint Before D1 D1 Description Early chipset initialization is done. Early super I/O initialization is done including RTC and keyboard controller. [. . . ] Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Boot Up Num-Lock If this item is set to [On], it will automatically activate the Numeric Lock function after boot-up. 3 . 7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Install or Change the password. Enter F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02. 54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 74 3. 8 Exit Screen Main OC Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes. [. . . ]