User manual ASROCK Z68 PRO3

[. . . ] Z68 Pro3 User Manual Version 1. 0 Published April 2011 Copyright©2011 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. [. . . ] However, please do not clear the CMOS right after you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system first, and then shut it down before you do the clear-CMOS action. Please be noted that the password, date, time, user default profile, 1394 GUID and MAC address will be cleared only if the CMOS battery is removed. 26 2. 10 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Serial ATAII Connectors (SATA2_2: see p. 12, No. 14) SATA2_2 SATA2_3 SATA2_4 SATA2_5 These four Serial ATAII (SATAII) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. The current SATAII interface allows up to 3. 0 Gb/s data transfer rate. These two Serial ATA3 (SATA3) connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices. Either end of the SATA data cable can be connected to the SATA / SATAII / SATA3 hard disk or the SATAII / SATA3 connector on this motherboard. Besides four default USB 2. 0 ports on the I/O panel, there are two USB 2. 0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2. 0 header can support two USB 2. 0 ports. Serial ATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0: see p. 12, No. 17) SATA3_0 SATA3_1 Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cable (Optional) USB 2. 0 Headers (9-pin USB6_7) (see p. 12 No. 21) USB_PWR P-9 P+9 GND DUMMY 1 GND P+8 P-8 USB_PWR Infrared Module Header (5-pin IR1) (see p. 12 No. 24) 1 IRTX +5VSB DUMMY This header supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. GND IRRX 27 Consumer Infrared Module Header (4-pin CIR1) (see p. 12 No. 23) 1 GND IRTX IRRX ATX+5VSB This header can be used to connect the remote controller receiver. Front Panel Audio Header (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) (see p. 12 No. 26) 1 GND PRESENCE# MIC_RET OUT_RET This is an interface for front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices. OUT2_L J_SENSE OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L 1. High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system. If you use AC'97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below: A. For Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit OS: Go to the "FrontMic" Tab in the Realtek Control panel. Adjust "Recording Volume". System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p. 12 No. 16) This header accommodates several system front panel functions. Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below. PWRBTN (Power Switch): Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. [. . . ] For the user password, you may also clear it. 56 3. 8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Discard changes and exit setup?" Select [OK] to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Discard changes?" Select [OK] to discard all changes. Load UEFI Defaults Load UEFI default values for all the setup questions. [. . . ]