ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 User Manual

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  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 1
    N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 N68-GS4 FX R2.0 User Manual Version 1.0 Published October 2015 Copyright©2015 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 2
    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 USA ONLY The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 3
    Contents 1 . Introduction 5 1.1 Package Contents 5 1.2 Specifications 6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 10 1.4 I/O Panel 12 2 . Installation 14 Pre-installation Precautions 14 2.1 CPU Installation 15 2.2 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink 15 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM 16 2.4
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    4 . Software Support 41 4.1 Install Operating System 41 4.2 Support CD Information 41 4.2.1 Running Support CD 41 4.2.2 Drivers Menu 41 4.2.3 Utilities Menu 41 4.2.4 Contact Information 41 4
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 5
    you are using. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 / N68-GS4 FX R2.0 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor) ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 / N68-GS4 FX R2.0X Quick Installation Guide ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 / N68-GS4 FX R2.0 Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 6
    Unlock CPU Core) (see CAUTION 2) - Supports AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM Technology - FSB 1000 MHz (2.0 GT/s) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology - Supports Hyper-Transport Technology - NVIDIA® GeForce 7025 / nForce 630a - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology - 2 x DDR3 DIMM Slots - Support DDR3 1866
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 7
    by Etron EJ188H (PCIE GEN1) (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) (for N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 only) - AMI Legal BIOS - Supports "Plug and Play" - ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events - Supports jumperfree - SMBIOS 2.3.1 support - CPU, VCCM, NB Voltage multi
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 8
    - CPU Fan Tachometer - Chassis Fan Tachometer - CPU Quiet asrock.com WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using the thirdparty overclocking tools. Overclocking
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 9
    1866/1600MHz memory speed is supported depends on the AM3/AM3+ CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3 1866/1600 memory module on this motherboard, please refer to the memory support list on our website for the compatible memory modules. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com 4. Due to the operating
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 10
    1.3 Motherboard Layout N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0: 12 3 PS2 Mouse PS2 Keyboard COM1 ATXPWR1 DDR3_B1 (64 bit, 240-pin module) DDR3_A1 (64 bit, 240-FpinSBmo8d0ul0e) CPU_FAN1 ATX12V1 4 SOCKET AM3 VGA1 USB 3.0 T: USB3 B: USB4 5 SATAII_3 (PORT 1.0) SATAII_1 (PORT 0.0) SATAII_2 (PORT 0.1) 6
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 11
    630a N68-GS4 FX PCIE2 PCI1 7 8 BIOS ROM CLRCMOS1 1 CHA_FAN1 RoHS 9 10 CI1 11 1 Super I/O HD_AUDIO1 1 SPEAKER1 1 PLED PWRBTN PANEL 1 1 HDLED RESET LPT1 1 1 USB5_6 US7_8 1 17 16 15 14 13 12 1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 3 2 x 240-pin DDR3
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 12
    4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 5 Microphone (Pink)** 7 6 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB34) 7 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34) 8 D-Sub Port 9 COM Port 10 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) N68-GS4 FX R2.0: 1 10 9 8 1 PS/2 Mouse Port (Green) 2 RJ-45 Port* 3 Line In (Light Blue)** 4 Front Speaker (Lime)** 5 Microphone (Pink
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 13
    CH HD Audio, it is required to use an HD front panel audio module and enable the multi-channel audio feature through the audio driver. Please set Speaker Configuration to "7.1 Speaker" in the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Function of the Audio Ports in 7.1-channel Configuration Port Function Light
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    the power is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. 1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. 2. To avoid damaging the
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 15
    . Make sure that the CPU and the heatsink are securely fastened and in good contact with each other. Then connect the CPU fan to the CPU FAN connector (CPU_FAN1, see Page 10 or 11, No. 1). For proper installation, please kindly refer to the instruction manuals of the CPU fan and the heatsink
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 16
    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install two identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) memory modules
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 17
    2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) There is 1 PCI slot and 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE x1 slot) is used
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 18
    short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. 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
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 19
    No. 12) USB_PWR PP+ GND DUMMY 1 GND P+ PUSB_PWR There are two USB 2.0 headers on this motherboard. Each USB 2.0 header can support two USB 2.0 ports. USB 3.0 Header (for N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 only) ID IntA_P_D+ IntA_P_D- (19-pin USB3_1_2) GND IntA_P_SSTX+ IntA_P_SSTX- (see p.10 No. 18) GND
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 20
    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 black wire to the ground pin. CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.10 or 11 No. 1) Please connect the CPU fan 1 GND 2 +12V cable
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 21
    Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. 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
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 22
    BIOS SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The SPI Memory on the motherboard stores the BIOS SETUP UTILITY. You may run the BIOS Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS setup screens set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the advanced BIOS features H/W
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 23
    System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Thu 08/10/2015] BIOS Version : N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 P1.00 Processor Type : AMD Athlon (tm) II X3 440 Processor (64bit) Processor Speed : 3000MHz Microcode Update : 100F52/1000086 L1 Cache Size : 384KB L2 Cache Size : 1536KB Total Memory DDR3_A1
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 24
    System Overview System Time System Date [17:00:09] [Thu 08/10/2015] BIOS Version : N68-GS4 FX R2.0 P1.00 Processor Type : AMD Athlon (tm) II X3 440 Processor (64bit) Processor Speed : 3000MHz Microcode Update : 100F52/1000086 L1 Cache Size : 384KB L2 Cache Size : 1536KB Total Memory DDR3_A1
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 25
    H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit CPU Configuration Overclock Mode CPU Frequency (MHz) PCIE Frequency (MHz) Boot Failure Guard Boot Failure Guard Count CPU/LDT Spread Spectrum PCIE Spread Spectrum SATA Spread Spectrum ASRock UCC AMD Turbo Core Technology AMD IO C-State Support CPU Active Core Control
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 26
    CPU performance with a better price. Please be noted that UCC feature is supported with AM3/AM3+ CPU only, and in addition, not every AM3/AM3+ CPU can support this function because some CPU Multiplier/Voltage Change [Manual] Overclocking may cause damage to your CPU and motherboard. It should be
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 27
    DDR3_1066], [667MHz DDR3_1333] and [800MHz DDR3_1600]. DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM voltage. The default value is [Auto]. Memory Timing BIOS SETUP UTILITY OC Tweaker Memory Timing Power Down Enable Bank Interleaving Channel Interleaving CAS Latency (CL) TRCD TRP TRAS Command Rate TRC TRTP
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 28
    value is [Auto]. TRAS Use this to adjust TRAS values. The default value is [Auto]. Command Rate Use this item to change Command Rate Auto/Manual setting. Min: 1N. Max: 2N. The default is [Auto]. TRC Use this to adjust TRC values. The default value is [Auto]. TRTP Use this to
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 29
    : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction. CPU Configuration Chipset Configuration ACPI Configuration Storage Configuration PCIPnP Configuration SuperIO Configuration USB Configuration BIOS Update Utility Instant Flash Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 30
    ]. Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. Enhance Halt State (C1E) All processors support the Halt State (C1). The C1 state is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware support from the chipset. In the C1 power state, the processor maintains
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 31
    3.4.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Settings Onboard LAN Onboard HD Audio Front Panel Share Memory Primary Graphics Adapter [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [PCI] Auto/Enable/Disable
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    3.4.3 ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced ACPI Settings Suspend To RAM Away Mode Support Restore on AC / Power Loss Ring-In Power On PCI Devices Power On PS / 2 [Disabled]. Please set this option to [Enabled] if you plan to use this motherboard to submit Windows® certification. 32
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 33
    3.4.4 Storage Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Storage Configuration Onboard SATA Controller SATA ] mode, SATA / SATAII HDDs can not be accessed until you finish configuring RAID functions in NVIDIA BIOS / Windows RAID Utility. * If you install OS on SATA / SATAII HDDs, please do not
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 34
    3.4.5 PCIPnP Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced PCI / PnP Settings PCI Latency Timer PCI IDE BusMaster [32] [Enabled] Value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 35
    3.4.6Super IO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Super IO Chipset Serial Port Address Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode EPP Version ECP Mode DMA Channel Parallel Port IRQ [
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 36
    . USB 2.0 Support Use this item to enable or disable the USB 2.0 support. Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices to enter OS. [BIOS Setup Only] - USB devices are allowed to use only under BIOS setup. USB 3.0 Controller (for N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 only) Use this
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 37
    to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Hardware Health Event Monitoring
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 38
    this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Boot Settings Boot Settings Configuration Configure Settings during System Boot. 1st Boot
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 39
    this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main OC Tweaker Advanced H/W Monitor Boot Security Exit Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 40
    Changes When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, "Discard changes?" Select [OK] to discard all changes. Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS default values for all the setup questions. F9 key can be used for this operation. Load Performance Setup Default This performance setup
  • ASRock N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0 | User Manual - Page 41
    install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. 4.2.3 Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the applications software that the motherboard supports. Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to
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N68-GS4/USB3 FX R2.0
N68-GS4 FX R2.0
User Manual
Version 1.0
Published October 2015
Copyright©2015 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.