ASROCK Fatal1ty X79 Champion User manual

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Fatal1ty X79 Champion Series Motherboard
Who knew that at age 19, I would be a World Champion PC gamer. When I was 13, I
actually played competitive billiards in professional tournaments and won four or five
games off guys who played at the highest level. I actually thought of making a career
of it, but at that young age situations change rapidly. Because I’ve been blessed with
great hand-eye coordination and a grasp of mathematics (an important element in video
gaming) I gravitated to that activity.
GOING PRO
I started professional gaming in 1999 when I entered the CPL (Cyberathlete Professional
League) tournament in Dallas and won $4,000 for coming in third place. Emerging as one
of the top players in the United States, a company interested in sponsoring me ew me
to Sweden to compete against the top 12 players in the world. I won 18 straight games,
lost none, and took rst place, becoming the number one ranked Quake III player in the
world in the process. Two months later I followed that success by traveling to Dallas
and defending my title as the world’s best Quake III player, winning the $40,000 grand
prize. From there I entered competitions all over the world, including Singapore, Korea,
Germany, Australia, Holland and Brazil in addition to Los Angeles, New York and St.
Louis.
WINNING STREAK
I was excited to showcase my true gaming skills when defending my title as CPL
Champion of the year at the CPL Winter 2001 because I would be competing in a totally
different first person shooter (fps) game, Alien vs. Predator II. I won that competition
and walked away with a new car. The next year I won the same title playing Unreal
Tournament 2003, becoming the only three-time CPL champion of the year. And I did it
playing a different game each year, something no one else has ever done and a feat of
which I am extremely proud.
At QuakeCon 2002, I faced off against my rival ZeRo4 in one of the most highly
anticipated matches of the year, winning in a 14 to (-1) killer victory. Competing at
Quakecon 2004, I became the World’s 1st Doom3 Champion by defeating Daler in a
series of very challenging matches and earning $25,000 for the victory.
Since then Fatal1ty has traveled the globe to compete against the best in the world,
winning prizes and acclaim, including the 2005 CPL World Tour Championship in New
York City for a $150,000 rst place triumph. In August 2007, Johnathan was awarded the
rst ever Lifetime Achievement Award in the four year history of the eSports-Award for
“showing exceptional sportsmanship, taking part in shaping eSports into what it is today
and for being the prime representative of this young sport. He has become the gurehead
for eSports worldwide”.
Fatal1ty Story
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LIVIN’ LARGE
Since my rst big tournament wins, I have been a “Professional Cyberathlete”, traveling
the world and livin’ large with lots of International media coverage on outlets such as
MTV, ESPN and a 60 Minutes segment on CBS to name only a few. It's unreal - it's crazy.
I’m living a dream by playing video games for a living. I’ve always been athletic and
took sports like hockey and football very seriously, working out and training hard. This
discipline helps me become a better gamer and my drive to be the best has opened the
doors necessary to become a professional.
A DREAM
Now, another dream is being realized – building the ultimate gaming computer, made
up of the best parts under my own brand. Quality hardware makes a huge difference in
competitions…a couple more frames per second and everything gets really nice. It’s all
about getting the computer processing faster and allowing more uid movement around
the maps.
My vision for Fatal1ty hardware is to allow gamers to focus on the game without worrying
about their equipment, something I’ve preached since I began competing. I don’t want to
worry about my equipment. I want to be there – over and done with - so I can focus on the
game. I want it to be the fastest and most stable computer equipment on the face of the
planet, so quality is what Fatal1ty Brand products represent.
Johnathan “Fatal1ty” Wendel
The Fatal1ty name, Fatal1ty logos and the Fatal1ty likeness are registered trademarks of
Fatal1ty, Inc., and are used under license. © 2012 Fatal1ty, Inc. All rights reserved. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Copyright Notice:
No part of this installation guide may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or trans-
lated 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 guide may or may not be registered
trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identica-
tion or explanation and to the owners’ benet, without intent to infringe.
Disclaimer:
Specications and information contained in this guide are furnished for informational use
only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commit-
ment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may
appear in this guide.
With respect to the contents of this guide, ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind,
either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or condi-
tions of merchantability or tness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASRock, its
directors, ofcers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or
consequential damages (including damages for loss of prots, loss of business, loss of
data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the pos-
sibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the guide or product.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation.
CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY
The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance
controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the
California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please
follow the related regulations in advance.
“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see
www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/perchlorate”
ASRock Website: http://www.asrock.com
Published March 2012
Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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Motherboard Layout
CMOS
Battery
Intel
X79
SLI/XFIRE_PWR2
Dr.
Debug
PWRBTN1 RSTBTN1
DDR3_ A2 (64 bit, 2 40- pin modul e)
DDR3_ A1 (6 4 bit, 2 40- pin modul e)
DDR3_ B2 (64 bit, 2 40- pin modul e)
DDR3_ B1 (64 bit, 2 40- pin modul e)
DDR3_ D1 (64 bit, 2 40- pin modul e)
DDR3_ D2 (64 bit, 2 40- pin modul e)
DDR3_ C1 (64 bit, 2 40- pin modul e)
DDR3_ C2 (6 4 bit, 2 40- pin modul e)
ATXPWR1
PS2
Keyboard
USB 2.0
T: USB0
B: USB1
ATX12V1
Clr
CMOS
Super
I/O
Top:
RJ-45
USB 3.0
T: USB1
B: USB2
IEEE
1394
USB 3.0
T: USB3
B: USB4
USB 3.0
T: USB7
B: USB8
eSATA eSATA
Top: Central/Bass
Center: REAR S PK
Top: LINE I N
Center: FRONT
Bottom: Optical SPDIF
Bottom: MIC IN
Top:
RJ-45
USB 3.0
T: USB5
B: USB6
PCIE1
PCIE3
PCIE4
PCIE5
PCIE7
PCIE2
PCIE6
HD_AUDIO1
1
64Mb
BIOS
IR1
1
COM1
1
FRONT_1394
1
PLED1
1
CLRCMOS1
1
HDLED RESET
PLED PWRBTN
PANEL1
1
1
SPEAKER1
HDMI_SPDIF1
1
USB_2_3
CIR1
1
1
USB_4_5
1
USB_6_7
1
CHA_FAN2CHA_FAN1
Sound
CORE3D
LAN
LAN
PWR_FAN1
CPU_FAN1 CPU_FAN2
CHA_FAN3
1
USB3_9_10
1
USB3_11_12
SATA3_M0_M1
SATA2_2_3 SATA2_0_1
SATA3_0_1
SATA3_M2_M3
DDR3 2500+
4 Channels D DR3
XFast RAM
RoHS
4-Way SLI
2 oz Copper PCB
Fron t USB 3.0
PCI Express 3.0 Ready
Designed in Taipei
X79 CHAMPION
FATAL1TY
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26.7cm (10.5 in)
2346
578
VOL_CON1
30.5cm (12.0 in)
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1 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots
(DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, Red)
2 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots
(DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2, Black)
3 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)
4 2011-Pin CPU Socket
5 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)
6 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots
(DDR3_D2, DDR3_C2, Black)
7 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots
(DDR3_D1, DDR3_C1, Red)
8 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)
9 V-ProbeTM (VOL_CON1)
10 Post Status Checker (PSC)
11 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)
12 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN3)
13 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_11_12, Black)
14 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_9_10, Black)
15 Intel X79 Chipset
16 SPI Flash Memory (64Mb)
17 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_0_1, Black)
18 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2_3, Black)
19 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0_1, Red)
20 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_M0_M1, Red)
21 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_M2_M3, Red)
22 Dr. Debug
23 System Panel Header (PANEL1, Black)
24 Power LED Header (PLED1)
25 Reset Switch (RSTBTN1)
26 Power Switch (PWRBTN1)
27 Front Panel IEEE 1394 Header
(FRONT_1394, Red)
28 Chassis Speaker Header
(SPEAKER1, Black)
29 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)
30 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
31 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)
32 USB 2.0 Header (USB_6_7, Black)
33 USB 2.0 Header (USB_4_5, Black)
34 USB 2.0 Header (USB_2_3, Black)
35 Consumer Infrared Module Header
(CIR1, Gray)
36 COM Port Header (COM1)
37 Infrared Module Header (IR1)
38 SLI / XFIRE Power Connector
39 HDMI_SPDIF Header
(HDMI_SPDIF1, Black)
40 Front Panel Audio Header
(HD_AUDIO1, Black)
41 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE7, Red)
42 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE6, Black)
43 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE5, Red)
44 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE4, Red)
45 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3, Red)
46 PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot (PCIE2, Black)
47 PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1, Red)
48 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)

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I/O Panel
* There are two LEDs next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED
indications.
LAN Port LED Indications
Activity/Link LED SPEED LED
Status Description Status Description
Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection
ACT/LINK
LED
SPEED
LED
LAN Port
123456
7
8
9
10
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12
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14
15
16
17
18
*** eSATA3 connectors support SATA Gen3 in cable 1M.
1 Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB0)
2 USB 2.0 Port (USB1)
* 3 LAN RJ-45 Port
4 IEEE 1394 Port (IEEE 1394)
* 5 LAN RJ-45 Port
6 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_78)
7 Central / Bass (Orange)
8 Rear Speaker (Black)
9 Optical SPDIF Out Port
10 Line In (Light Blue)
** 11 Front Speaker (Lime)
12 Microphone (Pink)
*** 13 eSATA3 Connectors
14 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_56)
15 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)
16 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_12)
17 Clear CMOS Switch (CLRCBTN)
18 PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple)
** If you use 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.
TABLE for Audio Output Connection
Audio Output Channels Front Speaker Rear Speaker Central / Bass Line in
(No. 11) (No. 8) (No. 7) (No. 10)
2 V -- -- --
4 -- -- -- --
6 V V V --
8 V V V V

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1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing Fatal1ty X79 Champion Series motherboard, a reliable
motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It
delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commit-
ment to quality and endurance. This Quick Installation Guide contains introduction
of the motherboard and step-by-step installation guide. More detailed information of
the motherboard can be found in the user manual presented in the Support CD.
Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software might be
updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without no-
tice. In case any modications of this manual occur, the updated version
will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may nd
the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well.
ASRock website http://www.asrock.com
If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit
our website for specic information about the model you are using.
www.asrock.com/support/index.asp
1.1 Package Contents
Fatal1ty X79 Champion Series Motherboard
(ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm)
Fatal1ty X79 Professional Series Quick Installation Guide
Fatal1ty X79 Professional Series Support CD
6 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
2 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cables (Optional)
1 x I/O Panel Shield
1 x Front USB 3.0 Panel
4 x HDD Screws
6 x Chassis Screws
1 x Rear USB 3.0 Bracket
2 x ASRock SLI_Bridge Cards
1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_3S Card
1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI Bridge Card
1 x ASRock 3-Way SLI-2S2S Bridge Card
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ASRock Reminds You...
To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-
bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Conguration to
AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the “User Manual” in our
support CD for details.

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1.2 Specifications
Platform - ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm
- Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-
quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
CPU - Supports Intel®CoreTM i7 processor family for the LGA 2011
Socket
- Digi Power Design
- Advanced 12 + 2 Power Phase Design
- Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM) (see CAUTION 1)
- Supports Intel®Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 2)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
Chipset - Intel® X79
Memory - Quad Channel DDR3 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3)
- 8 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 2500+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/
1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Supports DDR3 ECC, un-buffered memory with Intel®
Workstation 1S Xeon®processors E5 16xx/26xx/46xx
series in socket LGA 2011
- Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB (see CAUTION 4)
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2
Expansion Slot - 5 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE/PCIE5: x16/16 mode;
PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE5: x16/8/8 mode; PCIE1/PCIE4/PCIE7:
x16/8/8 mode; PCIE1/PCIE3/PCIE5/PCIE7: x16/8/8/8 mode)
(see CAUTION 5)
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x 1 slots
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, 4-Way CrossFireXTM,
3-Way CrossFireXTM and CrossFireXTM
- Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM, 4-Way SLITM, 3-Way SLITM
and SLITM
Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio
- Creative Sound Core3D quad-core sound and voice
processor
- Supports THX TruStudioTM PRO
- Supports CrystalVoice
- Supports Scout Mode
- Supports EAX1.0 to EAX5.0
- Premium Headset Amplier (PHA) (see CAUTION 6)
LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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- Broadcom BCM57781
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Energy Efcient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function
- Supports PXE
Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 1 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x Fatal1ty Mouse Port (USB 2.0)
- 2 x eSATA3 Connectors
- 8 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
- 2 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED
LED)
- 1 x IEEE 1394 Port
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in/Front
Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 7)
SATA3 - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel® X79, support RAID
(RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage
3.0), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions
- 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9230, support
RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID10), NCQ, AHCI and "Hot
Plug" functions
USB3.0 - 8 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by TI®, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up
to 5Gb/s
- 2 x Front USB 3.0 headers (support 4 USB 3.0 ports) by TI®,
support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
Connector - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel Rapid Storage 3.0),
NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug functions
- 6 x SATA3 6.0Gb/s connectors
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x CIR header
- 1 x COM port header
- 1 x HDMI_SPDIF header
- 1 x IEEE 1394 header
- 1 x Power LED header
- 1 x V-ProbeTM: 7-set of onboard voltage measurement points
laid
- CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connectors

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- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 8 pin 12V power connector
- SLI/XFire power connector
- Front panel audio connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 headers (support 6 USB 2.0 ports)
- 2 x USB 3.0 header (supports 4 USB 3.0 ports)
- 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
- 1 x Post Status Checker (PSC) (see CAUTION 8)
Smart Switch - 1 x Power Switch with LED
- 1 x Reset Switch with LED
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
BIOS Feature - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
- Supports “Plug and Play”
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU, VCCSA, DRAM, VTT, CPU PLL, PCH1.1V, PCH1.5V
Voltage Multi-adjustment
Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version),
CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX
Multimedia Suite - OEM
Unique Feature - F-Stream (see CAUTION 9)
- ASRock Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 10)
- ASRock APP Charger (see CAUTION 11)
- ASRock SmartView (see CAUTION 12)
- ASRock XFast USB (see CAUTION 13)
- ASRock XFast LAN (see CAUTION 14)
- ASRock XFast RAM (see CAUTION 15)
- ASRock Crashless BIOS (see CAUTION 16)
- ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
(see CAUTION 17)
- ASRock Internet Flash (see CAUTION 18)
- ASRock HyperDuo Plus Technology (see CAUTION 19)
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 20)
- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 21)
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- Good Night LED
Hardware - CPU Temperature Sensing
Monitor - Chassis Temperature Sensing

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- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allows Chassis Fan Speed Auto-
Adjust by CPU Temperature)
- CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
OS - Microsoft® Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit
compliant
Certications - FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
(see CAUTION 22)
* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.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
third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system’s stability, or
even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be
done at your own risk and expense. We are not responsible for possible damage
caused by overclocking.
CAUTION!
1. Dual-Stack MOSFET (DSM) is an innovative new design of MOSFETs.
The silicon die area is doubled by stacking two dies into a MOSFET. The
larger the die area, the lower Rds(on). Compared to traditional discrete
MOSFET, DSM can provide larger die area and lower Rds(on), so the
power supply for CPU Vcore is more efcient.
2. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page
79 of the User Manual in the support CD.
3. This motherboard supports Quad Channel Memory Technology. Before
you implement Quad Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read
the installation guide of memory modules on page 18 for proper installa-
tion.
4. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be
less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 7
/ VistaTM. For Windows®OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize the memory that Windows®
cannot use.