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Motherboard Layout
FM2A88M Extreme4+
CM OS
BA TTE R Y
ATXPWR1
DDR3_A1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)
DDR3_A2 (64 bit, 240-pin module)
DDR3_B1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)
DDR3_B2 (64 bit, 240-pin module)
64Mb
BIOS
Super
I/O
ATX1 2V1
PWR _FAN 1
CPU _FAN 1 CPU _FAN 2
LAN
AUDIO
COD EC
1
CLR CMO S1
Front USB 3.0
SATA3_ 1
SATA3_ 2
SATA3_ 3
SATA3_ 4
HDLE D RESE T
PLED P WRB TN
1
PANEL 1
SPE AKE R1
1
IR1
1
PLED 1
1
1
USB _5_6
1
USB _7_8
1
USB_ 9_1 0
HD_AUDIO1
1
1
LPT 1
PCIE1
PCIE3
PCI1
RoHS
USB 2 .0
T: USB3
B: US B4
PS2
Keyboa rd /
Mouse
HDMI1
VGA1
DVI1
USB 3.0
T: USB1
B: USB2
Top:
RJ-4 5
USB 2.0
T: USB1
B: USB2
Top:
CTR BASS
Center:
REAR SPK
Bottom:
Optical
SPDIF
Top:
LINE IN
Center:
FRONT
Bottom:
MIC IN
1
USB 3_3 _4
PCIE2
CI1
1
SOCKET FM2b
AMD
A88X
(Bolton-D4)
Chipset
CHA_FAN1
SATA3_ 6
SATA3_ 5
SATA3_ 8
SATA3_ 7
COM 1
TPM S1
1
PCI Express 3.0
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FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0
No. Description
1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)
2 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)
3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)
4 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)
5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)
6 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2)
7 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)
8 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_3_4)
9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)
10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_7)
11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_8)
12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_6)
13 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_5)
14 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_4)
15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3)
16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)
17 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)
18 System Panel Header (PANEL1)
19 Power LED Header (PLED1)
20 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)
21 USB 2.0 Header (USB_5_6)
22 USB 2.0 Header (USB_7_8)
23 USB 2.0 Header (USB_9_10)
24 TPM Header (TPMS1)
25 Print Port Header (LPT1)
26 COM Port Header (COM1)
27 Infrared Module Header (IR1)
28 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
29 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)
30 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
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I/O Panel
No. Description No. Description
1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_3_4)* 8 Microphone (Pink)
2 D-Sub Port 9 Optical SPDIF Out Port
3 LAN RJ-45 Port** 10 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_1_2)*
4 Central / Bass (Orange) 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_1_2)
(AMD A88X (Bolton-D4))
5 Rear Speaker (Black) 12 HDMI Port
6 Line In (Light Blue) 13 DVI-D Port
7 Front Speaker (Lime)*** 14 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
1 2 3 5
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4
7
6
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FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0
* It is recommended to install the USB Keyboard/Mouse cable to USB 2.0 ports (USB_1_2 or
USB_3_4) instead of USB 3.0 ports.
** There are two LEDs on the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indica-
tions.
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
*** 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
Channels
Front
Speaker
(No. 7)
Rear Speaker
(No. 5)
Central / Bass
(No. 4)
Line In or
Side Speaker
(No. 6)
2V -- -- --
4V V -- --
6V V V --
8V V V V
ACT/LINK LED
SPEED LED
LAN Port
To enable Multi-Streaming, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to
the front panel audio header. After 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.
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1. Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0 motherboard, a reli-
able 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
ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)
ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0 Quick Installation Guide
ASRock FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0 Support CD
2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
1 x I/O Panel Shield
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FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0
1.2 Specications
Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor
- All Solid Capacitor design
- High Density Glass Fabric PCB
CPU - Supports Socket FM2+ 95W / FM2 100W processors
- 4 + 2 Power Phase design
Chipset - AMD A88X (Bolton-D4)
Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR3 2400+(OC)/2133/1866/1600/1333/1066
non-ECC, un-buffered memory (see CAUTION 1)
- Max. capacity of system memory: 64GB (see CAUTION 2)
- Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
- Supports AMD Memory Prole Technology (AMP) up to AMP
2400
Expansion Slot - 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1 @ x16 mode)
* PCIE 3.0 is only supported with FM2+ CPU. With FM2
CPU, it only supports PCIE 2.0.
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE3 @ x4 mode)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot
- 1 x PCI Slot
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, CrossFireXTM and Dual
Graphics
Graphics - Integrated AMD RadeonTM R7/R5 Series Graphics in
A-series APU
- DirectX 11.1, Pixel Shader 5.0 with FM2+ CPU. DirectX 11,
Pixel Shader 5.0 with FM2 CPU.
- Max. shared memory 2GB
- Three graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
Ports
- Supports Triple Monitor
- Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K × 2K
(4096x2160) @ 24Hz
* Only FM2+ APU can support up to 4096x2160 resolution
display via HDMI port
- Supports Dual-link DVI-D with max. resolution up to
2560x1600 @ 60Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @
60Hz
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- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and
HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI
monitor is required) (see CAUTION 3)
- Supports Blu-ray Stereoscopic 3D with HDMI Port
- Supports AMD Steady VideoTM 2.0: New video post
processing capability for automatic jitter reduction on
home/online video
- Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D
and HDMI Ports
Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892
Audio Codec)
- Premium Blu-ray Audio support
- Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)
LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Qualcomm®Atheros®AR8171
- Supports Qualcomm®Atheros®Security Wake On Internet
Technology
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike
Protection)
- Supports Energy Efcient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE
Rear Panel I/O - 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
- 1 x D-Sub Port
- 1 x DVI-D Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 4 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full
Spike Protection))
- 2 x USB 3.0 Ports (AMD A88X (Bolton-D4)) (Supports ESD
Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED
LED)
- HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in/Front
Speaker/Microphone
Storage - 8 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
Connector - 1 x IR Header
- 1 x Print Port Header
- 1 x COM Port Header
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FM2A88M Extreme4+ R2.0
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
- 1 x TPM Header
- 1 x Power LED Header
- 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
- 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)
- 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)
- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
- 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
- 3 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 6 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports
ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
- 1 x USB 3.0 Header by AMD A88X (Bolton-D4) (Supports 2
USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full
Spike Protection))
BIOS Feature - 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
- Supports “Plug and Play”
- ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 support
- DRAM, CPU Voltage multi-adjustment
Hardware - CPU temperature sensing
Monitor - Chassis temperature sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan
- CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control
- CASE OPEN detection
- Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore
OS - Microsoft® Windows®10 32-bit / 10 64-bit / 8.1 32-bit / 8.1
64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit
* For the updated Windows®10 driver, please visit ASRock’s
website for details: http://www.asrock.com
* Carrizo FM2r2 processor supports Windows®10 64-bit / 8.1
64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit only.
Certications - FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com
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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. Whether 2400/2133/1866/1600MHz memory speed is support-
ed depends on the CPU you adopt. If you want to adopt DDR3
2400/2133/1866/1600 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
2. Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size
may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage un-
der Windows®10 / 8.1 / 8 / 7. For Windows®64-bit OS with 64-
bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
3. xvYCC and Deep Color are only supported under Windows®
10 64-bit / 10 / 8.1 64-bit / 8.1 / 8 64-bit / 8 / 7 64-bit / 7. Deep
Color mode will be enabled only if the display supports 12bpc
in EDID. HBR is supported under Windows®10 64-bit / 10 / 8.1
64-bit / 8.1 / 8 64-bit / 8 / 7 64-bit / 7.