ASROCK H55ICAFE User manual

Intel®H55 Chipset
H55iCafe
www.asrock.com
Detail Specification
Product Brief
CPU
Memory
Expansion Slot
Graphics *
Audio
LAN
Rear Panel I/O
Connector
BIOS Feature
Support CD
Accessories
Hardware Monitor
OS
Certifications
The specification is subject to change without notice. The brand and product names are trademarks of their
respective companies. Any configuration other than original product specification is not guaranteed.
Chipset
Platform
- ASRock DuraCap (2.5 x longer life time),
100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive
Polymer Capacitors
- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2600+(OC)
- Dual VGA Output: DVI-D and D-Sub
- Turbo 50 Technology
- PCIE Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s,
Dr. Debug
- Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash,
OC Tuner, IES, OC DNA, AIWI, APP Charger,
Good Night LED, Multi-Speed Fan Control
- ErP/EuP Ready
- Free Bundle : CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM
and Trial; Creative Sound Blaster
X-Fi MB - Trial
- ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm
- All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality
Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
- Supports Intel®CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 and Pentium®G6950 Processors in
LGA1156 Package
- 4 + 1 Power Phase Design
- Supports Intel®Turbo Boost Technology
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports EM64T CPU
- Intel®H55
- Dual Channel DDR3 memory technology
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
- Supports DDR3 2600+(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066
non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB
- Supports Intel®Extreme Memory Profile (XMP)
- 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (blue @ x16 mode)
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots (2.5GT/s)
- 2 x PCI slot
- 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Realtek RTL8111C
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port
- 1 x Serial Port: COM1
- 1 x VGA/D-Sub Port
- 1 x VGA/DVI-D Port
- 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
- 6 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
functions
- 1 x IR header
- 1 x Power LED header
- CPU/Chassis/Power FAN connector
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 8 pin 12V power connector
- Front panel audio connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x Dr. Debug (7-Segment Debug LED)
- 16Mb AMI Legal BIOS
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU VID, CPU GFX, VCCM, SB, VTT, PCH_PLL Voltage
Multi-adjustment
- Supports I. O. T. (Intelligent Overclocking Technology)
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version),
ASRock Software Suite (CyberLink DVD Suite - OEM and Trial;
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB - Trial)
- CPU Temperature Sensing
- Chassis Temperature Sensing
- CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
- CPU Quiet Fan
- CPU Fan Multi-Speed Control
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
- Microsoft®Windows®7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP
64-bit compliant
- FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP Ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA Data Cables (Optional)
Unique Feature
- ASRock OC Tuner
- Intelligent Energy Saver
- Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock OC DNA
- ASRock AIWI
- ASRock APP Charger
- Hybrid Booster:
- CPU Frequency Stepless Control
- ASRock U-COP
- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)
- Good Night LED
- Turbo 50 / Turbo 100 Technology (Requires Processor with Intel®
Graphics Technology)
* Requires Processor with Intel®Graphics Technology
- Intel®HD Graphics
- Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10
- Max. shared memory 1759MB
- Dual VGA Output: support DVI-D and D-Sub ports by independent
display controllers
- Supports DVI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz
- Supports HDCP function with DVI port
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) / HD-DVD playback with DVI
port

Intel®H55 Chipset
H55iCafe
www.asrock.com
Simply click the Turbo 50 button in BIOS, the system performance will boost up
to 50% increase by automatically overclocking CPU, Memory, GPU frequency
and all related voltage settings!
Note: The overclocking performance depends on the system configuration you adopt. We do not guarantee the overclocking performance.
Seagate Barracuda
7200.12 250GB
HDD
Intel HD GraphicsVGA
Kingston DDR3-1600
2GB*2
RAM
Core i3 530 2.93 GHzCPU
P1.20BIOS
Intel H55Chipset
H55M ProModel
Seagate Barracuda
HDD
VGA
RAM
CPU
BIOS
Chipset
Model
9.23%
1456MHz
1333MHz
Memory Frequency
26.54%16.99%50.82%18.28%36.66%Percentage Increase
10.64154532665867MHz4GHzTurbo 50 On
14.48546611767733MHz2.93GHzTurbo 50 Off
Super PIPCMARK Vantage3DMARK 06GPU FrequencyCPU FrequencyH55M Pro/
Core i3 530Core i3 530
Turbo 50 Performance Test Result
System Performance boosts
up to 50% increase
Below table shows that enable Turbo 50 on H55M Pro, the performance will
boost up to 50% increase!
The World's Fastest Memory
DDR3 2600+ support
The World's Fastest Memory
DDR3 2600+ support

Intel®H55 Chipset
H55iCafe
www.asrock.com
ASRock AIWI Quick Start Guide
Playing Games by Holding Your iPhone or iPod touchPlaying Games by Holding Your iPhone or iPod touch
ASRock AIWI -
Turn Your iPhone Into Game Joystick
ASRock AIWI -
Turn Your iPhone Into Game Joystick
ASRock AIWI software introduces a new way of PC gaming operation. ASRock AIWI is the world's first software to turn your iPhone/iPod
touch as a game joystick to control your PC games. Just to install the ASRock AIWI software on your ASRock motherboard, connect your
PC and apple devices via Bluetooth or WiFi networks, then you can start experiencing the exciting motion controlled games.

Intel®H55 Chipset
H55iCafe
www.asrock.com
OC DNA
Save your OC settings as a profile and share with
friends. Try OC DNA now!
OC DNA Instruction
Step 1 Step 2
Step 3 Step 4
Save your BIOS OC settings as User Default in BIOS OC
Tweaker menu. (For example: we name this User Default setting
as “CPU_OC3.8GHz”)
Press “Save” button to save the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” OC settings as
a profile.
Execute ASRock OC DNA under OS, you will find
“CPU_OC3.8GHz” as User Profile 1.
Send the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile to other friends.
Step 5 Step 6
When the friend receives your “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile, he can
press “Load” to load the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile in OC DNA.
After that, the friend can enter into BIOS OC Tweaker menu to
load the “CPU_OC3.8GHz” profile as his BIOS OC settings.
Now, you have successfully share your OC setting profile with your friends.
H55iCafe
H55iCafe
H55iCafe
*The OC DNA works only when users use the same motherboard and BIOS version.

Intel®H55 Chipset
H55iCafe
www.asrock.com
ASRock Instant Flash is an exclusive and the most user-friendly BIOS flash utility
developed by ASRock. It is embedded in Flash ROM which is used to update the
system BIOS without having to enter operating systems like MS-DOS or Windows.
Once executing ASRock Instant Flash, the utility will automatically detect all devices such as USB, hard disk or even floppy drive to
find the exact BIOS for your system. Instead of giving you all BIOS in your devices, the Instant Flash just list BIOS versions that
apply to your motherboard model only. For example, if you have many different BIOS of different motherboards saved in your
devices, but you just need to flash your P45 motherboard, the Instant Flash will just list the P45 BIOS versions for you. This unique
function allows you to easily select the suitable BIOS version instead of browsing through all data.
Features
ASRock Instant Flash
Instant Flash just list
BIOS versions that
apply to your
motherboard model.
Click and start
Flashing!
Simple!Simple! Quick!Quick!
ASRock Instant Boot
10 Times Faster, Only 4 Secs to Boot Up to Windows!
ASRock YouTube
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=BucIjXZVxXo
ASRock Instant Boot is a new feature invented exclusively by ASRock.
It can boot up system in an amazing speed,
which is 10 times faster than traditional boot up. For home users or office
PC users, ASRock Instant Boot can also
guarantee a clean Windows OS, and consumed less power! For details:
http://www.asrock.com/feature/InstantBoot/index.asp
* This function is applicable ONLY to single user that does not secure ID and Password to their
systems.
* The boot up time depends on the hardware configuration.
ErP/EuP Ready Motherboard ErP/EuP Ready Power Supply ErP/EuP System
What is ErP/EuP?
ErP/EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by European Union to define the power consumption for
the completed system. With the great quantity and the popularly using of the electrical products nowadays and the continuously
increasing of the electrical products categories in the following 20 to 30 years, European Union decided to establish an effective
strategy to solve the energy consumption problem. That is, according to ErP/EuP, the total AC power of the completed system
shall be under 1.00W in off mode condition.

Intel®H55 Chipset
H55iCafe
www.asrock.com
CyberLink Power2Go 6.1 LE OEM
Power2Go 6 lets you burn and backup videos, photos, music and data onto Blu-ray
Discs and DVDs.
CyberLink MediaShow 4.1 SE OEM
Photo and video management software MediaShow edits videos and photos
instantly, creates slideshow, and allows publishing directly to YouTube and Flickr.
CyberLink PowerDVD 8.0 DTS Trial
World-renowned PowerDVD 8 DTS delivers outstanding DVD movie playback quality
on your PC.
CyberLink PowerDirector 8.0 Trial
PowerDirector - Video Editing software – edits high-definition videos including
AVCHD, allows output to PSP iPod and Blu-ray Disc.
CyberLink PowerBackup 2.5 Trial
PowerBackup backups valuable data on your PC.
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB Trial
The Sound Blaster X-Fi MB solution provides premium audio quality, effects and
features for PC systems equipped with onboard audio.
For gamers, the EAX®ADVANCED HD 4.0, with its state-of-the-art Multi-Environment
rendering and reverb modelling, delivers a much more realistic and immersive 3D
gaming experience than your motherboard audio ever will.