ASROCK H81M-S1 PLUS User manual

User Manual
H81M-S1 PLUS

Version 1.0
Published May 2014
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(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Package Contents 1
1.2 Specications 2
1.3 Motherboard Layout 6
1.4 I/O Panel 8
Chapter 2 Installation 9
2.1 Installing the CPU 10
2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 13
2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 14
2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 16
2.5 Jumpers Setup 17
2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 18
Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 22
3.1 Installing Drivers 22
3.2 A-Tuning 23
3.3 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 26
3.4 Start8 30
Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 33
4.1 Introduction 33
4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 33
4.1.2 Navigation Keys 34
4.2 Main Screen 35

4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 36
4.4 Advanced Screen 44
4.4.1 CPU Conguration 45
4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 47
4.4.3 Storage Conguration 49
4.4.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 50
4.4.5 Super IO Conguration 51
4.4.6 ACPI Conguration 52
4.4.7 USB Conguration 54
4.4.8 Trusted Computing 55
4.5 Tools 56
4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 59
4.7 Boot Screen 60
4.8 Security Screen 63
4.9 Exit Screen 64

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H81M-S1 PLUS
Chapter 1 Introduction
ank you for purchasing ASRock H81M-S1 PLUS motherboard, a reliable
motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control.
It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s
commitment to quality and endurance.
In this manual, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the motherboard
and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation guide of the
soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of the BIOS setup.
1.1 Package Contents
• ASRock H81M-S1 PLUS Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)
• ASRock H81M-S1 PLUS Quick Installation Guide
• ASRock H81M-S1 PLUS Support CD
• 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
• 1 x I/O Panel Shield
Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated, the
content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any
modications of this documentation occur, the updated version will be available on
ASRock’s website without further notice. If you require technical support related to
this motherboard, please visit our website for specic information about the model
you are using. You may nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock’s
website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com.

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1.2 Specications
Platform • Micro ATX Form Factor
• All Solid Capacitor design
• High Density Glass Fabric PCB
CPU • Supports New 4th and 4th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7/i5/i3/
Xeon®/Pentium®/Celeron® Processors (Socket 1150)
• Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
Chipset • Intel® H81
Memory • Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
• 2 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
• Supports DDR3 1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered
memory
• Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB
(see CAUTION)
• Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2
Expansion
Slot
• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1: x16 mode)
• 1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot
Graphics • Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals and the VGA outputs can
be supported only with processors which are GPU integrated.
• Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick
Sync Video with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full
HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD
Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 4400/4600
• Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11.1
• Max. shared memory 1792MB
• ree graphics output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
Ports
• Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @
60Hz
• Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @
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)
• Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
• Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D
and HDMI Ports
Audio • 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)
LAN • PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
• Realtek RTL8111G
• Supports Wake-On-LAN
• Supports LAN Cable Detection
• Supports Energy E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
• 4 x USB 2.0 Ports
• 2 x USB 3.0 Ports
• 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED
LED)
• HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone
Storage • 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and
Hot Plug
• 2 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and
Hot Plug
Connector • 1 x IR Header
• 1 x Print Port Header
• 1 x COM Port Header
• 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
• 1 x TPM Header
• 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
• 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)

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• 1 x Power Fan Connector (3-pin)
• 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
• 1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector
• 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
• 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
BIOS
Feature
• 32Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with Multilingual GUI support
• ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
• SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
• CPU, DRAM, PCH 1.05V, PCH 1.5V Voltage Multi-adjust-
ment
Hardware
Monitor
• CPU/Chassis temperature sensing
• CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
• CPU Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU tem-
perature)
• CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control
• CASE OPEN detection
• Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
OS • Microso® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-
bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit
Certica-
tions
• 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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Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjust-
ing the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using third-
party overclocking tools. Overclocking may aect 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.
Due to limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation
for system usage under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. Windows® 64-bit operat-
ing systems do not have such limitations. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize
the memory that Windows® cannot use.

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1.3 Motherboard Layout
Intel
H81
DDR3_B1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)
DDR3_A1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)
Super
I/O
ATXPWR1
LAN
Top:
RJ-45
USB 2.0
T: USB2
B: USB3
CLRCMOS1
1
1
SPEAKER1
IR1
1
USB4_5
1
COM1
1
H81M-S1 PLUS
CHA_FAN1
RoHS
7
8
16 11
1418
21
12
2
CPU_FAN1
3
4
6
5
1
32Mb
BIOS
Audio
CODEC
PCIE1
XFast RAM
XFast LAN
PWR_FAN1
9
10
PCIE2
USB 3.0
T: USB0
B: USB1
HDMI1
Top:
LINE IN
Center:
FRONT
Bottom:
MIC IN
USB6_7
1
ATX12V1
13
1519
CMOS
Battery
SATA_ 3
SATA_ 1
SATA_ 2
SATA_ 0
HDLED RESET
PLED PWRBTN
PANEL1
1
TPMS1
1
1
HD_AUDIO1
1
CI1
USB 3.0
17
20
USB 2.0
T: USB0
B: USB1
PS2
Keyboard
/Mouse
VGA1
DVI1
1
LPT1

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No. Description
1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)
2 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)
3 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)
4 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)
5 SATA2 Connector (SATA_3)
6 SATA2 Connector (SATA_2)
7 SATA3 Connector (SATA_0)
8 SATA3 Connector (SATA_1)
9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)
10 System Panel Header (PANEL1)
11 TPM Header (TPMS1)
12 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)
13 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)
14 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)
15 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
16 Print Port Header (LPT1)
17 COM Port Header (COM1)
18 Infrared Module Header (IR1)
19 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)
20 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
21 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

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1.4 I/O Panel
No. Description No. Description
1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 7 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_01)
2 LAN RJ-45 Port* 8 HDMI Port
3 Line In (Light Blue) 9 D-Sub Port
4 Front Speaker (Lime) 10 DVI-D Port
5Microphone (Pink) 11 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)
* ere are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.
Activity / Link LED Speed LED
Status Description Status Description
O No Link O 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection
ACT/LINK LED
SPEED LED
LAN Port
910 567811
1 2 4
3

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is is a Micro ATX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard,
study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it.
Pre-installation Precautions
Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components
or change any motherboard settings.
• Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard.
Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard
components.
• In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the motherboard’s components,
NEVER place your motherboard directly on a carpet. Also remember to use a grounded
wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle the components.
• Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs.
• Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a grounded anti-static pad or
in the bag that comes with the components.
• When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-
tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.
Chapter 2 Installation

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2.1 Installing the CPU
1. Before you insert the 1150-Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the PnP cap is on
the socket, if the CPU surface is unclean, or if there are any bent pins in the socket.
Do not force to insert the CPU into the socket if above situation is found. Otherwise,
the CPU will be seriously damaged.
2. Unplug all power cables before installing the CPU.
2
1
A
B

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Please save and replace the cover if the processor is removed. e cover must be placed
if you wish to return the motherboard for aer service.

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2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink
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CPU_FAN

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2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM)
is motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots,
and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology.
e DIMM only ts in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent damage to
the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect
orientation.
1. For dual channel conguration, you always need to install identical (the same
brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pairs.
2. It is unable to activate Dual Channel Memory Technology with only one memory
module installed.
3. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3 slot;
otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

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