ASROCK Z77 OC Formula User manual

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Z77 OC Formula
User Manual
Version 1.1
Published June 2013
Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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tional use only and subject to change without notice, and should not be constructed
as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or
omissions that may appear in this manual.
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any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for
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even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from
any defect or error in the manual or product.
This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the fol-
lowing two conditions:
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may cause undesired operation.
CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY
The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic
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passed by the California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in Cali-
fornia, 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

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Contents
1 Introduction......................................................... 7
1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 7
................................................................. 8
1.3 Motherboard Layout....................................................... 14
1.4 I/O Panel ...................................................................... 15
2 Installation........................................................... 17
2.1 Screw Holes................................................................... 17
2.2 Pre-installation Precautions ......................................... 17
2.3 CPU Installation ............................................................. 18
2.4 Installation of Heatsink and CPU fan ............................. 20
 ........................ 21
2.6 Expansion Slots ................................. 23
2.7 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide......................... 25
2.8 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad
CrossFireXTM Operation Guide ...................................... 29
2.9 Surround Display Feature.............................................. 34
2.10 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide ..................... 37
2.11 Jumpers Setup .......................................................... 39
2.12 Onboard Headers and Connectors ............................ 40
2.13 Smart Switches .......................................................... 47
2.14 Dr. Debug ................................................................... 49
2.15 Post Status Checker ...................................................... 53
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Installation ................................................................. 53
 ............. 53
2.18 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA / SATA2
HDDs ............................................................................. 54
2.19 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA3 HDDs ..... 54
2.20 SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD Hot Plug Feature and
Operation Guide ........................................................ 55
2.21 Driver Installation Guide ............................................ 57
2.22 Installing Windows®7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM
64-bit With RAID Functions ....................................... 57
2.23 Installing Windows®7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit
/ XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID Functions ................... 58
2.23.1 Installing Windows®XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID
Functions............................................................ 58
2.23.2 Installing Windows®7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM /
VistaTM 64-bit Without RAID Functions............... 59

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3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 60
3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 60
3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 60
3.1.2 Navigation Keys ................................................... 61
3.2 Main Screen................................................................... 61
3.3 OC Tweaker Screen ...................................................... 62
3.4 Advanced Screen........................................................... 68
 ............................................... 69
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.................................. 72
 .......................................... 73
 ........................... 75
 ..................... 76
 ........................................ 77
............................................... 78
 ............................................... 79
3.5 Tool ................................................................................ 80
3.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ................... 82
3.7 Boot Screen ................................................................... 83
3.8 Security Screen ............................................................. 84
3.9 Exit Screen .................................................................... 85
4 Software Support................................................. 86
4.1 Install Operating System................................................ 86
4.2 Support CD Information ................................................. 86
4.2.1 Running Support CD............................................ 86
4.2.2 Drivers Menu........................................................ 86
4.2.3 Utilities Menu........................................................ 86
4.2.4 Contact Information.............................................. 86

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock Z77 OC Formula motherboard, a reliable moth-
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        
quality and endurance.
In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contains introduction of the motherboard and step-
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tion guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.
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updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without no-
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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
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www.asrock.com/support/index.asp
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock Z77 OC Formula Motherboard
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ASRock Z77 OC Formula Quick Installation Guide
ASRock Z77 OC Formula Support CD
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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
1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
10 x OC Stands
GELID GC-Extreme Thermal Compound
ASRock Reminds You...
To get better performance in Windows® 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-
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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 - CEB Form Factor: 12.0-in x 10.5-in, 30.5 cm x 26.7 cm
- Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made
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OC Formula Kit OC Formula Power Kit
- Digi Power
 CAUTION 1
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- Premium Alloy Choke (Reduce 70% core loss compare to
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OC Formula Connector Kit
- Hi-Density Power Connector
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OC Formula Cooling Kit
- Twin-Power Cooling (Combine active air cooling and water
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- 8 Layer PCB
- 4 x 2oz copper
- GELID GC-Extreme Thermal Compound
CPU - Supports 3rd and 2nd Generation Intel®CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 in
LGA1155 Package
- 12 + 4 Power Phase Design
- Supports Intel®Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
- Supports Intel®K-Series unlocked CPU
- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 2
Chipset - Intel®Z77
- Supports Intel®Rapid Start Technology and Smart Connect
Technology
Memory - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 3
- 4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
 
 
memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB (see CAUTION 4
- Supports Intel®
Expansion Slot - 2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE2/PCIE4: single at x16
 
(see CAUTION 5
* PCIE 3.0 is only supported with Intel®Ivy Bridge CPU. With

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Intel®Sandy Bridge CPU, it only supports PCIE 2.0.
 
- 2 x PCI Express 2.0 x 1 slots
- Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and
CrossFireXTM
- Supports NVIDIA®Quad SLITM and SLITM
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 2.0, Intel®InTruTM 3D, Intel®Clear Video HD
Technology, Intel®InsiderTM, Intel®HD Graphics 2500/4000
- Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 11 with Intel®Ivy Bridge CPU.
Pixel Shader 4.1, DirectX 10.1 with Intel®Sandy Bridge
CPU.
- Max. shared memory 1760MB (see CAUTION 6
- Supports HDMI 1.4a Technology with max. resolution up to
1920x1200 @ 60Hz
 
 
 CAUTION 7
- Supports HDCP function with HDMI port
 
with HDMI port
Audio - 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection
 
- Premium Blu-ray audio support
LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Broadcom BCM57781
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
 
- Supports PXE
Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port
- 1 x HDMI Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports
- 6 x Ready-to-Use USB 3.0 Ports
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED
 
- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED

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- HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker/Central/Bass/Line in/Front
Speaker/Microphone (see CAUTION 8
SATA3 - 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Intel®Z77, support RAID
(RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and
 
Plug functions
- 4 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors by Marvell SE9172, support
 
functions
USB3.0 - 2 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Intel®Z77, support USB 1.0/2.0/3.0
up to 5Gb/s
- 4 x Rear USB 3.0 ports by Etron EJ188H, support
USB 1.0/2.0/3.0 up to 5Gb/s
- 1 x Front USB 3.0 header by Intel®Z77 (supports 2 USB 3.0
 
Connector - 4 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage and Intel
 
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 Power LED header
- V-ProbeTM: 2 x 7-set of onboard voltage measurement points
laid
 
 
 
 
- 24 pin ATX power connector
- 8 pin 12V power connector
- 4 pin 12V power connector
- SLI/XFire power connector
- Front panel audio connector
 
 
- 1 x Dr. Debug with LED
- 1 x Power Switch with LED
- 1 x Reset Switch with LED

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- 1 x Clear CMOS Switch with LED
- Rapid OC Button: +/- buttons to adjust OC frequency
- 1 x PCIe ON/OFF Switch
 CAUTION 9
BIOS Feature - 2 x 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
 
- Supports “Plug and Play”
- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support
- CPU Core, IGPU, DRAM, 1.8V PLL, VTT, VCCSA Voltage
Multi-adjustment
Support CD 
CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, ASRock MAGIX
Multimedia Suite - OEM
Unique Feature - Formula Drive (see CAUTION 10
- ASRock Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 11
- ASRock APP Charger (see CAUTION 12
- ASRock SmartView (see CAUTION 13
- ASRock XFast USB (see CAUTION 14
- ASRock XFast LAN (see CAUTION 15
- ASRock XFast RAM (see CAUTION 16
- ASRock Crashless BIOS (see CAUTION 17
 
(see CAUTION 18
- ASRock Internet Flash (see CAUTION 19
- ASRock UEFI System Browser
 CAUTION 20
- ASRock Interactive UEFI
 CAUTION 21
- Fine-Tuning V-Controller (see CAUTION 22
 
- Lucid Virtu Universal MVP (see CAUTION 23
* Lucid Virtu Universal MVP can be supported only with
processors which are GPU integrated.
- Hybrid Booster:
- ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 24
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- Good Night LED

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CAUTION!
          
The silicon die area is doubled by stacking two dies into a MOSFET. The
     
           

2. About the settings of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page
69.
3. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before
you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the
installation guide of memory modules on page 21 for proper installation.
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 / XP. For Windows®OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limita-
tion. You can use ASRock XFast RAM to utilize the memory that Win-
dows®cannot use.
5. Only PCIE2 and PCIE4 slots support Gen 3 speed. To run the PCI Ex-
press in Gen 3 speed, please install an Ivy Bridge CPU. If you install a
Sandy Bridge CPU, the PCI Express will run only at PCI Express Gen 2
speed.
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
 
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.
Hardware - CPU/Chassis/Power/MOS Temperature Sensing
Monitor - CPU/Chassis/Power/MOS Fan Tachometer
- CPU/Chassis/MOS Quiet Fan (Allows Chassis Fan Speed
 
- CPU/Chassis/MOS Fan Multi-Speed Control
- Multi Thermal Sensor
- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
OS - Microsoft®Windows®7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit /
XP / XP 64-bit compliant (see CAUTION 25
 - FCC, CE, WHQL
 
(see CAUTION 26
* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com