ASROCK Z87M Extreme4 User manual

User Manual

Version 1.0
Published May 2013
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Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Package Contents 1
1.2 Specications 2
1.3 Unique Features 7
1.4 Motherboard Layout 11
1.5 I/O Panel 13
Chapter 2 Installation 15
2.1 Installing the CPU 16
2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 19
2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 20
2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) 22
2.5 Jumpers Setup 23
2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 24
2.7 SLITM and Quad SLITM Operation Guide 29
2.7.1 Installing Two SLITM-Ready Graphics Cards 29
2.7.2 Driver Installation and Setup 31
2.8 CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM
Operation Guide 32
2.8.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 32
2.8.2 Installing Three CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 33
2.8.3 Driver Installation and Setup 34

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 35
3.1 Installing Drivers 35
3.2 A-Tuning 36
3.3 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 40
3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 45
3.5 Intel® Remote Wake Technology 50
3.5.1 Conguring and Using MeshCentral 50
3.5.2 Conguring and Using Splashtop 55
3.6 Intel® Extreme Tuning Utility (IXTU) 58
3.7 Start8 60
Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 63
4.1 Introduction 63
4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 63
4.1.2 Navigation Keys 64
4.2 Main Screen 65
4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 66
4.4 Advanced Screen 75
4.4.1 CPU Conguration 76
4.4.2 Chipset Conguration 78
4.4.3 Storage Conguration 80
4.4.4 Intel® Rapid Start Technology 81
4.4.5 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 82
4.4.6 Super IO Conguration 83
4.4.7 ACPI Conguration 84

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••••••4.4.8 USB Conguration 86
4.4.9 Trusted Computing 87
4.5 Tools 88
4.6 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 91
4.7 Boot Screen 93
4.8 Security Screen 96
4.9 Exit Screen 97

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Chapter 1 Introduction
ank you for purchasing ASRock Z87M Extreme4 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 Z87M Extreme4 Motherboard (Micro ATX Form Factor)
•ASRock Z87M Extreme4 Quick Installation Guide
•ASRock Z87M Extreme4 Support CD
•4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
•1 x I/O Panel Shield
•1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge_Card
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 mother-
board, 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
•Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-
quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors)
A-Style •Home Cloud
•Purity SoundTM
CPU •Supports 4th Generation Intel® CoreTM i7 / i5 / i3 / Xeon® /
Pentium® / Celeron® in LGA1150 Package
•Digi Power Design
•8 Power Phase Design
•Supports Intel®Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology
•Supports Intel®K-Series unlocked CPU
•Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking
Chipset •Intel®Z87
Memory •Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
•4 x DDR3 DIMM slots
•Supports DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/
1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered memory
•Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB
(see CAUTION)
•Supports Intel®Extreme Memory Prole (XMP)1.3/1.2
Expansion
Slot
•2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 slots (PCIE1/PCIE3: single at x16
(PCIE1) or dual at x8/x8 mode)
•1 x PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (PCIE4: x4 mode)
•1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 slot
•Supports AMD Quad CrossFireXTM, 3-Way CrossFireXTM and
CrossFireXTM
•Supports NVIDIA® Quad SLITM and SLITM

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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 VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI
•Supports Triple Monitors
•Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 4K ×
2K (4096x2304) @ 24Hz
•Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @
60Hz
•Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @
60Hz
•Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and
HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI (Compliant HDMI
monitor is required)
•Supports HDCP function 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 ALC1150
Audio Codec)
•Premium Blu-ray audio support
•Supports Purity Sound™
- 115dB SNR DAC with dierential amplier
- TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplier (supports up to
600 Ohms headsets)
- Direct Drive Technology
- EMI shielding cover
- PCB isolate shielding
•Supports DTS Connect

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LAN •Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
•Giga PHY Intel® I217V
•Supports Intel® Remote Wake Technology
•Supports Wake-On-LAN
•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
•1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
•1 x eSATA Connector
•4 x USB 2.0 Ports
•4 x USB 3.0 Ports
•1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED
LED)
•HD Audio Jack: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front
Speaker / Microphone
Storage •6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s connectors, support RAID (RAID 0,
RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, Intel Rapid Storage Technology
12 and Intel Smart Response Technology), NCQ, AHCI and
“Hot Plug” functions (SATA3_1 connector is shared with
eSATA port)
•1 x eSATA connector, supports NCQ, AHCI, and “Hot Plug”
Connector •1 x Chassis Intrusion header
•1 x TPM header
•1 x IR header
•1 x COM port header
•1 x Power LED header
•2 x CPU Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-pin)
•2 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 1 x 3-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

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•2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
•1 x USB 3.0 header (supports 2 USB 3.0 ports)
BIOS
Feature
•64Mb 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
Support
CD
•Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Soware (Trial Version), Cy-
berLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser
and Toolbar, Start8, MeshCentral, Splashtop Streamer, Intel®
Extreme Tuning Utility (IXTU)
Hardware
Monitor
•CPU/Chassis Temperature Sensing
•CPU/Chassis/Power Fan Tachometer
•CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed Auto-
Adjust by CPU Temperature)
•CPU/Chassis Fan Multi-Speed Control
•Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore
OS •Microso® Windows® 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit compliant
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 adjusting
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 sys-
tem usage under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. Windows® 64-bit operating 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 Unique Features
ASRock A-Tuning
A-Tuning is ASRock’s multi purpose soware suite with a new interface, more new
features and improved utilities, including XFast RAM, Dehumidier, Good Night
LED, FAN-Tastic Tuning, OC Tweaker and a whole lot more.
ASRock Instant Flash
ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS ash utility embedded in Flash ROM. is conve-
nient BIOS update tool allows you to update the system BIOS in a few clicks without
preparing an additional oppy diskette or other complicated ash utility. Just save
the new BIOS le to your USB storage and launch this tool by pressing <F6> or
<F2> during POST to enter the BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash.
Please be noted that the USB ash drive or hard drive must use FAT32/16/12 le
system.
ASRock APP Charger
Simply by installing the ASRock APP Charger makes your iPhone/iPad/iPod Touch
charge up to 40% faster than before on your computer. ASRock APP Charger allows
you to quickly charge many Apple devices simultaneously and even supports
continuous charging when your PC enters into Standby mode (S1), Suspend to RAM
(S3), hibernation mode (S4) or power o (S5).
ASRock XFast USB
ASRock XFast USB can boost the performance of your USB storage devices. e
performance may depend on the properties of the device.
ASRock XFast LAN
ASRock XFast LAN provides faster internet access, which includes the benets
listed below. LAN Application Prioritization: You can congure your application’s
priority ideally and add new programs to the list. Lower Latency in Game: Aer
setting online game’s priority higher, it can lower the latency in games. Trac
Shaping: You can watch Youtube HD videos and download simultaneously. Real-
Time Analysis of Your Data: With the status window, you can easily recognize
which data streams you are currently transferring.

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ASRock XFast RAM
ASRock XFast RAM is included in A-Tuning. It fully utilizes the memory space
that cannot be used under Windows® 32-bit operating systems. ASRock XFast RAM
shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, making web surng faster
than ever. And it also boosts the speed of Adobe Photoshop 5 times faster. Another
advantage of ASRock XFast RAM is that it reduces the frequency of accessing your
SSDs or HDDs in order to extend their lifespan.
ASRock Crashless BIOS
ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS without fear of failing. If
power loss occurs during the BIOS updating process, ASRock Crashless BIOS will
automatically nish the BIOS update procedure aer regaining power. Please note
that BIOS les need to be placed in the root directory of your USB disk. Only USB 2.0
ports support this feature.
ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access
at specied times via OMG. You may schedule the starting and ending hours of
internet access granted to other users. In order to prevent users from bypassing
OMG, guest accounts without permission to modify the system time are required.
ASRock Internet Flash
ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI rmware version
from our servers for you without entering Windows®OS. Please setup network
conguration before using Internet Flash.
ASRock UEFI System Browser
ASRock System Browser shows the overview of your current PC and the devices
connected.
ASRock Dehumidier Function
Users may prevent motherboard damages due to dampness by enabling
“Dehumidier Function”. When enabling Dehumidier Function, the computer
will power on automatically to dehumidify the system aer entering S4/S5 state.
ASRock Easy RAID Installer
ASRock Easy RAID Installer can help you to copy the RAID driver from the
support CD to your USB storage device. Aer copying the RAID driver to your
USB storage device, please change “SATA Mode” to “RAID”, then you can start
installing the OS in RAID mode.

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ASRock Easy Driver Installer
For users that don’t have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support
CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver
to your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other
required drivers automatically.
ASRock Interactive UEFI
ASRock Interactive UEFI is a blend of system conguration tools, cool sound eects
and stunning visuals. e unprecedented UEFI provides a more attractive interface
and more amusment.
ASRock Fast Boot
With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes less than 1.5 seconds to
logon to Windows 8 from a cold boot. No more waiting! e speedy boot will
completely change your user experience and behavior.
ASRock Restart to UEFI
Windows® 8 brings the ultimate boot up experience. e lightning boot up speed
makes it hard to access the UEFI setup. ASRock Restart to UEFI allows users to
enter the UEFI automatically when turning on the PC. By enabling this function,
the PC will enter the UEFI directly aer you restart.
ASRock Good Night LED
ASRock Good Night LED technology oers you a better sleeping environment by
extinguishing the unessential LEDs. By enabling Good Night LED in the BIOS, the
Power/HDD LEDs will be switched o when the system is powered on. Good Night
LED will automatically switch o the Power and Keyboard LEDs when the system
enters into Standby/Hibernation mode as well.
ASRock USB Key
In a world where time is money, why waste precious time everyday typing
usernames to log in to Windows? Why should we even bother memorizing those
foot long passwords? Just plug in the USB Key and let your computer log in to
windows automatically!
ASRock Home Cloud
is motherboard supports remote wake with the onboard Intel LAN, so you
can connect with your PC from anywhere in the world. You will be able to power
your PC on or turn it o, monitor and take control of it remotely with another
smartphone, tablet or computer.

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ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning
ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning is included in A-Tuning. Congure up to ve dierent
fan speeds using the graph. e fans will automatically shi to the next speed level
when the assigned temperature is met.

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1.4 Motherboard Layout
Intel
Z87
64Mb
BIOS
DDR3_A2 (64 bit, 240-pin module)
DDR3_A1 (64 bit, 240-pin module) DDR3_B2 (64 bit, 240-pin module)
DDR3_B1 (64 bit, 240-pin module)
ATX12V1
CPU_FAN1
CMOS
Battery
Super
I/O
USB 2.0
T: USB2
B: USB3
ATXPWR1
1
USB3_0_1
CPU_FAN2
PCIE2
PCIE1
VGA
DVI_1
eSATA1
USB 2.0
T: USB0
B: USB1
Top:
RJ-45
USB 3.0
T: USB2
B: USB3
Top:
Central/ Ba ss
Center:
REAR SPK
Top:
LINE IN
Center:
FRONT
Bottom:
Optical
SPDIF
Bottom:
MIC IN
PCIE3
CLRCMOS1
1
PLED1
1
1
SPEAKER1
IR1
1
HDLED RESET
PLED PWRBTN
PANEL1
1
1
USB_6_7 USB_4_5
1
COM1
1
1
HD_AUDIO1
PWR_FAN1
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SATA3_0_1
SATA3_2_3
SATA3_4_5
PCIE4
24
CHA_FAN1
23
CHA_FAN2
LAN
XFast RAM
XFast LAN
XFast USB
17 12
20 11
13
141516
18
1
TPMS1
19
1
CI1
21
PCI Express 3.0
Purity
Sound
TM
RoHS
USB 3.0
T: USB4
B: USB5
HDMI1
22
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No. Description
1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1)
2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)
3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)
4 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)
5 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2)
6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)
7 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_0_1)
8 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_1)
9 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_2_3)
10 SATA3 Connectors (SATA3_4_5)
11 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)
12 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)
13 Power LED Header (PLED1)
14 Infrared Module Header (IR1)
15 System Panel Header (PANEL1)
16 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)
17 USB 2.0 Header (USB4_5)
18 USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7)
19 TPM Header (TPMS1)
20 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)
21 COM Port Header (COM1)
22 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)
23 Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1)
24 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN2)

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1.5 I/O Panel
No. Description No. Description
1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) 9 Front Speaker (Lime)**
2 VGA Port 10 Microphone (Pink)
3 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_45) 11 Optical SPDIF Out Port
4 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 12 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_67)
5 LAN RJ-45 Port* 13 eSATA Connector***
6 Central / Bass (Orange) 14 HDMI Port
7 Rear Speaker (Black) 15 DVI-D Port
8 Line In (Light Blue) 16 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
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* 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
** 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. 9)
Rear Speaker
(No. 7)
Central / Bass
(No. 6)
Line In
(No. 8)
2V -- -- --
4V V -- --
6V V V --
8V V V V
*** e eSATA connector supports SATA3 with cables within 1 meters.
To enable Multi-Streaming, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front
panel audio header. Aer 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.
ACT/LINK LED
SPEED LED
LAN Port