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All rights reserved. 1 ASRock H55iCafe Motherboard English Motherboard Layout 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) PS2_USB_PW1 Jumper CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 1156-Pin CPU Socket 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel: DDR3_A2, DDR3_B2, Blue) 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (Dual Channel: DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1, White) ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 16Mb SPI Flash Intel H55 Chipset Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) Secondary SATAII Connector (SATAII_2, Blue) Primary SATAII Connector (SATAII_1, Blue) Third SATAII Connector (SATAII_3, Blue) Fifth SATAII Connector (SATAII_5, Blue) Sixth SATAII Connector (SATAII_6, Blue) Fourth SATAII Connector (SATAII_4, Blue) 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Dr. Debug (LED) Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) USB 2.0 Header (USB8_9, Blue) USB_PWR8_9 Jumper USB 2.0 Header (USB6_7, Blue) USB_PWR6_7 Jumper System Panel Header (PANEL1, White) Power LED Header (PLED1) Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, White) Infrared Module Header (IR1) Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1, White) PCI Slots (PCI1-2) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE3, White) PCI Express x16 Slot (PCIE2, Blue) PCI Express x1 Slot (PCIE1, White) Power Fan Connector (PWR_FAN1) English 2 ASRock H55iCafe Motherboard Panel I/O Panel 1 2 3 4 5 6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) VGA/D-Sub Port LAN RJ-45 Port Line In (Light Blue) Front Speaker (Lime) Microphone (Pink) 7 8 9 10 11 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) VGA/DVI-D Port Serial Port (COM1) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple) * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications Activity/Link LED Status Description Status SPEED LED Description ACT/LINK SPEED LED LED Off No Link Blinking Data Activity Orange Link Off Orange Green 10Mbps connection 100Mbps connection 1Gbps connection LAN Port To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. Please refer to below steps for the software setting of Multi-Streaming. For Windows® XP: After restarting your computer, you will find "Mixer" tool on your system. Please select "Mixer ToolBox" , click "Enable playback multi-streaming", and click "ok". Choose "2CH" or "4CH" and then you are allowed to select "Realtek HDA Primary output" to use Rear Speaker and Front Speaker, or select "Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output" to use front panel audio. Then reboot your system. For Windows® 7 / VistaTM: After restarting your computer, please double-click "Realtek HD Audio Manager" on the system tray. Set "Speaker Configuration" to "Quadraphonic" or "Stereo". Click "Device advanced settings", choose "Make front and rear output devices playbacks two different audio streams simultaneously", and click "ok". Then reboot your system. 3 ASRock H55iCafe Motherboard English 1. Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock H55iCafe 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. 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 specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without notice. In case any modifications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may find 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 specific information about the model you are using. www.asrock.com/support/index.asp 1.1 Package Contents ASRock H55iCafe Motherboard (ATX Form Factor: 12.0-in x 8.8-in, 30.5 cm x 22.4 cm) ASRock H55iCafe Quick Installation Guide ASRock H55iCafe Support CD 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional) 1 x I/O Panel Shield English 4 ASRock H55iCafe Motherboard 1.2 Specifications - 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 - V4 + 1 Power Phase Design - Supports Intel® Turbo Boost Technology (see CAUTION 1) - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 2) - Supports Untied Overclocking Technology (see CAUTION 3) - Supports EM64T CPU - Intel® H55 - Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology (see CAUTION 4) - 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 (see CAUTION 5) - Supports Intel® Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) (see CAUTION 6) - 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 slots * Requires a Processor with Intel® Graphics Technology - Intel® HD Graphics - Pixel Shader 4.0, DirectX 10 - Max. shared memory 1759MB (see CAUTION 7) - Dual VGA Output options: 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 - 5.1 CH HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec) - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s - Realtek RTL8111C - Supports Wake-On-LAN Platform CPU Chipset Memory Expansion Slot Graphics * Audio LAN 5 ASRock H55iCafe Motherboard English Rear Panel I/O Connector BIOS Feature Support CD Unique Feature 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 3.0Gb/s connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and "Hot Plug" functions (see CAUTION 8) - 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) (see CAUTION 9) - 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 and Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi MB) (OEM and Trial Version) - ASRock OC Tuner (see CAUTION 10) - Intelligent Energy Saver (see CAUTION 11) - Instant Boot - ASRock Instant Flash (see CAUTION 12) - ASRock OC DNA (see CAUTION 13) - Hybrid Booster: - CPU Frequency Stepless Control (see CAUTION 14) - ASRock U-COP (see CAUTION 15) - Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.) - Good Night LED English 6 ASRock H55iCafe Motherboard Hardware Monitor OS Certifications - 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 - EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required) (see CAUTION 16) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com 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 the thirdparty overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system 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. 7 ASRock H55iCafe Motherboard English CAUTION! 1. 2. 3. 4. Intel® CoreTM i3 and Pentium® G6950 processors do not support Intel® Turbo Boost Technology. About the setting of "Hyper Threading Technology", please check page 41 of "User Manual" in the support CD. This motherboard supports Untied Overclocking Technology. Please read "Untied Overclocking Technology" on page 25 for details. 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 13 for proper installation. 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 limitation. For those CPU that only support up to DDR3 1333, the XMP DDR3 1600 is supported through overclocking. The maximum shared memory size is defined by the chipset vendor and is subject to change. Please check Intel® website for the latest information. 5. 6. 7. 8. Before installing SATAII hard disk to SATAII connector, please read the "SATAII Hard Disk Setup Guide" on page 28 of "User Manual" in the support CD to adjust your SATAII hard disk drive to SATAII mode. You can also connect SATA hard disk to SATAII connector directly. 9. Power Management for USB 2.0 works fine under Microsoft® Windows® 7 64-bit / 7 / VistaTM 64-bit / VistaTM / XP 64-bit / XP SP1 or SP2. 10. It is a user-friendly ASRock overclocking tool which allows you to surveil your system by hardware monitor function and overclock your hardware devices to get the best system performance under Windows® environment. Please visit our website for the operation procedures of ASRock OC Tuner. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/feature/OCTuner/index.htm 11. Featuring an advanced proprietary hardware and software design, Intelligent Energy Saver is a revolutionary technology that delivers unparalleled power savings. In other words, it is able to provide exceptional power saving and improve power efficiency without sacrificing computing performance. Please visit our website for the operation procedures of Intelligent Energy Saver. ASRock website: http://www.asrock.com/feature/IES/index.html 12. ASRock Instant Flash is a BIOS flash utility embedded in Flash ROM. This convenient BIOS update tool allows you to update system BIOS without entering operating systems first like MS-DOS or Windows®. With this utility, you can press key during the POST or press key to BIOS setup menu to access ASRock Instant Flash. Ju ...