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1 H71M-DGS User Manual Version 1.0 Published March 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. ...

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2 Copyright Notice: No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ...

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3 Contents 1 Introduction ......................................................... 5 1.1 Package Contents ......................................................... 5 1.2 Specifi cations .............................................................

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4 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ................................................. 33 3.1 Introduction .................................................................... 33 3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar .................................................... 33 3.1.2 ...

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5 Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock H71M-DGS motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s ...

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6 1.2 Specifications Platform - Micro ATX Form Factor: 8.9-in x 6.8-in, 22.6 cm x 17.3 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU power CPU - Supports 3 rd and 2 nd Generation Intel ® Core TM i7 / i5 / i3 in LGA1155 Package - Supports Intel ® ...

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7 - 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 w...

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8 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 third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your...

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9 CAUTION! 1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 40. 2. This motherboard supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. Before you implement Dual Channel Memory Technology, make sure to read the installation guid...

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10 7. If you desire a faster, less restricted way of charging your Apple devices, such as iPhone/iPod/iPad Touch, ASRock has prepared a wonderful solution for you - ASRock APP Charger. Simply installing the APP Char- ger driver, it makes your iP...

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11 14. ASRock XFast RAM is not supported by Microsoft ® Windows ® XP / XP 64-bit. 15. EuP, stands for Energy Using Product, was a provision regulated by Eu- ropean Union to defi ne the power consumption for the completed system. According to...

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12 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 1155-Pin CPU Socket 13 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, White) 2 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 14 System Panel Header (PANEL1, White) 3 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 15 USB 2.0 Header ...

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13 1.4 I/O Panel * 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 SPEED LED Status Description...

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14 Chapter 2: Installation This is a Micro ATX form factor (8.9" x 6.8", 22.6 x 17.3 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the confi guration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fi ts into it. Make sur...

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15 2.3 CPU Installation For the installation of Intel 1155-Pin CPU, please follow the steps below. Before you insert the 1155-Pin CPU into the socket, please check if the CPU surface is unclean or if there is any bent pin on the socket. Do not f...

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16 Pin1 alignment key alignment key Pin1 1155-Pin CPU 1155-Pin Socket Step 3. Insert the 1155-Pin CPU: Step 3-1. Hold the CPU by the edge where is marked with black line. Step 3-2. Orient the CPU with IHS (Integrated Heat Sink) up. Locate Pi...

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17 2.4 Installation of CPU Fan and Heatsink This motherboard is equipped with 1155-Pin socket that supports Intel 1155-Pin CPU. Please adopt the type of heatsink and cooling fan compliant with Intel 1155- Pin CPU to dissipate heat. Before you in...

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18 2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) This motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel configuration, you always need to install two identical (the sam...

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19 2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI Express slots on this motherboard. PCIE slots: PCIE1 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards. PCIE2 (PCIE 2.0 x1 slot; White) is used for PC...

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20 2. If you have installed onboard VGA driver from our support CD to your system already, you can freely enjoy the benefi ts of dual monitor function after your system boots. If you haven’t installed onboard VGA driver yet...

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21 Surround Display Feature This motherboard supports surround display upgrade. With the internal VGA output support (DVI-D and D-Sub) and external add-on PCI Express VGA cards, you can easily enjoy the benefi ts of surround display feature. Plea...

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22 For Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS: Right click the desktop, choose “Personalize”, and select the “Display Settings” tab so that you can adjust the parameters of the multi-monitor according to th...

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23 2.8 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 ...

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24 2.9 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! S...

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25 J_SENSE OUT2_L 1 MIC_RET PRESENCE# GND OUT2_R MIC2_R MIC2_L OUT_RET Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) panel audio cable that allows (see p.12 No. 19) convenient connection and control of audio...

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26 Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis (4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header. (see p.12 No. 13) CPU Fan Connectors Please connect the CPU fan (4-pin CPU_FAN1) cable to the connector and (see p.12 No. 3) matc...

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27 ATX 12V Power Connector Please connect an ATX 12V (4-pin ATX12V1) power supply to this connector. (see p.12 No. 2) Serial port Header This COM1 header supports a (9-pin COM1) serial port module. (see p.12 No. 17) 20-Pin ATX Pow...

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28 2.10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel ® H61 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATAII hard disks on this mother- bo...

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29 Caution 1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII Hot Plug cannot be processed. 2. Even some SATA / SATAII HDDs provide both SATA 15-pin power connector and IDE 1x4-pin conventional power connector interfaces, ...

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30 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII HDD: Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug: Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Plug, improper procedure will cause the SATA / SATAII HDD damage and data loss. Connect S...

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31 2.13 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive fi rst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please ...

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32 2.14.2 Installing Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit Without RAID Functions If you want to install Windows ® 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII HDDs without RAID functions, please ...

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33 Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to confi gure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start ...

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34 3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Description / Moves cursor left or right to select Screens / Moves cursor up or down t...

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35 3.3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. CPU Confi guration CPU Turbo Ratio Use this item to change the ratio value of this motherboard. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology is In...

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36 Short Duration Power Limit Use this item to confi gure short duration power limit in watts. The default value is [Auto]. Primary Plane Current Limit Use this item to confi gure the maximum instantaneous current allowed for the primary plan...

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37 DRAM tRP Use this item to change Row Precharge Time (tRP) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. DRAM tRAS Use this item to change RAS# Active Time (tRAS) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Command Rate (CR) Use this item to chang...

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38 Voltage Confi guration Power Saving Mode Use this to enable or disable Power Saving Mode. The default value is [Disabled]. CPU Core Voltage Offset Use this to select CPU core voltage offset. The default value is [Auto]. IGPU Voltage Offset U...

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39 Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the confi gurations for the following items: CPU Confi gu- ration, North Bridge Confi guration, South Bridge Confi gu...

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40 3.4.1 CPU Configuration Intel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, a computer system with an Intel processor that sup- ports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology, such ...

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41 to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memory Protection” can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute codes. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-...

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42 3.4.2 North Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority. The default value is [PCI Express]. VT-d Use this to enable or disable Intel ® VT-d tec...

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43 3.4.3 South Bridge Configuration Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [Auto]...

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44 3.4.4 Storage Configuration SATA Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SATA Controller feature. SATA Mode Selection Use this to select SATA mode. Confi guration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [Disabled]. The default val...

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45 3.4.5 Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology. Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology is a new zero power hibernation mode which al- lows users to resume in ju...

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46 3.4.6 Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology. Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology keeps your e-mail and social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook...

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47 3.4.7 Super IO Configuration Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port. Confi guration options: [3F8 / IRQ4] and [3E8 / IRQ4]. Paral...

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48 3.4.8 ACPI Configuration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Selecting [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the...

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49 3.4.9 USB Configuration USB 2.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller. Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four confi guration options: [Enabled], [Auto],...

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50 3.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the...

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51 3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to confi g- ure the boot settings and the boot priority. Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 6553...

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52 3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. ...

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53 3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Save confi guration changes and exit setup?” will pop-out. Select [Yes] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit...

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54 Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft ® Windows ® operating systems: 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista TM / Vista TM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit. Because motherboard settings and hardware op...

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55 Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows ® OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating system. 1. Please make sure to use Wi...