User manual ASROCK H87 PERFORMANCE

[. . . ] With respect to the contents of this documentation, ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warranties or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall ASRock, its directors, officers, employees, or agents be liable for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages (including damages for loss of profits, loss of business, loss of data, interruption of business and the like), even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from any defect or error in the documentation or product. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please follow the related regulations in advance. [. . . ] You don’t need to connect them for the AC’97 audio panel. To activate the front mic, go to the “FrontMic” Tab in the Realtek Control panel and adjust “Recording Volume”. Chassis Speaker Header (4-pin SPEAKER1) (see p. 10, No. 10) Chassis and Power Fan Connectors (4-pin CHA_FAN1) (see p. 10, No. 26) DUMMY SPEAKER 1 +5V DUMMY Please connect the chassis speaker to this header. GND +12V FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL Please connect fan cables to the fan connectors and match the black wire to the ground pin. GND +12V FAN_SPEED English 26 (3-pin PWR_FAN1) (see p. 10, No. 7) Fatal1ty H87 Performance Series CPU Fan Connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p. 10, No. 2) ATX Power Connector (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p. 10, No. 6) GND +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL This motherboard provides a 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) connector. If you plan to connect a 3-Pin CPU fan, please connect it to Pin 1-3. This motherboard provides a 24-pin ATX power connector. To use a 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug it along Pin 1 and Pin 13. This motherboard provides an 8-pin ATX 12V power connector. Please refer to your graphics card vendor for details. ) CrossFire Bridge 31 English Step 3 Connect a VGA cable or a DVI cable to the monitor connector or the DVI connector of the graphics card that is inserted to PCIE2 slot. English 32 Fatal1ty H87 Performance Series 2. 8. 2 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1 Power on your computer and boot into OS. Step 2 Remove the AMD drivers if you have any VGA drivers installed in your system. The Catalyst Uninstaller is an optional download. We recommend using this utility to uninstall any previously installed Catalyst drivers prior to installation. Please check AMD’s website for AMD driver updates. Step 3 Install the required drivers and CATALYST Control Center then restart your computer. Please check AMD’s website for details. Step 4 AMD Catalyst Control Center Double-click the AMD Catalyst Control Center icon in the Windows® system tray. Step 5 In the left pane, click Performance and then AMD CrossFireXTM . Then select Enable AMD CrossFireX and click Apply. Select the GPU number according to your graphics card and click Apply. 33 English Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3. 1 Installing Drivers The Support CD that comes with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard’s features. Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu if “AUTORUN” is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file “ASRSETUP. EXE” in the Support CD to display the menu. Drivers Menu The drivers compatible to your system will be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. [. . . ] Please setup network configuration before using UEFI Tech Service. Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer helps you to copy the RAID driver from the support CD to your USB storage device. After copying the drivers please change the SATA mode to RAID, then you can start installing the operating system in RAID mode. 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. English 88 Instant Flash Save UEFI files in your USB storage device and run Instant Flash to update your Fatal1ty H87 Performance Series UEFI. Secure Backup UEFI Whenever one of the ROM images are corrupted or outdated, switch to the other flash ROM and execute Secure Backup UEFI to duplicate the current working ROM image to the secondary flash ROM. Internet Flash ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for you. Please setup network configuration before using Internet Flash. *For BIOS backup and recovery purpose, it is recommended to plug in your USB pen drive before using this function. Network Configuration Use this to configure internet connection settings for Internet Flash. Internet Setting Enable or disable sound effects in the setup utility. UEFI Download Server Select a server to download the UEFI firmware. 89 English Dehumidifier Function If Dehumidifier Function is enabled, the computer will power on automatically to dehumidify the system after entering S4/S5 state. Dehumidifier Period Configure the period of time until the computer powers on and enables Dehumidifier after entering S4/S5 state. Dehumidifier Duration Configure the duration of the dehumidifying process before it returns to S4/S5 state. Dehumidifier CPU Fan Setting Configure the speed of the CPU fan while Dehumidifier is enabled. [. . . ]