User manual ASROCK H61M-VG3

[. . . ] H61M-VG3 / H61M-VS3 User Manual Version 1. 0 Published October 2012 Copyright©2012 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. 1 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 ASRock Inc. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe. Disclaimer: Specifications and information contained in this manual are furnished for informational 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. [. . . ] The LED is on when the system is operating. The LED is off in S3/S4 state or S5 state (power off). Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin CHA_FAN1) (see p. 13 No. 13) Please connect the fan cables to the fan connectors and match the black wire to the ground pin. CPU Fan Connectors 1 (4-pin CPU_FAN1) 2 3 (see p. 13 No. 19) 4 GND +12V CPU_FAN_SPEED FAN_SPEED_CONTROL Please connect the CPU fan cable to the connector and match the black wire to the ground pin. Though this motherboard provides 4-Pin CPU fan (Quiet Fan) support, the 3-Pin CPU fan still can work successfully even without the fan speed control function. If you plan to connect the 3-Pin CPU fan to the CPU fan connector on this motherboard, please connect it to Pin 1-3. Pin 1-3 Connected 3-Pin Fan Installation 27 ATX Power Connector (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p. 13 No. 8) 24 13 Please connect an ATX power supply to this connector. 12 1 Though this motherboard provides 24-pin ATX power connector, it can still work if you adopt a traditional 20-pin ATX power supply. To use the 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug your power supply along with Pin 1 and Pin 13. 24 13 20-Pin ATX Power Supply Installation 12 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (4-pin ATX12V1) (see p. 13 No. 20) Please connect an ATX 12V power supply to this connector. Chassis Intrusion Header (2-pin CI1) (see p. 13, No. 14) 1 GND Signal This motherboard supports CASE OPEN detection feature that detects if the chassis cover has been removed. This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection design. 28 2. 10 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® H61 chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks. You may install SATA / SATA2 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices. This section will guide you to install the SATA / SATA2 hard disks. STEP 1: Install the SATA / SATA2 hard disks into the drive bays of your chassis. STEP 2: Connect the SATA power cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk. STEP 3: Connect one end of the SATA data cable to the motherboard’s SATA2 connector. STEP 4: Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA / SATA2 hard disk. 2. 11 Hot Plug Function for SATA / SATA2 HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA / SATA2 in AHCI mode. Intel® H61 chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry effort. NOTE What is Hot Plug Function? If the SATA / SATA2 HDDs are NOT set for RAID configuration, it is called “Hot Plug” for the action to insert and remove the SATA / SATA2 HDDs while the system is still power-on and in working condition. However, please note that it cannot perform Hot Plug if the OS has been installed into the SATA / SATA2 HDD. 29 2. 12 SATA / SATA2 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide This motherboard supports Hot Plug feature for SATA / SATA2 HDD in AHCI mode. Please read below operation guide of Hot Plug feature carefully. Before you process the SATA / SATA2 HDD Hot Plug, please check below cable accessories from the motherboard gift box pack. SATA power cable with SATA 15-pin power connector interface A. [. . . ] Select [Yes] to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes. Discard Changes When you select this option, the following message “Discard changes?” will pop-out. Load UEFI Defaults Load UEFI default values for all the setup questions. Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Attempts to Launch EFI Shell application (Shell64. efi) from one of the available filesystem devices. 67 Chapter 4: Software Support 4. 1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / VistaTM / VistaTM 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit. [. . . ]