ASROCK Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M series User Manual

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Chapter 1: Introduction
Thank you for purchasing ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M Series moth-
erboard, 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 introduction of the motherboard and step-
by-step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contains the congura-
tion guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.
Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software might be
updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without no-
tice. In case any modications of this manual occur, the updated version
will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may nd
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 specic information about the model you are using.
www.asrock.com/support/index.asp
1.1 Package Contents
ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M Series Motherboard
(Micro ATX Form Factor: 9.6-in x 9.6-in, 24.4 cm x 24.4 cm)
ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M Series Quick Installation Guide
ASRock Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M Series Support CD
4 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)
1 x Serial ATA (SATA) HDD Power Cable (Optional)
1 x I/O Panel Shield
1 x ASRock SLI_Bridge Card
ASRock Reminds You...
To get better performance in Windows
®
7 / 7 64-bit / Vista
TM
/ Vista
TM
64-
bit, it is recommended to set the BIOS option in Storage Conguration to
AHCI mode. For the BIOS setup, please refer to the “User Manual” in our
support CD for details.

ASROCK Fatal1ty Z77 Professional-M series Specifications

General

Chipset	Intel Z77
CPU Socket	LGA 1155
Max Memory	32GB
Memory Standard	DDR3 2800+(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600/1333/1066
PCI Slots	1
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC898
LAN Chipset	Broadcom BCM57781
Max. LAN Speed	10/100/1000Mbps
Form Factor	Micro ATX
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Memory Slots	4
PCI Express x16	2 x PCI Express 3.0 x16
PCI Express x1	1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1
SATA 6Gb/s	4 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA 3Gb/s	4 x SATA 3Gb/s
USB 3.0	4 (2 rear, 2 via header)
USB 2.0	8 x USB 2.0 ports (4 on the rear panel, 4 via headers)
Audio	7.1 Channel HD Audio
LAN	Gigabit LAN
Dimensions	9.6" x 9.6"
Power Pin	24 Pin
Onboard Video Chipset	Depends on CPU (Intel HD Graphics)
Multi-GPU Support	NVIDIA SLI, AMD CrossFireX