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... motherboard to select the physical disks. 6. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. Click F2 or Delete to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. Click F10 to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to enter the option ROM user...
... motherboard to select the physical disks. 6. Unless you have selected RAID 1, use the up or down arrow keys to enter the BIOS Setup program after the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) memory test begins. 2. Click F2 or Delete to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. Click F10 to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST, press Ctrl and i at the same time to enter the option ROM user...
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... volume creation. 10. Press Enter. 5. Use the up and down arrow keys to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press Enter to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Press F6 when you need to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be prompted Note with the Note necessary files. 4. When you see a prompt...
... volume creation. 10. Press Enter. 5. Use the up and down arrow keys to install a third party SCSI or RAID driver. Press Enter to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you have successfully installed the driver and Windows setup should continue. Press F6 when you need to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be prompted Note with the Note necessary files. 4. When you see a prompt...
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... system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in the status line that says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert a floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using the F6 installation method. 1. You do not have a floppy drive on Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8 because Intel provided a RAID driver as part of Windows setup (during text-mode phase).
... system onto a single Serial ATA hard drive when the system is in the status line that says, Please insert the disk labeled Manufacturer-supplied hardware support disk into Drive A:, insert a floppy disk containing the following steps to install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver using the F6 installation method. 1. You do not have a floppy drive on Microsoft Windows 7 and Microsoft Windows 8 because Intel provided a RAID driver as part of Windows setup (during text-mode phase).
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... HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the procedures below. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". Press to [RAID]. Please note that this feature is not available for instructions on how to p.8 -17 of this document for all models A. Press [Enter] to your RAID configuration. STEP 4: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS on your USB flash drive into a USB port B. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD...
... HDDs with RAID functions, please follow the procedures below. Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Tool and highlight "Easy RAID Installer". Press to [RAID]. Please note that this feature is not available for instructions on how to p.8 -17 of this document for all models A. Press [Enter] to your RAID configuration. STEP 4: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS on your USB flash drive into a USB port B. STEP 2: Use ASRock Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer can copy the RAID driver from a support CD...
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... the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. Please make sure to boot. 19 STEP 2: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS Press to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item "UEFI:" to use Windows® 10 64-bit. 4. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows...
... the files into a USB flash disk or copy the files from ASRock's motherboard support CD. (Please copy the files under the following directory: 32 bit: ..\i386\Win7_Intel.. 64-bit: ..\AMD64\Win7-64_Intel.. Please make sure to boot. 19 STEP 2: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS Press to launch boot menu at system POST and choose the item "UEFI:" to use Windows® 10 64-bit. 4. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows...
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... the CPU Fan and Heatsink 14 2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 15 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 17 2.5 Jumpers Setup 18 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19 2.7 Post Status Checker 25 2.8 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 26 2.8.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 26 2.8.2 Driver Installation and Setup 28 2.9 M.2 WiFi/BT Module Installation Guide 29 2.10 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_2) 31 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 35 3.1 Installing Drivers 35 3.2 ASRock Motherboard Utility (Phantom Gaming...
... the CPU Fan and Heatsink 14 2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 15 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 17 2.5 Jumpers Setup 18 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19 2.7 Post Status Checker 25 2.8 CrossFireXTM and Quad CrossFireXTM Operation Guide 26 2.8.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards 26 2.8.2 Driver Installation and Setup 28 2.9 M.2 WiFi/BT Module Installation Guide 29 2.10 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_2) 31 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 35 3.1 Installing Drivers 35 3.2 ASRock Motherboard Utility (Phantom Gaming...
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... control. B460 Phantom Gaming 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for M.2 Sockets (Optional) • 1 x I/O Panel Shield 1 English If you require technical support related to quality and endurance. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock's website without notice. In this documentation, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of this documentation will be updated, the content of the software and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the configuration guide of the BIOS setup...
... control. B460 Phantom Gaming 4 Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for M.2 Sockets (Optional) • 1 x I/O Panel Shield 1 English If you require technical support related to quality and endurance. You may find the latest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock's website without notice. In this documentation, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of this documentation will be updated, the content of the software and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the configuration guide of the BIOS setup...
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... 4-pin fan is in use. • 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector • 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector • 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector • 1 x Thunderbolt AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt 3 AIC R2.0 Card only) • 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Supports 3 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) • AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support • ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events • SMBIOS 2.7 Support • CPU Core/Cache, GT, DRAM, PCH, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA Voltage...
... 4-pin fan is in use. • 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector • 1 x 8 pin 12V Power Connector • 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector • 1 x Thunderbolt AIC Connector (5-pin) (Supports ASRock Thunderbolt 3 AIC R2.0 Card only) • 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Supports 3 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) • 2 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Headers (Support 4 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) • AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support • ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events • SMBIOS 2.7 Support • CPU Core/Cache, GT, DRAM, PCH, VCCIO, VCCST, VCCSA Voltage...
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... the expansion card and make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged. Before installing an expansion card, please make necessary hardware settings for PCI Express x1 lane width cards. English 17 B460 Phantom Gaming 4 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) There are 4 PCI Express slots on the motherboard. PCIe Slot Configurations Single Graphics Card Two Graphics Cards in CrossFireXTM Mode PCIE1 x16 x16 PCIE3 N/A x4 For a better thermal environment, please connect a chassis fan to the motherboard's chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1/WP...
... the expansion card and make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged. Before installing an expansion card, please make necessary hardware settings for PCI Express x1 lane width cards. English 17 B460 Phantom Gaming 4 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) There are 4 PCI Express slots on the motherboard. PCIe Slot Configurations Single Graphics Card Two Graphics Cards in CrossFireXTM Mode PCIE1 x16 x16 PCIE3 N/A x4 For a better thermal environment, please connect a chassis fan to the motherboard's chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1/WP...
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... motherboard provides 8 5 an 8-pin ATX 12V power connector. Caution: Never install the RGB LED cable in card (AIC) to this connector via the GPIO cable. *Please install the Thunderbolt™ AIC card to PCIE3 (default slot). 1 12V G R B B R G 12V 1 RGB headers are used to page 46 for further instructions on this header. 23 English To use a 4-pin 4 1 ATX power supply, please plug it along Pin 1 and Pin 5. RRXD1 DDTR#1 DDSR#1 CCTS#1 1 RRI#1 RRTS#1 GND TTXD1 DDCD#1 This COM1 header supports a serial port...
... motherboard provides 8 5 an 8-pin ATX 12V power connector. Caution: Never install the RGB LED cable in card (AIC) to this connector via the GPIO cable. *Please install the Thunderbolt™ AIC card to PCIE3 (default slot). 1 12V G R B B R G 12V 1 RGB headers are used to page 46 for further instructions on this header. 23 English To use a 4-pin 4 1 ATX power supply, please plug it along Pin 1 and Pin 5. RRXD1 DDTR#1 DDSR#1 CCTS#1 1 RRI#1 RRTS#1 GND TTXD1 DDCD#1 This COM1 header supports a serial port...
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... motherboard. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology. Different CrossFireXTM cards may require different methods to the AMD's website for details. 4. Make sure that your system requires. Please refer to your graphics card vendor for detailed installation guide. 2.8.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards Step 1 Insert one graphics card into PCIE1 slot and the other graphics card to AMD graphics card manuals...
... motherboard. Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power your graphics card driver supports AMD CrossFireXTM technology. Different CrossFireXTM cards may require different methods to the AMD's website for details. 4. Make sure that your system requires. Please refer to your graphics card vendor for detailed installation guide. 2.8.1 Installing Two CrossFireXTM-Ready Graphics Cards Step 1 Insert one graphics card into PCIE1 slot and the other graphics card to AMD graphics card manuals...
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... AMD CrossFireXTM. 2.8.2 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1 Power on your computer. We recommend using this utility to your system. Please check AMD's website for AMD driver updates. English 28 Step 3 Install the required drivers and CATALYST Control Center then restart your computer and boot into OS. Select the GPU number according to uninstall any VGA drivers installed in the Windows® system tray. AMD Catalyst Control Center Step 4 Double-click the AMD...
... AMD CrossFireXTM. 2.8.2 Driver Installation and Setup Step 1 Power on your computer. We recommend using this utility to your system. Please check AMD's website for AMD driver updates. English 28 Step 3 Install the required drivers and CATALYST Control Center then restart your computer and boot into OS. Select the GPU number according to uninstall any VGA drivers installed in the Windows® system tray. AMD Catalyst Control Center Step 4 Double-click the AMD...
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Drivers Menu The drivers compatible to install it. 35 English Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application software that enhance the motherboard's features. B460 Phantom Gaming 4 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 the motherboard supports. Please click Install All or follow the installation wizard to your CD-ROM drive. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file "ASRSETUP.EXE" in...
Drivers Menu The drivers compatible to install it. 35 English Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application software that enhance the motherboard's features. B460 Phantom Gaming 4 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 the motherboard supports. Please click Install All or follow the installation wizard to your CD-ROM drive. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file "ASRSETUP.EXE" in...
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... the default max turbo frequency. It is required to Core Ratio Offset so the ring and core can protect the CPU and save power, while a higher limit may improve performance. B460 Phantom Gaming 4 Boot Performance Mode Select the performance state that implement the Intel Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB) feature. Long Duration Power Limit Configure Package Power Limit 1 in watts. FCLK Frequency Configure the FCLK Frequency. Ring to Core Ratio Offset Disable...
... the default max turbo frequency. It is required to Core Ratio Offset so the ring and core can protect the CPU and save power, while a higher limit may improve performance. B460 Phantom Gaming 4 Boot Performance Mode Select the performance state that implement the Intel Thermal Velocity Boost (TVB) feature. Long Duration Power Limit Configure Package Power Limit 1 in watts. FCLK Frequency Configure the FCLK Frequency. Ring to Core Ratio Offset Disable...
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4.6.2 Chipset Configuration B460 Phantom Gaming 4 Primary Graphics Adapter Select a primary VGA. Above 4G Decoding Enable or disable 64bit capable Devices to be decoded in Above 4G Address Space (only if the system supports 64 bit PCI decoding). Auto mode is optimizing for PCIE1. 67 English PCIE1 Link Speed Select the link speed for overclocking. SR-IOV Support If system has SR-IOV capable PCIe Devices, this option Enables or Disables Single Root IO Virtualization Support. DMI Link...
4.6.2 Chipset Configuration B460 Phantom Gaming 4 Primary Graphics Adapter Select a primary VGA. Above 4G Decoding Enable or disable 64bit capable Devices to be decoded in Above 4G Address Space (only if the system supports 64 bit PCI decoding). Auto mode is optimizing for PCIE1. 67 English PCIE1 Link Speed Select the link speed for overclocking. SR-IOV Support If system has SR-IOV capable PCIe Devices, this option Enables or Disables Single Root IO Virtualization Support. DMI Link...
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... external graphics card is installed. Inte(R) Ethernet Connection I219-V Enable or disable the onboard network interface controller (Intel® I219V). Set to Auto to enable onboard HD audio and automatically disable it when a sound card is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up. PCIE2 Link Speed Select the link speed for PCIE4. Share Memory Configure the size of the DMI Link. IGPU Multi-Monitor Select disable to keep the integrated graphics enabled at all PCH PCIE devices...
... external graphics card is installed. Inte(R) Ethernet Connection I219-V Enable or disable the onboard network interface controller (Intel® I219V). Set to Auto to enable onboard HD audio and automatically disable it when a sound card is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up. PCIE2 Link Speed Select the link speed for PCIE4. Share Memory Configure the size of the DMI Link. IGPU Multi-Monitor Select disable to keep the integrated graphics enabled at all PCH PCIE devices...
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4.6.4 Intel(R) Thunderbolt B460 Phantom Gaming 4 Discrete Thunderbolt(TM) Support Enable or disable the Discrete Thunderbolt(TM) Support. Thunderbolt Boot Support Enabled to allow booting from Bootable devices which are present behind Thunderbolt. Titan Ridge Workaround for OSUP Enable or disable Titan Ridge Workaround for the Thunderbolt ports. 71 English Security Level This item allows you to allow booting from Usb devices which are present behind Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt Usb Support Enabled to choose a security level for OSUP.
4.6.4 Intel(R) Thunderbolt B460 Phantom Gaming 4 Discrete Thunderbolt(TM) Support Enable or disable the Discrete Thunderbolt(TM) Support. Thunderbolt Boot Support Enabled to allow booting from Bootable devices which are present behind Thunderbolt. Titan Ridge Workaround for OSUP Enable or disable Titan Ridge Workaround for the Thunderbolt ports. 71 English Security Level This item allows you to allow booting from Usb devices which are present behind Thunderbolt. Thunderbolt Usb Support Enabled to choose a security level for OSUP.
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... ASRock Tech Service if 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 update your PC. Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer helps you are having trouble with your UEFI. 77 English Please setup network configuration before using UEFI Tech Service. SSD Secure Erase Tool All the SSD's listed that supports Secure Erase function. Instant Flash Save UEFI files in RAID mode. 4.7 Tools B460 Phantom Gaming 4 ASRock Polychrome RGB Select LED lighting...
... ASRock Tech Service if 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 update your PC. Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer helps you are having trouble with your UEFI. 77 English Please setup network configuration before using UEFI Tech Service. SSD Secure Erase Tool All the SSD's listed that supports Secure Erase function. Instant Flash Save UEFI files in RAID mode. 4.7 Tools B460 Phantom Gaming 4 ASRock Polychrome RGB Select LED lighting...
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Internet Setting Enable or disable sound effects in your USB pen drive before using this function. Please setup network configuration before using Internet Flash. *For BIOS backup and recovery purpose, it is recommended to configure internet connection settings for you. Network Configuration Use this to plug in the setup utility. UEFI Download Server Select a server to download the UEFI firmware. 78 English DHCP (Auto IP), Auto ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for Internet Flash. Internet Flash -
Internet Setting Enable or disable sound effects in your USB pen drive before using this function. Please setup network configuration before using Internet Flash. *For BIOS backup and recovery purpose, it is recommended to configure internet connection settings for you. Network Configuration Use this to plug in the setup utility. UEFI Download Server Select a server to download the UEFI firmware. 78 English DHCP (Auto IP), Auto ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for Internet Flash. Internet Flash -
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... disable support for the system. You may set or change the supervisor/user password for Secure Boot. Leave it blank and press enter to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Secure Boot Use this item to remove the password. Disable this section you may also clear the user password. Users are unable to use discrete TPM Module. 83 English Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology Enable/disable Intel PTT in ME. B460 Phantom Gaming 4 4.9 Security Screen In this option to change the settings...
... disable support for the system. You may set or change the supervisor/user password for Secure Boot. Leave it blank and press enter to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Secure Boot Use this item to remove the password. Disable this section you may also clear the user password. Users are unable to use discrete TPM Module. 83 English Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology Enable/disable Intel PTT in ME. B460 Phantom Gaming 4 4.9 Security Screen In this option to change the settings...