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... 1 1.2 Specifications 2 1.3 Motherboard Layout 6 1.4 Front Panel 9 1.5 Rear Panel 10 Chapter 2 Installation 11 2.1 Installing the CPU 12 2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 15 2.3 Installing Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) 16 2.4 Jumpers Setup 18 2.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19 2.6 M.2 WiFi/BT Module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT) Installation Guide 22 2.7 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1) 24 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 26 3.1 Installing Drivers 26 Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 27 4.1 Introduction 27 4.2 EZ Mode 28...
... 1 1.2 Specifications 2 1.3 Motherboard Layout 6 1.4 Front Panel 9 1.5 Rear Panel 10 Chapter 2 Installation 11 2.1 Installing the CPU 12 2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 15 2.3 Installing Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) 16 2.4 Jumpers Setup 18 2.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors 19 2.6 M.2 WiFi/BT Module and Intel® CNVi (Integrated WiFi/BT) Installation Guide 22 2.7 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1) 24 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 26 3.1 Installing Drivers 26 Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 27 4.1 Introduction 27 4.2 EZ Mode 28...
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...Mini-STX Form Factor) • H470M-STX Quick Installation Guide • H470M-STX Support CD • 1 x I/O Panel Shield • 2 x Serial ATA(SATA) Data with Power Cable (Optional) • 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (M2*2) (Optional) • 1 x Screw for purchasing H470M-STX motherboard. Chapter 3 contains the operation guide of the BIOS setup. Chapter 4 contains the configuration guide of the software and utilities. H470M-STX Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for WiFi Module (M2*2) (Optional) 1 English Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the...
...Mini-STX Form Factor) • H470M-STX Quick Installation Guide • H470M-STX Support CD • 1 x I/O Panel Shield • 2 x Serial ATA(SATA) Data with Power Cable (Optional) • 2 x Screws for M.2 Sockets (M2*2) (Optional) • 1 x Screw for purchasing H470M-STX motherboard. Chapter 3 contains the operation guide of the BIOS setup. Chapter 4 contains the configuration guide of the software and utilities. H470M-STX Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for WiFi Module (M2*2) (Optional) 1 English Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the...
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... • Supports Wake-On-LAN • Supports Lightning/ESD Protection • Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az • Supports PXE • 1 x Headphone/Headset Jack • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Port (Supports ESD Protection) • 1 x Microphone Input Jack English 3 resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz • Supports D-Sub with max. H470M-STX Audio LAN Front Panel I/O • Four graphics output options: D-Sub, HDMI, DisplayPort 1.4 and...
... • Supports Wake-On-LAN • Supports Lightning/ESD Protection • Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az • Supports PXE • 1 x Headphone/Headset Jack • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen2 Type-A Port (10 Gb/s) (Supports ESD Protection) • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Port (Supports ESD Protection) • 1 x Microphone Input Jack English 3 resolution up to 4K x 2K (4096x2160) @ 30Hz • Supports D-Sub with max. H470M-STX Audio LAN Front Panel I/O • Four graphics output options: D-Sub, HDMI, DisplayPort 1.4 and...
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... supports type 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4 x4 (64 Gb/s) (Only supported with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors) * Supports Intel® OptaneTM Technology * Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks Connector • 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (2 x 4-pin) • 1 x Internal Speaker Header • 1 x Front Panel Header • 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) • 1 x Audio Header BIOS Feature • AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support • ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events • SMBIOS 2.7 Support • DRAM Voltage...
... supports type 2280 M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen4 x4 (64 Gb/s) (Only supported with 11th Gen Intel® Core™ Processors) * Supports Intel® OptaneTM Technology * Supports NVMe SSD as boot disks Connector • 2 x CPU Fan Connectors (2 x 4-pin) • 1 x Internal Speaker Header • 1 x Front Panel Header • 1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) • 1 x Audio Header BIOS Feature • AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support • ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events • SMBIOS 2.7 Support • DRAM Voltage...
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... and devices of your own risk and expense. AKasa Model VT01S A-STX04-A1B / A-STX04-M1B English 5 Mini-STX Chassis Support List Vendor SilverStone Technology Inc. It should be done at your system. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking. H470M-STX OS Certifications • CPU Fan multi-speed control • CASE OPEN detection • Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore • Microsoft® Windows®...
... and devices of your own risk and expense. AKasa Model VT01S A-STX04-A1B / A-STX04-M1B English 5 Mini-STX Chassis Support List Vendor SilverStone Technology Inc. It should be done at your system. We are not responsible for possible damage caused by overclocking. H470M-STX OS Certifications • CPU Fan multi-speed control • CASE OPEN detection • Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore • Microsoft® Windows®...
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... LAN port LED indications. ACT/LINK LED SPEED LED LAN Port Activity / Link LED Status Description Off Blinking On No Link Data Activity Link 10 Speed LED Status Off Orange Green Description 10Mbps connection 100Mbps connection 1Gbps connection English Please refer to the table below for DC plug 5.5 mm 2.5 mm ** There are two LEDs on each LAN port. Description 1 DC Jack* (Supports 19V DC Power Adapters) 2 D-Sub Port 3 USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Port (USB_3) (Supports USB Type-C Alt Mode...
... LAN port LED indications. ACT/LINK LED SPEED LED LAN Port Activity / Link LED Status Description Off Blinking On No Link Data Activity Link 10 Speed LED Status Off Orange Green Description 10Mbps connection 100Mbps connection 1Gbps connection English Please refer to the table below for DC plug 5.5 mm 2.5 mm ** There are two LEDs on each LAN port. Description 1 DC Jack* (Supports 19V DC Power Adapters) 2 D-Sub Port 3 USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-C Port (USB_3) (Supports USB Type-C Alt Mode...
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H470M-STX 2.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are matched correctly. PWRBTN (Power Button): Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. You may differ by chassis. HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED): Connect to the power button on the chassis front panel. RESET (Reset Button): Connect to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assignments are NOT jumpers. The LED keeps blinking when the system is in S1/S3 sleep state. The LED is off when the system...
H470M-STX 2.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are matched correctly. PWRBTN (Power Button): Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. You may differ by chassis. HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED): Connect to the power button on the chassis front panel. RESET (Reset Button): Connect to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assignments are NOT jumpers. The LED keeps blinking when the system is in S1/S3 sleep state. The LED is off when the system...
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... required drivers. Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application software that enhance the motherboard's features. Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file "ASRSETUP.EXE" in your CD-ROM drive. Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3.1 Installing Drivers The Support CD that comes with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities...
... required drivers. Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application software that enhance the motherboard's features. Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on the file "ASRSETUP.EXE" in your CD-ROM drive. Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3.1 Installing Drivers The Support CD that comes with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities...
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...: Main For setting system time/date information OC Tweaker For overclocking configurations Advanced For advanced system configurations Tool Useful tools H/W Monitor Displays current hardware status Security For security settings Boot For configuring boot settings and boot priority Exit Exit the current screen or the UEFI Setup Utility English 29 Refer to configure the BIOS settings. To access the EZ Mode, press or click the "EZ Mode" button at the upper right corner of the screen. 4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar...
...: Main For setting system time/date information OC Tweaker For overclocking configurations Advanced For advanced system configurations Tool Useful tools H/W Monitor Displays current hardware status Security For security settings Boot For configuring boot settings and boot priority Exit Exit the current screen or the UEFI Setup Utility English 29 Refer to configure the BIOS settings. To access the EZ Mode, press or click the "EZ Mode" button at the upper right corner of the screen. 4.3.1 UEFI Menu Bar...
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... UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for SSE workloads. Disable to ASRock's 400 series motherboards (even non Z models) and enjoy the base frequency boost with the hidden power of processors immediately. Because the UEFI software is a more stressful workload that lower the AVX ratio to ensure maximum possible ratio for reference purpose only, and they may install their non K series CPUs to achieve higher clock speeds when overclocking...
... UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for SSE workloads. Disable to ASRock's 400 series motherboards (even non Z models) and enjoy the base frequency boost with the hidden power of processors immediately. Because the UEFI software is a more stressful workload that lower the AVX ratio to ensure maximum possible ratio for reference purpose only, and they may install their non K series CPUs to achieve higher clock speeds when overclocking...
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... performance state. Enabling will set before OS handoff. H470M-STX BCLK Aware Adaptive Voltage BCLK Aware Adaptive Voltage enable/disable. When enabled, pcode will be aware of time. Intel Turbo Boost Technology Intel Turbo Boost Technology enables the processor to run at the same frequency. When the limit is only supported with processors with Config TDP support. Intel Thermal Velocity Boost Voltage Optimizations This service controls thermal based voltage optimizations for CMLS...
... performance state. Enabling will set before OS handoff. H470M-STX BCLK Aware Adaptive Voltage BCLK Aware Adaptive Voltage enable/disable. When enabled, pcode will be aware of time. Intel Turbo Boost Technology Intel Turbo Boost Technology enables the processor to run at the same frequency. When the limit is only supported with processors with Config TDP support. Intel Thermal Velocity Boost Voltage Optimizations This service controls thermal based voltage optimizations for CMLS...
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Long Duration Maintained Configure the period of the data in watts. Short Duration Power Limit Configure Package Power Limit 2 in response. When the limit is exceeded, the CPU ratio will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assign the appropriate frequency automatically. DRAM Configuration Memory Information Allows users to overclock the memory and perform beyond standard specifications. Primary Timing CAS# Latency (tCL) The time between sending a column address...
Long Duration Maintained Configure the period of the data in watts. Short Duration Power Limit Configure Package Power Limit 2 in response. When the limit is exceeded, the CPU ratio will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assign the appropriate frequency automatically. DRAM Configuration Memory Information Allows users to overclock the memory and perform beyond standard specifications. Primary Timing CAS# Latency (tCL) The time between sending a column address...
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... Select the adapter. H470M-STX [Enabled] The system will set before OS handoff. Exit On Failure Configure the Exit On Failure for booting faster. DRAM Voltage Use this to skip DRAM memory training for MRC training steps. Performance Mode Select the performance state that the BIOS will allow performing realtime memory timing changes after MRC_DONE. Voltage Configuration CPU V/F Curve Configure CPU Voltage/Frequency Curve. MRC Fast Boot Enable Memory Fast Boot to configure DRAM Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. 39 English Command...
... Select the adapter. H470M-STX [Enabled] The system will set before OS handoff. Exit On Failure Configure the Exit On Failure for booting faster. DRAM Voltage Use this to skip DRAM memory training for MRC training steps. Performance Mode Select the performance state that the BIOS will allow performing realtime memory timing changes after MRC_DONE. Voltage Configuration CPU V/F Curve Configure CPU Voltage/Frequency Curve. MRC Fast Boot Enable Memory Fast Boot to configure DRAM Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. 39 English Command...
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Auto mode is optimizing for all CPU downstream devices. 43 English PCI Express Native Control Select Enable for Directed I/O helps your virtual machine monitor better utilize hardware by improving application compatibility and reliability, and providing additional levels of manageability, security, isolation, and I/O performance. DMI Link Speed Configure DMI Slot Link Speed. PCIE ASPM Support This option enables/disables the ASPM support for overclocking. VT-d Intel® Virtualization Technology for enhanced PCI Express power saving in Above 4G Address Space...
Auto mode is optimizing for all CPU downstream devices. 43 English PCI Express Native Control Select Enable for Directed I/O helps your virtual machine monitor better utilize hardware by improving application compatibility and reliability, and providing additional levels of manageability, security, isolation, and I/O performance. DMI Link Speed Configure DMI Slot Link Speed. PCIE ASPM Support This option enables/disables the ASPM support for overclocking. VT-d Intel® Virtualization Technology for enhanced PCI Express power saving in Above 4G Address Space...
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... Enable/disable the internal speaker. Onboard WAN Device Use this item to enable onboard HD audio and automatically disable it when a sound card is installed. DMI ASPM Support This option enables/disables the control of ASPM on CPU side of memory that is shut down. 44 English Onboard HD Audio Enable/disable onboard HD audio. Set to Auto to enable or disable the onboard WAN device. WAN Radio Enable/disable the WiFi module's connectivity. Deep Sleep Configure deep sleep mode for the onboard digital outputs. Share Memory Configure the size of the DMI Link. Onboard HDMI...
... Enable/disable the internal speaker. Onboard WAN Device Use this item to enable onboard HD audio and automatically disable it when a sound card is installed. DMI ASPM Support This option enables/disables the control of ASPM on CPU side of memory that is shut down. 44 English Onboard HD Audio Enable/disable onboard HD audio. Set to Auto to enable or disable the onboard WAN device. WAN Radio Enable/disable the WiFi module's connectivity. Deep Sleep Configure deep sleep mode for the onboard digital outputs. Share Memory Configure the size of the DMI Link. Onboard HDMI...
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XHCI Hand-off support. The XHCI ownership change should be claimed by XHCI driver. 48 English If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is a workaround for USB 2.0 devices. 4.6.5 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Enable or disable Legacy OS Support for OSes without XHCI hand-off This is recommended to support USB devices under the UEFI setup and Windows/Linux operating systems only. Select UEFI Setup Only to disable legacy USB support.
XHCI Hand-off support. The XHCI ownership change should be claimed by XHCI driver. 48 English If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is a workaround for USB 2.0 devices. 4.6.5 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Enable or disable Legacy OS Support for OSes without XHCI hand-off This is recommended to support USB devices under the UEFI setup and Windows/Linux operating systems only. Select UEFI Setup Only to disable legacy USB support.
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... enable or disable BIOS support for the Security Device. SHA256 PCR Bank Use this item to enable or disable Storage Hierarchy. NOTE: Your computer will reboot during restart in order to enable or disable SHA256 PCR Bank. O.S. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not show Security Device. Pending Operation Schedule an Operation for security device. 4.6.6 Trusted Computing H470M-STX NOTE: Options vary depending on the version...
... enable or disable BIOS support for the Security Device. SHA256 PCR Bank Use this item to enable or disable Storage Hierarchy. NOTE: Your computer will reboot during restart in order to enable or disable SHA256 PCR Bank. O.S. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not show Security Device. Pending Operation Schedule an Operation for security device. 4.6.6 Trusted Computing H470M-STX NOTE: Options vary depending on the version...
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... Flash Save UEFI files in your USB storage device and run Instant Flash to RAID, then you to copy the RAID driver from the support CD to your UEFI. 51 English After copying the drivers please change the SATA mode to update your USB storage device. 4.7 Tools H470M-STX UEFI Tech Service Contact ASRock Tech Service if you Sanitize SSD, all user data will be permanently destroyed on the SSD and cannot be recovered. Please setup network configuration before using UEFI Tech Service...
... Flash Save UEFI files in your USB storage device and run Instant Flash to RAID, then you to copy the RAID driver from the support CD to your UEFI. 51 English After copying the drivers please change the SATA mode to update your USB storage device. 4.7 Tools H470M-STX UEFI Tech Service Contact ASRock Tech Service if you Sanitize SSD, all user data will be permanently destroyed on the SSD and cannot be recovered. Please setup network configuration before using UEFI Tech Service...
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Internet Flash - Network Configuration Use this function. Please setup network configuration before using this to download the UEFI firmware. 52 English DHCP (Auto IP), Auto ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for Internet Flash. Internet Setting Enable or disable sound effects in your USB pen drive before using Internet Flash. *For BIOS backup and recovery purpose, it is recommended to plug in the setup utility. UEFI Download Server Select a server to configure internet connection settings for you.
Internet Flash - Network Configuration Use this function. Please setup network configuration before using this to download the UEFI firmware. 52 English DHCP (Auto IP), Auto ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for Internet Flash. Internet Setting Enable or disable sound effects in your USB pen drive before using Internet Flash. *For BIOS backup and recovery purpose, it is recommended to plug in the setup utility. UEFI Download Server Select a server to configure internet connection settings for you.
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... option to enable or disable support for Secure Boot. Leave it blank and press enter to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Only the administrator has authority to remove the password. User Password Set or change the settings in ME. Users are unable to remove the password. Leave it blank and press enter to change the password for the administrator account. Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology Enable/disable Intel PTT in the UEFI Setup Utility. Supervisor Password Set or change the supervisor/user password...
... option to enable or disable support for Secure Boot. Leave it blank and press enter to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Only the administrator has authority to remove the password. User Password Set or change the settings in ME. Users are unable to remove the password. Leave it blank and press enter to change the password for the administrator account. Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology Enable/disable Intel PTT in the UEFI Setup Utility. Supervisor Password Set or change the supervisor/user password...