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... Installation and Setup 38 2.11 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 39 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 42 3.1 Installing Drivers 42 3.2 A-Tuning 43 3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 47 3.3.1 UI Overview 47 3.3.2 Apps 48 3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 51 3.3.4 Setting 52 3.4 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® ... Screen 58 4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 59 4.4 Advanced Screen 69 4.4.1 CPU Coniguration 70 4.4.2 Chipset Coniguration 72 4.4.3 Storage Coniguration 75 4.4.4 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 2 77 4.4.5 Super IO Coniguration 78 4.4.6 ACPI Coniguration 79
... Installation and Setup 38 2.11 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide 39 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 42 3.1 Installing Drivers 42 3.2 A-Tuning 43 3.3 ASRock Live Update & APP Shop 47 3.3.1 UI Overview 47 3.3.2 Apps 48 3.3.3 BIOS & Drivers 51 3.3.4 Setting 52 3.4 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® ... Screen 58 4.3 OC Tweaker Screen 59 4.4 Advanced Screen 69 4.4.1 CPU Coniguration 70 4.4.2 Chipset Coniguration 72 4.4.3 Storage Coniguration 75 4.4.4 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 2 77 4.4.5 Super IO Coniguration 78 4.4.6 ACPI Coniguration 79
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... (Socket 1151) • Digi Power design • 12 Power Phase design • Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology • Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs • Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking • Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine Chipset • Intel® Z170 Memory • Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology • 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots • Supports...
... (Socket 1151) • Digi Power design • 12 Power Phase design • Supports Intel® Turbo Boost 2.0 Technology • Supports Intel® K-Series unlocked CPUs • Supports ASRock BCLK Full-range Overclocking • Supports ASRock Hyper BCLK Engine Chipset • Intel® Z170 Memory • Dual Channel DDR4 Memory Technology • 4 x DDR4 DIMM Slots • Supports...
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...(4096x2304) @ 24Hz • Supports DVI-D with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 510/530 • Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12 • Max. PCB Isolate Shielding ... Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) • Supports Purity SoundTM 3 - resolution up to 600 Ohms headsets) - Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps - 115dB SNR DAC with max. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 Audio • Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick ...
...(4096x2304) @ 24Hz • Supports DVI-D with AVC, MVC (S3D) and MPEG-2 Full HW Encode1, Intel® InTruTM 3D, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology, Intel® InsiderTM, Intel® HD Graphics 510/530 • Pixel Shader 5.0, DirectX 12 • Max. PCB Isolate Shielding ... Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) • Supports Purity SoundTM 3 - resolution up to 600 Ohms headsets) - Nichicon Fine Gold Series Audio Caps - 115dB SNR DAC with max. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 Audio • Supports Intel® HD Graphics Built-in Visuals : Intel® Quick ...
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LAN Rear Panel I/O ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel (for Z170 Extreme6+ only) Storage • Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s • Giga PHY Intel® I219V • Supports Wake-On-LAN • Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) • Supports Energy Eicient Ethernet 802.3az • Supports PXE • 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port • 1 x DVI...
LAN Rear Panel I/O ASRock Front USB 3.1 Panel (for Z170 Extreme6+ only) Storage • Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s • Giga PHY Intel® I219V • Supports Wake-On-LAN • Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection) • Supports Energy Eicient Ethernet 802.3az • Supports PXE • 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port • 1 x DVI...
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PS2 Keyboard /Mouse USB 3.0 T: USB5 B: USB6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 ATX12V1 CLRC BTN2 Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 23 45 CHA_FAN1 CHA_FAN4 Power Reset 6 7 DVI1 HDMI1 DISPLAY1 DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 288-pin module) DDR4_A2 (64 bit, 288-pin...9 10 11 1 12 SATA3_A0_A1 PCIE2 13 LAN 14 SATA3_2_3 Ultra M.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 M2_1 SATA_EXP_0_1 SATA3_1_5 CT5 CT4 CT3 CT2 CT1 SATA3_0_4 15 Z170 Extreme6 Intel Purity SoundTM 3 PCIE3 Z170 16 PCIE4 17 PCIE5 HD_AUDIO1 1 COM1 1 PCIE6 TPMS1 1 1 T B1 USB1_2 1 USB3_4 1 BIOS_B1 BIOS_B_LED 128Mb BIOS BIOS_A_LED 128Mb BIOS BIOS_A1...
PS2 Keyboard /Mouse USB 3.0 T: USB5 B: USB6 1.3 Motherboard Layout 1 ATX12V1 CLRC BTN2 Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 23 45 CHA_FAN1 CHA_FAN4 Power Reset 6 7 DVI1 HDMI1 DISPLAY1 DDR4_A1 (64 bit, 288-pin module) DDR4_A2 (64 bit, 288-pin...9 10 11 1 12 SATA3_A0_A1 PCIE2 13 LAN 14 SATA3_2_3 Ultra M.2 PCIe Gen3 x4 M2_1 SATA_EXP_0_1 SATA3_1_5 CT5 CT4 CT3 CT2 CT1 SATA3_0_4 15 Z170 Extreme6 Intel Purity SoundTM 3 PCIE3 Z170 16 PCIE4 17 PCIE5 HD_AUDIO1 1 COM1 1 PCIE6 TPMS1 1 1 T B1 USB1_2 1 USB3_4 1 BIOS_B1 BIOS_B_LED 128Mb BIOS BIOS_A_LED 128Mb BIOS BIOS_A1...
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... Connector (SATA_EXP_0) is shared with up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate. To minimize the boot time, use Intel® Z170 SATA ports (SATA3_0) for internal storage devices with the SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and the Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1). Please connect... SATA3_3 SATA3_2_ hese eight SATA3 connectors support SATA data cables for your bootable devices. English 25 he SATA3_0, SATA3_1 are shared with the SATA_EXP_0. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 Power LED and Speaker Header (7-pin SPK_PLED1) (see p.7, No. 21) Serial ATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_4: see p.7, No. 15) (SATA3_1_5: see...
... Connector (SATA_EXP_0) is shared with up to 6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate. To minimize the boot time, use Intel® Z170 SATA ports (SATA3_0) for internal storage devices with the SATA3_0, SATA3_1 and the Ultra M.2 Socket (M2_1). Please connect... SATA3_3 SATA3_2_ hese eight SATA3 connectors support SATA data cables for your bootable devices. English 25 he SATA3_0, SATA3_1 are shared with the SATA_EXP_0. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 Power LED and Speaker Header (7-pin SPK_PLED1) (see p.7, No. 21) Serial ATA3 Connectors (SATA3_0_4: see p.7, No. 15) (SATA3_1_5: see...
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... (NGFF) Module Support List Vendor ADATA ADATA ADATA Crucial Crucial Intel Kingston Kingston Plextor Plextor Samsung Samsung Samsung SanDisk SanDisk Team Team ...Intel SSDSCKGW080A401/80G SM2280S3 SH2280S3/480G PX-G256M6e PX-G512M6e SM951 (MZHPV256HDGL) SM951 (MZHPV512HDGL) XP941-512G (MZHPU512HCGL) SD6PP4M-128G SD6PP4M-256G TM4PS4128GMC105 TM8PS4128GMC105 TM8PS4256GMC105 TM4PS4256GMC105 TS256GMTS400 TS512GMTS800 TS512GMTS600 For the latest updates of M.2_SSD (NFGG) module support list, please visit our website for details: http://www.asrock.com English 41 Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6...
... (NGFF) Module Support List Vendor ADATA ADATA ADATA Crucial Crucial Intel Kingston Kingston Plextor Plextor Samsung Samsung Samsung SanDisk SanDisk Team Team ...Intel SSDSCKGW080A401/80G SM2280S3 SH2280S3/480G PX-G256M6e PX-G512M6e SM951 (MZHPV256HDGL) SM951 (MZHPV512HDGL) XP941-512G (MZHPU512HCGL) SD6PP4M-128G SD6PP4M-256G TM4PS4128GMC105 TM8PS4128GMC105 TM8PS4256GMC105 TM4PS4256GMC105 TS256GMTS400 TS512GMTS800 TS512GMTS600 For the latest updates of M.2_SSD (NFGG) module support list, please visit our website for details: http://www.asrock.com English 41 Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6...
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...; 7 installation USB drive to disabled ater the installation. USB3.0). Please set PS/S Simulator back to install Windows® 7 OS. 53 English Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 3.4 Enabling USB Ports for the Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI - In order for the USB ports to install Windows 7 operating system because the... the ASRock Support CD or website) Scenarios You have an ODD and PS/2 ports: If there is not included in UEFI SETUP UTILITY > Advanced > USB Coniguration, which allows the USB port to function as a PS/2 port, and then you do not have an ODD (For Intel Skylake...
...; 7 installation USB drive to disabled ater the installation. USB3.0). Please set PS/S Simulator back to install Windows® 7 OS. 53 English Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 3.4 Enabling USB Ports for the Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI - In order for the USB ports to install Windows 7 operating system because the... the ASRock Support CD or website) Scenarios You have an ODD and PS/2 ports: If there is not included in UEFI SETUP UTILITY > Advanced > USB Coniguration, which allows the USB port to function as a PS/2 port, and then you do not have an ODD (For Intel Skylake...
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... CPU and save power, while a higher limit may improve performance. GT Slice Frequency Conigure the frequency of the system agent. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 FCLK Frequency Conigure the FCLK Frequency. Long Duration Power Limit Conigure Package Power Limit 1 in watts. A lower limit can protect... in watts. A lower limit can protect the CPU and save power, while a higher limit may improve performance. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology allows processors to run above its base operating frequency when the operating system requests the highest performance state. ...
... CPU and save power, while a higher limit may improve performance. GT Slice Frequency Conigure the frequency of the system agent. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 FCLK Frequency Conigure the FCLK Frequency. Long Duration Power Limit Conigure Package Power Limit 1 in watts. A lower limit can protect... in watts. A lower limit can protect the CPU and save power, while a higher limit may improve performance. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology allows processors to run above its base operating frequency when the operating system requests the highest performance state. ...
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Setting wrong values in this section, you may cause the system to malfunction. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 4.4 Advanced Screen In this section may set to 1024 x 768. When [Disable] is selected, the resolution will be set to 1024 x 768 directly. 69 English ... utility. Full HD UEFI When [Auto] is selected, the resolution will be set the conigurations for the following items: CPU Coniguration, Chipset Coniguration, Storage Coniguration, Intel® hunderbolt, Super IO Coniguration, ACPI Coniguration, USB Coniguration and Trusted Computing.
Setting wrong values in this section, you may cause the system to malfunction. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 4.4 Advanced Screen In this section may set to 1024 x 768. When [Disable] is selected, the resolution will be set to 1024 x 768 directly. 69 English ... utility. Full HD UEFI When [Auto] is selected, the resolution will be set the conigurations for the following items: CPU Coniguration, Chipset Coniguration, Storage Coniguration, Intel® hunderbolt, Super IO Coniguration, ACPI Coniguration, USB Coniguration and Trusted Computing.
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It is improved. 4.4.1 CPU Coniguration Intel Hyper Threading Technology Intel Hyper hreading Technology allows multiple threads to run on each processor package. Enhanced Halt State (C1E) Enable Enhanced Halt State (C1E) for power saving. CPU C ...
It is improved. 4.4.1 CPU Coniguration Intel Hyper Threading Technology Intel Hyper hreading Technology allows multiple threads to run on each processor package. Enhanced Halt State (C1E) Enable Enhanced Halt State (C1E) for power saving. CPU C ...
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... prefetch the subsequent cache line while retrieving the currently requested cache line. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 No-Execute Memory Protection Processors with No-Execution Memory Protection Technology may prevent certain classes of malicious bufer overlow attacks. Enable for better performance. Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in...
... prefetch the subsequent cache line while retrieving the currently requested cache line. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 No-Execute Memory Protection Processors with No-Execution Memory Protection Technology may prevent certain classes of malicious bufer overlow attacks. Enable for better performance. Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in...
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... by improving application compatibility and reliability, and providing additional levels of manageability, security, isolation, and I/O performance. 4.4.2 Chipset Coniguration Primary Graphics Adapter Select a primary VGA. VT-d Intel® Virtualization Technology for PCIE4. PCIE ASPM Support his option enables/disables the ASPM support for all CPU downstream devices. 72 English
... by improving application compatibility and reliability, and providing additional levels of manageability, security, isolation, and I/O performance. 4.4.2 Chipset Coniguration Primary Graphics Adapter Select a primary VGA. VT-d Intel® Virtualization Technology for PCIE4. PCIE ASPM Support his option enables/disables the ASPM support for all CPU downstream devices. 72 English
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...the onboard network interface controller (Intel® I219V). Deep Sleep Conigure deep sleep mode for power saving when the computer is installed. Onboard HD Audio Enable/disable onboard HD audio. Front Panel Enable/disable front panel HD audio. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 PCH PCIE ASPM Support his ...the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up. Inte(R) Ethernet Connection I211 Enable or disable the onboard network interface controller (Intel® I211AT). PCH DMI ASPM Support his option enables/disables the control of ASPM on CPU side of memory that is ...
...the onboard network interface controller (Intel® I219V). Deep Sleep Conigure deep sleep mode for power saving when the computer is installed. Onboard HD Audio Enable/disable onboard HD audio. Front Panel Enable/disable front panel HD audio. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 PCH PCIE ASPM Support his ...the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up. Inte(R) Ethernet Connection I211 Enable or disable the onboard network interface controller (Intel® I211AT). PCH DMI ASPM Support his option enables/disables the control of ASPM on CPU side of memory that is ...
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4.4.4 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 2 Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 Intel(R) Thunderbolt Technonogy Enable/Disable the Intel(R) hunderbolt function. English 77
4.4.4 Intel® Thunderbolt™ 2 Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 Intel(R) Thunderbolt Technonogy Enable/Disable the Intel(R) hunderbolt function. English 77
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... Set or change the password for the user account. Only the administrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology Enable/disable Intel PTT in ME. Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password. Leave it blank and press enter to remove the... system. You may set or change the supervisor/user password for Windows 8.1 Secure Boot. User Password Set or change the password for the administrator account. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 4.7 Security Screen In this section you may also clear the user password.
... Set or change the password for the user account. Only the administrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology Enable/disable Intel PTT in ME. Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password. Leave it blank and press enter to remove the... system. You may set or change the supervisor/user password for Windows 8.1 Secure Boot. User Password Set or change the password for the administrator account. Z170 Extreme6+ / Z170 Extreme6 4.7 Security Screen In this section you may also clear the user password.