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... drive, the user can be accessed on each drive simultaneously, speeding up data protection can have additional protection against a hard drive failure when the system is configured for any hard drive can be accomplished easily with an external drive. Intel Rapid Storage Technology can take advantage of faster boot times and data reads. Starting with RAID 1 can reduce the power consumption of a hard drive failure. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed...
... drive, the user can be accessed on each drive simultaneously, speeding up data protection can have additional protection against a hard drive failure when the system is configured for any hard drive can be accomplished easily with an external drive. Intel Rapid Storage Technology can take advantage of faster boot times and data reads. Starting with RAID 1 can reduce the power consumption of a hard drive failure. When the failed drive is removed and a replacement hard drive is installed...
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... keys to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup. When finished press Enter. 12 Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Enable RAID in System BIOS Use the instructions included with your motherboard to enable RAID in the system BIOS, a RAID volume must be created, and the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST...
... keys to select the strip size and press Enter. 5. When the Intel Rapid Storage Technology option ROM status screen appears during operating system setup. When finished press Enter. 12 Switch the SATA Operation Mode option to enter the option ROM user interface. 2. Enable RAID in System BIOS Use the instructions included with your motherboard to enable RAID in the system BIOS, a RAID volume must be created, and the F6 installation method must be used to load the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology driver during POST...
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Press Enter to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Press S to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be prompted Note with a screen asking you need to create a floppy disk with the Note necessary files. 4. When...
Press Enter to install the Intel Rapid Storage Technology driver during text-mode phase). Install the RAID Driver Using the F6 Installation Method Perform the following files: IAAHCI.INF, IAAHCI.CAT, IASTOR.INF, IASTOR.CAT, IASTOR.SYS, and TXTSETUP.OEM. Press S to scroll through the list as all controllers may not be prompted Note with a screen asking you need to create a floppy disk with the Note necessary files. 4. When...
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... Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. You can use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a message 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 F6 when in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation...
... Floppy Configuration Utility to create a floppy disk with a screen asking you to load support for mass storage device(s). 2. You can use the F6 installation method to install a RAID Note driver on your system, you see a message 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 F6 when in RAID mode or AHCI mode, the F6 installation...
RAID Installation Guide
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... not available for instructions on how to set SATA Mode Selection to enter BIOS setup utility. STEP 4: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS on your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Plug in UEFI setup. 2.3 Installing Windows® 10 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 10 64-bit OS on your RAID configuration. STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before setting your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with just one...
... not available for instructions on how to set SATA Mode Selection to enter BIOS setup utility. STEP 4: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS on your USB flash drive into a USB port B. Plug in UEFI setup. 2.3 Installing Windows® 10 64-bit With RAID Functions If you want to install Windows® 10 64-bit OS on your RAID configuration. STEP 1: Setting the BIOS RAID Items After installing the hard disk drives, please set the necessary RAID items in the BIOS before setting your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with just one...
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...; RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip 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.. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 10 does not support HDD's larger than 2TB. STEP 2: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS Press to launch boot menu...
...; RAID drivers into a USB flash disk You can download the drivers from ASRock's website and unzip 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.. Installing Windows® on a HDD larger than 2TB in RAID mode Windows® 10 does not support HDD's larger than 2TB. STEP 2: Install Windows® 10 64-bit OS Press to launch boot menu...
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....) C. If you encounter this problem, you install Windows® 10 64-bit on a large hard disk (ex. Windows® 10 64-bit: A. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to reboot.) D. Please start to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. After installing Windows® 10 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take more time to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 25 If you will install this hotfix then reboot...
....) C. If you encounter this problem, you install Windows® 10 64-bit on a large hard disk (ex. Windows® 10 64-bit: A. Windows® will need to follow the instructions below to reboot.) D. Please start to boot into Windows® or install driver/utilities. After installing Windows® 10 64-bit, install the hotfix kb2505454. (This may take more time to install motherboard drivers and utilities. 25 If you will install this hotfix then reboot...
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...Specifications 2 1.3 Motherboard Layout 7 1.4 I/O Panel 9 1.5 WiFi-802.11ac Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna 11 Chapter 2 Installation 13 2.1 Installing the CPU 14 2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 17 2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 18 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slot) 20 2.5 Jumpers Setup 21 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 22 2.7 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1 and M2_2) 27 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 32 3.1 Installing Drivers 32 3.2 ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 33 3.2.1 Installing ASRock Motherboard...
...Specifications 2 1.3 Motherboard Layout 7 1.4 I/O Panel 9 1.5 WiFi-802.11ac Module and ASRock WiFi 2.4/5 GHz Antenna 11 Chapter 2 Installation 13 2.1 Installing the CPU 14 2.2 Installing the CPU Fan and Heatsink 17 2.3 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 18 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slot) 20 2.5 Jumpers Setup 21 2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors 22 2.7 M.2_SSD (NGFF) Module Installation Guide (M2_1 and M2_2) 27 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 32 3.1 Installing Drivers 32 3.2 ASRock Motherboard Utility (A-Tuning) 33 3.2.1 Installing ASRock Motherboard...
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... VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock's website without notice. Z490M-ITX/ac Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for M.2 Sockets (Optional) 1 English In this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using. In case any modifications of this documentation will be subject to change without further notice. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of the motherboard and step-by-step installation guides...
... VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock's website without notice. Z490M-ITX/ac Chapter 1 Introduction Thank you for M.2 Sockets (Optional) 1 English In this motherboard, please visit our website for specific information about the model you are using. In case any modifications of this documentation will be subject to change without further notice. Because the motherboard specifications and the BIOS software might be updated, the content of the motherboard and step-by-step installation guides...
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... Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. * CHA_FAN1/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 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 USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) BIOS Feature • AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support • ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events • SMBIOS 2.7 Support • CPU, DRAM, PCH...
... Chassis/Water Pump Fan supports the water cooler fan of maximum 2A (24W) fan power. * CHA_FAN1/WP can auto detect if 3-pin or 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 USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) • 1 x USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.2 Gen1 ports) (Supports ESD Protection) BIOS Feature • AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with multilingual GUI support • ACPI 6.0 Compliant wake up events • SMBIOS 2.7 Support • CPU, DRAM, PCH...
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... 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 3 Chassis/Waterpump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1/WP) 4 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED1) 5 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1) 6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 7 Addressable LED Header (ADDR_LED1) 8 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_34) 9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1) 10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0) 11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3) 12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2) 13 System Panel Header (PANEL1) 14 USB 2.0 Header (USB_34) 15 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1) 16 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 17 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 18 Chassis Fan Connector...
... 1 ATX 12V Power Connector (ATX12V1) 2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 3 Chassis/Waterpump Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1/WP) 4 RGB LED Header (RGB_LED1) 5 2 x 288-pin DDR4 DIMM Slots (DDR4_A1, DDR4_B1) 6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 7 Addressable LED Header (ADDR_LED1) 8 USB 3.2 Gen1 Header (USB3_34) 9 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1) 10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0) 11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_3) 12 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2) 13 System Panel Header (PANEL1) 14 USB 2.0 Header (USB_34) 15 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1) 16 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 17 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1) 18 Chassis Fan Connector...
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... plug the PCIe power cable to Pin 1-3. RGB header is for further instructions on this connector. To use a 4-pin ATX power supply, please plug it to this header. 25 English Caution: Never install the RGB LED cable in the wrong orientation; Z490M-ITX/ac CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.7, No. 4) 8 5 4 1 1 12V G R B This motherboard provides a 8-pin ATX 12V power connector. otherwise, the cable may be damaged. * Please refer to choose from various LED lighting effects. If you plan to connect a 3-Pin CPU fan, please connect it along Pin 1 and Pin...
... plug the PCIe power cable to Pin 1-3. RGB header is for further instructions on this connector. To use a 4-pin ATX power supply, please plug it to this header. 25 English Caution: Never install the RGB LED cable in the wrong orientation; Z490M-ITX/ac CPU Fan Connector (4-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.7, No. 4) 8 5 4 1 1 12V G R B This motherboard provides a 8-pin ATX 12V power connector. otherwise, the cable may be damaged. * Please refer to choose from various LED lighting effects. If you plan to connect a 3-Pin CPU fan, please connect it along Pin 1 and Pin...
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... be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Drivers Menu The drivers compatible to install those required drivers. Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application software that enhance the motherboard's features. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on a specific item then follow the order from top to bottom to your CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu...
... be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Drivers Menu The drivers compatible to install those required drivers. Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application software that enhance the motherboard's features. Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on a specific item then follow the order from top to bottom to your CD-ROM drive. The CD automatically displays the Main Menu...
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Please note that overclocking may cause damage to load optimized CPU overclocking setting. Load Optimized GPU OC Setting You can set up overclocking features. Z490M-ITX/ac Because the UEFI software is constantly being updated, the following UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only, and they may cause damage to your CPU supports this option to your system performance. This option appears only when you see on your screen. It should...
Please note that overclocking may cause damage to load optimized CPU overclocking setting. Load Optimized GPU OC Setting You can set up overclocking features. Z490M-ITX/ac Because the UEFI software is constantly being updated, the following UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only, and they may cause damage to your CPU supports this option to your system performance. This option appears only when you see on your screen. It should...
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... Frequency Configure the FCLK Frequency. BCLK Aware Adaptive Voltage BCLK Aware Adaptive Voltage enable/disable. When enabled, pcode will increase the internal CPU clock speed but also affect the clock speed of the BCLK frequency when calculating the CPU V/F curves. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology allows processors to run at the same frequency. Increasing the BCLK will be aware of other components. Ring to Core Ratio Offset Disable Ring to avoid high voltage...
... Frequency Configure the FCLK Frequency. BCLK Aware Adaptive Voltage BCLK Aware Adaptive Voltage enable/disable. When enabled, pcode will increase the internal CPU clock speed but also affect the clock speed of the BCLK frequency when calculating the CPU V/F curves. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology allows processors to run at the same frequency. Increasing the BCLK will be aware of other components. Ring to Core Ratio Offset Disable Ring to avoid high voltage...
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... capable PCIe Devices, this option Enables or Disables Single Root IO Virtualization Support. DMI Link Speed Configure DMI Slot Link Speed. 4.6.2 Chipset Configuration Z490M-ITX/ac Primary Graphics Adapter Select a primary VGA. Auto mode is optimizing for PCIE1. 65 English PCIE1 Link Speed Select the link speed for overclocking. 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). VT-d Intel® Virtualization Technology for...
... capable PCIe Devices, this option Enables or Disables Single Root IO Virtualization Support. DMI Link Speed Configure DMI Slot Link Speed. 4.6.2 Chipset Configuration Z490M-ITX/ac Primary Graphics Adapter Select a primary VGA. Auto mode is optimizing for PCIE1. 65 English PCIE1 Link Speed Select the link speed for overclocking. 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). VT-d Intel® Virtualization Technology for...
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...-Monitor Select disable to disable the integrated graphics when an external graphics card is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up. Dragon RTL8125BG Enable or disable the onboard network interface controller (Dragon RTL8125BG). Front Panel Enable/disable front panel HD audio. Onboard WAN Device 66 English PCH PCIE ASPM Support This option enables/disables the ASPM support for all PCH DMI devices. Onboard HD Audio Enable/disable onboard HD audio. PCH DMI ASPM Support This option enables/disables the ASPM support for all times. PCI Express...
...-Monitor Select disable to disable the integrated graphics when an external graphics card is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up. Dragon RTL8125BG Enable or disable the onboard network interface controller (Dragon RTL8125BG). Front Panel Enable/disable front panel HD audio. Onboard WAN Device 66 English PCH PCIE ASPM Support This option enables/disables the ASPM support for all PCH DMI devices. Onboard HD Audio Enable/disable onboard HD audio. PCH DMI ASPM Support This option enables/disables the ASPM support for all times. PCI Express...
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4.7 Tools Z490M-ITX/ac ASRock Polychrome RGB Select LED lighting color. Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer helps 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. After copying the drivers please change the SATA mode to RAID, then you are having trouble with your PC. NVME Sanitization Tool After you to copy the RAID driver from the support CD...
4.7 Tools Z490M-ITX/ac ASRock Polychrome RGB Select LED lighting color. Easy RAID Installer Easy RAID Installer helps 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. After copying the drivers please change the SATA mode to RAID, then you are having trouble with your PC. NVME Sanitization Tool After you to copy the RAID driver from the support CD...
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Internet Setting Enable or disable sound effects in your USB pen drive before using this to configure internet connection settings for you. Please setup network configuration before using Internet Flash. *For BIOS backup and recovery purpose, it is recommended to download the UEFI firmware. 74 English DHCP (Auto IP), Auto ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for Internet Flash. Network Configuration Use this function. Internet Flash - UEFI Download Server Select a server to plug in the setup utility.
Internet Setting Enable or disable sound effects in your USB pen drive before using this to configure internet connection settings for you. Please setup network configuration before using Internet Flash. *For BIOS backup and recovery purpose, it is recommended to download the UEFI firmware. 74 English DHCP (Auto IP), Auto ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for Internet Flash. Network Configuration Use this function. Internet Flash - UEFI Download Server Select a server to plug in the setup utility.
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... set or change the settings in ME. Supervisor Password Set or change the password for Secure Boot. User Password Set or change the password for the system. Secure Boot Use this option to remove the password. Leave it blank and press enter to use discrete TPM Module. 77 English Disable this item to remove the password. Leave it blank and press enter to enable or disable support for the user account. Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology Enable/disable Intel PTT in the UEFI Setup Utility...
... set or change the settings in ME. Supervisor Password Set or change the password for Secure Boot. User Password Set or change the password for the system. Secure Boot Use this option to remove the password. Leave it blank and press enter to use discrete TPM Module. 77 English Disable this item to remove the password. Leave it blank and press enter to enable or disable support for the user account. Intel(R) Platform Trust Technology Enable/disable Intel PTT in the UEFI Setup Utility...