Asrock Z77 Extreme 4 Owners Thread

[Piospi]

http://www.asrock.com/mb/photo/IO/Z77 Extreme4(m).jpg

Where are the USB 3.0 ports from Intel? On the left or right?
USB 2.0 is Asmedia or Intel ?


I can't find the information in the manual :/

 

[marvinudy]

Twinspeaker,

I'm running Linux, several 'flavors', on my Z77 extreme 4 board with absolutely no issues. I seem to remember that a newer kernel is the answer to compatibility. Unfortunately, I cannot recall which kernel is the break point (crs or brain-fart).

My earlier posting lists all my settings and other information.

Best regards,

marvinudy

 

[spliffstar69]

http://www.asrock.com/mb/photo/IO/Z77 Extreme4(m).jpg

Where are the USB 3.0 ports from Intel? On the left or right?
USB 2.0 is Asmedia or Intel ?


I can't find the information in the manual :/

on the rear its the 2 that under the nic you can also diable the asmedia usb ports to verify whicharethe intel ones

 

[spliffstar69]

any one have an oc profiles to share on a i73770k?

 

[Apologiliac]

anyone have guide to adjusting fan speed? Im also having trouble accessing BIOS as the board does boot insanely fast

 

[T_Yamamoto]

anyone have guide to adjusting fan speed? Im also having trouble accessing BIOS as the board does boot insanely fast

Spam the button

 

[davidthemaster3]

The board does POST insanely fast ... I see the POST screen for less than a second but I still manage to get to the BIOS by spamming the F2 key.

I don't have any optical drives plugged in at the moment .

Also, anyone else having trouble passing POST with a USB 3.0 thumb drive in any USB 3.0 port? It just freezes at the POST screen ... it works on the USB 2.0 ports and on my laptops USB 3.0 ports ...

 

[davidthemaster3]

Bios 1.80 is out ... they removed 1.70 which was supposed to help with USB compatability (but it didn't in my case) ...

 

[Homer Simpson]

Still running 1.60 here which they removed from the list after 1.70 came out. Aside from the bclk being .5 higher than what I actually set it to, I've had no problems. Does 1.80 fix that?

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2

 

[davidthemaster3]

I'm still on 1.70, but my bclk was .5 higher ... I put it back to normal with ATXU ... I'll see tonight if 1.8 has the same problem

 

[AsusGuy]

I got my Extreme4 a few weeks ago at MicroCenter for $90 with a 3570k. I love this motherboard it's been great so far. The funny thing is I never would have considered AsRock a few years ago when they were considered the bargain bin option. Now I think they are a viable option in the enthusiast arena. I have used Asus motherboards, MSI, ECS, Gigabyte and many other brands. This board holds it's own. So far the layout, options, OCing and stability are great.

 

[Homer Simpson]

microcenter email this morning shows this board is now $79.99 with purchase of a 3570k. 10 bux less than i paid a month ago. its tempting to get another and throw it in my other system which is mostly the wife's facebook computer. im sure the power/heat savings over the old Q9450 would be worthwhile.

 

[davidthemaster3]

80$ ... damn that's like 100$ less then I paid for mine D: too bad I live in Canada T_T

 

[ilslasher1980]

I think i got the 89.90 for mine about two weeks ago

 

[x110x]

hi all , i paid for this motherboard 120 euro ( 150 $ )

i have Fractal Design define r3 , i7 3770k Cpu , ASrock z77 extrem 4 Motherboard , 1x8gb corsair vengeance cl9 1600 mhz + 1x2gb ocz gold edition 1600mhz cl8
is this good choice?

after bios update ( to 1.80 ) its working better :thumbsup:

 

[Smoblikat]

I'm in.

I think its the successor of the Asrock Z68 Extreme 3 Gen 3. BTW If you didn't already know, Asrock is no longer tied to Asus.

I second the opinion of its kinship to the E3G3.

 

[davidthemaster3]

after bios update ( to 1.80 ) its working better :thumbsup:

What's working better exactly? I can't tell any difference ...

 

[Homer Simpson]

Loaded 1.80. The bclk is no longer 0.5 higher. There are settings for the Internet flash allowing you to tell it to use dhcp and where to download from. I think that's new since 1.60. Internet flash has never worked for me, maybe it will now? Under the voltage settings, power saver setting is disabled by default. Previously it was enabled by default. That's all I noticed that changed.

Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using Tapatalk 2

 

[x110x]

What's working better exactly? I can't tell any difference ...

i think its working more stable and faster.
i dont use v 1.60 and others, only 1.20 and 1.80 but 1.8 is really that different in performance

x264 HD 4.0 benchmark results. ( before bios update it was 5-10 fps lower)

Results for x264.exe r1913
==========================

Pass 1
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encoded 1442 frames, 141.55 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 146.49 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 139.85 fps, 3911.63 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 143.31 fps, 3911.63 kb/s

Pass 2
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encoded 1442 frames, 42.58 fps, 3959.08 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 42.54 fps, 3959.37 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 42.89 fps, 3959.60 kb/s
encoded 1442 frames, 42.13 fps, 3959.36 kb/s


System Details
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Name Intel Processor
Codename
Specification Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770K CPU @ 3.50GHz
Core Stepping
Core Speed 3500.3 MHz

 

[mscrivo]

Anyone else having this issue? I am using the 1.8 bios, and I have an intel SSD 520 as my primary drive plugging in to SATA3_0. I have an Obsidian 650D and the external SATA cable is plugged into SATA3_A0 (I also tried one of the intel ports and experience the same thing). Whenever I hot plug a SATA HDD, system freezes and eventually BSOD's. When I reset and log into the BIOS, my Intel SSD disappears from drive list. I have to power down and back up to get it back. I should note, it works fine if I plug in a SSD externally, just BSOD's on hard drives.

 

[mscrivo]

Well I solved my problem. Turns out something was wrong with the HAL in windows. All kinds of weird things were happening like GPU-Z not being able to report details about my video devices. Long story shorty: A clean install fixed it all.

I had upgraded from a Z68 motherboard and didn't want to reformat windows. So I tried booting up with my existing installation after I replaced the Z68 with the Z77 and to my surprise it made it to the login screen. I naively believe that if I didn't get any BSOD's on bootup, everything should be fine. So I installed the new drivers required for Z77 and started using the system. That's when the weirdness started. So, if you change your mobo, always reformat.

 

[bub]

I am not a smart man... BUT what is the 12" cord with a male USB connection at the end protruding out the back of motherboard all about?
It is not shown or listed in my manual, err 2 Setup Guides.
Manual?? Oh. 79 pages! Gotta download that baby.
Stand by.

 

[Nohr]

1.90 is out:

1. Update VBIOS.
2. Update RAID ROM.
3. Add "No-K OC" function.

 

[Rvenger]

3. Add "No-K OC" function.

Wonder what this is supposed to mean exactly? Non K skus can unlock via Bios? Wouldn't that be a breakthrough.


I really have to hand it to Asrock, they are on top of their bios updates!

 

[WiseUp216]

Wonder what this is supposed to mean exactly? Non K skus can unlock via Bios? Wouldn't that be a breakthrough.

I really have to hand it to Asrock, they are on top of their bios updates!

Hmm, I have to look into this.

I've been on the fence about buying a new CPU since my i5-2300/z77 combo is more than adequate for gaming. I still want an unlocked 2500K or 3570K, though.

If this is a legit OC, then it may hold me over until Haswell.


Edit: Ok, ran into a little problem with the Instant Flash utility. I enter UEFI and when I click on Instant Flash the whole system locks up. I tried it with the FAT32 flash drive in and out. Freezes both ways. At this point, I'm just going to use the Windows installation method.

Anybody see this before? This board has been 100% stable for me since May. I've been very happy with it.

I'm currently on BIOS 1.20. I haven't had any need to update it before, so I haven't.

See pic: