All stock codes associated to this product
FM2A88XITX+, FM2A88X-ITX+, 2584946, 4717677321883
FM2A88X-ITX+
Mini-sized FM2+ with awesome sound and graphics for you home theater system!
- A-Style : Home Cloud, HDMI-In
- Supports Socket FM2+ 95W / FM2 100W processors
- Premium Gold Capacitor design
- Supports Dual Channel DDR3 2400+(OC)
- 1 x PCIe 3.0 x16, 1 x Half/Full (mSATA) mini-PCIe
- Supports AMD Dual Graphics
- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 8000/7000 series graphics in A-series APU
- Multi VGA Output Options : D-Sub, DVI-D, HDMI
- Supports Triple Monitor
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec),
- Supports DTC Connect
- TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets)
- 6 x SATA3, 1 x eSATA, 4 x USB 3.0 (2 Front, 2 Rear), 8 USB 2.0
- Supports A-Tuning, XFast 555, X-Boost, Easy Driver Installer, FAN-Tastic Tuning, USB Key
- WLAN : 1 x 2T2R Dual-Band WiFi 802.11n + BT v4.0 Module + 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5GHz Antenna
Features
Home Cloud - Remote Desktop Anytime, Anywhere
This motherboard supports Security Wake On Internet Technology with the onboard Qualcomm® Atheros® LAN, so you can connect with your PC from anywhere in the world. You will be able to power your PC on or turn it off, monitor and take control of it remotely with another smartphone, tablet or computer.
Imagine yourself as a desperado riding into the sunset, an outcast of the society exiled from your country, or simply at the groceries two blocks away from home. You miss your personal computer so much and you'll need Home Cloud for the following real world scenarios:
Mail
Keep your stored mail near at hand whenever you need it.
Multimedia
Stream your secret stash of vids, music and pics.
TV
Watch your favorite local TV programs by connecting to your PC.
Documents
Access or send files remotely anywhere.
Monitor
Keep an eye on your pets or children when you are away from home.
HDMI-In - The Smart Way to Connect Your Devices
Tired of constantly switching devices to connect to your one and only monitor? From now on just connect the monitor to your motherboard, and connect your secondary device (such as a PS3 or Xbox) to the motherboard’s HDMI-In port. With HDMI-In users may conveniently toggle between the computer’s screen and the secondary device’s screen with a hotkey, or even use their secondary device without powering on the computer.
FM2/FM2+ APU Support
This motherboard is compatible with both AMD FM2 and FM2+ APUs. Please note that some new features may be only supported by FM2+ APUs.
Premium Gold Caps
Premium Gold Caps are 100% made in Japan; these solid capacitors are sleek, high gloss caps with a premium gold coating representing long life Premium Gold and stable performance.
Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0 Support
This ASRock motherboard supports the Next-Gen PCI-E 3.0! PCI Express 3.0 can maximize the bandwidth of the next-gen PCI Express 3.0 VGA cards, thus providing ultimate graphics performance.
Get PCI-E 3.0 Benefits
Higher bit rate - 8.0GT/s
Higher bandwidth per lane - 1GB/s
Higher efficiency - 98.5% encoding efficiency
100% backward compatible with previous PCI-E 2.0 / 1.0 standard
| PCI-E architecture |
Raw bit rate |
Bandwidth per lane per direction |
Encoding Efficiency |
| PCI-E 2.0 |
5.0GT/s |
500MB/s |
80% |
| PCI-E 3.0 |
8.0GT/s |
1GB/s |
98.5% |
WiFi 802.11n + BT Support
This motherboard comes with an 802.11n WiFi module that supports fast and stable wireless connections and Bluetooth.
Triple Monitor
This motherboard supports Triple Monitor. You may choose up to three display interfaces to connect monitors and use them simultaneously.
A-Tuning
A-Tuning is ASRock's multi purpose software suite with a new interface, more new features and improved utilities, including XFast RAM, OC Tweaker and a whole lot more.
TI® NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier
Premium Headset Amplifier is what all headphiles been longing for on a PC! It uses TI® NE5532 which can deliver high definition audio for up to 600 ohm headphones.
AMD Steady Video™ 2.0
Bringing the best video experience! Compared to v1.0, AMD Steady Video 2.0 provides more tech advances such as Letter/Pillar Boxed Content, Indicator Overlay, Enhanced Algorithm Effectiveness, etc.
X-Boost
Brilliantly designed for smart overclocking, ASRock X-Boost Technology is able to unleash the hidden power of your CPUs. Simply press “X” when turning on the PC, X-Boost will automatically overclock the relative components to get up to 15.77% performance boost! With the smart X-Boost, overclocking CPU can become a near one-button process.
FAN-Tastic Tuning
Configure different fan speeds for respective temperatures using the graph. The fans will automatically shift to the next speed level when the assigned temperature is met.
Fully Optimize Memory Usage
5X Faster for Photoshop Execution
XFast RAM will create a virtual disk from the system memory to boost the performance. For Photoshop, It can even perform 5X faster than before.
Faster Internet Access
Lower Latency
In Game
XFast LAN can lower latency in the game after setting online game priority higher.
Time latency in World of Warcraft: Cataclysm
USB Performance
Comparison
ATTO Disk Benchmark 4K Read
Easy Driver Installer
For users that don’t have an optical disk drive to install the drivers from our support CD, Easy Driver Installer is a handy tool in the UEFI that installs the LAN driver to your system via an USB storage device, then downloads and installs the other required drivers automatically.
USB Key
In a world where time is money, why waste precious time everyday typing usernames to log in to Windows? Why should we even bother memorizing those foot long passwords? Just plug in the USB Key and let your computer log in to windows automatically!
UEFI Tech Service
Contact ASRock Tech Service by sending a support request from the UEFI setup utility if you are having trouble with your PC.
Fast Boot
With ASRock’s exclusive Fast Boot technology, it takes less than 1.5 seconds* to logon to Windows® 8 from a cold boot. No more waiting! The speedy boot will completely change your user experience and behavior.
*The boot time may vary with a different configuration.
Restart to UEFI
ASRock "Restart to UEFI" technology is designed for those requiring frequent UEFI access. It allows users to easily enter the UEFI SETUP automatically when turning on the PC next time.
UEFI System Browser
UEFI system browser is a useful tool included in graphical UEFI. It can detect the devices and configurations that users are currently using in their PC. With the UEFI system browser, you can easily examine the current system configuration in UEFI setup.
OMG
ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard) technology allows you to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at specified times. Administrators are able to schedule the starting and ending hours of internet access granted to other users.
Interactive UEFI
ASRock Interactive UEFI is a blend of system configuration tools, cool sound effects and stunning visuals. The unprecedented UEFI provides a more attractive interface and brings a lot more amusing.
Easy RAID Installer
Easy RAID Installer can help you install the RAID driver easily without floppy drive. It can copy the RAID driver from a support CD to your USB storage device with just one simple click in UEFI setup.
HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface)
This motherboard supports HDMI™ (High-Definition Multimedia Interface) which is an interface standard for transferring uncompressed video data and delivering multi-channel audio through a single cable. Both video and audio data signals transferred through the HDMI™ interface are digital without being converted into analog, therefore it delivers the richest pictures and the most realistic sounds.
Specifications
| General |
| A-Style |
- Home Cloud
- HDMI-In |
| CPU |
- Supports Socket FM2+ 95W / FM2 100W processors
- 4 + 2 Power Phase design |
| Chipset |
- AMD A88X (Bolton-D4) |
| Memory |
- Dual Channel DDR3 Memory Technology
- 2 x DDR3 DIMM Slots
- Supports DDR3 2400+(OC)/2133/1866/1600/1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buffered memory
- Max. capacity of system memory: 32GB*
- Supports Intel Extreme Memory Profile (XMP) 1.3 / 1.2
- Supports AMD Memory Profile (AMP)
*Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows 32-bit OS. For Windows 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.
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| BIOS |
- 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support
- Supports "Plug and Play"
- ACPI 1.1 Compliant wake up events
- Supports jumperfree
- SMBIOS 2.3.1 support
- DRAM, VDDP, VDDR Voltage multi-adjustment |
| Audio, Video and Networking |
| Graphics |
- Integrated AMD Radeon HD 8000/7000 series graphics in A-series APU
- DirectX 11.1, Pixel Shader 5.6 with FM2+ CPU. DirectX 11, Pixel Shader 5.0 with FM2 CPU.
- Max. shared memory 2GB
- Multi VGA Output options: D-Sub, DVI-D and HDMI Ports
- Supports Triple Monitor
- Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports Dual-link DVI-D with max. resolution up to 2560x1600 @ 60Hz
- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz
- Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is required)
- Supports Blu-ray Stereoscopic 3D with HDMI Port
- Supports AMD Steady Video 2.0: New video post processing capability for automatic jitter reduction on home/online video
- Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports
- Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D and HDMI Ports |
| Audio |
- 7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC1150 Audio Codec)
- Premium Blu-ray Audio support
- TI NE5532 Premium Headset Amplifier (Supports up to 600 ohm headsets)
- Supports DTS Connect |
| LAN |
- PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s
- Qualcomm Atheros AR8171
- Supports Qualcomm Atheros Security Wake On Internet Technology
- Supports Wake-On-LAN
- Supports Energy Efficient Ethernet 802.3az
- Supports PXE |
| Wireless LAN |
- Supports IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n
- Supports Dual-Band (2.4/5 GHz)
- Supports High speed wireless connection up to 300Mbps
- 2 antennas to support 2 (Transmit) x 2 (Receive) MIMO Technology
- Supports Bluetooth 4.0 Class II |
| Expansion / Connectivity |
| Slots |
- 1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1 @ x16 mode)
- 1 x Half/Full (mSATA) mini-PCI Express Slot
- Supports AMD Dual Graphics
*PCIE 3.0 is only supported with FM2+ CPU. With FM2 CPU, it only supports PCIE 2.0.
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| Storage |
- 6 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support RAID (RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10), NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug
- 1 x mSATA 6.0 Gb/s Connector (Solid-State Drive connector), supports NCQ and AHCI |
| Connector |
- 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header
- 1 x TPM Header
- 1 x CPU Fan Connector (4-pin)
- 1 x Chassis Fan Connector (4-pin)
- 1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector
- 1 x 4 pin 12V Power Connector
- 1 x Front Panel Audio Connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports)
- 1 x USB 3.0 Header by AMD A88X (Bolton-D4) (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) |
| Rear Panel I/O |
- 2 x Antenna Ports
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port
- 1 x D-Sub Port
- 1 x DVI-D Port
- 1 x HDMI-Out Port
- 1 x HDMI-In Port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port
- 4 x USB 2.0 Ports
- 1 x eSATA Connector
- 2 x USB 3.0 Ports (AMD A88X (Bolton-D4))
- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)
- HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone |
| Other Features / Miscellaneous |
| Unique Feature |
- ASRock A-Tuning
- ASRock Instant Boot
- ASRock Instant Flash
- ASRock APP Charger
- ASRock XFast USB
- ASRock XFast LAN
- ASRock XFast RAM
- ASRock Crashless BIOS
- ASRock OMG (Online Management Guard)
- ASRock Internet Flash
- ASRock UEFI System Browser
- ASRock UEFI Tech Service
- ASRock Dehumidifier Function
- ASRock Easy RAID Installer
- ASRock Easy Driver Installer
- ASRock Interactive UEFI
- ASRock Fast Boot
- ASRock X-Boost
- ASRock Restart to UEFI
- ASRock USB Key
- ASRock FAN-Tastic Tuning
- Hybrid Booster:
- ASRock U-COP |
| Support CD |
- Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar, Start8 (30 days trial) |
| Accessories |
- Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield
- 2 x SATA Data Cables
- 1 x ASRock WiFi 2.4/5GHz Antenna
- 2 x SMA Wi-Fi Antenna Cables |
| Hardware Monitor |
- CPU temperature sensing
- Chassis temperature sensing
- CPU Fan Tachometer
- Chassis Fan Tachometer
- CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan
- CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control
- CASE OPEN detection
- Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, Vcore |
| Form Factor |
- Mini-ITX Form Factor
- Premium Gold Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality conductive polymer capacitors) |
| OS |
- Microsoft Windows 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit / XP 32-bit |
| Certifications |
- FCC, CE, WHQL
- ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) |
