Question 1

Does this board come with SATA cables?

Accepted Answer

Yes, mine came with SATA cables pictured (both a straight and right angled ended one)

Question 2

How many "NAS" bays will it control?

Accepted Answer

This motherboard supports 5 SATA devices and 10 USB ports. Utilizing a single SATA port for an operating system you attach up to 4 HDD/SSD's, as well ad a number of USB storage devices.

You can enhance the storage capabilities with bay devices like the patriot RAID bays, and then network share everything via software of choice.

A NAS however is its own controller and needs no host. NAS stands for Network Attached Storage and would plug into your router.

Hope that helps

Question 3

Anybody know if this has a  place for an internal speaker? I've been searching for the pins for the better part of an hour for them?

Accepted Answer

When I was installing this MB I remember this as well.  I don't think it has one.  In the motherboard manual, it also doesn't list the pins for the PC Speaker.

Question 4

Is there a SATA controller on the PCI-E bus? I want to use this as a media (and other services) server, with the intent of using the mini pci-e slot for an mSata SSD, and using the 6G sata ports for the media/raid drives.

Accepted Answer

I believe there is a Marvell controller but please be sure you can boot off of it. In the past one could only boot off of the #0 SATA. Reason is that a driver needs to be loaded before Marvell functions.

Question 5

Does this board have a USB 3.0 header for the case I/O?

Accepted Answer

It has USB3.0 for the case I/O, works good with my CM elite 130 case.

Question 6

Anyone able to tell me why I can only get 65mbps off the built in Wifi, while all other devices on my network get 130-300mpbs?

Accepted Answer

Wasn't a driver issue.  just seems to be a defective module.  It would only use one antenna at a time, something to do with it sharing them for bluetooth.  I was able to get it at 130mbps for a couple of days by disabling the Bluetooth, then it just defaulted back to 65 and wasn't able to go higher no matter what tricks I tried.  I needed a new router anyway, so I went with an updated AC model.  Luckily it gets 433 over 5ghz latency free to my media server.

Question 7

Will the mPCIe slot work only with the included BT/WiFi card or can I install a solid state drive in that port?

Accepted Answer

I havnt read where it can be done and the manual only specifies it's use for the wifi.  I did read where someone on a blog used it for msata on the h97 board.  But he was having heat issues.  Not necessarily just on the wifi. He was having board heat issues.  Never saw a response to his problem.

Question 8

Does this board support 1333mhz memory?
I am trying to do a pentium overclock build and I have already ordered 1333mhz memory. The memory standards in the board spec sheet do not include 1333mhz. Will it work?

Accepted Answer

The board will.  Just be sure your cpu will.   Although I'm using 1066

Brand	ASRock
Model	Z97M-ITX/AC

CPU Socket Type	LGA 1150
CPU Type	Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium / Celeron (LGA1150)
Supported CPU Technologies	Turbo Boost Technology 2.0

Number of Memory Slots	2x240pin
Memory Standard	DDR3 3100+(OC)/2933(OC)/2800(OC)/2400(OC)/2133(OC)/1866(OC)/1600
Maximum Memory Supported	16GB
Channel Supported	Dual Channel

PCI Express 3.0 x16	1 x PCI Express 3.0 x16
Mini Card Slots	1 x Vertical Half Mini-PCI Express Slot: For WiFi + BT Module

Serial ATA (SATA)	5 x SATA 6Gb/s
SATA RAID	0/1/5/10

ASRock Z97M-ITX/AC LGA 1150 Intel Z97 HDMI USB 3.0 Mini ITX Intel Motherboard

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LAN Chipset	Qualcomm Atheros AR8171
Max LAN Speed	1Gbps
Wireless LAN	IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Bluetooth	Bluetooth 4.0 / 3.0 + High speed class II

PS/2	1
Video Ports	D-Sub + DVI
HDMI	1 x HDMI
USB 3.0	4 x USB 3.0
USB 1.1/2.0	2 x USB 2.0
S/PDIF Out	1 x Optical
Audio Ports	5 Ports

Onboard USB	1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) 1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
Other Connectors	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

Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset	Realtek ALC892
Audio Channels	7.1 Channels

Physical Spec
Form Factor	Mini ITX
Power Pin	24 Pin

Item#: N82E16813157531