https://forum.asrock.com/ Copyright (c) 2006-2013 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Thu, 23 Jul 2026 11:42:56 +0000 Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:07:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 12.04 360 https://forum.asrock.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=113532 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums_black.png https://forum.asrock.com/ https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201799&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201799 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113532
Posted: 14 Jul 2026 at 2:07pm

If you are concerned about safety then you will want to disconnect the system
from power, press and hold the power button to discharge capacitors then swap
the battery with a new one.

Yes, you will lose your BIOS settings. Technically you can swap the battery with
the system connected to power and the settings should remain but then you run the
risk of shorting something if the battery pops out of the holder onto the board.
Not really worth the risk for the sake of BIOS settings. ]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 14:07:16 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201799&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201799 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201798&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201798 Author: tolunq
Subject: 113532
Posted: 14 Jul 2026 at 5:05am

Hello,
Another problem with this 2013 ASRock Z77 Extreme 4 motherboard.

My desktop PC hasn't been keeping the correct date and time for the past two days... it automatically resets to 2013...

I have to go into the BIOS and reconfigure it, but every time I restart it, the same thing happens.

I am guessing the CR2032 coin cell battery is dead??It is the original one, so I am not going to complain.

Just to confirm, aside from replacing the battery, is there anything else I need to do?

Will I lose my BIOS settings? Will it revert to its default, factory settings?

Are there any precautions I should take before replacing the battery ?

Thanks again for any help.

Best regards

Translated with DeepL.com (free version)]]> Tue, 14 Jul 2026 05:05:22 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201798&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201798 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201729&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201729 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113532
Posted: 27 Jun 2026 at 4:00pm

Happy to help, good luck and let us know how the build goes for you ]]> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 16:00:10 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201729&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201729 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201727&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201727 Author: tolunq
Subject: 113532
Posted: 27 Jun 2026 at 2:40pm

Thanks again for your help. Brilliant!
I?™ll try to choose an Asrock from your first and second choices??The second motherboard is good but expensive.
Kind regards]]> Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:40:58 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201727&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201727 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201667&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201667 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113532
Posted: 16 Jun 2026 at 5:17am

Yes, the previous board I linked supports up to 3 NVMe drives without needing a
PCIe adapter card.

As I said before, more slots = higher end board, like this one:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z890%20Pro%20RS%20WiFi/index.asp#Gallery
It will cost significantly more however. It will offer everything the previous
board I linked offers as well as more PCIe slots although you get 1 x16 slot,
2 x4 slots and 1 x1 slot instead of 2 x16 slots. The x4 slots are open ended though
so you will still be able to install x16 cards into them, they will be limited
to x4 PCIe speeds however. Only GPUs and multi NVMe adapter cards really need
more than x4 though.



]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:17:16 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201667&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201667 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201666&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201666 Author: tolunq
Subject: 113532
Posted: 16 Jun 2026 at 4:28am

Hello and thank you.

This motherboard looks very good, but I am disappointed that it only has two PCIe slots.

I need one or two more.

If I want to add a video capture card or something similar, I would not be able to on this one.


Does the motherboard really support
three M.2 NVMe SSD ?]]> Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:28:50 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201666&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201666 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201663&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201663 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113532
Posted: 13 Jun 2026 at 3:49pm

Well, you won't need a slot for Wifi or NVMe on a new board (provided you get one
with Wifi included). You also won't find a new board with old PCI slots unless you
go for a workstation/server board.

If you are using the system for office/photo work etc then I would recommend an
intel platform. AMD has the crown right now for gaming but they run hotter and
use more power under lower loads. For work use the intel platform should be perfect
for you.

Depending on your budget you can go for quite a few different options. Basically
any board that has Wifi will do the trick nicely for you. Here is a good example:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B860%20Pro%20RS%20WiFi

You probably won't need your USB 3.0 card as the board comes with a ton of USB
ports, including USB C. It comes with Wifi so you won't need that either. The
integrated graphics on a modern CPU will probably also perform well enough for
your design work too so you could even potentially skip the HD 5800 GPU. The
only issue you will have is your Firewire card, as I said before consumer boards
no longer have old PCI slots. You may need to look for a PCIe Firewire card if
that is essential to your workflow/hardware.

You will be able to connect your NVMe drive directly to the motherboard as well
as use it as a boot drive.

As for CPU you can go for whatever fits your budget from the CPU support list:
https://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/B860%20Pro%20RS%20WiFi/index.asp#CPU

Just avoid any CPU model that ends in an "F" if you plan to use the integrated
graphics (which I would recommend as it comes with hardware encoding that could
potentially speed up your video renders more than the HD 5800 series GPU).

I wouldn't waste money on a Z890 board, for your needs the B860 chipset should
be more than adequate and save you a bit of money. Basically any B860 board
that comes with wifi paired with an intel "Core Ultra" CPU should be perfect
for you. ]]> Sat, 13 Jun 2026 15:49:10 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201663&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201663 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201648&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201648 Author: tolunq
Subject: 113532
Posted: 12 Jun 2026 at 3:16am

hank you very much for your help.


Currently, on the ASRock Z77 Extreme4 motherboard, there are:

1 x PCI Express 2x1 slot for a 12-port USB 3.0 card
1 x PCI Express 2x1 slot for a Wi-Fi card
1 x PCI Express 3x16 slot for the graphics card
1 x PCI Express 3x16 slot for the NVMe M.2 card

1 PCI slot for a FireWire card
1 PCI slot that isn?�t in use

I'm not a gamer, or very rarely one.
It's mainly for office work, photo and video editing, the internet and some technical software (electrical engineering, design, etc.)

My current motherboard has an old AMD Radeon HD 5800 series
16 GB RAM

i7 3770 3.40 GHz processor, which doesn't work with Windows 11

Windows on a 500 GB Samsung Evo SSD

I have also installed a PCI Express card on the motherboard, which houses a 1 GB NVMe M.2 drive, but only for storage as I can't boot from it. The BIOS do,'t want boot.

I have not contacted Microsoft because I installed the Windows 10 Enterprise volume licence, as I wasn't able to register in September 2025 for Windows 10 updates.

And I don't think I'm allowed to install this version, but if I hadnot installed it, I would not have Windows 10 anymore. And my PC woul not to upgrade to Windows 11.

thanks well :)]]> Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:16:14 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201648&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201648 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201630&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201630 Author: Xaltar
Subject: 113532
Posted: 10 Jun 2026 at 3:39am

I would need a lot more info to make a recommendation. What platform, budget and
what will the system be used for? Do you need PCIe x16 slots or do you just mean
5 PCIe slots including the x1 slots? A board with 5 PCIe x16 (size not wired) will
be expensive and if you are looking for 5 PCIe x16 slots that are wired as x16 then
you will be looking at a lot more as well as a very expensive HEDT or server CPU.

Because of NVMe M.2 slots most newer boards have 4 or less PCIe slots, typically
2 PCIe x16 size slots and 2 x1 slots.

Here is an example of a newer board with 5 PCIe slots:
https://pg.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z690%20Phantom%20Gaming%204/index.asp

You will be looking at higher end boards as the lower spec boards have fewer PCIe
lanes to allocate. With the cost of RAM right now you may want to wait a while
longer for prices to normalize. ]]> Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:39:06 +0000 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201630&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201630 https://forum.asrock.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=113532&PID=201629&title=z77-extreme-4-security-certificate-2023#201629 Author: tolunq
Subject: 113532
Posted: 10 Jun 2026 at 12:42am

I?™ll need to think about upgrading my motherboard, processor and RAM, as the motherboard uses DDR3.
But which motherboard should I go for? I need several PCI Express slots ??at least four, not counting the graphics card.

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