ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional Motherboard

Other Features

The ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional has two BIOS chips, so if the main BIOS chip is corrupted by a virus or a bad BIOS upgrade, you can still recover the motherboard.

Figure 8: Two BIOS chips and POST diagnostics display

This motherboard has a POST diagnostics display, so you can see, through a two-digit code, which component is preventing your computer from turning on. See Figure 8.

The motherboard also has an infrared interface, making it inexpensive for you to add an infrared sensor to be able to use a remote control or to connect devices using infrared technology (IrDA), and a legacy serial port, available through a header labeled “COM1,” but it doesn’t come with the necessary adapter.

In Figure 9, you can see all of the accessories that come with the ASRock Fatal1ty Z87 Professional.

Figure 9: Accessories