ASRock Z87 Extreme6 Motherboard

Other Features

The ASRock Z87 Extreme6 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.

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.

Figure 8: POST diagnostics display and two BIOS chips

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 does not come with the necessary adapter.

In Figure 9, you can see all of the accessories that come with the ASRock Z87 Extreme6.

Figure 9: Accessories