The Z68 Fatal1ty Professional Gen3 motherboard from ASRock comes with similar packaging as the P67 variant we have tested before; on the front side of the box, we can see a photo of the famous gamer, Johnathan Wendel, also known as Fatal1ty, along with the full name of the product:
The top cover opens like a book, to reveal the motherboard:
On the left side we can also see a description of the main product features:
The back side of the box offers a small description of the motherboard components and we do also get to see the full list of specifications:
After we have removed the outside packaging, we will find the motherboard sitting in a secondary black protective box, along with the accessories:
The rest of the bundle is located in a smaller enclosure, with two partitions:
As bundle, we can find:
6x SATA Data cables
1x 80-conductor Ultra ATA 66/100/133 IDE Ribbon Cable
1x Ribbon Cable for 3.5-in Floppy Drive
1x ASRock SLI_Bridge_2S Card
2x SATA HDD Power Cables
1x 3.5mm Audio Cable
1x HDMI to DVI Adapter
1x I/O Panel Shield
1x Front USB 3.0 Panel + Rear USB 3.0 Bracket
4x HDD Screws (for installing a HDD or SSD onto the provided bracket)
6x Chassis Screws (for fixing the bracket onto the chassis)
As documentation, we get a Quick Installation Guide, two leaflets, one regarding VIRTU technology and the other regarding XFastUSB, a Software Installation Guide and a DVD with drivers and applications:
Inside the Software Installation Guide we find information on how to set up the UEFI and what represents each option:
The Quick Guide gives us information on how to perform the hardware installation, and at the end we can find the UEFI error codes, shown by Dr. Debug: