TWR335 User Manual

SB601-C

System Board

User’s Manual

A19400140

Copyright

This publication contains information that is protected by copyright. No part of it may be reproduced in any form or by any means or used to make any transformation/adaptation without the prior written permission from the copyright holders.

This publication is provided for informational purposes only. The manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose. The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document. Further, the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time, without obligation to notify any person or entity of such revisions or changes.

© 2011. All Rights Reserved.

Trademarks

All trademarks and registered trademarks of products appearing in this manual are the properties of their respective holders.

FCC and DOC Statement on Class B

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communications.

However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help.

Notice:

1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.

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Table of Contents

Copyright

........................................................................................... 2

Trademarks ........................................................................................ 2

FCC and DOC Statement on Class B

.............................................. 3

About this Manual ............................................................................. 7

Warranty

.......................................................................................... 7

Static Electricity Precautions ............................................................. 8

Safety Measures

................................................................................. 8

About the Package ............................................................................ 9

Before Using the System Board

........................................................ 9

Chapter 1 - Introduction ................................................................ 10

Specifications

................................................................................ 10

Features

...................................................................................... 13

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation .................................................. 16

System Board Layout

.................................................................... 16

System Memory

........................................................................... 17

Installing the DIM Module ......................................................... 19

CPU

............................................................................................ 21

Installing the CPU .................................................................... 22

Installing the Fan and Heat Sink ................................................ 26

Jumper Settings

............................................................................. 28

Clear CMOS Data ..................................................................... 28

PS/2 Power Select .................................................................... 29

USB Power Select ..................................................................... 30

Power-on Select ....................................................................... 31

COM1/COM2 RS232/RS422/RS485 Select.................................... 32

COM1/COM2 RS232/Power Select............................................... 33

Rear Panel I/O Ports

..................................................................... 34

PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse Port ....................................................... 35

COM (Serial) Ports ................................................................... 37

VGA Port ................................................................................. 38

DVI-I Port ............................................................................... 39

RJ45 LAN Ports ........................................................................ 40

USB Ports................................................................................ 41

Audio ...................................................................................... 43

Introduction

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I/O Connectors

............................................................................ 45

CD-in Internal Audio Connector ................................................. 45

S/PDIF Connector ..................................................................... 46

Digital I/O Connectors .............................................................. 47

SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors .................................................... 48

Cooling Fan Connectors ............................................................. 49

Chassis Instrusion Connector .................................................... 50

Power Connectors .................................................................... 51

Standby Power LED .................................................................. 52

Front Panel Connectors ............................................................. 53

Expansion Slots ....................................................................... 54

IDE Connector ......................................................................... 55

Battery ................................................................................... 57

SDVO Connector ...................................................................... 58

SDVO-LVDS Daughterboard (optional)

........................................... 59

Features .................................................................................. 59

Dimensions ............................................................................. 59

Jumper Settings ....................................................................... 60

Panel Power Select ............................................................. 60

I/O Connectors ........................................................................ 61

LVDS LCD Panel Connector and LCD/Inverter Power Connector 61

Installing the SDVO-LVDS Daughterboard onto the Motherboard .... 63

Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup

.................................................................. 66

Overview ..............................................................................................................

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AMI BIOS Setup Utility

................................................................. 68

Main ....................................................................................... 68

Advanced ................................................................................ 69

Chipset ................................................................................... 84

Boot ....................................................................................... 90

Security .................................................................................. 91

Save & Exit ............................................................................. 92

Updating the BIOS

........................................................................ 93

Chapter 4 - Supported Software

................................................... 94

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Appendix A - NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide ....................... 116

Appendix B - Watchdog Sample Code

......................................... 128

Appendix C - System Error Message ............................................ 129

Appendix D - Troubleshooting

...................................................... 131

Introduction

About this Manual

An electronic file of this manual is included in the CD. To view the user’s manual in the CD, insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Main Board

Utility CD) will appear. Click “User’s Manual” on the main menu.

Warranty

1. Warranty does not cover damages or failures that arised from misuse of the product, inability to use the product, unauthorized replacement or alteration of components and product specifications.

2. The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physical abuse, improper installation, modification, accidents or unauthorized repair of the product.

3. Unless otherwise instructed in this user’s manual, the user may not, under any circumstances, attempt to perform service, adjustments or repairs on the product, whether in or out of warranty. It must be returned to the purchase point, factory or authorized service agency for all such work.

4. We will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or consequencial damages to the product that has been modified or altered.

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Static Electricity Precautions

It is quite easy to inadvertently damage your PC, system board, components or devices even before installing them in your system unit. Static electrical discharge can damage computer components without causing any signs of physical damage. You must take extra care in handling them to ensure against electrostatic build-up.

1. To prevent electrostatic build-up, leave the system board in its anti-static bag until you are ready to install it.

2. Wear an antistatic wrist strap.

3. Do all preparation work on a static-free surface.

4. Hold the device only by its edges. Be careful not to touch any of the components, contacts or connections.

5. Avoid touching the pins or contacts on all modules and connectors. Hold modules or connectors by their ends.

Important:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drive and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

Safety Measures

To avoid damage to the system:

• Use the correct AC input voltage range.

To reduce the risk of electric shock:

• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing, cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.

Battery:

• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.

• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to local ordinance.

Introduction

About the Package

The system board package contains the following items. If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or sales representative for assistance.

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 Two USB port cables (with bracket)

 One IDE cable

 Two COM port cables (with bracket)

 Two Serial ATA data cables

 One I/O shield

 One QR (Quick Reference)

Optional Items

 PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse cable

 USB port cable

 COM port cable

 Serial ATA data cable

 Serial ATA power cable

The system board and accessories in the package may not come similar to the information listed above. This may differ in accordance to the sales region or models in which it was sold. For more information about the standard package in your region, please contact your dealer or sales representative.

Before Using the System Board

Before using the system board, prepare basic system components.

If you are installing the system board in a new system, you will need at least the following internal components.

• Storage devices such as hard disk drive, CD-ROM, etc.

You will also need external system peripherals you intend to use which will normally include at least a keyboard, a mouse and a video display monitor.

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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Specifications

Processor

Chipset

System Memory

Expansion Slots

Graphics

Audio

LAN

Serial ATA

• LGA 1155 socket for:

- Intel

®

Core

TM i7-2600 (3.4GHz, 95W)

- Intel

®

Core

TM i5-2400 (3.1GHz, 95W)

- Intel

®

Core

TM i3-2120 (3.3GHz, 65W)

- Intel

®

Pentium

®

G850

• New microarchitecture on 32nm process technology

• Intel

®

Advanced Vector Extensions (Intel

®

AVX) Instructions

• Intel

®

Turbo Boost Technology

• Intel

®

B65 PCH (Platform Controller Hub)

• Four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets

• Supports DDR3 1066/1333MHz

• Supports dual channel memory interface

• Supports up to 32GB system memory

• DRAM device technologies: 1Gb, 2GB and 4Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies are supported for x8 and x16 devices, unbuffered, non-ECC

• 1 Mini PCIe x1 slot (PCIe 2.0)

• 7 PCI slots (PCI 2.3)

• Intel

®

HD Graphics

• Display ports: DVI-I (DVI-D signal) and VGA

• DVI-I supports up to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz resolution

• VGA supports up to 2048x1536 @ 75Hz resolution

• Supports 6 Graphics Execution Units (EUs)

• Intel

®

Clear Video Technology

• DirectX Video Acceleration (DXVA) support for accelerating video processing

• Realtek ALC886 5.1-channel High Definition Audio

• Audio outputs: Mic-in/Center+subwoofer, line-in/surround and line-out

• S/PDIF audio interface

• 2 Realtek RTL8111DL PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controllers

• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver

• Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab

• Supports wire management

• 6 Serial ATA ports

- 5 SATA 2.0 ports with data transfer rate up to 3Gb/s

- 1 SATA 3.0 port with data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s

• Integrated Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) con-

troller

Introduction

TPM (optional)

Rear Panel I/O

Ports

I/O Connectors

BIOS

Energy Efficient

Design

Damage Free

Intelligence

• TPM - Trusted Platform Module

• Provides a Trusted PC for secure transactions

• Provides software license protection, enforcement and password protection

• 1 mini-DIN-6 port for PS/2 mouse/keyboard

• 2 DB-9 serial ports

- Supports RS232/422/485 (RS232 and/or Power)

• 1 DB-15 VGA port

• 1 DVI-I port (DVI-D signal)

• 2 RJ45 LAN ports

• 6 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

• Line-in/Surround, Line-out, Mic-in/Center+Subwoofer jacks

• 2 connectors for 4 external USB 2.0/1.1 ports

• 4 connectors for 4 external RS232 serial ports

• 1 SDVO connector for the optional SDVO-LVDS daughterboard

• 1 8-bit Digital I/O connector

• 1 front audio connector for line-out and mic-in jacks

• 1 CD-in connector

• 1 S/PDIF connector

• 6 Serial ATA ports

• 1 IDE connector

• 1 24-pin ATX power connector

• 1 8-pin 12V power connector

• 1 chassis intrusion connector

• 1 front panel connector

• 3 fan connectors

• AMI BIOS

• 64Mbit SPI BIOS

• Supports ErP Lot6 power saving (optional)

• Supports ACPI

• System Power Management

• Wake-On-Events include:

- Wake-On-PS/2 KB/Mouse

- Wake-On-USB KB/Mouse

- Wake-On-LAN

- RTC timer to power-on the system

• CPU stopped clock control

• AC power failure recovery

• Monitors CPU/system temperature and overheat alarm

• Monitors VCORE/5V/3.3V/V_DIMM/12V/5VSB voltages and failure alarm

• Monitors CPU/system fan speed and failure alarm

• Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan speed

• Watchdog timer function

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Temperature

Humidity

PCB

• Operating: 0 o

C to 60 o

C

• Storage: -20 o

C to 85 o

C

• 10% to 90%

• ATX form factor

• 305mm (12”) x 244mm (9.6”)

Introduction

Features

Watchdog Timer

The Watchdog Timer function allows your application to regularly “clear” the system at the set time interval. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to operate.

DDR3

DDR3 delivers increased system bandwidth and improved performance. It offers peak data transfer rate of up to 21 Gb/s bandwidth. The advantages of DDR3 are its higher bandwidth and its increase in performance at a lower power than

DDR2.

Graphics

The integrated Intel HD graphics for graphics intensive applications delivers exceptional 3D, 2D and video capabilities. It supports VGA and DVI interfaces.

DVI

DVI (Digital Visual Interface) is a form of video interface technology made to maximize the quality of flat panel LCD monitors and modern video graphics cards. Data is transmitted using the TMDS (Transition Minimized Differential Signaling) protocol, providing a digital signal from the PC’s graphics subsystem to the display.

PCI Express

PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infrastructure that possesses the ability to scale speeds by forming multiple lanes. The x4 PCI Express lane supports transfer rate of 1 Gigabyte per second. The PCI Express architecture also provides a high performance graphics infrastructure by enhancing the capability of a x16 PCI

Express lane to provide 8 Gigabytes per second transfer rate.

Audio

The Realtek ALC886 audio codec provides 5.1-channel High Definition audio output.

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Serial ATA

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with SATA 1.0a specification. SATA 3.0 supports speed up to 6Gb/s while SATA 2.0 supports speed up to

3Gb/s. This improves hard drive performance faster than the standard parallel

ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s.

Gigabit LAN

The Realtek RTL8111DL PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller supports up to

1Gbps data transmission.

USB

The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/ second bandwidth while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

Wake-On-LAN

This feature allows the network to remotely wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-

Off) PC. It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal. However, if your system is in the

Suspend mode, you can power-on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.

Important:

The +5V_standby power source of your power supply must support

≥720mA.

Wake-On-PS/2

This function allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system.

Important:


≥720mA.

Wake-On-USB

This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.

Important:

If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for 2 USB ports, the +5V_standby power source of your power supply must support ≥1.5A. For 3 or more USB ports, the +5V_standby power source of your power supply must support ≥2A.

Introduction

RTC Timer

The RTC installed on the system board allows your system to automatically power-on on the set date and time.

ACPI STR

The system board is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configuration and

Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management. ACPI when enabled in the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function.

With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the system at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby” when you shut down

Windows

®

without having to go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications and operating system. This is because the system is capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire operating session into RAM (Random Access Memory) when it powers-off. The operating session will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power-on the system.

Important:


720mA.

Power Failure Recovery

When power returns after an AC power failure, you may choose to either poweron the system manually or let the system power-on automatically.

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Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

System Board Layout

PS/2

KB/MS

USB 10

USB 11

COM 2

COM 1

PS/2 Power select (JP3)

2

1

1

JP1

2 6

6

5

1 2

USB 10-11 power select

(JP6)

1

1 2

5 6

COM 1 RS232/

Power select

(JP9)

8 4

1

JP2

5

5 6

ASMedia

1442

5 1

+12V power

COM1 RS232/422/485 select ( JP1 )

COM2 RS232/422/485 select ( JP2 )

COM 2

COM 1

LGA 1155

CPU fan

1

VGA

DVI -I

COM 2 RS232/Power select (JP10)

DDR3_2

DDR3_1

DDR3_4

DDR3_3

1

Chassis intrusion

Fintek

F71879F

Standby

Power LED

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2 1

DIO

12 24

LAN 1

USB 0

USB 1

Realtek

RTL8111DL

LAN 2

USB 8

USB 9

1

USB 0-1/8-9 power select

(JP4)

1

CD-in

Line-in/ Surround

Line-out

Mic-in/ Center+Subwoofer

Realtek

ALC886

S/PDIF

1

2

1

10

9

Front audio

Realtek

RTL8111DL

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

Fintek

F81217U

2

1

COM 3

9

2

1

COM 4

9

2

1

COM 5

9

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

PCI 7

Battery

1

Power-on select ( JP8 )

1

1

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2

11

Front panel

2

1

COM 6

9

1

System fan 2

Intel

B65

2

1

1

USB 4-5

Clear CMOS (J

1

P7 )

USB 2-3/4-5 power select (J

1

P5 )

1

USB 2-3

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SDVO

JMB

368

SPI Flash BIOS

System fan 1

1

SATA 1

1

SATA 0

1

SATA 3.0

SATA 2.0

SATA 3 SATA 2

1

1

SATA 5

1

SATA 4

1

Mini PCIe

IDE

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Important:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, processor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only. If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection.

System Memory

Important:

When the Standby Power LED lit red, it indicates that there is power on the system board. Power-off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to installing any devices. Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components.

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COM 2

COM 1

Standby

Power LED

Channel A

Channel B

DDR3-1

DDR3-2

DDR3-3

DDR3-4

Features

• The four DIMM sockets are divided into 2 channels:

Channel A - DDR3_1 and DDR3_2

Channel B - DDR3_3 and DDR3_4

• Dual channel memory interface

• Maximum of 32GB system memory

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The system board supports the following memory interface.

Single Channel (SC)

Data will be accessed in chunks of 64 bits (8B) from the memory channels.

Dual Channel (DC)

Data will be accessed in chunks of 128 bits from the memory channels. Dual channel provides better system performance because it doubles the data transfer rate.

Single Channel

Dual Channel

DIMMs are on the same channel.

DIMMs in a channel can be identical or completely different. However, we highly recommend using identical DIMMs.

Not all slots need to be populated.

DIMMs of the same memory confi guration are on different channels.

Important:

1. You can populate either Channel A or Channel B fi rst.

2. When installing a DIMM in Channel A or Channel B, always populate the socket that is farthest the CPU. In this case, it will mean populating DDR3-2 and/or DDR3-4 fi rst.

3. If you intend to use dual channel, the same rule applies - always the socket farthest the CPU. Populate DDR3-2 and/or DDR3-4 fi rst; not DDR3-2 and DDR3-3 and not DDR3-1 and DDR3-4.


Installing the DIM Module

Note:

The system board used in the following illustrations may not resemble the actual board. These illustrations are for reference only.

1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down.

2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.

3. Locate the DIMM socket on the system board.

4. Push the “ejector tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the side.

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Ejector tab

Ejector tab

5. Note how the module is keyed to the socket.

Key

Notch

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6. Grasping the module by its edges, position the module above the socket with the “notch” in the module aligned with the “key” on the socket. The keying mechanism ensures the module can be plugged into the socket in only one way.

7. Seat the module vertically, pressing it down fi rmly until it is completely seated in the socket.

8. The ejector tabs at the ends of the socket will automatically snap into the locked position to hold the module in place.


CPU

The system board is equipped with a surface mount LGA 1155 socket. This socket is exclusively designed for installing a LGA 1155 packaged Intel CPU.

Important:

1. Before you proceed, make sure (1) the LGA 1155 socket comes with a protective cap, (2) the cap is not damaged and (3) the socket’s contact pins are not bent. If the cap is missing or the cap and/or contact pins are damaged, contact your dealer immediately.

2. Make sure to keep the protective cap. RMA requests will be accepted and processed only if the LGA 1155 socket comes with the protective cap.

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Protective cap

Note:

The system board used in the following illustrations may not resemble the actual board. These illustrations are for reference only.

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Installing the CPU

1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to it has been powered down.

2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.

3. Locate the LGA 1155 CPU socket on the system board.

Important:

The CPU socket must not come in contact with anything other than the CPU.

Avoid unnecessary exposure. Remove the protective cap only when you are about to install the CPU.

4. Unlock the socket by pushing the load lever down, moving it sideways until it is released from the retention tab; then lift the load lever up.

Load lever

Retention tab

5. Lifting the load lever will at the same time lift the load plate.

Load lever

Lift the load lever up to the angle shown on the photo.

Load plate


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6. Remove the protective cap from the CPU socket. The cap is used to protect the

CPU socket against dust and harmful particles. Remove the protective cap only when you are about to install the CPU.

Protective cap

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7. Insert the CPU into the socket. The gold triangular mark on the CPU must align with the corner of the CPU socket shown on the photo.

The CPU’s notch will at the same time fi t into the socket’s alignment key.

Important:

The CPU will fi t in only one orientation and can easily be inserted without exerting any force.

Alignment key

Alignment key

Gold triangular mark

8. Close the load plate then push the load lever down.

While closing the load plate, make sure the front edge of the load plate slides under the retention knob.

9. Hook the load lever under the retention tab.

Load lever


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Retention knob

Retention tab

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Installing the Fan and Heat Sink

The CPU must be kept cool by using a CPU fan with heat sink. Without suffi cient air circulation across the CPU and heat sink, the CPU will overheat damaging both the CPU and system board.

Note:

A boxed Intel

®

processor already includes the CPU fan and heat sink assembly. If your CPU was purchased separately, make sure to only use

Intel

®

-certifi ed fan and heat sink.

1. Before you install the fan / heat sink, you must apply a thermal paste onto the top of the CPU. The thermal paste is usually supplied when you purchase the fan / heat sink assembly. Do not spread the paste all over the surface.

When you later place the heat sink on top of the CPU, the compound will disperse evenly.

Some heat sinks come with a patch of pre-applied thermal paste. Do not apply thermal paste if the fan / heat sink already has a patch of thermal paste on its underside. Peel the strip that covers the paste before you place the fan

/ heat sink on top of the CPU.

2. Place the heat sink on top of the CPU. The 4 pushpins around the heat sink, which are used to secure the heat sink onto the system board, must match the

4 mounting holes around the socket.

COM 2

COM 1

Mounting hole

CPU fan connector

3. Orient the heat sink such that the CPU fan’s cable is nearest the CPU fan connector.

COM 2

COM 1

4. Rotate each push-pin according to the direction of the arrow shown on top of the pin.

Push down two pushpins that are diagonally across the heat sink. Perform the same procedure for the other two push-pins.

Heat sink


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5. Connect the CPU fan’s cable to the CPU fan connector on the system board.

“Locked” position of push-pin

“Unlocked” position of push-pin

CPU fan connector

COM 2

COM 1

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Jumper Settings

Clear CMOS Data

COM 2

COM 1

1 2 3

2-3 On:

Clear CMOS Data

JP7

1 2 3

1-2 On: Normal

(default)

If you encounter the following, a) CMOS data becomes corrupted.

b) You forgot the supervisor or user password.

you can reconfi gure the system with the default values stored in the ROM BIOS.

To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS, please follow the steps below.

1. Power-off the system and unplug the power cord.

2. Set JP7 pins 2 and 3 to On. Wait for a few seconds and set JP7 back to its default setting, pins 1 and 2 On.

3. Now plug the power cord and power-on the system.

PS/2 Power Select

COM 2

COM 1


2

JP3

1 2 3

1-2 On: +5V

(default)

1 2 3

2-3 On: +5V_standby and supports PS/2 keyboard/ mouse auto swap function

JP3 is used to select the power of the PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse ports. Selecting +5V_standby will allow you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to wake up the system.

Important:

The +5V_standy power source of your power supply must support

≥720mA.

Note:

The auto swap function is applicable only when the PS/2 port is connected with the provided PS/2 cable.

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USB Power Select

COM 2

COM 1

USB 10-11 (JP6)

1 2 3

1-2 On: +5V

(default)

1 2 3

2-3 On:

+5V_standby

USB 0-1/8-9 (JP4)

3

2

1

1-2 On: +5V

(default)

3

2

1

2-3 On:

+5V_standby

USB 2-3/ 4-5 (JP5)

1 2 3

1-2 On: +5V

(default)

1 2 3

2-3 On:

+5V_standby

These jumpers are used to select the power of the USB ports. Selecting

+5V_standby will allow you to use a USB device to wake up the system.

Important:



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Power-on Select

COM 2

COM 1

JP8

1 2 3

1-2 On:

Power-on via power button

(default)

1 2 3

2-3 On:

Power-on via AC power; or

Power-on via WOL after G3

To power-on via WOL after G3:

1. Set JP8 pins 2 and 3 to On.

2. Set the “After G3” fi eld to Power Off/WOL.

3. Set the “GbE Wake Up From S5” to Enabled.

The BIOS fi elds are in the “South Bridge Confi guration” submenu (Chipset menu) of the AMI BIOS utility.

To power-on via AC Power:

1. Set JP8 pins 2 and 3 to On.

2. Set the “After G3” fi eld to Power On.

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COM1/COM2 RS232/RS422/RS485 Select

JP1 JP2

COM 2

COM 2

COM 1

COM 1

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JP1 (for COM1) and JP2 (for COM2) are used to confi gure the COM ports to

RS232, RS422 (Full Duplex) or RS485.

The pin function of the COM ports will vary according to the jumper’s setting.

2 4 6

JP1/JP2

2 4 6 2 4 6

1 3 5

1-2 On: RS232

(default)

1 2 3 4 5

1 3 5

3-4 On: RS422

Full Duplex

COM 1 / COM 2

TXD- N.C.

1 2 3 4 5

1 3 5

5-6 On: RS485

N.C. N.C.

1 2 3 4 5

6 7 8 9

RS232

6 7 8 9

RS422

Full Duplex

6 7 8 9

RS485

COM1/COM2 RS232/Power Select

JP9 JP10

COM 2

COM 1


2

1

3

5

1

3

5

2

4

6

1-3 (RI), 2-4 (DCD) On:

RS232 (default)

2

4

6

3-5 (+5V), 4-6 (+12V) On:

RS232 with power

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Rear Panel I/O Ports

PS/2

KB/MS

COM 2

VGA

LAN 1

LAN 2

Line-in/

Surround

Line-out

USB 10-11 COM 1 DVI-I

(DVI-D signal only)

USB 0-1 USB 8-9 Mic-in/

Center+Subwoofer

The rear panel I/O ports consist of the following:

• PS/2 mouse/ keyboard port

• 2 COM ports

• DVI-I port (DVI-D signal only)

• 2 LAN ports

• 6 USB ports

• Mic-in/ Center+subwoofer jack

• Line-in/ Surround jack

PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse Port

PS/2 Keyboard/

Mouse

COM 2

COM 1


2

The PS/2 port is used to connect a PS/2 keyboard and a PS/2 mouse by means of the provided cable.

Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse

The Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/ Mouse function allows you to use the PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse to power-on the system. To use this function:

JP3 must be set to “2-3 On: +5V_standby”. Refer to “PS/2 Power Select” in this chapter for more information.

Confi gure the PS/2 keyboard/mouse wake up function in the Advanced menu

(“ACPI Power Management Confi guration” submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Important:


≥720mA.

Make sure to turn off your computer prior to connecting or disconnecting a mouse or keyboard. Failure to do so may damage the system board.

By default, the PS/2 port supports PS/2 keyboard only and/or to support

PS/2 mouse, you must set JP3 accordingly. Refer to “PS/2 Power Select“ on page 28.

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PS/2 keyboard port

PS/2 mouse port

Connect to the board’s PS/2 port


2

COM (Serial) Ports

COM 2

COM 1

COM 1 and COM 2:

RS232/422/485

COM 2

COM 1

COM 3

2

1

COM 3 to COM 6:

RS232

9

COM 4

COM 6

COM 5

COM 3 to COM 6 are fi xed at RS232.

The pin function of COM 1 and COM 2 ports will vary according to JP1/JP2’s setting. Refer to “COM1/COM2 RS232/RS422/RS485 Select” in this chapter for more information.

The serial ports are asynchronous communication ports with 16C550A-compatible

UARTs that can be used with modems, serial printers, remote display terminals, and other serial devices.

Connecting External Serial Ports

Your COM port may come mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then insert the serial port cable to the COM connector. Make sure the colored stripe on the ribbon cable is aligned with pin 1 of the COM connector.

BIOS Setting

Confi gure the serial ports in the Advanced menu (“Super IO Confi guration” submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

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VGA Port

VGA

COM 2

COM 1

The VGA port is used for connecting a VGA monitor. Connect the monitor’s 15-pin

D-shell cable connector to the VGA port .

After you plug the monitor’s cable connector into the VGA port, gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place.

BIOS Setting

Confi gure VGA in the Chipset menu (“North Bridge Confi guration” submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Driver Installation

Install the graphics driver. Refer to chapter 4 for more information.

DVI-I Port

DVI-I

(DVI-D signal only)

COM 2

COM 1


2

The DVI-I port is used to connect an LCD monitor. This port supports DVI-D signal only.

Connect the display device’s cable connector to the DVI-I port. After you plug the cable connector into the port, gently tighten the cable screws to hold the connector in place.

BIOS Setting

Confi gure the display device in the Chipset menu (“North Bridge Confi guration” submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

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RJ45 LAN Ports

LAN 1

COM 2

COM 1

LAN 2

Features

• Realtek RTL8111DL PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller

The LAN ports allow the system board to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub.

BIOS Setting

Confi gure the onboard LAN in the Chipset menu (“South Bridge Confi guration” submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Driver Installation

Install the LAN drivers. Refer to chapter 4 for more information.


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USB Ports

USB 11

USB 10

USB 1

USB 0

COM 2

COM 1

USB 9

USB 8

USB 4-5

USB 2-3

2

1

10

9

USB allows data exchange between your computer and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.

The system board is equipped with four onboard USB 2.0/1.1 ports. The four

10-pin connectors allow you to connect 8 additional USB 2.0/1.1 ports. The additional USB ports may be mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis and then insert the

USB port cables to a connector.

BIOS Setting

Confi gure the onboard USB in the Advanced menu (“USB Confi guration” submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Driver Installation

You may need to install the proper drivers in your operating system to use the

USB device. Refer to your operating system’s manual or documentation for more information.

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Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse

The Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function allows you to use a USB keyboard or

USB mouse to wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. To use this function:

JP4, JP5 and/or JP6 must be set to “2-3 On: +5V_standby”. Refer to “USB

Power Select” in this chapter for more information.

Important:



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Audio

Line-in/ Surround

Rear audio

Line-out

Mic-in/

Center+Subwoofer

COM 2

COM 1

2

1

10

9

Front audio

Rear Audio

The system board is equipped with 3 audio jacks. A jack is a one-hole connecting interface for inserting a plug.

• Mic-in/ Center+Subwoofer Jack (Pink)

This jack is used to connect an external microphone or to the center and subwoofer speakers of the audio system.

• Line-in/ Surround Jack (Light Blue)

This jack is used to connect any audio devices such as Hi-fi set, CD player, tape player, AM/FM radio tuner, synthesizer, etc.

• Line-out Jack (Lime)

This jack is used to connect a headphone or external speakers.

Front Audio

The front audio connector allows you to connect to the second line-out and micin jacks that are at the front panel of your system.

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BIOS Setting

Confi gure the onboard audio in the Chipset menu (“South Bridge” submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Driver Installation

Install the audio driver. Refer to chapter 4 for more information.


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I/O Connectors

CD-in Internal Audio Connector

COM 2

COM 1

Right audio channel

Ground

Ground

Left audio channel

4

1

The CD-in connector is used to receive audio from a CD-ROM drive, TV tuner or

MPEG card.

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S/PDIF Connector

COM 2

COM 1

1

SPDIF out

Key

Ground

+5V

SPDIF in

5

The S/PDIF connector is used to connect an external S/PDIF port. Your S/PDIF port may be mounted on a card-edge bracket. Install the card-edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then connect the audio cable to the S/PDIF connector. Make sure pin 1 of the audio cable is aligned with pin 1 of the S/PDIF connector.

Digital I/O Connectors

COM 2

COM 1


2

19

2 1

The 8-bit Digital I/O connector provides powering-on function to external devices that are connected to these connectors.

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15

17

19

7

9

11

1

3

5

GND

DIO7

DIO6

DIO5

DIO4

DIO3

DIO2

DIO1

DIO0

GND

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

+12V

+12V

GND

VCC

VCC

GND

V_5P0_STBY

V_5P0_STBY

GND

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SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors

COM 2

COM 1

7

RXN GND

SATA 3.0 6Gb/s

SATA 0

1

SATA 1

SATA 3 SATA 2

SATA 5 SATA 4

SATA 2.0 3Gb/s

Features

• SATA 0 supports data transfer rate up to 6Gb/s

• SATA 1 to SATA 5 support data transfer rate up to 3Gb/s

• Integrated Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) controller

The Serial ATA connectors are used to connect Serial ATA devices. Connect one end of the Serial ATA cable to a SATA connector and the other end to your Serial

ATA device.

BIOS Setting

Confi gure the Serial ATA drives in the Advanced menu (“IDE Confi guration” submenu) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Cooling Fan Connectors

COM 2

COM 1


2

1

4

Ground

Power

Speed

Control

Sense

CPU fan

1

3

Ground

Power

Sense

System fan 1

3 1

Sense Ground

Power

System fan 2

The fan connectors are used to connect cooling fans. The cooling fans will provide adequate airfl ow throughout the chassis to prevent overheating the CPU and system board components.

BIOS Setting

The Advanced menu (“Hardware Health Confi guration” submenu) of the BIOS will display the current speed of the cooling fans. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

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Chassis Intrusion Connector

COM 2

COM 1

1 2

Chassis signal

Ground

The board supports the chassis intrusion detection function. Connect the chassis intrusion sensor cable from the chassis to this connector. When the system’s power is on and a chassis intrusion occurred, an alarm will sound. When the system’s power is off and a chassis intrusion occurred, the alarm will sound only when the system restarts.

MyGuard Hardware Monitor

Install the “MyGuard Hardware Monitor” utility. By default, the chassis intrusion detection function is disabled. When enabled, a warning message will appear when the chassis is open. The utility can also be confi gured so that a beeping alarm will sound when the chassis is open. Refer to the “MyGuard Hardware

Monitor” section in chapter 4 for more information.


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Power Connectors

COM 2

COM 1

12 24

+3.3VDC

+12VDC

+12VDC

+5VSB

PWR_OK

Ground

+5VDC

Ground

+5VDC

+5VDC

+5VDC

NC

Ground

Ground

Ground

+5VDC

Ground

+3.3VDC

+3.3VDC

1 13

ATX power

Ground

PS_ON#

Ground

-12VDC

+3.3VDC

8

4

12V

Ground

5 1

12V power

Use a power supply that complies with the ATX12V Power Supply Design Guide

Version 1.1. An ATX12V power supply unit has a standard 24-pin ATX main power connector that must be inserted into the 24-pin connector. The 8-pin +12V power connector enables the delivery of more +12VDC current to the processor’s Voltage Regulator Module (VRM).

The power connectors from the power supply unit are designed to fi t the 24-pin and 8-pin connectors in only one orientation. Make sure to fi nd the proper orientation before plugging the connectors.

The system board requires a minimum of 300 Watt power supply to operate. Your system confi guration (CPU power, amount of memory, add-in cards, peripherals, etc.) may exceed the minimum power requirement. To ensure that adequate power is provided, we strongly recommend that you use a minimum of 400 Watt

(or greater) power supply.

Important:

Insuffi cient power supplied to the system may result in instability or the add-in boards and peripherals not functioning properly. Calculating the system’s approximate power usage is important to ensure that the power supply meets the system’s consumption requirements.

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Standby Power LED

COM 2

COM 1

Standby

Power LED

This LED will light red when the system is in the standby mode. It indicates that there is power on the system board. Power-off the PC and then unplug the power cord prior to installing any devices. Failure to do so will cause severe damage to the motherboard and components.


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Front Panel Connectors

COM 2

COM 1

HDD-LED

RESET-SW

1 2

PWR-LED

PWR-BTN

11

12

HDD-LED - HDD LED

This LED will light when the hard drive is being accessed.

RESET SW - Reset Switch

This switch allows you to reboot without having to power off the system.

PWR-BTN - Power Switch

This switch is used to power on or off the system.

PWR-LED - Power/Standby LED

When the system’s power is on, this LED will light. When the system is in the S1

(POS - Power On Suspend) state, it will blink every second. When the system is in the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state, it will blink every 4 seconds.

HDD-LED

RESET SW

Pin Pin Assignment

3 HDD Power

5 Signal

7

9

Ground

RST Signal

11 N.C.

PWR-LED

PWR-BTN

Pin Pin Assignment

2 LED Power

4 LED Power

6

8

Signal

Ground

10 Signal

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Expansion Slots

COM 2

COM 1

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PCI 6

PCI 7

Mini PCI Express

PCI Slots

The PCI slot supports expansion cards that comply with PCI specifi cations.

Mini PCI Express Slot

Install mini PCI Express cards such as network cards or other cards that comply to the mini PCI Express specifi cations into the mini PCI Express x1 slot.


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IDE Connector

COM 2

COM 1

2

1

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The IDE connector is used to connect hard drives. The connector on the IDE cable can be inserted into this connector only if pin 1 of the cable is aligned with pin 1 of this connector.

The IDE connector supports 2 devices, a Master and a Slave. Use an IDE ribbon cable to connect the drives to the system board. An IDE ribbon cable has 3 connectors on them, one that plugs into the IDE connector on the system board and the other 2 connects to IDE devices. The connector at the end of the cable is for the Master drive and the connector in the middle of the cable is for the Slave drive.

Note:

Refer to your disk drive user’s manual for information about selecting proper drive switch settings.

Adding a Second IDE Disk Drive

When using two IDE drives, one must be set as the master and the other as the slave. Follow the instructions provided by the drive manufacturer for setting the jumpers and/or switches on the drives.

The system board supports Enhanced IDE or ATA-2, ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 and ATA/133 hard drives. We recommend that you use hard drives from the same manufacturer. In a few cases, drives from two different manufacturers will not function properly when used together. The problem lies in the hard drives, not the system board.

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Important:

If you encountered problems while using an ATAPI CD-ROM drive that is set in Master mode, please set the CD-ROM drive to Slave mode. Some

ATAPI CD-ROMs may not be recognized and cannot be used if incorrectly set in Master mode.

BIOS Setting

Confi gure the onboard IDE in the Integrated Peripherals submenu (“OnChip IDE

Device” section) of the BIOS. Refer to chapter 3 for more information.


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Battery

COM 2

COM 1

Battery

The lithium ion battery powers the real-time clock and CMOS memory. It is an auxiliary source of power when the main power is shut off.

Safety Measures

• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.

• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to local ordinance.

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SDVO Connector

COM 2

COM 1

58

2

1

30

29

The SDVO connector is used to connect the optional SDVO-LVDS daughterboard.

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17

19

9

11

13

21

23

1

3

5

7

25

27

29

Ground

DPB_LANE0_P

DPB_LANE0_N

Ground

DPB_LANE1_P

DPB_LANE1_N

Ground

DPB_LANE2_P

DPB_LANE2_N

Ground

DPB_LANE3_P

DPB_LANE3_N

+3V3

+5V

+12V

2

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

26

28

30

DPB_AUXP

DPB_AUXN

SDVO_STALLP

SDVO_STALLN

SDVO_INTP

SDVO_INTN

PCIE_RST

DPB_CTRLCLK

DPB_CTRLDATA

DPB_HPD

GPIO/SMCLK

GPIO/SMBDATA/L_

BKLTCTL

+3V3

+5V

+12V


SDVO-LVDS Daughterboard (optional)

Features

• Chrontel CH7308B

• Supports 18/24-bit 1600x1200 LVDS panel (default 1024x768)

• 1 LVDS LCD panel connector

• 1 LCD/Inverter power connector

• SDVO interface

• Supports dimming control via hot keys

Dimensions

• 45mm (1.77") x 38mm (1.49")

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Jumper Settings

Panel Power Select

1

2

3

5

4

6

1-2 On: +12V

JP8

1

3

5

2

4

6

3-4 On: +5V

1

2

3

4

5

6

5-6 On: +3.3V

(default)

JP8 is used to select the power supplied to the LCD panel.

Important:

Before powering-on the system, make sure JP8’s setting matches the

LCD panel’s specifi cation. Selecting the incorrect voltage will seriously damage the LCD panel.


2

I/O Connectors

LVDS LCD Panel Connector

LCD/Inverter Power Connector

1

LCD/Inverter power

8

1

2

LVDS LCD panel

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40

The system board allows you to connect a LCD Display Panel by means of the

LVDS LCD panel connector and the LCD/Inverter power connector. These connectors transmit video signals and power from the system board to the LCD Display

Panel.

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19

21

23

25

27

11

13

15

17

Pins

1

3

5

7

9

29

31

33

35

37

39

Function

GND

N. C.

N. C.

GND

LVDS_Out2+

LVDS_Out2-

GND

LVDS_Out1+

LVDS_Out1-

GND

LVDS_Out0+

LVDS_Out0-

GND

LVDS_CLK1+

LVDS_CLK1-

GND

LVDS_DDCCLK

LVDS_DDCDAA

Panel Power

Panel Power

LVDS LCD Panel Connector

18

20

22

24

26

10

12

14

16

Pins

2

4

6

8

36

38

40

28

30

32

34

Function

GND

N. C.

N. C.

GND

LVDS_Out6+

LVDS_Out6-

GND

LVDS_Out5+

LVDS_Out5-

GND

LVDS_Out4+

LVDS_Out4-

GND

LVDS_CLK2+

LVDS_CLK2-

GND

N. C.

N. C.

Panel Power

Panel Power

LCD/Inverter Power Connector

5

6

3

4

7

8

Pins

1

2

Function

GND

GND

Panel Inverter Brightness Voltage Control

Panel Power

+3.3V

Panel Backlight On/Off Control

+12V

+12V


Installing the SDVO-LVDS Daughterboard onto the

Motherboard (optional)

Important:

The motherboard used in this section is for reference purpose only and may not resemble your motherboard. These illustrations are mainly to guide you on how to install SDVO-LVDS onto the motherboard of your choice.

1. The photo below shows the location of the mounting hole on the motherboard.

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Mounting hole

2. Insert the provided mounting screws into the mounting hole - from the bottom through the top of the motherboard.

Mounting screws

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3. While supporting the mounting screw at the bottom, from the top side of the board, fasten a bolt into the screw.

Bolt

4. The SDVO connector is located at the bottom of the daughterboard. Grasping SDVO-LVDS by its edges, position it on top of the motherboard’s SDVO connector with its mounting holes aligned with the bolts on the motherboard.

This will also align the SDVO connector of the two boards to each other.

SDVO connector on the daughterboard


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SDVO connector on the motherboard

5. Press SDVO-LVDS down fi rmly until it is completely seated on the SDVO connector of the motherboard.

SDVO-LVDS

Motherboard

6. Use the provided mounting screws to secure SDVO-LVDS to the motherboard.

Mounting screw

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BIOS Setup

Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup

Overview

The BIOS is a program that takes care of the basic level of communication between the CPU and peripherals. It contains codes for various advanced features found in this system board. The BIOS allows you to confi gure the system and save the confi guration in a battery-backed CMOS so that the data retains even when the power is off. In general, the information stored in the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM will stay unchanged unless a confi guration change has been made such as a hard drive replaced or a device added.

It is possible that the CMOS battery will fail causing CMOS data loss. If this happens, you need to install a new CMOS battery and reconfi gure the BIOS settings.

Note:

The BIOS is constantly updated to improve the performance of the system board; therefore the BIOS screens in this chapter may not appear the same as the actual one. These screens are for reference purpose only.

Default Configuration

Most of the confi guration settings are either predefi ned according to the Load Optimal Defaults settings which are stored in the BIOS or are automatically detected and confi gured without requiring any actions. There are a few settings that you may need to change depending on your system confi guration.

Entering the BIOS Setup Utility

The BIOS Setup Utility can only be operated from the keyboard and all commands are keyboard commands. The commands are available at the right side of each setup screen.

The BIOS Setup Utility does not require an operating system to run. After you power up the system, the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins. After the memory test, the message “Press DEL to run setup” will appear on the screen. If the message disappears before you respond, restart the system or press the “Reset” button. You may also restart the system by pressing the <Ctrl> <Alt> and <Del> keys simultaneously.

BIOS Setup

Legends

Keys

Right and Left arrows

Up and Down arrows

<Esc>

+ (plus key)

- (minus key)

<F1>

<F2>

<F3>

<F4>

<Enter>

Function

Moves the highlight left or right to select a menu.

Moves the highlight up or down between submenus or fi elds.

Exits to the BIOS Setup Utility.

Scrolls forward through the values or options of the highlighted fi eld.

Scrolls backward through the values or options of the highlighted fi eld.

Displays General Help.

Previous Values.

Optimized Defaults.

Saves and exits the Setup program.

Press <Enter> to enter the highlighted submenu.

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Scroll Bar

When a scroll bar appears to the right of the setup screen, it indicates that there are more available fi elds not shown on the screen. Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through all the available fi elds.

Submenu

When “



“ appears on the left of a particular fi eld, it indicates that a submenu which contains additional options are available for that fi eld. To display the submenu, move the highlight to that fi eld and press <Enter>.

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BIOS Setup

AMI BIOS Setup Utility

Main

The Main menu is the fi rst screen that you will see when you enter the BIOS

Setup Utility.

Main

System Date

System Time

Access Level

Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.

Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save & Exit

BIOS Information

BIOS Vendor

Core Version

Compliency

Project Version

Build Date and Time

Memory Information

Total Memory

System Language

American Megatrends

4.6.4.1

UEFI 2.0

1AOQI 0.20 x64

08/31/2011 12:05:12

2048 MB (DDR3 1333)

[English]

[Fri 01/14/2011]

[09:50:57]

Administrator

Choose the system default language.





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit

Version 2.11.1210. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.

System Language

Choose the system default language.

System Date

The date format is <day>, <month>, <date>, <year>. Day displays a day, from

Sunday to Saturday. Month displays the month, from January to December. Date displays the date, from 1 to 31. Year displays the year, from 1980 to 2099.

System Time

The time format is <hour>, <minute>, <second>. The time is based on the 24hour military-time clock. For example, 1 p.m. is 13:00:00. Hour displays hours from 00 to 23. Minute displays minutes from 00 to 59. Second displays seconds from 00 to 59.

BIOS Setup

Advanced

The Advanced menu allows you to confi gure your system for basic operation.

Some entries are defaults required by the system board, while others, if enabled, will improve the performance of your system or let you set some features according to your preference.

Important:

Setting incorrect fi eld values may cause the system to malfunction.

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Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save & Exit

Legacy OpROM Support

Launch PXE OpROM

Launch Storage OpROM

[Disabled]

[Enabled]

Enable or Disable Boot

Option for Legacy Network Devices.





ACPI Power Management Confi guration

Trusted Computing



PC Health Status



CPU Confi guration



SATA Confi guration



Intel IGD SWSCI OpRegion



Intel TXT(LT) Confi guration



USB Confi guration



F71879 Super IO Confi guration



Second Super IO Confi guration



Onboard ATA Controller Confi guration





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Launch PXE OpROM

Enables or disables the boot option for legacy network devices.

Launch Storage OpROM

Enables or disables the boot option for legacy mass storage devices with option

ROM.

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BIOS Setup

ACPI Power Management Confi guration

This section is used to confi gure the ACPI Power Management.


Advanced

ACPI Power Management Confi guration

ACPI Sleep State

Resume by PME

Resume by Ring

Resume by RTC Alarm

[S3 (Suspend to RAM) ]

[Disabled]

[Disabled]

[Disabled]

Select the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter, when the SUSPEND button is pressed.





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


ACPI Sleep State

Selects the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the Suspend button is pressed.

S1(POS)

S3(STR)

Enables the Power On Suspend function.

Enables the Suspend to RAM function.

Resume by PME

Enable this fi eld to use the PME signal to wake up the system.

Resume by Ring

Set this fi eld to Enabled to use the modem ring-on function. This will allow your system to power-on to respond to calls coming through an external or internal modem.

Resume by RTC Alarm

When Enabled, the system uses the RTC to generate a wakeup event.

BIOS Setup

Trusted Computing (optional)

This section confi gures settings relevant to Trusted Computing innovations.


Advanced

TPM Confi guration

[Disabled]

Enables or Disables

TPM support. O.S. will not show TPM. Reset of platform is required.

Current TPM Status Information

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


TPM Support

Enables or Disables TPM. O.S. will not show TPM. Resetting the platform is required.

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PC Health Status

This section displays the SIO hardware health monitor.


Advanced



Smart Fan Function

Case Open

[Disabled]

Smart Fan Function

System Hardware Monitor

CPU FAN Speed

System FAN1 Speed

System FAN2 Speed

VCore

+5.0V

+12V

VDIMM

+3.3V

VSB5V

VSB3V

VBAT

: +38 C

: +24 C

: 2803 RPM

: N/A

: N/A

: +1.192 V

: +5.112 V

: +12.056V

: +1.536 V

: +3.376 V

: +5.032 V

: +3.376 V

: +3.312 V

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Smart Fan Function


Advanced

Smart Fan Function

CPU Smart Fan Control

Enable CPU SmartFan

Speed Count 1

Speed Count 2

Speed Count 3

Speed Count 4

Speed Count 5

[Automatic]

60

50

40

30

100

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50

40

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Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


CPU Smart Fan Control

When this feature is set to Automatic, the CPU’s fan speed will rotate according to the CPU’s temperature. The higher the temperature, the faster the speed of rotation.

BIOS Setup

Boundary 1 to Boundary 4

The range is from 0-127.

Speed Count 1 to Speed Count 5

The range is from 1-100.

Case Open

Set this fi eld to Enabled to allow the system to alert you of a chassis intrusion event.

CPU Temperature to VBAT

These fi elds will show the temperature, fan speed and output voltage of the monitored devices or components.

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CPU Confi guration

This section is used to confi gure the CPU. It will also display the detected CPU information.

CPU Confi guration



Socket 0 CPU Information

CPU Speed

64-bit


Advanced

Limit CPUID Maximum

Intel Virtualization Technology

Power Technology

2900 MHz

Supported

[Disabled]

[Disabled]

[Energy Effi cient]

Enabled for Windows XP and Linux (OS optimized for Hyper-Threading

Technology) and Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized for

Hyper-Threading

Technology). When

Disabled only one thread per enabled core is enabled.





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Limit CPUID Maximum

The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater than

3. The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in the Windows series operating systems. If you are using an operating system other than Windows, this problem may occur. To avoid this problem, enable this fi eld to limit the return value to 3 or less than 3.

Intel Virtualization Technology

When this fi eld is set to Enabled, the VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology.

Power Technology

Enables the power management features.

BIOS Setup

SATA Confi guration

This section is used to confi gure SATA functions.


Advanced

SATA Confi guration

SATA Mode

Serial-ATA Controller 0

Serial-ATA Controller 1

[IDE Mode]

[Compatible]

[Enhanced]

(1) IDE Mode.

(2) AHCI Mode.

SATA Port 0

SATA Port 1

SATA Port 2

SATA Port 3

SATA Port 4

SATA Port 5

Not Present

Not Present

Not Present

Not Present

Not Present

Not Present

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


SATA Mode

IDE Mode

This option confi gures the Serial ATA drives as Parallel ATA storage devices.

AHCI Mode

This option allows the Serial ATA devices to use AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface).

Serial-ATA Controller 0 and Serial-ATA Controller 1

These fi elds are used to enable or disable the Serial ATA channels.

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If IDE is selected in the SATA Mode fi eld, it will display the following information:

SATA Confi guration

SATA Mode


Advanced

[IDE Mode]

(1) IDE Mode.

(2) AHCI Mode.

SATA Port 0

Hot Plug

SATA Port 1

Hot Plug

SATA Port 2

Hot Plug

SATA Port 3

Hot Plug

SATA Port 4

Hot Plug

SATA Port 5

Hot Plug

Not Present

[Disabled]

Not Present

[Disabled]

Not Present

[Disabled]

Not Present

[Disabled]

Not Present

[Disabled]

Not Present

[Disabled]

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Serial ATA Port 0 to Serial ATA Port 5

These fi elds are used to confi gure the connected SATA devices.

BIOS Setup

Intel IGD SWSCI OpRegion

This section is used to confi gure the Intel graphics display.


Advanced

Intel IGD SWSCI OpRegion Confi guration

Select DVMT Mode used by Internal Graphics

Device

DVMT Mode Select

DVMT/FIXED Memory

Spread Spectrum Clock

[DVMT Mode]

[256MB]

[Disabled]

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


DVMT Mode Select

This fi eld shows the current DVMT mode.

DVMT/FIXED Memory

This fi eld is used to select the graphics memory size used by DVMT/Fixed mode.

Spread Spectrum Clock

Leave this fi eld in its default setting. Do not alter this setting unless advised by an engineer or technician.

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Intel TXT (LT) Confi guration

This section is used to confi gure the Intel Trusted Execution technology.


Advanced

Intel Trusted Execution Technology Confi guration

Intel TXT support only can be enabled/disabled if SMX is enabled. VT and VT-d support must also be enabled prior to TXT.

Secure Mode Extension (SMX) [Disabled]

Intel TXT(LT) Support [Disabled]

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Intel TXT(LT) Support

The options are Enabled and Disabled.

BIOS Setup

USB Confi guration

This section is used to confi gure USB.

USB Devices:

2 Hubs

Legacy USB Support

EHCI Hand-off


Advanced

USB Confi guration

[Enabled]

[Disabled]

Enables Legacy USB support. AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for

EFI applications.

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



Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Legacy USB Support

Enabled

Enables legacy USB.

Auto

Disables support for legacy when no USB devices are connected.

Disabled

Keeps USB devices available only for EFI applications.

EHCI Hand-off

This is a workaround for OSes that does not support EHCI hand-off. The

EHCI ownership change should be claimed by the EHCI driver.

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F71879 Super IO Confi guration

This section is used to confi gure the I/O functions supported by the onboard

Super I/O chip.


Advanced

F71879 Super IO Confi guration

Super IO Chip



Restore AC Power Loss

WatchDog Timer

Super IO WatchDog Timer



Serial Port 1 Confi guration



Serial Port 2 Confi guration

Fintek F71879

[Power Off]

[Disabled]

10

Restore AC Power Loss help.





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Restore AC Power Loss

Off

When power returns after an AC power failure, the system’s power is off. You must press the Power button to power-on the system.

On

When power returns after an AC power failure, the system will automatically power-on.

Last State

When power returns after an AC power failure, the system will return to the state where you left off before power failure occurs. If the system’s power is off when AC power failure occurs, it will remain off when power returns.

If the system’s power is on when AC power failure occurs, the system will power-on when power returns.

WatchDog Timer

This fi eld is used to select the time interval of the Watchdog timer. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to operate.

BIOS Setup

Serial Port 1 Confi guration to Serial Port 2 Confi guration


Advanced

Serial Port 1 Confi guration

Serial Port

Device Settings

Change Settings

[Enabled]

IO=3F8h; IRQ=4;

[Auto]

Enable or Disable Serial

Port (COM)

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit



Advanced


Serial Port

Device Settings

Change Settings

[Enabled]

IO=2F8h; IRQ=3;

[Auto]


Port (COM)





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Serial Port

Enables or disables the serial port.

Change Settings

Selects the IO/IRQ setting of the I/O device.

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Second Super IO Confi guration

This section is used to confi gure the serial port functions.


Advanced

Second Super IO Confi guration

Super IO Chip




 Serial Port 4 Confi guration



Fintek F81217

Set Parameters of Serial

Port 3 (COMC)





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Serial Port 3 Confi guration to Serial Port 6 Confi guration


Advanced



Port (COM)

Serial Port

Device Settings

Change Settings

[Enabled]

IO=3E8h; IRQ=5;

[Auto]





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Serial Port

Enables or disables the serial port.

Change Settings

Selects the IO/IRQ setting of the I/O device.

BIOS Setup

Onboard ATA Controller Confi guration

This section confi gures settings relevant to the onboard ATA Controller Confi guration.


Advanced

PATA Primary Master

PATA Primary Slave

Maxtor 6L120P0 (123GB)

Not Present

ATA Controller [IDE Mode]

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



Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


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Chipset

Confi gures relevant chipset functions.

Main


Advanced

Chipset Boot Security Save & Exit

North Bridge Parameters

 North Bridge



South Bridge

 ME Subsystem





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


BIOS Setup

North Bridge


Chipset

Memory Information

Total Memory 2048 MB (DDR3 1333)

VT-d Enable/Disable

Memory Slot0

Memory Slot1

Memory Slot2

Memory Slot3

VT-d

Initiate Graphic Adapter

IGD Memory

2048 MB (DDR3 1333)

0 MB (DDR3 1333)

0 MB (DDR3 1333)

0 MB (DDR3 1333)

[Disabled]

[PCI/IGD]

[64M]





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


VT-d


Initiate Graphic Adapter

Selects the graphics controller to use as the primary boot device.

When this fi eld is set to “IGD Function”, you can use the display output from both the integrated graphics and PCIe x16 graphics card to support total of 4 multiple displays (Extended Mode).

IGD Memory

Selects the internal graphics device’s shared memory size.

IGD Multi-Monitor

Selects Enabled to support multiple monitors.

PCI Express Port

This fi eld is used to enable or disable the PCI Express Port function.

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South Bridge


Chipset

SB Chipset Confi guration

Enable/Disable GbE control PME in S5.

[Power On]

After G3

Audio Confi guration

Azalia HD Audio

 PCI Express Ports Confi guration

 USB Confi guration

[Enabled]





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


GbE Controller

Enables or disables the Gigabit LAN controller.

Wake on Lan from S5

When enabled, it allows the system to wake up from S5 via the network LAN.

After G3

Power Off / WOL

Power-on the system via WOL after G3.

Power On

Power-on the system after G3.

Azalia HD Audio

Enables or disables the Azalia HD audio.

BIOS Setup

PCI Express Ports Confi guration


Chipset

PCI Express Ports Confi guration

Onboard ATA Controller

Mini PCIe

Onboard LAN1

Onboard LAN2

[Enabled]

[Auto]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

Enable/Disable the PCI

Express Ports in the

Chipset.

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Onboard LAN1 and Onboard LAN2

Enables or disables the onboard LAN.

Onboard ATA Controller

Enables or disables the onboard ATA controller.

Mini PCIe

Enables or disables the Mini PCIe.

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USB Confi guration

USB Confi guration

All USB Devices


Chipset

Enable/Disable All USB

Devices

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

EHCI Controller 1

EHCI Controller 2

USB Port 0

USB Port 1

USB Port 2

USB Port 3

USB Port 4

USB Port 5

USB Port 8

USB Port 9

USB Port 10

USB Port 11

USB Port 12

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


All USB Devices

Enables or disables all USB devices.

EHCI Controller 1 and EHCI Controller 2

These fi elds are used to enable or disable Enhanced Host Controller Interface

(USB 2.0).

USB Port 0 to USB Port 12

Enables or disables the selected USB port.

BIOS Setup

ME Subsystem


Chipset

Intel ME Subsystem Confi guration ME Subsystem Help

ME Version

ME Subsystem

Execute MEBx

7.0.4.1197

[Enabled]

[Enabled]

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



Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


ME Subsystem


Execute MEBx

Enables or disables Management Engine BIOS.

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Boot

Main


Advanced


Boot Confi guration

Setup Prompt Timeout

Bootup NumLock State

Quiet Boot

1

[On]

[Disabled]

Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key.

65535(0xFFFF) means indefi nite waiting.

CSM16 Module Version

Boot Option Priorities

07.64

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Setup Prompt Timeout

Selects the number of seconds to wait for the setup activation key.

65535(0xFFFF) denotes indefi nite waiting.

Bootup NumLock State

This allows you to determine the default state of the numeric keypad. By default, the system boots up with NumLock on wherein the function of the numeric keypad is the number keys. When set to Off, the function of the numeric keypad is the arrow keys.

Quiet Boot

Enables or disables the quiet boot function.

Boot Option Priorities

Selects the boot sequence of the device.

BIOS Setup

Security

Main


Advanced


Password Description Set Setup Administrator

Password

If ONLY the Administrator’s password is set, then this only limits access to Setup and is only asked for when entering Setup.

If ONLY the User’s password is set, then this is a power on password and must be entered to boot or enter Setup. In Setup the User will have Administrator rights.

The password must be 3 to 20 characters long.

Administrator Password

User Password

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

Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Administrator Password

Sets the administrator password.

User Password

Sets the user password.

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Save & Exit

Main


Advanced


Save Changes and Reset

Discard Changes and Reset

Reset the system after saving the changes.

Save Options

Restore Defaults

Save as User Defaults

Restore User Defaults

Boot Override

Launch EFI Shell from fi le system device





Select Screen

Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F4: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit


Save Changes and Reset

To save the changes, select this fi eld and then press <Enter>. A dialog box will appear. Select Yes to reset the system after saving all changes made.

Discard Changes and Reset

To discard the changes, select this fi eld and then press <Enter>. A dialog box will appear. Select Yes to reset the system setup without saving any changes.

Restore Defaults

To restore and load the optimized default values, select this fi eld and then press <Enter>. A dialog box will appear. Select Yes to restore the default values of all the setup options.

Save as User Defaults

To save changes done so far as user default, select this fi eld and then press

<Enter>. A dialog box will appear. Select Yes to save values as user default.

Restore User Defaults

To restore user default to all the setup options, select this fi eld and then press <Enter>. A dialog box will appear. Select Yes to restore user default.

BIOS Setup

Updating the BIOS

To update the BIOS, you will need the new BIOS fi le and a fl ash utility, AFUDOS.

EXE. Please contact technical support or your sales representative for the fi les.

To execute the utility, type:

A:> AFUDOS BIOS_File_Name /b /p /n then press <Enter>.

C:\AFU\AFUDOS>afudos fi lename /B /P /N

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

|

|

AMI Firmware Update Utility(APTIO) v2.25

Copyright (C)2008 American Megatrends Inc. All Rights Reserved.

+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+

Erasing BootBlock ....................

Writing BootBlock ....................

Verifying BootBlock .................

done done done done done done done

C:\AFU\AFUDOS>

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Supported Software

Chapter 4 - Supported Software

The CD that came with the system board contains drivers, utilities and software applications required to enhance the performance of the system board.

Insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The autorun screen (Mainboard Utility CD) will appear. If after inserting the CD, “Autorun” did not automatically start (which is, the Mainboard Utility CD screen did not appear), please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double-click “Setup”.

Supported Software

Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility

The Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility is used for updating Windows

®

INF fi les so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and confi gured properly in the system.

To install the utility, click “Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility” on the main menu.

1. Setup is now ready to install the utility. Click Next.

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2. Read the license agreement then click Yes.

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3. Go through the readme document for system requirements and installation tips then click Next.

4. Setup is now installing the driver. Click Next to continue.

5. Click “Yes, I want to restart this computer now” then click Finish.

Restarting the system will allow the new software installation to take effect.

Supported Software

Intel Graphics Drivers

To install the driver, click “Intel Graphics Drivers” on the main menu.

1. Setup is now ready to install the graphics driver.

Click Next.

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By default, the “Automatically run WinSAT and enable the Windows Aero desktop theme” is enabled. With this enabled, after installing the graphics driver and the system rebooted, the screen will turn blank for 1 to 2 minutes

(while WinSAT is running) before the Windows Vista desktop appears. The

“blank screen” period is the time Windows is testing the graphics performance.

We recommend that you skip this process by disabling this function then click Next.

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3. Go through the readme document for system requirements and installation tips then click Next.

4. Setup is currently installing the driver. After installation has completed, click Next.

5. Click “Yes, I want to restart this computer now” then click Finish.


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Audio Drivers

To install the driver, click “Audio Drivers” on the main menu.

1. Setup is now ready to install the audio driver. Click

Next.

2. Follow the remainder of the steps on the screen; clicking “Next” each time you fi nish a step.

3. Click “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” then click Finish.


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Supported Software

Realtek LAN Drivers

To install the driver, click “Realtek LAN Drivers” on the main menu.

1. Setup is ready to install the driver. Click Next.

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2. Click Install to begin the installation.

3. After completing installation, click Finish.

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Intel Management Engine Interface

To install the driver, click “Intel Management Engine Interface” on the main menu.



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3. Go through the readme document for more installation tips then click Next.


Supported Software

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5. After completing installation, click Finish.

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MyGuard Hardware Monitor

1. Locate for the MyGuard folder in the provided disc.

2. In the MyGuard folder, right-click on the “setup” fi le.

3. Select Run As Administrator.

4. Double-click Setup.

Important:

Perform steps 1-3 only when using Windows 7 or Windows

Vista.

5. Setup is ready to install the utility. Click Next.

6. Click Install to begin installation.

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7. Setup is currently installing the utility.

Supported Software

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8. After completing installation, click Finish to exit setup.

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Supported Software

Intel Rapid Storage Technology

To install the driver, click “Intel Rapid Storage Technology” on the main menu.


2. Read the warning carefully then click Yes.


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4. Go through the readme document to view system requirements and installation information then click

Next.

Supported Software

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6. Click “Yes, I want to restart my computer now” then click Finish.

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Supported Software

F6 Floppy Configuration Utility

This is used to create a fl oppy driver diskette needed when you install Windows

®

XP using the F6 installation method. This will allow you to install the operating system onto a hard drive when in AHCI mode.

1. Insert a blank fl oppy diskette.

2. Locate for the drivers in the CD then copy them to the fl oppy diskette. The

CD includes drivers for both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems. The path to the drivers are shown below.

32-bit

64-bit

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Supported Software

Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3

To install the reader, click “Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3” on the main menu.

1. Click Next to install or click

Change Destination Folder to select another folder.

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2. Click Install to begin installation.

3. Click Finish to exit installation.

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Infineon TPM Driver and Tool (optional)

To install the driver, click “Infi neon TPM driver and tool (option)” on the main menu.

1. TPM requires installing the

Microsoft Visual C++ package prior to installing the driver. Click Install.

2. The setup program is preparing to install the driver.

3. The setup program is ready to install the driver. Click

Next.

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4. Click “I accept the terms in the license agreement” and then click “Next”.

Supported Software

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5. Enter the necessary information and then click Next.

6. Select a setup type and then click Next.

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7. Click Install.

8. The setup program is currently installing the driver.

9. Click Finish.

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10. Click Yes to restart the system.


Supported Software

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Intel Turbo Boost

To install the driver, click “Intel Turbo Boost” on the main menu.

1. The setup program is confi guring the new software installation.

2. Click Next.

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3. Read the license agreement and then click “I accept the terms in the license agreement”. Click Next.

4. Click Install.

5. The setup program is currently installing the software.

6. Click Finish.

Supported Software

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NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide

Appendix A - NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide

nLite

nLite is an application program that allows you to customize your XP installation disc by integrating the RAID/AHCI drivers into the disc. By using nLite, the F6 function key usually required during installation is no longer needed.

Note:

The installation steps below are based on nLite version 1.4.9. Installation procedures may slightly vary if you’re using another version of the program.

1. Download the program from nLite’s offi cal website.

http://www.nliteos.com/download.html

2. Install nLite.

Important:

Due to it’s coding with Visual.Net, you may need to fi rst install .NET

Framework prior to installing nLite.

3. Download relevant RAID/AHCI driver fi les from Intel’s website. The drivers you choose will depend on the operating system and chipset used by your computer.

should include iaahci.cat, iaAHCI.inf, iastor.cat, iaStor.

inf, IaStor.sys, license.txt and TXTSETUP.OEM.

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4. Insert the XP installation disc into an optical drive.

5. Launch nLite. The Welcome screen will appear. Click

Next.


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6. Click Next to temporarily save the Windows installation fi les to the designated default folder.

If you want to save them in another folder, click

Browse, select the folder and then click Next.

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7. Click Next.

8. In the Task Selection dialog box, click Drivers and

Bootable ISO. Click Next.

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lect Multiple driver folder to select the drivers you will integrate. Click Next.


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10. Select only the drivers appropriate for the Windows version that you are using and then click OK.

Integrating 64-bit drivers into 32-bit Windows or vice versa will cause fi le load errors and failed installation.

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11. If you are uncertain of the southbridge chip used on your motherboard, select all RAID/AHCI controllers and then click

OK.

12. Click Next.

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13. The program is currently integrating the drivers and applying changes to the installation.


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14. When the program is fi nished applying the changes, click Next.

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15. To create an image, select the Create Image mode under the General section and then click

Next.

16. Or you can choose to burn it directly to a disc by selecting the Direct

Burn mode under the

General section.

Select the optical device and all other necessary settings and then click

Next.

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17. You have finished customizing the Windows

XP installation disc. Click

Finish.

Enter the BIOS utility to confi gure the SATA controller to RAID/AHCI. You can now install Windows

XP.


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AHCI

The installation steps below will guide you in confi guring your SATA drive to AHCI mode.

1. Enter the BIOS utility and confi gure the SATA controller to IDE mode.

2. Install Windows XP but do not press F6.

3. Download relevant RAID/AHCI driver fi les supported by the motherboard chipset from Intel’s website. driver fi les to C:\AHCI.

4. Open Device Manager and right click on one of the

Intel Serial ATA Storage

Controllers, then select

Update Driver.

If the controller you selected did not work, try selecting another one.

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5. In the Hardware Update

Wizard dialog box, select

“No, not this time” then click Next.


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6. Select “Install from a list

or specifi c location (Ad-

vanced)” and then click

Next.

7. Select “Don’t search. I

will choose the driver

to install” and then click

Next.

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8. Click “Have Disk”.

9. Select C:\AHCI\iaAHCI.inf and then click Open.

10. Select the appropriate

AHCI Controller of your hardware device and then click Next.

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11. A warning message appeared because the selected SATA controller did not match your hardware device.

Ignore the warning and click Yes to proceed.

12. Click Finish.


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13. The system’s settings have been changed. Windows XP requires that you restart the computer.

Click Yes.

14. Enter the BIOS utility and modify the SATA controller from IDE to AHCI. By doing so, Windows will work normally with the

SATA controller that is in

AHCI mode.

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Watchdog Timer

Appendix B - Watchdog Sample Code

;Software programming example:

;---------------------------------------------

;(1) Enter Super IO Configuration mode

;---------------------------------------------

MOV DX,2EH

MOV AL,87H

OUT DX,AL

OUT DX,AL

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

;(2) Configuration Logical Device 7, register CRF5/CRF6 (WDT Control /WDT timer)

;-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

MOV DX,2EH

MOV AL,07H

OUT DX,AL

;Ready to Program Logical Device

MOV

MOV

DX,2FH

AL,07H

OUT DX,AL

MOV DX,2EH

MOV AL, F6H

OUT DX,AL

MOV

MOV

DX,2FH

AL,10H

OUT DX,AL

MOV DX,2EH

MOV AL, F5H

OUT DX,AL

;Select Logical Device 7

;Select watchdog timer register

;Set watchdog timer value

;Select watchdog Control Register

MOV

MOV

DX,2FH

AL,61H

OUT DX,AL

;Set Watchdog Control Value

;----------------------------------------------------------------

;(1) Exit extended function mode

;----------------------------------------------------------------

MOV DX,2EH

MOV AL,AAH

OUT DX,AL

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System Error Message

Appendix C - System Error Message

When the BIOS encounters an error that requires the user to correct something, either a beep code will sound or a message will be displayed in a box in the middle of the screen and the message, PRESS F1 TO CONTINUE, CTRL-ALT-ESC or

DEL TO ENTER SETUP, will be shown in the information box at the bottom. Enter

Setup to correct the error.

Error Messages

One or more of the following messages may be displayed if the BIOS detects an error during the POST. This list indicates the error messages for all Awards BIO-

Ses:

CMOS BATTERY HAS FAILED

The CMOS battery is no longer functional. It should be replaced.

Important

Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer. Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer’s instructions.

CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR

Checksum of CMOS is incorrect. This can indicate that CMOS has become corrupt. This error may have been caused by a weak battery. Check the battery and replace if necessary.

DISPLAY SWITCH IS SET INCORRECTLY

The display switch on the motherboard can be set to either monochrome or color.

This indicates the switch is set to a different setting than indicated in Setup.

Determine which setting is correct, either turn off the system and change the jumper or enter Setup and change the VIDEO selection.

FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (80)

Unable to reset fl oppy subsystem.

FLOPPY DISK(S) fail (40)

Floppy type mismatch.

Hard Disk(s) fail (80)

HDD reset failed.


HDD controller diagnostics failed.

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System Error Message


HDD initialization error.


Unable to recalibrate fi xed disk.


Sector Verify failed.

Keyboard is locked out - Unlock the key

The BIOS detects that the keyboard is locked. Keyboard controller is pulled low.

Keyboard error or no keyboard present

Cannot initialize the keyboard. Make sure the keyboard is attached correctly and no keys are being pressed during the boot.

Manufacturing POST loop

System will repeat POST procedure infi nitely while the keyboard controller is pull low. This is also used for the M/B burn in test at the factory.

BIOS ROM checksum error - System halted

The checksum of ROM address F0000H-FFFFFH is bad.

Memory test fail

The BIOS reports memory test fail if the memory has error(s).

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Troubleshooting

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Appendix D - Troubleshooting

Troubleshooting Checklist

This chapter of the manual is designed to help you with problems that you may encounter with your personal computer. To effi ciently troubleshoot your system, treat each problem individually. This is to ensure an accurate diagnosis of the problem in case a problem has multiple causes.

Some of the most common things to check when you encounter problems while using your system are listed below.

1. The power switch of each peripheral device is turned on.

2. All cables and power cords are tightly connected.

3. The electrical outlet to which your peripheral devices are connected is working. Test the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device.

4. The monitor is turned on.

5. The display’s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly.

6. All add-in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely.

7. Any add-in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly.

Monitor/Display

If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on:

1. Make sure that the monitor’s power switch is on.

2. Check that one end of the monitor’s power cord is properly attached to the monitor and the other end is plugged into a working AC outlet. If necessary, try another outlet.

3. Check that the video input cable is properly attached to the monitor and the system’s display adapter.

4. Adjust the brightness of the display by turning the monitor’s brightness control knob.

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The picture seems to be constantly moving.

1. The monitor has lost its vertical sync. Adjust the monitor’s vertical sync.

2. Move away any objects, such as another monitor or fan, that may be creating a magnetic fi eld around the display.

3. Make sure your video card’s output frequencies are supported by this monitor.

The screen seems to be constantly wavering.

1. If the monitor is close to another monitor, the adjacent monitor may need to be turned off. Fluorescent lights adjacent to the monitor may also cause screen wavering.

Power Supply

When the computer is turned on, nothing happens.

1. Check that one end of the AC power cord is plugged into a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system.

2. Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using.

3. The power cord may have a “short” or “open”. Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary.

Floppy Drive

The computer cannot access the floppy drive.

1. The fl oppy diskette may not be formatted. Format the diskette and try again.

2. The diskette may be write-protected. Use a diskette that is not write-protected.

3. You may be writing to the wrong drive. Check the path statement to make sure you are writing to the targeted drive.

4. There is not enough space left on the diskette. Use another diskette with adequate storage space.

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Troubleshooting

Hard Drive

Hard disk failure.

1. Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the BIOS.

2. If the system is confi gured with two hard drives, make sure the bootable

(fi rst) hard drive is confi gured as Master and the second hard drive is confi gured as Slave. The master hard drive must have an active/bootable partition.

Excessively long formatting period.

If your hard drive takes an excessively long period of time to format, it is likely a cable connection problem. However, if your hard drive has a large capacity, it will take a longer time to format.

Serial Port

The serial device (modem, printer) doesn’t output anything or is outputting garbled characters.

1. Make sure that the serial device’s power is turned on and that the device is on-line.

2. Verify that the device is plugged into the correct serial port on the rear of the computer.

3. Verify that the attached serial device works by attaching it to a serial port that is working and confi gured correctly. If the serial device does not work, either the cable or the serial device has a problem. If the serial device works, the problem may be due to the onboard I/O or the address setting.

4. Make sure the COM settings and I/O address are confi gured correctly.

Keyboard

Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed.

1. Make sure the keyboard is properly connected.

2. Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process.

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System Board

1. Make sure the add-in card is seated securely in the expansion slot. If the add-in card is loose, power off the system, re-install the card and power up the system.

2. Check the jumper settings to ensure that the jumpers are properly set.

3. Verify that all memory modules are seated securely into the memory sockets.

4. Make sure the memory modules are in the correct locations.

5. If the board fails to function, place the board on a fl at surface and seat all socketed components. Gently press each component into the socket.

6. If you made changes to the BIOS settings, re-enter setup and load the BIOS defaults.

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