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NF894 Series User’s Manual NO. G03-NF894-F Revision: 3.0 Release date: October 1, 2019 Trademark: * Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.
Environmental Safety Instruction Avoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in any area where it may become wet. 0 to 40 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The temperature comes from the request of the chassis and thermal solution) ...
USER’S NOTICE COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER.
Chapter 1 Introduction of the Motherboard Feature of Motherboard Onboard Intel ® Apollo Lake Series Processor, with low power consumption and high performance Support 2* DDR3L 1866MHz SO-DIMM with maximum memory capacity up to Onboard 32GB eMMC (Optional) ...
1-2 Specification Spec Description Design Mini-ITX form factor; 6-layers; PCB size: 17.0x17.0cm Intel ® Apollo Lake series CPU * for detailed CPU support information please visit our website 2*DDR3L SO-DIMM slot Memory Slot Support DDR3L1866 MHz SDRAM up to 8GB ...
1*Front panel header 1*Front panel audio header 1*3W Amplifier wafer 1*LAN Status LED header 1 * 9-Pin USB 2.0 header for 2* USB 2.0/1.1 ports 1* 4-Pin USB 2.0 header for 1* USB 2.0/1.1 port ...
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Motherboard Internal Diagram 9V~36V 32 GB CPUFAN DC-In EMMC Chip Connector Power Jack (optional) Internal 9V~36V HDMI Port DC-In Power Connector Intel CPU 2*DDR3L SODIMM Slot (SODIMM1/2) RJ-45 LAN Ports *M.2 Socket 3 Connector SMBUS Header (M2) HDMI Port INVERTER *SIM Card Wafer Slot...
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Motherboard Jumper Position JMPE JLED JLCD JCOM1 JAT_ATX1...
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Connectors Connector Name DCIN3 9V~36V DC–in Power Jack HDMI2/HDMI1 HDMI Port Connector X2 LAN1/ LAN 2 RJ-45 LAN Connector X2 USB30-1/ USB30-2 USB 3.0 Port Connector X2 FP_HP Audio Line-out Port DCIN2 2-Pin Internal 9V~36V DC-in Power Connector SATA1 SATAIII Connector SATAPWR1 SATA Power out Connector CPUFAN1...
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Pin 5&6 of J1(8-pin): TXE Override Pin 5&6 of J1 → TXE Override Pin1 3-4 Open: Normal(Default); Pin1 3-4 Closed: TXE Override. Pin 7&8 of J1(8-pin): Case Open Detection Select Pin 7&8 of J1 → Case Open Detection Pin1 Pin (7&8) Closed: When Case open function pin short to GND, the Case open function was detected.
Connectors, Headers and Wafers 2-2-1 Connectors (1) Rear Panel Connectors *refer to Page-3. Icon Name Function 9V~36V DC–in system power connector DC-In Power Jack For user to connect compatible power adapter to provide power supply for the system. To connect display device that support HDMI HDMI Port specification.
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Warning!! The board has a 9V~36V DC-in power jack (DCIN3) in I/O back panel and an internal 9V~36V power connector (DCIN2). User can only connect one type of compatible power supply to one of them to power the system. (3) SATA1 (7-pin block):SATAIII Port connector This connector is a high-speed SATAIII port that supports 6 GB/s transfer rate.
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to BIOS settings→Chipset→ Uncore Configuration→ Active LFP, and set it as [LVDS] or [EDP] based on actual configuration. INVERTER (8-Pin): LVDS Inverter (13) INVERTER Pin No. Definition Backlight Enable Backlight Duty Backlight Power Backlight Power Pin 1 Backlight+ SW INVERTER Backlight- SW Warning! Find Pin-1 location of the inverter and make sure that the installation direction is correct! Otherwise serious harm will occur to the board/display panel!!
Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS Notice! The BIOS options in this manual are for reference only. Different configurations may lead to difference in BIOS screen and BIOS screens in manuals are usually the first BIOS version when the board is released and may be different from your purchased motherboard. Users are welcome to download the latest BIOS version form our official website.
BIOS Menu Screen The following diagram show a general BIOS menu screen: Menu Bar General Help Items Current Setting Value Menu Items Function Keys Function Keys In the above BIOS Setup main menu of, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: ...
[F1]: General help. [F2]: Previous value. [F3]: Optimized defaults. [F4]: Save & Exit. Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup. Getting Help Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the top right corner the screen.
Main Menu Main menu screen includes some basic system information. Highlight the item and then use the <+> or <-> and numerical keyboard keys to select the value you want in each item. System Date Set the date. Please use [Tab] to switch between date elements. System Time Set the time.
3-7 Advanced Menu OS Selection The optional settings: [Windows]; [Intel Linux]; [MSDOS]. * Note: User need to go to this item to select the OS mode before installing corresponding OS driver, otherwise problems will occur when installing the driver. Trusted Computing ►...
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ACPI Sleep State Use this item to select the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the suspend button is pressed. The optional settings are: [Suspend Disabled]; [S3 (Suspend to RAM)]. Super I/O Configuration ► Press [Enter] to make settings for the following sub-items: Super IO Configuration ►...
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This item should be set as [Disabled] if you wish to have all active wake-up functions. Case Open Detect Use this item to detect case has already open or not, show message in POST. The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. When set as [Enabled], system will detect if COPEN has been short or not (refer to Page 11);...
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9, jumper JATX_AT1 for ATX Mode & AT Mode Select). Serial Port Console Redirection COM1 Console Redirection The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. When set as [Enabled], the following sub-items shall appear: Console Redirection Settings The settings specify how the host computer and the remote computer (which the user is using) will exchange data.
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The optional settings: [1]; [2]. Flow Control Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overflow. When sending data, if the receiving buffers are full, a “stop” signal can be sent to stop the data flow. Once the buffers are empty, a “start” signal can be sent to re-start the flow. Hardware flow control uses two wires to send start/stop signals.
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Console Redirection The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. When set as [Enabled], the following sub-items shall appear: Console Redirection Settings The settings specify how the host computer and the remote computer (which the user is using) will exchange data. Both computers should have the same or compatible settings.
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*This item may or may not show up, depending on different configuration. Stop Bits The default setting is: [1]. *This item may or may not show up, depending on different configuration. PC Health Status ► Press [Enter] to view current hardware health status, make further settings in ‘SmartFAN Configuration’.
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EIST Use this item to enable or disable Intel SpeedStep. The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. C-States Use this item to enable or disable C-State. The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Enhanced C-states Use this item to enable or disable C1E. When enabled, CPU will switch to minimum speed when all cores enter C-state.
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Press [Enter] to make settings for the following sub-items: Compatibility Support Module Configuraton Boot option filter This item controls Legacy/UEFI ROMs priority. The optional settings are: [UEFI and Legacy]; [Legacy only]; [UEFI only]. Network This item controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE OpROM. The optional settings are: [Do not launch];...
Use this item to enable or disable PS2 KB/MS wake-up from S3/S4/S5. **Note: PS2 KB/MS Wake-up is affected by ERP function in S4-S5. Please disable ERP before activating this function in S4-S5. EXT-USB Power Gating in S4-S5 Use this item to enable or disable external USB wakeup from S3/S4. **Note: USB Wake-up is affected by ERP function in S4.
Use this item to set maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the host controller. The optional settings: [Auto]; [Manual]. ‘Auto’ uses default value: for a root port it is 100 ms, for a hub port the delay is taken from hub descriptor.
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GTT Size The optional settings are: [2MB]; [4MB]; [8MB]. DVMT Pre-Allocated Use this item to select DVMT 5.0 pre-allocated (fixed) graphics memory size used by the internal graphics device. The optional settings are: [64M]; [96M]; [128M]; [160M]; [192M]; [224M]; [256M]; [288M];...
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Primary IGFX Boot Display Use this item to select the video device which will be activated during POST. This has no effect if external graphics present. Secondary boot display selection will appear based on your selection. The optional settings are: [Auto]; [LFP]; [HDMI1]; [HDMI2]. Secondary IGFX Boot Display Use this item to select Secondary Display Device.
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Use this item to enable or disable M.2 SATA port. The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. HD-Audio Support Use this item to enable or disable HD-Audio Support. The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. SCC eMMC Support Use this item to enable or disable SCC eMMC Support. The optional settings are: [Disabled];...
3-9 Security Menu Security menu allow users to change administrator password and user password settings. Administrator Password If there is no password present on system, please press [Enter] to create new administrator password. If password is present on system, please press [Enter] to verify old password then to clear/change password.
verify old password then to clear/change password. Press again to confirm the new administrator password. Secure Boot Press [Enter] to make customized secure settings: Secure Boot Control The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Secure Boot can be enabled if 1. System running in user mode with enrolled Platform Key (PK);...
Signature/ Authorized TimeStamps/OS Recovery Signatures Use this item to enroll Factory Defaults or load the keys from a file with: 1. Public Key Certificate in: a) EFI_SIGNATURE_LIST b) EFI_ CERT_X509 (DER encoded) c) EFI_ CERT_RSA2048 (bin) d) EFI_ CERT_SHA256 (bin) 2.
The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Boot Option Priorities Boot Option #1/ Boot Option #2… Use this item to decide system boot order from available options. Hard Drive BBS Priorities Use this item to set the order of the legacy devices in the available group, 3-11 Save &...
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Use this item to save the changes done so far as user defaults. Restore User Defaults Use this item to restore defaults to all the setup options. Boot Override The available options here are dynamically updated and make system boot to any boot option selected.