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Technical Manual Intel Bay Trail Series CPU Based Mini-ITX M/B NO.G03-NF9W-F Revision: 1.0 Release date: April 7, 2015 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 60 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request of the main chipset) ...
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Chapter 1 Introduction of the Motherboard Feature of Motherboard ® Onboard Intel Bay Trail Series Processor, with low power consumption never denies high performance Support 1* DDR3L 1066/1333 MHz SO-DIMM, up to 8GB Support full-size Mini-PCIE connector ...
Description 6 layers; PCB size: 17x 17 cm Design ® Integrated with Intel Bay Trail-D/M/I series CPU Embedded CPU 1 * DDR3L SODIMM Slot for un-buffered DDR3L 1066/1333 MHz Memory Slot SDRAM, expandable to 8GB in total ...
1* SPEAK_CON header 1* 4-pin USB 2.0 header (Expansible to 1* USB 2.0 port) 2* 9-pin USB 2.0 header (Expansible to 4* USB 2.0 ports) 1* Front panel header 1* Power LED & speaker header ...
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Motherboard Internal Diagram Internal 12V DC-in SMBUS Header Power connector SYSFAN1 Header DC12V Intel CPU Power-in Connector USB 3.0 Port Over USB 2.0 Port USB 2.0 Header *DDR3L SODIMM Slot (SODIMM1) DVI-I Port CPUFAN Header Speaker Connector COM1 SYSFAN2 Header...
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Jumper Jumper Name Description Pin 1-2: Clear ME Function Setting 10-Pin Block Pin 3-4: Clear CMOS RAM Function Setting Pin 5-6: ATX Mode & AT Mode Select Pin 7-8: ME Security Measure Function Select Pin 9-10: Case Open Message Display Function JPLED INVERTER Back Light 5V/12V Select 3-Pin Block...
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Headers Header Name Description FP_AUDIO Front Panel Audio Header 9-pin Block SPDIF SPDIF Out Header 2-pin Block SPEAK_CON Speaker Header 4-pin Block FP_USB1/2 USB 2.0 Header 9-pin Block FP_USB3 USB 2.0 Header 4-pin Block JW_FP1 Front Panel Header(PWR LED/ 9-pin Block HDD LED/Power Button /Reset) SPK-LED1 Power LED &...
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 Jumper Setting Pin 1 & 2 of JP1 (10-pin): Clear ME Function Setting → Pin 1-2 of JP1 Clear ME Pin 1 1-2 Open: Normal(Default); Pin 1 1-2 Closed: Clear ME. Pin 3 & 4 of JP1 (10-pin): Clear CMOS Setting →...
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Pin 5 & 6 of JP1 (10-pin): AT Mode Select → Pin 5-6 of JP1 AT Mode Select Pin 1 5-6 Open: ATX Mode Selected(Default); Pin 1 5-6 Closed: AT Mode Selected. *ATX Mode Selected: Press power button to power on after power input ready; AT Mode Selected: Directly power on as power input ready.
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Pin 9 & 10 of JP1 (10-pin):): Case Open Message Display Function Select → Pin 9-10 of JP1 Case Open Pin 1 9-10 Open: Normal(Default); Pin 1 9-10 Closed: Case Open Function Selected(One Touch). Pin 9-10 Close: When Case open function pin short to GND, the Case open function was detected.
Connectors and Headers 2-2-1 Connectors (1) Rear I/O Connectors USB 2.0 Ports USB 2.0 Port COM1 Port DVI-I Port DC 12V Line-Out Port Power-in Connector RJ-45 LAN Port USB 3.0 Port (2) COM1 (9-pin Block): RS232/422/485 Port COM1 port can function as RS232/422/485 port. In normal settings COM1 functions as RS232 port.
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(5) SATA1/SATA2(7-pin Block): SATAII Port connector These are high-speed SATAII ports that support 3GB/s transfer rate. Pin No. Definition (6) SATA3/SATA4(7-pin Block): SATAIII Port connector These are high-speed SATAIII ports that support 6GB/s transfer rate. Pin No. Definition...
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(7) SATAPW1/SATAPW2(4-pin): SATA Power Out Connector +12V Pin 1 (8) CPUFAN1 (4-pin): CPUFAN Connector Pin1 CPUFAN1...
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(9) SYSFAN1 (4-pin): SYSFAN1 Connector Pin1 SYSFAN1 (10) SYSFAN2 (4-pin): SYSFAN2 Connector Pin1 +12V Fan Power Fan Speed Control SYSFAN2...
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 BIOS Menu Screen 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: ...
Press (up, down) to choose, in the main menu, the option you want to confirm or to modify. Press <Enter> to select. Press <+>/<–> keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option.
User can press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard to switch from menu bar. The selected one is highlighted. 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.
3-7 Advanced Menu OS Selection The optional settings: [Windows 8.X]; [Android]; [Windows 7]. *Note: User needs to go to this item to select OS before installing OS. If Windows Embedded standard 8, please select [Windows 8x] and set “USB 3.0 Support”...
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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 Serial Port 1 Configuration Press [Enter] to make settings for the following items: Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable serial port (COM).
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ERP Support The optional settings: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. This item should be set as [Disabled] if you wish to have all active wake-up functions. Case Open Detect This item controls detect case open function. The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. WatchDog Timer Use this item to enable or disable WatchDog Timer Control.
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Console Redirection Use this item to enable or disable COM1 Console Redirection. The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. When set as [Enabled], user can make further settings in the ‘Console Redirection Settings’ screen: 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 are: [VT100]; [LINUX]; [XTERMR6]; [SCO]; [ESCN]; [VT400]. Redirection After BIOS POST The optional settings are: [Always Enable]; [BootLoader]. Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/ Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) Console Redirection The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. When set as [Enabled], user can make further settings in ‘Console Redirection Settings’: ...
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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, set shutdown temperature, or make further settings in ‘Smart Fan Configuration’. ...
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Vanderpool Technology. EIST The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Use this item to enable or disable Intel SpeedStep. CPU C6 Report Use this item to enable or disable CPU C6 (ACPI C3) report to OS. The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled].
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SATA Speed Support The item is for user to set the maximum speed the SATA controller can support. The optional settings are: [Gen1]; [Gen2]. SATA Mode The optional settings are: [IDE Mode]; [AHCI Mode]. Serial-ATA Port1/ Serial-ATA Port2 The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. ...
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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]; [UEFI only]; [Legacy only]. Storage This item controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage OpROM. The optional settings are: [Do not launch];...
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The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]; [Auto]. [Enabled]: To enable legacy USB support. [Disabled]: To keep USB devices available only for EFI specification, [Auto]: To disable legacy support if no USB devices are connected. XHCI Hand-off This is a workaround for OSes without XHCI hand-off support. The XHCI ownership change should be claimed by XHCI driver.
Use this item to get driver information and configure Realtek ethernet controller parameter. 3-8 Chipset Menu North Bridge Press [Enter] to make settings for the following sub-items: PAVC Use this item to enable or disable protected audio video control. The optional settings are: [Disabled];...
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[288M]; [320M]; [352M]; [384M]; [416M]; [448M]; [480M]; [512M]. DVMT Total Gfx Mem Use this item to select DVMT 5.0 total graphics memory size used by the internal graphics device. The optional settings are: [128M]; [256M]; [MAX]. Aperture Size The optional settings are: [128MB]; [256MB]; [512MB]. GTT Size The optional settings are: [1MB];...
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Mini PCIE The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. Mini PCIE Speed The optional settings are: [Auto]; [Gen2]; [Gen1]. PCIE Slot The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. PCIE Slot Speed The optional settings are: [Auto]; [Gen 2]; [Gen 1]. Onboard PCIE LAN The optional settings are: [Enabled];...
disable ERP to support [Always On] and [Former State] function. 3-9 Security Menu Security menu allow users to change administrator password and user password settings.
3-10 Boot Menu Boot Configuration Setup Prompt Timeout Use this item to set number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. Bootup Numlock State Use this item to select keyboard numlock state. The optional settings are: [On]; [Off]. Quiet Boot The optional settings are: [Disabled];...
The optional settings are: [UEFI: Built-in EFI Shell]; [Disabled]. 3-11 Save & Exit Menu Save Changes and Reset This item allows user to reset the system after saving the changes. Discard Changes and Reset This item allows user to reset the system without saving any changes. Restore Defaults Use this item to restore /load default values for all the setup options.
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Use this item to restore the user defaults to all the setup options. Boot Override Boot Override UEFT: Built-in EFI Shell Launch Internal EFI shell application (shell.efi). Reset System with TXE disable Mode Press [Enter] for TXE to run into the temporary disable mode.Ignore if TXE Ignition...
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