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  • Page 1 User’s Manual MX525D/DC Industrial Mini ITX Motherboard WWW.BCMCOM.COM...

  • Page 2: Trademarks

    ￭ Preface Copyright Notice The material in this document is the intellectual property of BCM Advanced BCM Advanced Research Research. We take every care in the preparation of this document, but no guarantee is given as to the correctness of its contents. Our products are under continual improvement and we reserve the right to make changes without notice.

  • Page 3: Safety Instructions

    MX525D / MX525DC Safety Instructions ￭ Always read the safety instructions carefully. ￭ Keep this User’s Manual for future reference. ￭ Keep this equipment away from humidity. ￭ Lay this equipment on a reliable fl at surface before setting it up.

  • Page 4: Fcc-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement

    Shielded interface cables and A.C. power cord, if any, must be used in order to comply with the emission limits. BCM Advanced Research MX525D / MX525DC VOIR LA NOTICE D’INSTALLATION AVANT DE RACCORDER AU RESEAU. This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the...

  • Page 5: Weee (Waste Electrical And Electronic Equipment) Statement

    BCM will comply with the product take back requirements at the end of life of BCM-branded products that are sold into the EU. You can return these products to local collection points.
  • Page 6 BCM će poštovati zahtev o preuzimanju ovakvih proizvoda kojima je istekao vek trajanja, koji imaju BCM oznaku i koji su prodati u EU. Ove proizvode možete vratiti na lokalnim mestima za prikupljanje.
  • Page 7 fi ne del suo ciclo di vita. BCM si adeguerà a tale Direttiva ritirando tutti i prodotti marchiati BCM che sono stati venduti all’interno dell’Unione Europea alla fi ne del loro ciclo di vita. È possibile...

  • Page 8: Table Of Contents

    ￭ Preface CONTENTS Copyright Notice ..................ii Trademarks ....................ii Revision History ..................ii Technical Support ..................ii Safety Instructions ...................iii FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement ........iv WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Statement ...v Chapter 1 Overview ................1-1 Mainboard Specifi cations ..............1-2 Mainboard Layout ................

  • Page 9: Chapter 1 Overview

    Chapter 1 Overview The MX525D / MX525DC is an Intel® Low-power Mini ITX Motherboard featuring Intel® Atom™ D525 1.8 GHz Dual Core processor onboard and supporting DDR3 SODIMM memory modules. The MX525D is the ATX Power version; the MX525DC is the DC Power verion.
  • Page 10 ■ Inverter: 1 x Inverter Header ■ Fan: 2 x Fan Headers ■ Mini-ITX: 170mm x 170mm Form Factor ■ MX525D: 20-pin ATX Power Power Type ■ MX525DC: 4-pin DC Power ranging from 12V, 14~24V ■ Operating Temperature: -10 Mechanical C to 60 ■...

  • Page 11: Mainboard Layout

    MX525D / MX525DC Mainboard Layout Serial Port Connector Parallel Port Front Audio Connector Connector Amplifier Connector Keyboard/Mouse Connector SPDIF out Connector COM Power Mini PCIe Slot Select Jumper Clear CMOS Jumper GPIO Connector LVDS Connector LVDS Inverter PCI Slot Connector...

  • Page 12: Chapter 2 Hardware Setup

    Chapter 2 Hardware Setup This chapter provides you with the information on mainboard hardware confi gurations. Incorrect setting of jumpers and connectors may damage your mainboard. Please pay special attention not to connect these headers in wrong direction. DO NOT adjust any jumper while the mainboard is powered on.

  • Page 13: Quick Components Guide

    ￭ Hardware Setup Quick Components Guide Connector, p.2-13 Serial Port Front Audio Connector, Connector, p.2-12 Parallel Port p.2-15 Amplifier Connector, p.2-9 Keyboard/Mouse SPDIF out Connector, Connector, p.2-10 p.2-15 COM Power Select Mini PCIe Slot, Jumper, p.2-17 p.2-19 Clear CMOS Jumper, GPIO Connector, p.2-17...

  • Page 14: Memory

    MX525D / MX525DC Memory Installing Memory Modules Locate the SO-DIMM slot. Align the notch on the DIMM with the key on the slot and insert the DIMM into the slot. Push the DIMM gently downwards until the slot levers click and lock the DIMM in place.

  • Page 15: Power Supply

    ￭ Hardware Setup Power Supply ATX Power Connector: ATX1 ATX Version This ATX connector provides power to the system. DC Power Connector: JPWR1 DC Version This DC-In connector provides 12V/19V/24V power input. SATA Power Connector: JPWR2, JPWR3 DC Version This DC-In connector provides DC power output for SATA devices.

  • Page 16: Back Panel I/O

    MX525D / MX525DC Back Panel I/O Serial Port RS-232/422/485 LAN Jack Line-In Jack LAN Jack VGA Port Line-Out Jack DVI-I Port Serial Port RS-232 USB 2.0 Ports USB 2.0 Ports Mic Jack ▶ RS-232/422/485 Serial Port Connector The serial port is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends/ receives 16 bytes FIFOs.
  • Page 17 ￭ Hardware Setup RS-422 SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 422 TXD- Transmit Data, Negative 422 RXD+ Receive Data, Positive 422 TXD+ Transmit Data, Positive 422 RXD- Receive Data, Negative Signal Ground No Connection No Connection No Connection No Connection RS-485 SIGNAL DESCRIPTION 485 TXD- Transmit Data, Negative No Connection 485 TXD+...

  • Page 18: Audio Ports

    MX525D / MX525DC ▶ USB 2.0 Port The USB (Universal Serial Bus) port is for attaching USB devices such as keyboard, mouse, or other USB-compatible devices. ▶ LAN Jack The standard RJ-45 LAN jack is for connection to the Local Area Network (LAN).

  • Page 19: Connector

    ￭ Hardware Setup Connector Chassis Intrusion Connector: JCI1 This connector is provided to connect the chassis intrusion switch cable. If the chassis is opened, the chassis intrusion mechanism will be activated. The system will record this status and show a warning message on the screen.
  • Page 20 MX525D / MX525DC Audio Amplifi er Connector: JAMP1 The JAMP1 is used to connect audio amplifi ers to enhance audio perfor- mance. Fan Power Connector: CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1 The fan power connector supports system cooling fan with +12V. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always note that the red wire is the positive and should be connected to the +12V;...
  • Page 21 ￭ Hardware Setup Keyboard/Mouse Connector: JKB_MS1 This connector is used to connect PS/2 keyboard & mouse. Front Panel Connector: JFP1 This front panel connector is provided for electrical connection to the front panel switches & LEDs and is compliant with Intel Front Panel I/O Con- nectivity Design Guide.
  • Page 22 MX525D / MX525DC Front USB Connector: JUSB1, JUSB2 This connector, compliant with Intel I/O Connectivity Design Guide, is ideal for connecting high-speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD, digital cameras, MP3 players, printers, modems and the like. Important Important Note that the pins of VCC and GND must be connected correctly to avoid possible damage.
  • Page 23 ￭ Hardware Setup GPIO Connector: JGPIO1 This connector is provided for the General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO) peripheral module. Parallel Port Connector: JLPT1 The mainboard provides a 26-pin header for connection to an optional parallel port bracket. The parallel port is a standard printer port that sup- ports Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Extended Capabilities Parallel Port (ECP) mode.
  • Page 24 MX525D / MX525DC RS-232 Serial Port Connector: COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6 This connector is a 16550A high speed communications port that sends/ receives 16 bytes FIFOs. You can attach a serial device to it through an optional serial port bracket.
  • Page 25 ￭ Hardware Setup LVDS Connector: JLVDS1 The LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signal) connector provides a digital in- terface typically used with fl at panels. After connecting an LVDS interface fl at panel to the JLVDS1, be sure to check the panel datasheet and set the JVDD1 jumper to proper power voltage.
  • Page 26 MX525D / MX525DC Front Audio Connector: JAUD1 This connector allows you to connect the front panel audio and is compliant with Intel® Front Panel I/O Connectivity Design Guide. SPDIF-Out Connector: JSPDO1 This connector is used to connect S/PDIF (Sony & Philips Digital Intercon- nect Format) interface for digital audio transmission.

  • Page 27: Jumper

    ￭ Hardware Setup UMPER Clear CMOS Jumper: JBAT1 There is a CMOS RAM onboard that has a power supply from an external battery to keep the data of system confi guration. With the CMOS RAM, the system can automatically boot OS every time it is turned on. If you want to clear the system confi...
  • Page 28 MX525D / MX525DC COM Power Select Jumper: JCOMP6 This jumper is used to select the pin 9 function of the COM1 port. JCOMP6 +12V COM Power Select Jumper: JCOMP1 ~ JCOMP5 These jumpers are used to select the pin 9 power voltage of the COM1 ~ COM5 serial ports.
  • Page 29 ￭ Hardware Setup CF Mode Select Jumper: J1 This jumper is used to select Master/Slave mode of the CF device. Slave Master (Default) CF Power Select Jumper: J2 This jumper is used to select the power voltage of the CF device. VCC5 VCC3 (Default)

  • Page 30: Slot

    MX525D / MX525DC Slot Mini PCI-E (Peripheral Component Interconnect Ex- press) Slot The Mini PCI-E slot is provided for wireless LAN card, TV tuner card, and Robson NAND Flash card . PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slot The PCI slot supports LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other add-on cards that comply with PCI specifi...

  • Page 31: Chapter 3 Bios Setup

    Chapter 3 BIOS Setup This chapter provides information on the BIOS Setup program and allows you to confi gure the system for optimum use. You may need to run the Setup program when: ■ An error message appears on the screen during the sys- tem booting up, and requests you to run SETUP.

  • Page 32: Entering Setup

    ￭ BIOS Setup Entering Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <DEL> key to enter Setup. Press DEL to enter SETUP If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system by turning it OFF and On or pressing the RESET button.

  • Page 33: Control Keys

    MX525D / MX525DC Control Keys ← → Select Screen ↑ ↓ Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Save and Exit Exit Getting Help After entering the Setup menu, the fi rst menu you will see is the Main Menu.

  • Page 34: The Menu Bar

    ￭ BIOS Setup The Menu Bar MX525D (7134X) BIOS ▶ Main Use this menu for basic system confi gurations, such as time, date etc. ▶ Advanced Use this menu to set up the items of special enhanced features. ▶ Boot Use this menu to specify the priority of boot devices.

  • Page 35: Main

    MX525D / MX525DC Main MX525D (7134X) BIOS ▶ System Time This setting allows you to set the system time. The time format is <Hour> <Minute> <Second>. ▶ System Date This setting allows you to set the system date. The date format is <Day>, <Month>...
  • Page 36 ￭ BIOS Setup [Block Any selection except Disabled determines the (Multi-Sector number of sectors transferred per block Transfer)] [PIO Mode] Indicates the type of PIO (Programmed Input/Output) [DMA Mode] Indicates the type of Ultra DMA [S.M.A.R.T.] This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis &...

  • Page 37: Advanced

    MX525D / MX525DC Advanced ▶ Quick Boot Enabling this setting will cause the BIOS power-on self test routine to skip some of its tests during bootup for faster system boot. ▶ Bootup Num-Lock This setting is to set the Num Lock status when the system is powered on.
  • Page 38 ￭ BIOS Setup ▶ CPU Confi guration ▶ Max CPUID Value Limit The Max CPUID Value Limit BIOS feature allows you to circumvent problems with older operating systems that do not support the Intel Pentium 4 processor with Hyper-Threading Technology. When enabled, the processor will limit the maximum CPUID input value to 03h when queried, even if the processor supports a higher CPUID input value.
  • Page 39 MX525D / MX525DC your operating system doesn’t support HT Function, or unreliability and instability may occur. ▶ Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech EIST (Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology) allows the system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core frequency, which can result in decreased average power consumption and decreased aver- age heat production.
  • Page 40 ￭ BIOS Setup ▶ Legacy USB Support Set to [Enabled] if you need to use any USB 1.1/2.0 device in the operat- ing system that does not support or have any USB 1.1/2.0 driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix. ▶...
  • Page 41 MX525D / MX525DC ▶ Smart Fan Confi guration ▶ Smart CPUFAN Target This setting allows users to set a target temperature for the Smart Fan feature. Smart Fan is an excellent feature which will adjust the CPU/system fan speed automatically depending on the current CPU/system temperature, avoiding the overheating to damage your system.
  • Page 42 ￭ BIOS Setup ▶ Hardware Health Confi guration These items display the current status of all monitored hardware devices/ components such as voltages, temperatures and all fans’ speeds. ▶ GPIO Confi guration ▶ GPO 1/2/3/4 Data This setting specifi es the GPO data. 3-12...

  • Page 43: Boot

    MX525D / MX525DC Boot ▶ 1st Boot Device This setting allows users to set the sequence of boot devices where BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system. ▶ Try Other Boot Devices This setting determines whether or not to try other boot devices when the preset boot device is not available.

  • Page 44: Security

    ￭ BIOS Setup Security ▶ Supervisor Password / Change Supervisor Password Supervisor Password controls access to the BIOS Setup utility. These set- tings allow you to set or change the supervisor password. ▶ User Password / Change User Password User Password controls access to the system at boot. These settings allow you to set or change the user password.
  • Page 45 MX525D / MX525DC ▶ Trusted Computing ▶ TCG/TPM Support This setting controls the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) designed by the Trusted Computing Group (TCG). TPMs are special-purpose inte- grated circuits (ICs) built into a variety of platforms to enable strong user authentication and machine attestation - essential to prevent inap- propriate access to confi...

  • Page 46: Chipset

    ￭ BIOS Setup Chipset ▶ DVMT Mode Select Intel’s Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) allows the system to dy- namically allocate memory resources according to the demands of the sys- tem at any point in time. The key idea in DVMT is to improve the effi ciency of the memory allocated to either system or graphics processor.

  • Page 47: Power

    MX525D / MX525DC Power ▶ ACPI Aware O/S This item is to activate the ACPI (Advanced Confi guration and Power Man- agement Interface) Function. If your operating system is ACPI-aware, select [Yes]. ▶ Suspend Mode This item specifi es the power saving modes for ACPI function. If your oper- ating system supports ACPI, you can choose to enter the Standby mode in S1 (POS) or S3 (STR) fashion through the setting of this fi...
  • Page 48 ￭ BIOS Setup ▶ USB Device WakeUp from S3 The item allows the activity of the USB device to wake up the system from S3 (Suspend to RAM) sleep state. ▶ Resume On LAN/Mini PCIE This fi eld specifi es whether the system will be awakened from power sav- ing modes when activity or input signal of onboard LAN/mini PCI-E is de- tected.

  • Page 49: Exit

    MX525D / MX525DC Exit ▶ Save Changes and Exit Save changes to CMOS and exit the Setup Utility. ▶ Discard Changes and Exit Abandon all changes and exit the Setup Utility. ▶ Discard Changes Abandon all changes and continue with the Setup Utility.

  • Page 50: Chapter 4 System Resources

    Chapter 4 System Resources This chapter provides information on system resources.

  • Page 51: Ami Post Code

    ￭ System Resources AMI POST Code Bootblock Initialization Code Checkpoints The Bootblock initialization code sets up the chipset, memory and other components before system memory is available. The following table de- scribes the type of checkpoints that may occur during the bootblock initial- ization portion of the BIOS: Checkpoint Description...

  • Page 52: Post Code Checkpoints

    MX525D / MX525DC POST Code Checkpoints The POST code checkpoints are the largest set of checkpoints during the BIOS pre-boot process. The following table describes the type of check- points that may occur during the POST portion of the BIOS:...

  • Page 53: System Resources

    ￭ System Resources Checkpoint Description Early POST initialization of chipset registers. Uncompress and initialize any platform specifi c BIOS modules. Initialize System Management Interrupt. Initializes different devices through DIM. See DIM Code Checkpoints section of document for more information. Initializes different devices. Detects and initializes the video adapter installed in the system that have optional ROMs.
  • Page 54 MX525D / MX525DC Checkpoint Description Log errors encountered during POST. Display errors to the user and gets the user response for error. Execute BIOS setup if needed / requested. Late POST initialization of chipset registers. Program the peripheral parameters. Enable/Disable NMI as selected Late POST initialization of system management interrupt.

  • Page 55: Resource List

    ￭ System Resources Resource List ICH8M GPIO...
  • Page 56 MX525D / MX525DC SIO GPIO...

  • Page 57: Gpio Programming

    ￭ System Resources GPIO Programming Please refer to the “F81865 Super IO spec” for the GPIO pin function: “Pin3-GPI00” Status:addr F2 bit0 “Pin4-GPO04” Status:addr F2 bit4, Setting:addr F1 bit4 “Pin5-GPI01” Status:addr F2 bit1 “Pin6-GPO50” Status:addr A2 bit0, Setting:addr A1 bit0 “Pin7-GPI02”...
  • Page 58 MX525D / MX525DC Example 2: Set GPIO “Pin4-GPO04” output to “high”, // the “Pin4-GPO04” output setting is at address F1 bit 4, Step 1. Enable SIO confi guration mode without timeout in between commands Out(0x4e, 0x87); // (port, value), 0x4e for index Out(0x4e, 0x87);...
  • Page 59 ￭ System Resources Step 4. Get data from port 0x4f (Save current state) Byte tmp = Inp(0x4f); //Read current data for adding the output in bit4 Step 5. Write data to port 0x4f (only set bit 4 to “low” and write back) Out(0x4f, tmp&0xEF);...

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