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CAUTION: RISK OF EXPLOSION IF BATTERY IS REPLACED BY AN INCORRECT TYPE. DISPOSE OF USED BATTERIES ACCORDING TO THE INSTRUCTIONS.
Chapter 1: Introduction Thank you for purchasing ASRock IMB-190 / IMB-190-E / IMB-191 motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality con- trol. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance.
1.2 Specifications IMB-190: Form Dimensions Mini-ITX (6.7-in x 6.7-in) Factor ® Socket LGA1151 for Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Celeron (Skylake-S) Core (By CPU, Max 4) Processor Number System Max Speed (By CPU) L3 Cache (By CPU) ® Chipset Intel Q170 BIOS UEFI...
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Max Data SATA Transfer SATA3 (6.0Gb/s) Rate HDMI DisplayPort 0 Rear I/O Ethernet 4 x USB 3.0 Audio 2 (Mic-in. Line-out) Serial PS/2 4 (2 x 2.54 pitch header USB 2.0 compliant) LVDS/ inverter 4 x RS-232 (COM1, 2 support RS- Serial 232/422/485) SATA...
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IMB-190-E: Form Dimensions Mini-ITX (6.7-in x 6.7-in) Factor ® Socket LGA1151 for Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Celeron (Skylake-S) Core (By CPU, Max 4) Processor Number System Max Speed (By CPU) L3 Cache (By CPU) ® Chipset Intel Q170 BIOS UEFI PCIe 2 x Mini-PCIe (1 x full size colay with mSATA, 1...
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Max Data SATA Transfer SATA3 (6.0Gb/s) Rate HDMI DisplayPort 0 Rear I/O Ethernet 4 x USB 3.0 Audio 2 (Mic-in. Line-out) Serial PS/2 4 (2 x 2.54 pitch header USB 2.0 compliant) LVDS/ inverter 4 x RS-232 (COM1, 2 support RS- Serial 232/422/485) SATA...
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IMB-191: Form Dimensions Mini-ITX (6.7-in x 6.7-in) Factor ® Socket LGA1151 for Intel Core i7/i5/i3/Celeron (Skylake-S) Core (By CPU, Max 4) Processor Number System Max Speed (By CPU) L3 Cache (By CPU) ® Chipset Intel H110 BIOS UEFI PCIe Mini-PCIe 1 (1 x half size) Expansion mSATA...
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Max Data SATA Transfer SATA3 (6.0Gb/s) Rate HDMI DisplayPort 0 Rear I/O Ethernet 4 x USB 3.0 Audio 2 (Mic-in. Line-out) Serial PS/2 4 (2 x 2.54 pitch header USB 2.0 compliant) LVDS/ inverter 4 x RS-232 (COM1, 2 support RS- Serial 232/422/485) SATA...
Microphone (Pink) HDMI Port (HDMI2) Line out (Lime) * HDMI1 is only for IMB-190 / IMB-190-E. ** There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN Port LED Indications...
Chapter 2: Installation This is a Mini-ITX form factor (6.7” x 6.7”, 17.0 x 17.0 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard.
2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) IMB-190 / IMB-190-E / IMB-191 provides two 204-pin DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) SO-DIMM slots. Step 1. Align a SO-DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the SO-DIMM matches the break on the slot.
2.4 Expansion Slots There is 1 mini-PCIe slot, 1 mini-PCIe / mini-SATA slot and 1 PCI Express slot on this motherboard. mini-PCIe slot: MINI_PCIE1 (mini-PCIe slot; half size) is used for PCI Express mini cards. mini-PCIe / mini-SATA slot: MINI_SATA1 (mini-PCIe / mini-SATA slot; full size) is used for PCI Ex- press mini cards or mSATA cards.
2.5 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”...
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Speaker Control Signal Name (3-pin AMP_CTL1) GPIO_VOL_DW (see p.12, No. 23) GPIO_VOL_UP Backlight Control Level (CON_LBKLT_CTL) 1-2 : +3.3V 2-3 : +5V (3-pin BLT_PWM1) (see p.12, No. 18) Panel Power Select Signal Signal Signal Name Name Name (4-pin PNL_PWR1) (see p.12, No. 16) +12V +3.3V LCD_VCC...
2.6 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! CPU Fan Connector Please connect the CPU fan cable to the connector and (4-pin CPU_FAN1)
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Chassis Intrusion Headers This motherboard supports CASE OPEN detection feature (2-pin CI1, CI2: see p.12, No. 29) that detects if the chassis cover Signal has been removed. This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection design. Close: Active Case Open Open: Normal COM Port Headers (10-pin COM1: see p.12, No.
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Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according to the pin assignments below. Note the positive and negative pins before connecting the cables. PWRBTN (Power Switch): Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may configure the way to turn off your system using the power switch.
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Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front OUT_RET OUT2_L panel audio cable that allows (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) J_SENSE convenient connection and (see p.12 No. 27) MIC_RET OUT2_R control of audio devices. PRESENCE# MIC2_R GN D MIC2_L 1. High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system.
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LVDS Connector (Only for IMB-190 / IMB-191) Signal Name Signal Name LCD_VCC LCD_VCC (40-pin LVDS1) LDDC_CLK +3.3V (see p.12 No. 15) LVDS_A_DATA0# LDDC_DATA LVDS_A_DATA0 LVDS_A_DATA1 LVDS_A_DATA1# LVDS_A_DATA2# LVDS_A_DATA2 LVDS_A_DATA3 LVDS_A_DATA3# LVDS_A_CLK# LVDS_A_CLK LVDS_B_DATA0 LVDS_B_DATA0# LVDS_B_DATA1# LVDS_B_DATA1 LVDS_B_DATA2 LVDS_B_DATA2# LVDS_B_DATA3# DPLVDD_EN...
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(see p.12 No. 24) BLT_CTL1 Signal Name CON_LBKLT_EN (8-pin BLT_CTL1) CON_LBKLT_CTL (see p.12 No. 17) LCD_BLT_VCC LCD_BLT_VCC GPIO_BLT_UP GPIO_BLT_DW VGA Header (Only for IMB-190 / IMB-191) (10-pin VGA1) (see p.12 No. 26) Signal Signal Signal Signal Signal Name Name Name...
Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2>...
3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Description Moves cursor left or right to select Screens Moves cursor up or down to select items + / - To change option for the selected items <Enter>...
3.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configu- ration, Chipset Configuration, Storage Configuration, AMT Configuration, Super IO Configuration, ACPI Configuration and USB Configuration. Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.
3.3.1 CPU Configuration Active Processor Cores Select the number of cores to enable in each processor package. CPU C States Support Enable CPU C States Support for power saving. It is recommended to keep C3, C6 and C7 all enabled for better power saving. Enhanced Halt State (C1E) Enable Enhanced Halt State (C1E) for lower power consumption.
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Intel Turbo Boost Technology Use this item to enable or disable Intel Turbo Boost Mode Technology. Turbo Boost Mode allows processor cores to run faster than marked fre- quency in specific conditions. The default value is [Enabled]. CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheating.
3.3.2 Chipset Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter This allows you to select [Onboard] or [PCI Express] as the boot graphic adapter priority. The default value is [PCI Express]. Top of Lower usable DRAM Set the maximum value of TOLUD. Set this item to Dynamic to allow TOLUD to adjust automatically based on the largest MMIO length of the installed graphic controller.
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Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. If you select [Auto], the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged. Front Panel Select [HD] or [AC 97] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. Deep Sleep Mobile platforms support Deep S4/S5 in DC only and desktop platforms support Deep S4/S5 in AC only.
3.3.3 Storage Configuration SATA Controller(s) Use this item to enable or disable the SATA Controller feature. SATA Mode Selection Use this to select SATA mode. The default value is [AHCI Mode]. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk perfor- mance but IDE mode does not have these advantages.
3.3.4 AMT Technology Intel AMT Use this to enable or disable Intel(R) Active Management Technology BIOS Extension. The default is [Enabled]. BIOS Hotkey Pressed Use this to enable or disable BIOS hotkey press. The default is [Disabled]. MEBx Selection Screen Use this to enable or disable MEBx Selection Screen.
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PET Progress User can enable or disable PET Events progress to receive PET events or not. The default is [Enabled].
3.3.5 Super IO Configuration COM1 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM1. Select COM1 port type: [RS232], [RS422] or [RS485]. COM2 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM2. Select COM2 port type: [RS232], [RS422] or [RS485]. COM3 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM3.
3.3.6 ACPI Configuration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table. The default value is [Enabled].
3.3.7 USB Configuration Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four configuration options: [Enabled], [Auto] and [UEFI Setup Only]. The default value is [Enabled]. Please refer to below descriptions for the details of these four options: [Enabled] - Enables support for legacy USB.
3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. CPU_FAN1 Setting This allows you to set CPU fan 1’s speed.
3.5 Security Screen In this section, you may set, change or clear the supervisor/user password for the system. Supervisor Password Set or change the password for the administrator account. Only the ad- ministrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password.
3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to config- ure the boot settings and the boot priority. Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature. Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key.
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CSM (Compatibility Support Module) Enable to launch the Compatibility Support Module. Please do not disable ® unless you’re running a WHCK test. If you are using Windows 8.1 / 8 64- bit and all of your devices support UEFI, you may also disable CSM for faster boot speed.
3.7 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save configuration changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard changes and exit setup?”...
Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock, you’re welcome to visit ASRock’s website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may con-...
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