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Warranty 1. Warranty does not cover damages or failures that are raised 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 subject to physical abuse, improper installation, modification, accidents or unauthorized repair of the product.
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.
Table of Content Copyright ..................................2 Trademarks ..................................2 FCC and DOC Statement On Class A ..........................2 Warranty ..................................3 Static Electricity Precautions ............................3 Safety Measures ................................4 Before Using the System Board ............................. 4 Table of Content ................................5 Chapter 1 General Information 1.1 Main Feature ................................
1.1 Main Feature ATX System Board BNX-A110 is a standard ATX motherboard featuring Intel® H110 PCH chipset supports Intel® Gen-6 Core™ processor and two Dual Channel DDR4 DIMM slots up to 16GB DDR4 2133MHz SDRAM with Non-ECC support and integrated HD graphic controller.
2.1 Before You Begin A stable and clean working environment are essential. Dust and dirt can get into components and cause a malfunction. Use containers to keep small components separated. Adequate lighting and proper tools can prevent you from accidentally damaging the internal components. Most of the procedures that follow require only a few simple tools, including the following: A Philips screwdriver ...
A jumper is the simplest kind of electric switch. It consists of two metal pins and a cap. When setting the jumpers, ensure that the jumper caps are placed on the correct pins. When the jumper cap is placed on both pins, the jumper is SHORT.
2.4 Back Panel Connectors PS/2: 1* PS/2 Port for Keyboard & Mouse COM1: 1* DB9 RS-232/422/485 VGA: 1* DB15 VGA LAN Port: Dual RJ45 Intel® Gigabit LAN Ports USB 2.0 Ports: Dual Type-A USB 2.0 HDMI: HDMI 1.4a DVI: DVI-D USB 3.0 Ports: 4* Type-A USB 3.0 Mic-In Jack 10.
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List of Onboard Connectors LGA1151 socket for Intel Skylake processors CPU_FAN CPU cooling fan connector DIMM1~2 288-pin DDR4 Module slots Digital Input & output header Power Mode Selection Jumper COM2~COM6 Onboard serial port headers ATX_POWER Standard 24-pin ATX power connector SATA1~4 SATA1~4 Serial ATA 6.0Gb/s connectors Buzzer...
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4-pin CPU Fan Power Connector (CPU_FAN) Definition Definition 4-pin System Fan Power Connector (SYS_FAN) +12V Sensor Control Internal Speaker (INT_SPK) Definition Definition Output_L Output_R +3.3V Front Panel Header (F_PANEL) Definition Definition HDD LED (+) Power LED (+) HDD LED (-) Power LED (-) Reset Switch (-) Power Switch (+)
3.1 System Memory BNX-A110 has Intel® H110 chipset built-in, and supports dual channel non-ECC, un-buffered DDR4-2133MHz memory modules. Two DIMM slots support up to 16GB Memory Capacity. 3.2 Installing Memory To install Memory 1. Open up the two side tabs on the slot.
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4. To remove the Memory modules, please push the tabs outwards, and the memory modules will be automatically disengaged.
3.3 Installing LGA1151 Intel® Core-i CPU, Heatsink, and Fan BNX-A110 supports Intel® LGA1151 Gen-6 Core-i Processor. For a reference list of supported processor, please refer to the specification section. The socket 1151 is formed up with sensitive arrays of pins, improper or careless installation may cause permanent harm to the socket pins.
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Step (B): Install the Processor 1. Hold the processor with your thumb and index finger as shown to align your fingers with the socket cutouts. 2. Make sure that the processor Pin#1 indicator (gold triangle) is aligned with the Pin#1 chamfer on the socket. 3.
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Step (D): Install a Heatsink Note: Heatsinks that come with boxed Intel® processors use pre-applied Thermal Interface Material (TIM) and do not need thermal grease. If a different heatsink is used, please refer to manufacturer’s instructions. 1. Place the heatsink onto the processor socket.
3.4 Adding Power Connectors BNX-A110 motherboard requires correct power plan to properly support Intel® LGA1151 Gen-6 Core-i Processor. Please add the 24-pin ATX Power Connector on the blue connector, and 4-pin 12Vdc Power Connector on the red connector. In case the 12Vdc Power Connector is not added, power supply will be triggered, but the motherboard would...
3.5 Adding PCIe/PCI Cards BNX-A110 motherboard comes with 3* PCIe Slots and 4* PCI Slots. Prior to add your expansion card onto these slots, please: (1) Identify the type of expansion card to be added. In the picture below: Color...
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About the BIOS The BIOS (Basic Input and Output System) Setup program is a menu driven utility that enables you to make changes to the system configuration and tailor your system to suit your individual work needs. It is a ROM-based configuration utility that displays the system’s configuration status and provides you with a tool to set system parameters.
4.1 Entering Setup When the system is powered on, the BIOS will initiate the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) routines. These routines perform various diagnostic checks. If an error is encountered, the error will be reported in one of two different ways: If the error occurs before the display device is initialized, a series of beeps will be transmitted. ...
4.4 The Main Menu The menu bar on the top of the first screen has the following submenus: Main: Basic system configuration. Advanced: Advanced system settings. Chipset: Chipset settings Security: BIOS security settings. Boot: System boot configuration. ...
4.5 The Advanced Menu LAN Configuration Onboard LAN Controller [Enabled] Enable/Disable onboard Intel® Gigabit LAN Controller. PC Health Status This display system health information, including temperature, voltage, and fan speed, etc. Smart Fan Function (Submenu) Smart Fan Select: Use this to select CPU Fan or System Fan to set Smart Fan parameter. ...
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Power Management Setup Resume on RING (Disabled) The system can be turned off with a software command. If you enable this, the system will automatically resume if there is an incoming call on the Modem. This feature is only available with ATX Power Mode. Resume By PME (Disabled) The system can be turned off with a software command.
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ACPI Settings ACPI Sleep State [S3 (Suspend to RAM)] This item specifies the ACPI sleep state to which the system is resumed from Suspend mode. CPU Configuration This menu shows all the CPU information automatically retrieved from the installed CPU, and hence the available setting might very depending on the type of CPU installed.
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Limit CPUID Maximum (Disabled) Use this to enable or disable the maximum CPUID value limit, you can enable this to prevent the system from “rebooting” when trying to install Windows NT4.0. Execute Disabled Bit (Enabled) This allows the processor to classify areas in memory in which application code can excute, and in which it cannot.
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External SATA (Disabled) Use this item to enable or disable External SATA Support. USB Configuration All USB Devices (Enabled) Use this item to enable or disable all USB devices. Legacy USB Support (Enabled) Use this item to enable or disable support for legacy USB devices. F81866 Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port (Enabled)
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Trusted Computing TPM Support (Enabled) Use this to enable or disable the TPM support. OS will not show TPM. Reset of platform is required. Active PCR banks (SHA-1) Use this to show the Active PCR banks. Available PCR banks (SHA-1, SHA256) Use this to show the Available PCR banks.
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DIO Configuration DIO Input 1~4 (HIGH) These are used to show DIO input is high or low. DIO Output 5~8 (HIGH) Use these to set the DIO output.
4.6 The Chipset Menu System Agent Configuration Initiate Graphic Adapter (Auto) This allows you to select graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. IGD Memory (64M) This shows the information of the IGD (Internal Graphics Device) memory. DVMT Memory (256M) When set to Fixed Mode, the graphics driver will reserve a fixed positon of the system memory as graphics memory, according to system and graphics requirements.
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ME Configuration TPM Device Selection (PTT) Use this to select TPM device: PTT or dTPM. PTT-Enables PTT in SkuMgr. dTPM 1.2-Disables PTT in SkuMgr Warning! PTT/dTPM will be disabled and all data saved on it will be lost. ME FW Version (11.0.0.1205) This item shows the ME FW version.
4.7 The Security Menu Boot Configuration Administrator Password Status (Not Install) This shows administrator password installed or not. User Password Status (Not Install) This shows user password installed or not. Security Check (Setup) This let you select when you need to check the password. (This item only show when administrator password had been set.) System Mode (Setup) This allows you to set the system mode.
4.8 The Boot Menu Operation System Select (Windows 7 or other OS) This is used to show the information of the operation system. Launch PXE OpROM (Disabled) This enables or disables launch PXE Option ROM. Launch Storage OpROM (Enabled) Use this to enable or disable the Storage OpROM. Fast Boot (Disabled) This enables or disables boot with initialization of a minimal set of device required to launch active boot option.
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Update System BIOS (Disabled) This enables or disables to update system BIOS. Boot mode select (LEGACY) Use this to select boot mode. Boot Option #1~7 These show the boot priorities. CSM Configuration This only shows when Operation System Select had been set Manual.) Scroll to ‘CSM Configuration’ and press <Enter>...
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Option ROM Messages (Force BIOS) This allows you to set the display mode for Options ROM. Interrupt 19 Capture (Immediate) Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When set to Immediate, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.
4.9 The Exit Menu Save Changes and Exit This enables you to exit the system setup after saving the changes. Discard Changes and Exit This enables you to exit system setup without saving any changes. Save Changes and Reset This enables you to reset system setup after saving the changes. Discard Changes and Reset This enables you to reset system setup without saving any changes.
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Save as User Defaults This enables you to save the changes that you have made as user defaults. Restore User Defaults This enables you to restore the user defaults. Boot Override Use this to select the boot device.
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