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AS-C76 User’s Manual Copyright Copyright 2013 All rights reserved. This document is copyrighted and all rights are reserved. The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice to make improvements to the products. This document contains proprietary information and protected by copyright. No part of this document may be reproduced, copied, or translated in any form or any means without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
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AS-C76 User’s Manual Packing List Please check package component before you use our products. Hardware: AS-C76 ATX motherboard x 1 Cable Kit: SATA Cable x 2 (OALSATA3-L)/ (1040529) USB Cable x 1(Option) (OALUSBA-1)/ (1040172) DB25 & DB9 cable x 1...
AS-C76 User’s Manual Chapter1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> AS-C76 is the motherboard with last Intel desktop technology with ATX form factor. Based ® ® on Intel Q77, the board integrates I3/I5/I7/Pentium processor 1155-pin socket, DDR3 ® memory socket, Intel HD Graphic technology, Serial ATA II with RAID function for a powerful desktop system.
AS-C76 User’s Manual 1.2 <Product Specification> General Specification Form Factor ATX motherboard ® 3rd Generation Intel® I3/I5/I7/Pentium processor With LGA1155 socket Package type: FCLGA 1155 Memory 4 x 240-pin DDR3 1066/1333MHz SDRAM up to 32GB Unbufferred, none-ECC memory supported only Chipset Intel®...
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AS-C76 User’s Manual Ethernet Interface Controller One Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controller One Intel 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet support iAMT8.0 Type Triple speed 10/100/1000Base-T Auto-switching Fast Ethernet Full duplex, IEEE802.3U compliant Connector Two External RJ45 connectors with LED on rear I/O panel...
AS-C76 User’s Manual 1.3 <Block Diagram> CRT & DVI 1 x PCI slot & 1 x Mini PCI 4 x 240-pin DDR3 1066/1333MHz up to 32GB Bridge 4 x Serial ATAII 2 x Serial ATAIII Intel 82574L 8 x USB2.0 ports 4 x USB3.0 ports...
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.3 <Connector Reference> 2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> Connector Function Remark LGA1155 CPU socket DDRIIIA1/2&B1/2 240 –pin DDR3 SDRAM DIMM socket S_ATA3/4/5/6 7-pin Serial ATA II connector S_ATA1/2 7-pin Serial ATA III connector 24-pin power supply connector CN_12V 8-pin +12V additional power supply connector...
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup> 2.4.1 <CPU installation> AS-C76 has a LGA1155 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the processor properly. Attention If AS-C76 need RMA please Keep CPU socket cover on the CPU Socket.
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.4.2 <Memory installation> AS-C76 has four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM support up to 32GB of memory capacity. The memory frequency supports 1066/1333 MHz. Only Non-ECC memory is supported. DDR3 A1/2 DDR3 B1/2 96-pin 144-pin Please check the pin number to match the socket side well...
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.5 <CMOS Setup> The board’s data of CMOS can be setting in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due to inappropriate CMOS settings, here is how to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS to its default values.
2.6 <Serial ATA installation> AS-C76 has Four Serial ATA II & Two Serial ATA III interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial ATA II can be up to 300MB/s & Serial ATA III can be up to 600MB/s.
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.7 <LAN installation> The board integrates with one Intel 82574L Gigabit Ethernet controllers and one Intel 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet , as the PCI Express bus. The Intel 82574L & 82579LM supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported.
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.8 <Onboard Display Interface> Based on Intel Q77 chipset with built-in graphics, the board provides one DB15 Connector on real external I/O port and the board also provides 20-pin DVI interface Notice: When you install any PCI Graphic card, the onboard graphics would be disabled automatically.
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.8.2 <DVI Display > The board also comes with a DVI interface with Chrontel for digital video interface. Connector: CN_DVI Connector type: 20-pin header connector (pitch = 2.00mm) Pin Number Assignment Pin Number Assignment +3.3V Ground TMDSTX0N...
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.9 <Audio Installation> The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 codec, with Intel next generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio, it offers more vivid sound and other advantages than former HD audio compliance.
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AS-C76 User’s Manual Connector: CN_AUDIO Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm) Description Description MIC_L Ground MIC_R ACZ_DET Speaker_R MIC Detect SENSE Speaker_L Speaker Detect Connector: CDIN Type: 4-pin header (pitch = 2.54mm) Description CD – Left Ground Ground CD –...
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.10 <GPIO and SMBUS interface> The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface, and a SMBUS (System management bus) interface for control panel application. Connector: CN_DIO Type: onboard 2 x 6-pin header, pitch=2.0mm Description Description Ground...
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.11 <USB Installation> AS-C76 integrates eight USB2.0 ports. The specifications of USB2.0 are listed below: Interface USB2.0 Controller Intel Q77 PCH Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb/s Voltage AS-C76 integrates four USB3.0 ports. The specifications of USB3.0 are listed below: Interface USB3.0...
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.12 <Power and Fan Installation> The AS-C76 provides a standard ATX power supply with 24-pin ATX connector and additional 12V connector, and the board provides one 4-pin fan connectors supporting smart fan for CPU cooler and one 3-pin cooler fan connectors for system and Northbridge chip.
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.13 <Serial Port> The board supports Three RS232 serial port and one jumper selectable RS232/422/485 serial ports. The jumper JCSEL1 & JCSEL2 can let you configure the communicating modes for COM2. COM1 COM3 COM2 Connector: COM2 Type: 9-pin header connector for COM2...
AS-C76 User’s Manual 2.14 <Switch and Indicator> The JFRNT provides front control panel of the board, such as power button, reset and beeper, etc. Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis. Connector: JFRNT Type: onboard 14-pin (2 x 7) 2.54-pitch header...
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AS-C76 User’s Manual Chapter 3 <System Configuration> 3.1 <SATA configuration> SATA Mode: This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal IDE mode or RAID mode. The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied.
AS-C76 User’s Manual 3.2 <SATA RAID Configuration> The board integrates Intel® Q77 PCH with RAID function for Serial ATA II drives, and supports the configurations below: RAID 0 (Stripping): Two hard drives operating as one drive for optimized data R/W performance.
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AS-C76 User’s Manual Please press <CTRL+I> to enter the RAID configuration menu. You can setup the RAID under operation system for Microsoft® Windows XP SP1, please install the Intel® Application Accelerator Ver.4.5 later to support RAID configuration with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology.
AS-C76 User’s Manual 3.3 <Audio Configuration> The board integrates Intel® Q77 PCH with REALTEK® ALC888 codec. It can support 2-channel sound under system configuration. Please follow the steps below to setup your sound system. Install REALTEK HD Audio driver. Lunch the control panel and Sound Effect Manager.
AS-C76 User’s Manual 3.4 <Display Properties Setting> Based on Intel Q77 with HD Graphic, the board supports two DACs for display device as different resolution and color bit. Please install the Intel Graphic Driver before you starting setup display devices.
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AS-C76 User’s Manual This setup options can let you define each device settings. Click Monitor to setup the CRT monitor for Colors, Resolution and Refresh Rate Click Intel® Dual Display Clone setup dual display mode as same screen...
AS-C76 User’s Manual Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup> The motherboard uses the Phoenix BIOS for the system configuration. The Phoenix BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial standard BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 and compatible CPU architecture based processors and computers.
AS-C76 User’s Manual Chapter 4 <TPM Setup> Trusted Platform Module (TPM) function For further instruction about the , please refer to the Commell_tmp_acronym_glossary_v010.pdf Figure 4-1 TPM Setup Utility Main Screen...
AS-C76 User’s Manual Appendix B <Programming GPIO’s> The GPIO’can be programmed with the MSDOS debug program using simple IN/OUT commands.The following lines show an example how to do this. GPIO0…..GPIO7 bit0……bit7 -o 2E 87 ;enter configuration -o 2E 87 -o 2E 07 -o 2F 09 ;enale GPIO function...
AS-C76 User’s Manual Appendix C <Watch Dog timer Setting > The watchdog timer makes the system auto-reset while it stops to work for a period. The integrated watchdog timer can be setup as system reset mode by program. Timeout Value Range...
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