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Trademark All trademarks are the property of their respective holders. Any questions please visit our website at h ttp://www.commell.com.tw...
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LV-67N User’s Manual Packing List: Please check the package content before you starting using the board. Hardware: LV-67N Mini-ITX Motherborad x 1 Cable Kit: SATA Cable x 2 (OALSATA3-L) USB2.0 Cable x 1 (1040529) (OALUSBA-1) (1040172) DVI VGA Cable x 1 (OALDVIVGA) (1040078) USB3.0 Cable x 1...
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LV-67N User’s Manual Chapter 1 <Introduction> 1.1 <Product Overview> LV-67N the 4 Generation Intel of the Mini-ITX Motherboard , supports 4 Generation Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3, Celeron, Pentium Desktop Processor and features Intel Q87 chipset, integrated HD Graphics, DDR3 memory, REALTEK High Definition Audio, Serial ATAIII with RAID function for a system and Intel Gigabit LAN.
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Onboard DVI, Display Port, CRT, LVDS, 2 x Gigabit LAN, USB3.0 & 2.0, Serial Port, SATAIII, IrDA, Realtek HD Audio, PCIE Mini card, PCIE x16, SMBUS, GPIO, SIM, LPC, mSATA The specifications may be different as the actual production. For further product information please visit the website at http://www.commell.com.tw...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 1.4 <Block Diagram> Generation Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3, Celeron, Pentium Processor 1 x PCI Express x16 2 x 240-pin DDR3 LO-DIMM 1333/1600 MHz 1 x DVI up to 16GB 1 x Display port 1 x LVDS 2 x PCI Express mini card 1 x CRT 6 x USB 3.0...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.2 <Jumper Location & Reference> Jumper Function JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting JVLCD Panel Voltage Setting Power mode select Com1 Voltage Setting (For Pin 9) Com2 Voltage Setting (For Pin 9) JCSEL1 COM2 RS-232 RS422 RS485 Setting JCSEL2 CN_IR IrDA Setting JVUSB USB Voltage Setting...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.3 <Connector Reference> 2.3.1 <Internal Connectors> Connector Function Remark LGA1150 CPU Socket SO-DIMM 1/2 240 -pin DDR3 LO-DIMM socket SATAIII 1/2/3/4 7-pin Serial ATAIII connector DC_12V 4-pin +12V additional power supply connector 24-pin power supply connector CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector CDIN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup> 2.4.1 <CPU installation> LV-67N has a LGA1150 CPU socket onboard; please check following steps to install the processor properly. Attention If LV-67N need RMA please Keep CPU socket cover on the CPU Socket. Warning If CPU Socket internal Pin damage We could not provide warranty.
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.4.2 <Memory Setup> LV-67N has two 240-pin DDR3/DDR3L DIMM support up to 16GB of memory capacity and 1.5 Voltage. The memory frequency supports 1333/1600 MHz. Only Non-ECC memory is supported. DDRIII_A DDRIII_B Please check the pin number to match the socket side well before installing memory module.
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.5 <CMOS & ATX 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.
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.6 <Serial ATA Interface> LV-67N has Four Serial ATA III interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial ATA III can be up to 600MB/s, but not supports SATAII device. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/ for more about Serial ATA technology information. Based on Intel®...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.7 <Ethernet Interface> The board integrates with one Intel I210 Gigabit Ethernet & one Intel I217-LM controllers, as the PCI Express bus. The Intel I210 & I217-LM supports triple speed of 10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported. RJ45 LAN connector I217-LM I210...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.8 <Onboard Display Interface> Based on Intel Q87 chipset with built-in HD Graphic, the board provides one DVI connector & one Display port on real external I/O port, one 40-pin LVDS interface with 5-pin LCD backlight inverter connector and provides 16-pin VGA interface. The board provides dual display function with clone mode and extended desktop mode for DVI, Display port, VGA and LVDS.
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.8.2 <Digital Display> The board provides one 40-pin LVDS connector for 24-bit single/dual channel panels, supports up to 2048 x 1536 (UXGA) resolution, with one LCD backlight inverter connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting. CN_INV CN_LVDS JVLCD Effective patterns of connection: 1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6...
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LV-67N User’s Manual Connector: CN_INV Connector: JVLCD Type: 5-pin LVDS Power Header Type: 6-pin Power select Header Description Description +12V LCDVCC (3.3V) Reserved (Note) LCDVCC (5V) LCDVCC (12V) Default: 1-2 ENABKL Note: Reserved for MB internal test Please treat it as NC. Connector: CN_LVDS Type: onboard 40-pin connector for LVDS connector Connector model: HIROSE DF13-40DP-1.25V...
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LV-67N User’s Manual To setup the LCD, you need the component below: A panel with LVDS interfaces. An inverter for panel’s backlight power. A LCD cable and an inverter cable. For the cables, please follow the pin assignment of the connector to make a cable, because every panel has its own pin assignment, so we do not provide a standard cable;...
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LV-67N User’s Manual After setup the devices well, you need to select the LCD panel type in the BIOS. The panel type mapping is list below: BIOS panel type selection form (BIOS Version:1.0) Single / Dual channel Single / Dual channel Output format Output format 640 x 480...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.9 <Integrated Audio Interface> The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 code, with Intel next generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio, it offers more vivid sound and other advantages than former HD audio compliance. The main specifications of ALC888 are: High-performance DACs with 100dB S/N ratio 2 DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 2 audio solution...
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LV-67N User’s Manual Connector: CN_AUDIO Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm) Description Description MIC_L Ground MIC_R Speaker_R MIC Detect SENSE Speaker_L Speaker Detect...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.10 <USB Interface> LV-67N integrates six USB3.0 ports and four USB2.0 ports. The specifications of USB3.0 are listed below: Interface USB3.0 Intel® Q87 Controller Transfer Rate Up to 5Gb/s Voltage USB1/2/3/4 Type: USB3.0 The specifications of USB2.0 are list: Interface USB2.0 Intel®Q87...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.11 <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. COM2 COM1 Connector: COM1 Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket for COM1 Description Description Connector: COM2...
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LV-67N User’s Manual Function JCSEL2 JCSEL1 IrDA RS-422 RS-485 RS-232 Default setting: JCSEL1: (1-3, 2-4, 7-9, 8-10) JCSEL2: (1-2) Jumper: JP1/JP2 (COM1/2) Type: onboard 6-pin header Power Mode JP1/2 Pin 9 with 5V Power Pin 9 with 12V Power Standard COM port Default setting -32-...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.12 <PCIE Mini Card and SIM Interface> The board provides two PCIE mini card sockets and a SIM socket. MINI_CARD1 is the first Mini-PCIe slot for long size Mini-PCIe cards. MINI_CARD1 slot and option support mSATA. MINI_CARD2 is the second Mini-PCIe slot for long size Mini-PCIe cards. However, if you are trying to use 3G Mini-PCIe card with a SIM card then place your 3G Mini-PCIe card in this slot and put your SIM card into the SIM card socket beneath this MINI_CARD2 support 3G PCIE Mini card with SIM.
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.12.1 <SIM Setup> Step1. SIM card holder is marked by circle. Slide the cap toward OPEN direction. Step 2. Make sure that the cap is now at the OPEN position. Step 3. Flip the cap up for inserting a SIM card into.
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LV-67N User’s Manual Step 4. Insert a SIM card as shown in the photo. Be sure that the corner cut is on top and the golden pads are up. Step 5. Now, flip down the cap as shown in the photo. Step 6.
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.13 <GPIO and SMBUS Interface> The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface; you can use this general purpose I/O port for system control like POS or KIOSK, and a SMBUS (System Management Bus) interface. Connector: CN_DIO Type: 12-pin (6 x 2) header (pitch = 2.0mm) Description Description...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.14 <Power Supply and Fan Interface > 2.14.1 <Power Input> The LV-67N 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.
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.14.2 <Fan connector> The board provides one 4-pin fan connectors supporting smart fan for CPU cooler and one 3-pin cooler fan connectors for system. CPUFAN SYSFAN Connector: CPUFAN Type: 4-pin fan wafer connector Description Description Ground +12V Fan Speed Detection Fan Control Connector: SYSFAN...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 2.15 <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 Function Signal Signal...
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LV-67N User’s Manual Chapter 3 <System Setup> 3.1 <Audio Configuration> The board integrates Intel® Q87 with REALTEK® ALC888 code. 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.
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LV-67N User’s Manual 3.2 <Display Properties Setting> Based on Intel Q87 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. 1.
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LV-67N User’s Manual 3. This setup options can let you define each device settings. Click Display Settings to setup the CRT monitor for Resolution and Refresh Rate Click Multiple Displays setup the dual display mode as same screen -41-...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 3.3 <SATA configuration> SATA Mode: This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal IDE or AHCI or RAID mode. The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied. -42-...
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LV-67N User’s Manual 3.4 <SATA RAID Configuration> The board integrates Intel® Q87 PCH with RAID function for Serial ATA drives, and supports the configurations below: RAID 0 (Stripping): Two hard drives operating as one drive for optimized data R/W performance. It needs two unused drives to build this operation. RAID 1 (Mirroring): Copies the data from first drive to second drive for data security, and if one drive fails, the system would access the applications to the workable drive.
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LV-67N User’s Manual Please press <CTRL+I> to enter the RAID configuration menu. You can setup the RAID under operation system for Microsoft® Windows 7 , please install the Intel® Application Accelerator Ver.4.5 later to support RAID configuration with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology. -44-...
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LV-67N 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.
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LV-67N User’s Manual Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment> A.1 <Serial ATA Port> Connector: SATA1/2/3/4 Type: 7-pin wafer connector GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND A.2 <IrDA Port> Connector: CN_IR JCSEL1 must jump to “SIR” Type: 5-pin header for SIR Ports Description IRRX Ground...
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The board is based on Phoenix BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto flash tool. You can download the tool online at the address below: http://www.phoenix.com/en/home/ http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/Support_SBC.htm File name of the tool is “Fpt.exe”, it’s the utility that can write the data into the BIOS flash ship and update the BIOS.
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LV-67N User’s Manual Appendix C <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 2 E 87 ;enter configuration -o 2E 87 -o 2E 07 -o 2F 09 ;enale GPIO function...
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LV-67N User’s Manual Appendix D <Programming Watchdog Timer > 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 - 1 to 255 - Second or Minute Program Sample...
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