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Technical Manual Intel Apollo Lake Series CPU Based IPC M/B NO. G03-NF841V-F Revision: 1.0 Release date: June 14, 2022 Trademark: * Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.
Environmental Safety Instruction Avoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in any area where it may become wet. 0 to 60 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request of the main chipset) ...
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Chapter 1 Introduction of the Motherboard Feature of Motherboard Onboard Intel ® Apollo Lake Series Processor, with low power consumption and high performance Support 1* DDR3L 1866MHz SO-DIMM with maximum memory capacity up to Integrated with 2* Intel i225V 2.5Gigabit Ethernet LAN chip ...
Specification Spec Description 6 layers; PCB size: 10 x 16.7 cm Design ® Intel Apollo Lake series CPU Embedded CPU * for detailed CPU support information please visit our website 1* DDR3L SODIMM Slot for un-buffered DDR3L 1866 MHz Memory Slot SDRAM, expandable to 8GB in total ...
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JATX_AT (3-pin): ATX Mode/ AT Mode Select PITCH=2.54mm JATX_AT *ATX Mode Selected: Press power button to power on after power input ready; AT Mode Selected: Directly power on as power input ready. Pin 1&2 of J1 (8-pin): Clear ME Settings ( Clear ME RTC ) PITCH=2.54mm →...
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Pin 3&4 of J1 (8-pin): Clear CMOS RAM Settings PITCH=2.54mm Pin 5&6 of J1 (8-pin): ME Disable ( TXE Override Setting ) PITCH=2.54mm → Pin 5&6 of J1 ME Disable Pin1 5-6 Open: Enable Security Measures in the Flash Descriptor(Default); Pin1 5-6 Closed: Disable Security Measures in the Flash Descriptor(Override).
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Pin 7&8 of J1 (8-pin): Case Open Detection PITCH=2.54mm Pin (7&8) short: When Case open function pin short to GND, the Case open function was detected. When used, needs to enter BIOS and enable ‘Case Open Detect’ function. In this case if your case is removed, next time when you restart your computer, a message will be displayed on screen to inform you of this.
Connectors and Headers 2-2-1 Connectors (1) Rear I/O Connectors *Refer to Page-3: Rear IO Panel Diagram. Icon Name Function For user to connect compatible power 12V DC-in Power adapter to provide power supply for the Connector system. To connect USB keyboard, mouse or other devices compatible with USB specification.
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(2) CPUFAN1 (4-pin): CPUFAN Connector CPUFAN1 Control Fan Speed +12V Fan Power Pin1 (3) SYSFAN1 (4-pin): SYSFAN Connector SYSFAN1...
Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS Notice! The BIOS options in this manual are for reference only. Different configurations may lead to difference in BIOS screen and BIOS screens in manuals are usually the first BIOS version when the board is released and may be different from your purchased motherboard. Users are welcome to download the latest BIOS version form our official website.
Press <Del> to enter Setup/ Press <F7> to enter Popup Menu. BIOS Menu Screen The following diagram show a general BIOS menu screen: Menu Bar General Help Items Current Setting Value Menu Items Function Keys...
Function Keys In the above BIOS Setup main menu of, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: ...
Advanced To change system advanced configuration Chipset To change chipset configuration Security Password settings Boot To change boot settings Save & Exit Save setting, loading and exit options. User can press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard to switch from menu bar. The selected one is highlighted.
System Date Set the date. Please use [Tab] to switch between date elements. System Time Set the time. Please use [Tab] to switch between time elements. 3-7 Advanced Menu OS Selection The optional settings: [Windows]; [Intel Linux]; [MSDOS]. * Note: User need to go to this item to select the OS mode before installing corresponding OS driver, otherwise problems will occur when installing the driver.
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► Trusted Computing Press [Enter] to enable or disable ‘Security Device Support’. Configuration Security Device Support Use this item to enable or disable BIOS support for security device, O.S will not show security device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. The optional settings: [Disabled];...
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ERP Support Use this item to Energy-Related Products function The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. This item should be set as [Disabled] if you wish to have all active wake-up functions. Case Open Detect Use this item to detect case has already open or not, show message in POST. The optional settings: [Disabled];...
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WatchDog Wake-up Timer Unit The optional settings are: [Sec.]; [Min.]. ATX Power Emulate AT Power This item support Emulate AT power function, MB power On/Off control by power supply. Use needs to select ‘AT or ATX Mode’ on MB jumper at first (refer to AT_MODE jumper setting Pin 1&2 of for ATX Mode &...
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The optional settings: [None]; [Even]; [Odd]; [Mark]; [Space]. Even: parity bit is 0 if the data bits is odd; Odd: parity bit is 0 if num of 1’s in the data bits is odd; Mark: parity bit is always 1; Space: Parity bit is always 0; Mark and Space Parity do not allow for error detection.
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[VT400]. Redirection After BIOS POST The optional settings are: [Always Enable]; [BootLoader]. Whet Bootloader is selected, then Lagacy Console Redirection is disabled before booting to legacy OS. When Always Enable is selected, then Legacy Console is enabled for legacy OS. Default setting for this option is set to Always Enable.
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Flow Control Flow control can prevent data loss from buffer overflow. When sending data, if the receiving buffers are full, a “stop” signal can be sent to stop the data flow. Once the buffers are empty, a “start” signal can be sent to re-start the flow. Hardware flow control uses two wires to send start/stop signals.
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CPUFAN/SYSFAN1 Idle-Speed Temperature Use this item to set CPUFAN /SYSFAN idle speed temperature. Fan will run at idle speed when below this pre-set temperature. CPUFAN/SYSFAN Idle-Speed Duty Use this item to set CPUFAN/SYSFAN idle speed duty. Fan will run at idle speed when below this pre-set duty.
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7]; [Core C6]; [Core C1]; [Unlimited]. Network Stack Configuration Press [Enter] to go to ‘Network Stack’ screen to make further settings. Network Stack The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. When set as [Enabled], the following sub-items shall appear: Ipv4 PXE Support The optional settings are: [Disabled];...
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This item controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage OpROM. The optional settings are: [Do not launch]; [UEFI]; [Legacy]. Video This item controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Video OpROM. The optional settings are: [UEFI]; [Legacy]. Other PCI devices This item determines OpROM execution policy for devices other than Network, storage or video.
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Use this item to 1 to 60 minute(s) USB Wake-up from S4 Use this item to enable or disable USB wakeup from S4. **Note: USB Wake-up is affected by ERP function in S4. Please disable ERP before activating this function in S4. ...
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The optional settings: [Auto]; [Manual]. ‘Auto’ uses default value: for a root port it is 100 ms, for a hub port the delay is taken from hub descriptor. Select [Manual] you can set value for the following sub-item: ‘Device Power-up Delay in Seconds’.
3-8 Chipset Menu ► Uncore Configuration Press [Enter] to make settings for the following sub-items: GTT Size The optional settings are: [2MB]; [4MB]; [8MB]. DVMT Pre-Allocated Use this item to select DVMT 5.0 pre-allocated (fixed) graphics memory size used by the internal graphics device. The optional settings are: [64M];...
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graphics device. The optional settings are: [128M]; [256M]; [MAX]. Primary IGFX Boot Display Use this item to select the video device which will be activated during POST. This has no effect if external graphics present. Secondary boot display selection will appear based on your selection.
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The default setting is: [AHCI]. SATA Port SATA Port Use this item to enable or disable each SATA port. The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Use this item to enable or disable M.2 SATA port. The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. HD-Audio Support Use this item to enable or disable HD-Audio Support.
3-9 Security Menu Security menu allow users to change administrator password and user password settings. Administrator Password If there is no password present on system, please press [Enter] to create new administrator password. If password is present on system, please press [Enter] to verify old password then to clear/change password.
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administrator password. Secure Boot Press [Enter] to make customized secure settings: Secure Boot Control The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Secure Boot can be enabled if 1. System running in user mode with enrolled Platform Key (PK); 2. CSM function is disabled. Secure Boot Mode The optional settings are: [Standard];...
Platform Key (PK)/Key Exchange Keys/Authorized Signature/Forbidden Signature/ Authorized TimeStamps/OS Recovery Signatures Use this item to enroll Factory Defaults or load the keys from a file with: 1. Public Key Certificate in: a) EFI_SIGNATURE_LIST b) EFI_ CERT_X509 (DER encoded) c) EFI_ CERT_RSA2048 (bin) d) EFI_ CERT_SHA256 (bin) 2.
Bootup Numlock State Use this item to select keyboard numlock state. The optional settings are: [On]; [Off]. Quiet Boot The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Boot Option Priorities Boot Option #1 Use this item to decide system boot order from available options. 3-11 Save &...
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Discard Changes and Reset This item allows user to reset the system without saving any changes. Restore Defaults Use this item to restore /load default values for all the setup options. Save as User Defaults Use this item to save the changes done so far as user defaults. Restore User Defaults Use this item to restore defaults to all the setup options.
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