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To minimize pollution and ensure utmost protection of the global environment, please recycle the product. For more information about the collection and recycling of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), you are invited to visit our homepage at www.aopen.com under “Green Products” 廃棄上の指示...
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Pour plus d’informations sur la gestion des déchets d’Equipements Electriques et Electroniques (DEEE ou WEEE), vous êtes invité à visiter notre site à www.aopen.com sous “ Green Products”. Entsorgungsanleitung (German) Zum besseren Schutze unseres Planeten, schmeissen Sie elektrische Geräte bitte nicht in öffentliche Mülleimer.
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For ĺ beskytte vĺr natur og miljř, vennligst resirkuler dette produk- tet. For mer informasjon om oppsamling og resirkulering i henhold til Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), se vĺr hjemmeside pĺ www.aopen. com under “Green Products”. Programa de Tratamento de Resíduos de Equipamentos Eléctricos e Electrónicos (Portugese)
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Note: This contains knowledge you should know when assem- bling or using this AOpen product, or some helpful tip. Tip: This Tip tells you some useful information that will make your installation go smoothly.
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2.1 Installation Overview Generally, when installing a new motherboard and peripherals into a chassis, people typically follow a certain order of steps for the installation. The list below are the general steps: Start 1. Installing CPU 2.
2.2 Installing the CPU This socket supports uFCPGA package CPU, which is the latest CPU package developed by Intel. Other forms of CPU package are impossible to be fi tted in. 1. Unscrew socket screw counter- clockwise. 2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a golden arrow on the CPU upper interface.
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Support CPU Table Vendor Processor Stepping CPUID Ratio Speed BIOS Notice Date Cache Link Intel Core i5 520M(ES) 2.40GHz 2400MHz R1.01 or later 2010.07.26 Intel Core i5 450M(ES) 2.40GHz 2400MHz R1.01 or later 2010.07.26 Intel Celeron P6000 1.86GHz 2400MHz R1.01 or later 2010.07.26 Intel Core i3-370M(ES)
2.3 Installing CPU Cooler 1. Remove the four screws of the CPU heatsink and take the bracket from heatsink. 2. Tear off the label from bracket for easily pasted on the bottom of main board. 3. Place bracket properly on the back side as picture. 4.
2.4 Installing CPU and System Fans Plug the CPU fan cable to the CPU FAN connector. If you have a chassis fan, you can also plug it into the SYSFAN connector. Note: Some fans do not have a sensor pin, so fan monitoring is not supported.
2.5 Installing Memory Module The motherboard provide SODIMM type memory support. There’re two SODIMM memory slots which motherboard provided. The installation of memory module as below. 1. Put the memory module with correct direction. Notice there’s one stick to make sure direction is correct. 2.
2.6 Installing SATA Cable The mother board provides three SATA connectors. Connect SATA cable to the on board SATA connector. You can fi nd SATA cable in our package. (this is SATA signal cable) And please also connect 5V power connector with SATA power cable.
2.7 Connecting Front Panel Cable Attach the power LED, speaker and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep fl ashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your housing, which is a 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel.
2.8 Connecting USB 2.0 This motherboard provides eight USB 2.0 ports to connect USB devices such as mouse, keyboard, modem, printer, etc. There are four ports on the back panel. You can use proper cables to connect Front USB connector to USB modules or chassis front panel.
2.9 Connecting Front Audio If the chassis is designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to the front panel through this connector. Please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable.
This motherboard provides one serial ports. COM1 is on the motherboard. with the proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis. Pin 1 DCD# SOUT DTR# RTS# CTS# COM1 Port Note: You could contact AOpen, if you don’t have suitable cable.
2.11 JP14 Clear CMOS Jumper You can clear CMOS to restore system default settings. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 3.
2.12 Mini Card PCI Express Mini Card is a replacement for the Mini PCI form factor based on PCI Express. And motherboard provides two Mini Card slot for uesrs to up- grade his PC functions . Now , the Mini card can support: 1.Wireless LAN card 2.TV tuner card 3.Intel Turbo Memory...
The PCI Express 2.0 x16 is a bus interface targeted for high-performance 3D Grahpic. When installation and removing expansion cards, Please make sure that you umplug the power supply fi rst . Note: You could contact AOpen, if you don’t have suitable cable.
2.14 7.1 Channel Audio This motherboard comes with an Azalia (Realtek ALC888) codec, which supports the latest 7.1 Channel sound with high quality audio effects, bringing you an excellent audio experience. This motherboard provides 7.1 Channel ports as shown below. The diagram represents the standard location of all speakers for 7.1 Channel sound use.
2.15 SPDIF Out The SPDIF connector provides digital audio out to an external audio system , and support digital optical audio . 2.16 Gigabit LAN One of the strengths is the Intel Gigabit LAN controller on board, this mother board provides 10/100/1000Mbps Ethernet for offi ce and home use. The Ethernet RJ45 connector is located above the USB connectors.
2.17 e-SATA eSATA (external Serial ATA) is an external interface for SATA technologies. It competes with FireWire 400 and universal serial bus (USB) 2.0 to provide fast data transfer speeds for external storage devices. eSATA lets external drives communicate at the same speed as internal drives, so the technology would be welcome for those trying to back up digital photo archives or who need added capacity for storing digital music or recording video.
2.19 DVI The Digital Visual Interface (DVI) is a video interface standard designed to maximize the visual quality of digital display devices such as fl at panel LCD computer displays and digital projectors. You can connect the system to an LCD monitor , The video signal connector from LCD monitor connects to the DVI connector through a DVI cable .
BIOS. The BIOS provides critical low-level sup- port for standard devices such as hard disk drives USB ports . AOpen’s R&D engineering team has prtimized most BIOS settings of this moth- erboard. However, Some default Setting of the BIOS cannot fi ne-tune items that are controlled by chipset.
3.7 Security Security > Administrator Password Security > User Password 3.8 Save & Exit Security > Administrator Password Save & Exit > Save Changes and Exit Press<Enter> on this item and press the <Y> key . This exits the BIOS setup without saving the changes made in BIOS Setup to CMOS.
Chapter 4 Installing Drivers 4.1 Driver Install Utility You can use the autorun menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver from the icons at left side, and then click on the “GO” button to complete instal- lation automatically. Install Driver Install Utility Browse CD...
Chapter 5 Troubleshooting 5.1 Troubleshooting Steps You are welcome to visit our technical website to learn more about these features. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add- on cards and cables including VGA, IDE, DFF, COM1, COM2, printer and other external devices.
Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. We invite you to register at http://www.aopen.com to become a Gold Member of Club AOpen so as to ensure quality service in the future. In order to maintain the best service to every customer, we recommend you to follow the procedures below and seek help from our branches according to the region you purchased the product.
BIOS Version BIOS version can be found when you enter to BIOS setting pattern. For example: 1.00 is BIOS version Register Your Motherboard You can fi nd this bar code label on the outside packing or on the component side of the PCB. For example: P/N: 91881102010 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is the serial number.
Online Manuals: To download a manual, please log on and then select your preferred language. Under “Type¨ directly, choose “Manuals¨ to go to our manual database. You can also fi nd the manual and EIG in AOpen Bonus Pack. http://www.aopen.com > Chose Territory > Download RCL: We recommend you to choose board/ card/device from the compatibility test reports for assembling your PC.
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