Contents Preface Copyright Notice ..............iii Declaration of Conformity ..........iii CE ..................iii FCC Class B .................iii About This User’s Manual ...........v Warning .................v Replacing the Lithium Battery ........v Technical Support ............v Warranty ................vi Environmental Protection Announcement ....vi Chapter 1 - Introduction 1.1 The Product ..............2 1.2 About This Manual............2 1.3 Specifications ..............3...
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Content Chapter 4 - BIOS 4. Introducing BIOS ............21 4.1 Entering Setup ............21 4.2 BIOS Menu Screen .............22 4.3 Function Keys .............22 4.4 Menu Bars ..............22 4.6 Main Menu ..............23 4.7 Advanced Menu ............24 4.8 Chipset ...............38 4.8.1 PCI Express Configuration .......41 4.8.2 SATA Configuration ..........41 4.8.3 USB Configuration ..........41 4.9 Security ..............42...
Preface Copyright Notice All Rights Reserved. The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve the reliability, design and function. It does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer. Under no circumstances will the manufacturer be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising from the use or inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
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Preface of SVHC (Substances of Very High Concern) in (EC) 1907/2006 (REACH --Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals) regulated by the European Union. All substances listed in SVHC < 0.1 % by weight (1000 ppm) About This User’s Manual This user’s manual provides general information and installation instructions about the product.
Preface Warranty This product is warranted to be in good working order for a period of two years from the date of purchase. Should this product fail to be in good working order at any time during this period, we will, at our option, replace or repair it at no additional charge except as set forth in the following terms.
Introduction 1.1 The Product The ITX-i92QA is a ITX form factor board of 170 mm x 210 mm to offer fast- to-market solutions with a full lineup of different form factors. Support Intel ® Generation Xeon W/ Core i3/ i5/ i7/ i9 processors and integrated Intel ®...
Before you begin installing your single board, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: 1 x ITX-i92QA Mini-ITX industrial motherboard 1 x Quick Installation Guide If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your vendor immediately.
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Introduction 1.5 Rear IO Diagram USB 3.0 Ports LAN Ports HDMI Ports - 5 -...
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Board Overview 2.2 Jumper and Connector Jumper Name Description ➊ Clear CMOS Jumper 2-pin Block ➋ AT/ATX Type Selection 2-pin Block JATMODE1 Connector Name ① System Fan Connector SYSFAN ② CPU Fan Connector CPUFAN ③ DCIN 9~36V Power input Connector PWR1 ④...
Installation & Maintenance 3.1 Jumpers & Connectors Quick Reference Jumper Name Description ➊ Clear CMOS Jumper 2-pin Block ➋ AT/ATX Type Selection 2-pin Block JATMODE1 Connector Name ① System Fan Connector SYSFAN ② CPU Fan Connector CPUFAN ③ DCIN 9~36V Power input Connector PWR1 ④...
BIOS 4. Introducing BIOS The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer, the BIOS program will gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization.
BIOS 4.2 BIOS Menu Screen The following diagram show a general BIOS menu screen: 4.3 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: The AMI BIOS provides a Setup utility program for specifying the system config- urations and settings.
BIOS 4.6 Main Menu Main menu screen includes some basic system information. Highlight the item and then use the <+> or <-> and numerical keyboard keys to select the value you want in each item. Setting Description Set the date. Please use [Tab] to switch between data System Date elements.
BIOS 4.7 Advanced Menu Setting Description CPU Configuration on page 4.7.1 CPU Configuration Trusted Computing 4.7.2 CPU Trusted Computing on page ACPI Settings 4.7.3 ACPI Settings on page 27 Super IO Configuration 4.7.4 Super IO Configuration on page Hardware Monitor 4.7.5 Hardware Monitor on page PCI Subsystem Settings...
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BIOS 4.7.1 CPU Configuration Setting Description Number of cores to enable in each processor Active Processor Cores package. Options: All (default), 1~9 ► Enabled (default) for Windows and Linux (OS optimized for Hyper-Threading Technology) and Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized or Hyper-threading Hyper-Threading Technology).
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BIOS Enable or Disable Intel virtualization technol- ogy. When enabled, a VMM can utilize the Intel (VMX) Virtualization additional hardware capabilities provide by Vanderpool Technology. Options: Enabled (default) or Disabled ► This item allows more than two frequency ranges to be supported. Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) The optional settings are: [Disabled];...
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BIOS 4.7.2 CPU Trusted Computing Setting Description Enable (default) or Disable BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not show Security De- Security Device Support vice. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available. - 26 -...
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BIOS 4.7.3 ACPI Settings Setting Description Enable ACPI Auto Con- Enable or Disable(default) BIOS ACPI Auto figuration configuration. Enable (default) or Disable System ability to Enable Hibernation Hibernate (OS/S4 Sleep State). This option may be not effective with some OS. Select the highest ACPI sleep state the sys- tem will enter when the SUSPEND button is ACPI Sleep State...
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BIOS 4.7.4 Super IO Configuration Setting Description Serial Port 1/2/3/4/5 Con- See next page. figuration - 28 -...
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BIOS Serial Port 1/2/3/4/5 Configuration Setting Description Serial Port Enable (default) or Disable Serial Port (COM). - 29 -...
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BIOS Options for Serial Port 1 Configuration: ► Serial Port:Enable (default) or Disable Serial Port (COM). Options for Serial Port 1 Mode Configuration: Mode Select: RS-232 / RS-422 / RS-485 / RS-422 Termination Resitor / RS-485 Termination Resitor Options for Serial Port 2 Configuration: ►...
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BIOS 4.7.5 Hardware Monitor Access this submenu to monitor the hardware status. Setting Description Press [Enter] to make settings for SmartFan CPUFAN SmartFan Function Configuration: SmartFAN Mode / Manual Mode Press [Enter] to make settings for SmartFan SYSFAN SmartFan Function Configuration: SmartFAN Mode / Manual Mode.
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BIOS 4.7.6 PCI Subsystem Settings Setting Description Value to be programmed into PCI Latency timer Register. PCI Latency Timer 32/64/96/128/160/192/224/248 PCI Bus Clocks ► Default: 32 PCI Bus Clocks ► Value to be programmed into PCI-X Latency Timer Reg- PCI-X Latency ister.
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BIOS 4.7.7 USB Configuration Setting Description Sets legacy USB support. Options: Enabled (default), Disabled and Auto. ► AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB Legacy USB Support devices are connected. Disable option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications. Enable (default) or Disable XHCI Hand-off This is a workaround for OSes without XHCI hand- XHCI Hand-off...
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BIOS Use this item to set the time-out value for control, bulk, USB Transfer time- and interrupt transfers. Options available are: 1 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, 20 sec (default) Use this item to set USB mass storage device start unit Device reset time- command time-out.
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BIOS 4.7.8 CSM Configuration Setting Description CSM Support Enable (default) or Disable CSM Support. Control the Legacy/UEFI ROMs priority. Boot option filter Options: UEFI and Legacy (default), Legacy only ► and UEFI only Control the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE OpROM Network Options: Do not lauch (default), UEFI and Legacy ►...
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BIOS 4.7.9 NVMe Configuration Access this submenu to view the NVMe controller and driver information. - 36 -...
BIOS 4.8 Chipset Setting Description Access this submenu to view the memory con- Memory Configuration figuration. - 37 -...
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BIOS Primary Display ► Options are: Auto(default), IGFX, PEG, and PCI. Internal Graphics ► Options are: Auto(default), Disabled, Enabled GTT Size ► Options are: 2MB/4MB/8MB(default) Graphic Configuration Aperture Size ► Options are: 128MB/256MB(default)/512MB/1 024MB/2048MB DVMT Pre-Allocated ► 32M is the default. DVMT Total Gfx Mem ►...
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BIOS VT-d Enable (default) or Disable VT-d function Enable or Disable (default) Above 4GB Above 4GB MMIO BIOS MmemoryMapped BIOS assignment. This is assignment automatically enabled when Aperture Size is set to 2048MB. See PCH-IO Configuration PCI Express Configuration See 4.8.1 PCI Express Configuration on page SATA And RST...
BIOS 4.8.1 PCI Express Configuration Setting Description PCIE1, 2 Enable (default) or disable PCIE1/2. Disable or set the ASPM level. Force L0s will force all inks to L0s state. “Auto” will allow BIOS to auto ASPM configure.”Disable” will disable ASPM. Options: Disabled (default), L0s, L1, L0sL1 and ►...
BIOS 4.9 Security Setting Description To set up an administrator password: 1. Select Administrator Password. The screen then pops up an Create New Password Administrator dialog. Password 2. Enter your desired password that is no less than 3 char- acters and no more than 20 characters. 3.
BIOS 4.10 Boot Setting Description Select the keyboard NumLock state. Boot NumLock State Options: On (default) and Off. ► Enable or Disable(default) Quiet Boot option. Quiet Boot Boot Option Priority Set the system boot priorities. Hard Drive BBS Priori- BBS means “BIOS Boot Specification”. ties Sets the order of the legacy devices in this group.
BIOS 4.11 Save & Exit Setting Description Exit system setup after saving the changes. Save Changes and Enter the item and then a dialog box pops up: ► Exit Save configuration and exit? (Yes/ No) Exit system setup without saving the changes. Discard Changes and Enter the item and then a dialog box pops up: ►...
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