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NF541S Series User’s Manual NO. G03-NF541S-F Revision: 2.0 Release date: December 13, 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 ® Bay Trail Series Processor, with low power consumption never denies high performance Integrated with C-Media HS-100B Audio chip Support 1* DDR3L 1066/1333 MHz SO-DIMM, up to 8GB ...
Specification Spec Description 6 layers; PCB size: 10 x 16.7 cm Design ® Integrated with Intel Bay Trail-D/M/I series CPU Embedded CPU 1 * DDR3L SODIMM Slot for un-buffered DDR3L 1066/1333 MHz Memory Slot SDRAM, expandable to 8GB in total ...
1* CPUFAN header 1* SYSFAN header 1* Front panel header 1* GPIO_CON header 1* SPEAK_CON header 1* J1 jumper & header block Layout Diagram Rear IO Panel Diagram: VGA Port USB 2.0 Ports 12V DC-in RJ-45 LAN Ports Power Connector...
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Motherboard Internal Diagram-Front Side BATCON Jumper: JPCOM1 J1 Block (Jumper & Header Combination) Speaker Header SYSFAN1 Header Line-Out Port (Top) & MIC Port (Bottom) 2.5’’ HDD Connector PCIE1: Sideway PCI Express x1 Slot (SATA-HDD1) VGA Port (Top)& COM1 Serial Port (Bottom) *SIM Card Slot Front Panel Header...
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Motherboard Internal Diagram-Back Side *Intel CPU Note: CPU is the most important part of the board and very fragile to any possible harm. Make sure that there is no damage to the CPU during any installation procedures!
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Jumper Jumper Name Description JBAT_MERTC Pin (1&3): Clear ME Function Setting 4-Pin Block (2.54 pitch) Pin (2&4): Clear CMOS RAM Function Setting Pin (1&2): ATX Mode / AT Mode Select 10-Pin Block Pin(3&4): Case Open Message Display Function (2.54 pitch) Pin (9&10): ME Security Measure Function Select JPCOM1 COM1 Port Pin9 Function Select...
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Pin(2&4)of JBAT_MERTC (4-pin): Clear CMOS Setting (2.54 pitch) Pin (1&2) of J1 (10-pin): ATX Mode/AT Mode Select (2.54 pitch) Pin (1&2) of J1 ATX/AT Mode Select Pin1 1-2 Open: ATX Mode Selected(Default); Pin1 1-2 Closed: AT Mode Selected. *ATX Mode Selected: Press power button to power on after power input ready; AT Mode Selected: Directly power on as power input ready.
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Pin (3&4)of J1 (10-pin):Case Open Message Display Function Select (2.54 pitch) Pin (3&4) of J1 Case Open Pin1 3-4 Open: Normal(Default); Pin1 3-4 Closed: Case Open Function. Selected(One Touch). Pin (3&4) Closed: When Case open function pin short to GND, the Case open function was detected.
JPCOM1 (4-pin): COM1 Port Pin9 Function Select (2.54 pitch) 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 adapter to provide power supply for the 12V DC-in Power Connector system.
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To connect USB keyboard, mouse or other devices compatible with USB specification. USB 3.0 Port USB 3.0 ports supports up to 5Gbps data transfer rate. To connect display device that support HDMI HDMI Port specification. This connector is standard RJ-45 LAN jack RJ-45 LAN Port for Network connection.
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(2) COM1 (9-pin Block): RS232/422/485 Port COM1 port can function as RS232/422/485 port. In normal settings COM1 functions as RS232 port. With compatible COM cable COM1 can function as RS422 or RS485 port. User also needs to go to BIOS to set ‘Transmission Mode Select’ for COM1 (refer to Page 22) at first, before using specialized cable to connect different pins of this...
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.
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: ...
Press <+>/<–> keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option. [F1]: General help. [F2]: Previous value. [F3]: Optimized defaults. [F4]: Save & Exit. Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup. Getting Help Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the top right...
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. System Date Set the date. Please use [Tab] to switch between data elements. System Time Set the time.
3-7 Advanced Menu OS Selection The optional settings: [Windows 8.X]; [Linux/Android]; [Windows 7]. *Note: User needs to go to this item to select OS before installing OS. If Windows Embedded standard 8, please select [Windows 8x] and set “USB 3.0 Support”...
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The optional settings are: [Suspend Disabled]; [S3 (Suspend to RAM)]. Super I/O Configuration Press [Enter] to make settings for the following sub-items: Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Configuration Press [Enter] to make settings for the following items: Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable serial port (COM).
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When set as [Enabled], system will detect if COPEN has been short or not (refer to Page 9, J1 jumper setting for Case Open Detection); if Pin 3 & 4 of J1 is short, system will show Case Open Message during POST WatchDog Reaset Timer Use this item to enable or disable WatchDog Timer Control.
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The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. When set as [Enabled], user can make further settings in the ‘Console Redirection Settings’ screen: Console Redirection Settings The settings specify how the host computer and the remote computer (which the user is using) will exchange data. Both computers should have the same or compatible settings.
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Redirection After BIOS POST The optional settings are: [Always Enable]; [BootLoader]. Serial Port for Out-of-Band Management/ Windows Emergency Management Services (EMS) Console Redirection The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. When set as [Enabled], user can make further settings in ‘Console Redirection Settings’: ...
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PC Health Status Press [Enter] to view current hardware health status, set shutdown temperature, or make further settings in ‘Smart Fan Configuration’. SmartFAN Configuration Press [Enter] to make settings for SmartFAN Configuration: CPUFAN / SYSFAN Smart Mode The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. When set as [Enabled], the following sub-items shall appear: CPUFAN / SYSFAN Full-Speed Temperature Use this item to set CPUFAN/SYSFAN1/ SYSFAN2 full speed temperature.
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This item should be set as [Disabled] for Windows XP. Execute Disable Bit The optional settings: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Hardware Prefetcher The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. Use this item to turn on/off the Mid Level Cache (L2) streamer prefetcher. Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch The optional settings are: [Disabled];...
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When set as [Enabled], the following items shall appear: SATA Speed Support The item is for user to set the maximum speed the SATA controller can support. The optional settings are: [Gen1]; [Gen2]. SATA Mode The optional settings are: [IDE Mode]; [AHCI Mode]. SATA Port/ m-SATA The optional settings are: [Enabled];...
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This item controls the execution of UEFI and legacy PXE OpROM. The optional settings are: [Do not launch]; [UEFI only]; [Legacy only]. Storage This item controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage OpROM. The optional settings are: [Do not launch]; [UEFI only]; [Legacy only]. Other PCI devices This item determines OpROM execution policy for devices other than Network, storage or video.
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USB Configuration Press [Enter] to make settings for the following sub-items: USB Configuration Legacy USB Support The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]; [Auto]. [Enabled]: To enable legacy USB support. [Disabled]: To keep USB devices available only for EFI specification, [Auto]: To disable legacy support if no USB devices are connected.
Select [Manual] you can set value for the following sub-item: ‘Device Power-up Delay in Seconds’. Device Power-up Delay in Seconds The delay range is from [1] to [40] seconds, in one second increments. Intel(R) I211 Gigabit Network Connection- XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX ...
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The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [LITE Mode]; [SERPENT Mode]. 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]; [96M]; [128M]; [160M]; [192M]; [224M]; [256M]; [288M];...
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The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. Audio Controller Use this item to control detection of the Azalia device. The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enabled]. [Disabled]: Azalia will be unconditionally disabled; [Enabled]: Azalia will be unconditionally enabled. Azalia Internal HDMI Codec Use this item to enable or disable internal HDMI codec for Azalia.
3-10 Boot Menu Boot Configuration Setup Prompt Timeout Use this item to set number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. Bootup Numlock State Use this item to select keyboard numlock state. The optional settings are: [On]; [Off]. Quiet Boot The optional settings are: [Disabled];...
The optional settings are: [UEFI:Built-in EFI Shell]; [Disabled]. 3-11 Save & Exit Menu Save Changes and Reset This item allows user to reset the system after saving the changes. 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.
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Boot Override Boot Override UEFI:xx/… Press this item to select the device as boot disk after save configuration and reset. Reset System with TXE disable Mode Press [Enter] for TXE to run into the temporary disable mode. Ignore if TXE Ignition...
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