AIMB-786 LGA1151 Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3 ATX with
Triple Display, Dual GbE LAN, SATA 3.0, USB 3.1, DDR4
Startup Manual
Packing List
Before you begin installing your card, please make sure that
the following items have been shipped:
• 1 AIMB-786 motherboard
• 1 AIMB-786 Startup Manual
• 2 Serial ATA HDD data cables
• 2 Serial ATA HDD power cables
• 1 I/O port bracket
If any of these items are missing or damaged, please con-
tact your distributor or sales representative immediately.
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Specifications
Standard Functions
• CPU: LGA1151 socket supporting 8/9th Gen Intel®
Core™ i7/i5/i3 and Pentium®/Celeron® processors
• BIOS: AMI 256 Mbit SPI BIOS
• Chipset: Intel® Q370 PCH
• System memory: Up to 64 GB in four 288-pin DIMM
sockets, supporting dual-channel DDR4 2400/2666
SDRAM. AIMB-786 supports non-ECC unbuffered DIMMs
and does not support any memory configuration that
mixes non-ECC with ECC unbuffered DIMMs.
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This manual is for the AIMB-786 series Rev. A1.
Part No. 2001078612
Printed in China
Specifications (Cont.)
Note:
• SATA interface: Five onboard Serial ATA 3.0 connec-
tors support data transmission rates of up to 600 MB/s.
All five SATA 3.0 ports support Advanced Host Controller
Interface (AHCI) technology.
• PCIe and PCI slots: 1 PCIe x16 expansion slot, 4 PCIe
x4 expansion slots, 2 PCI slots 32-bit/33 MHz PCI 2.2
compliant
• LPC interface: Advantech-designed LPC connector sup-
ports dTPM 2.0 module.
• Serial ports: Six serial ports: COM1, COM2 and COM4 ~
6 are RS-232; COM3 is RS-232/422/485 with jumper and
BIOS menu options.
• Keyboard/mouse connector: An external keyboard and
mouse connector on the motherboard is supported. No
PS/2 keyboard/mouse connector is supported in the rear
I/O.
• Watchdog timer: 255 sec timer intervals
• USB 3.1/2.0: 2 USB 3.1 (Gen 2) ports on rear with up to
10 Gb/s data rate, 4 USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (2 rear, 2 via
header), 7 USB 2.0 ports (4 rear, 2 via header, 1 internal
Type-A)
Graphics Interface
• Chipset: CPU integrated graphics controller
• Display memory: 1 GB maximum shared memory with 2
GB and above system memory installed
• DisplayPort: Resolution up to 4096 x 2304 @ 60 Hz
refresh rate
• DVI-D: Resolution up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz refresh
rate
• VGA: Resolution up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz refresh rate
Ethernet Interface
• Interface: 10/100/1000 Mbps
• Controller: LAN1: Intel® I219-LM; LAN2: Intel® I210-AT
Mechanical and Environmental
• Dimensions (L x W): 304.8 x 244 mm (12" x 9.6")
• Power supply voltage: +3.3 V, +5 V, +12 V, +5 Vsb
• Power consumption:
Intel® Core™ i7-8700 3.2 GHz; DDR4 16 GB x 4
Maximum: +3.3 V at 2.8 A, +5 V at 1.77 A, +12 V at 3.77 A,
+5 Vsb at 0.1 A, -5 V at 0.06 A, -12 V at 0.04 A
• Operating temperature: 0 ~ 60 °C (depending on CPU)
• Weight of board: 0.7 kg (1.54 lb)
3rd Edition
February 2023
Due to the inherent limitations of PC architecture,
the system may not fully detect 64 GB RAM
when 64 GB RAM is installed.
AIMB-786 Startup Manual 1
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