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  • Page 2: Electronic Emission Notices

    Electronic Emission Notices WARNING! Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Table of Contents Motherboard Specifications ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------4 Motherboard Layout--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------6 Hardware Installation ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Safety Instructions-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------9 Installing Memory DIMMs ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Installing the Motherboard --------------------------------------------------------------------------------11 Installing the I/O Shield -------------------------------------------------------------------------------11 Securing the Motherboard into the Chassis -----------------------------------------------------11 Connecting Cables and Setting Switches -------------------------------------------------------------12 DC OUT Connector-CN13 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------13 SPDIF-Out Header-SPDIF ---------------------------------------------------------------------------14 COM Header-COM1-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------14...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Exit Menu -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------24 Save Changes and Exit ------------------------------------------------------------------------------24 Discard Changes and Exit --------------------------------------------------------------------------24 Discard Changes --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------24 Load Optimal Defaults -------------------------------------------------------------------------------24 Load Failsafe Defaults -------------------------------------------------------------------------------24 Flash Update Procedure ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------25 Installing Drivers and Software ----------------------------------------------------------------------------26 Driver Installation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------26 Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup -------------------------------------------------------------------------34 Getting Started -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------34 Sound Effect --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------34 Mixer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------36...

  • Page 5: Motherboard Specifications

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Motherboard Specifications q Chipset v Intel NM10 Family Express Chipset ® q Size mini ITX form factor of 6.7 X 6.7 inch q Microprocessor support v Integrated with Intel Atom processor D4xx and D5xx series ®...
  • Page 6 Motherboard Specifications v RTC timer to power-on the system v AC power failure recovery q Onboard Graphics support v NVIDIA GeForce GT218 ION GPU, Direct x10.1, Shader Model 4.1, ® CUDA cores up to 16 v Supports GDDR3 memory up to 512 MB v Supports Dual_Link DVI display feature and max resolutions up to 2560x1600 at 60 Hz (DVI) v DVI and HDMI dual output support...

  • Page 7: Motherboard Layout

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Motherboard Layout Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figure 2 shows the back panel connectors. 14 15 Mini_PCIEX1 CPU FAN CN13 Chipset SPDIF FP_S1 SATA-2 COM1 SATA-1 FP_U1 SYS_FAN PCIE1 Figure 1 Figure 1. Board Layout 1.
  • Page 8 Rear panel Figure 2 1. PS/2 Keyboard Port 2. USB 2.0 Ports 3. HDMI Port (Optional) 4. SPDIF Ports 5. DVI Port 6. USB 3.0 Ports 7. Port 2-Channel 4-Channel 6-Channel Blue Line-In Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Green Line-Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out...
  • Page 9 Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® 10. WiFi antenna connectors (Optional) This motherboard can support two WiFi antenna modules. Refer to the following to install the WiFi antenna modules. Step 1. Remove the red caps from the WiFi antenna connectors as shown in picture 4. Step 2.

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard. The topics covered in this section are: q Installing Memory DIMMs q Installing the motherboard q Installing the I/O Shield q Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, and injury, always follow basic safety precautions.

  • Page 11: Installing Memory Dimms

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Installing Memory DIMMs This motherboard accommodates two memory modules. It can support two 204-pin SODIMM- DDR3 800. The total memory capacity is 4 GB. You must install at least one module in any of the two slots.

  • Page 12: Installing The Motherboard

    Hardware Installation Installing the Motherboard The sequence of installing the motherboard into the chassis depends on the chassis you are using and if you are replacing an existing motherboard or working with an empty chassis. Deter- mine if it would be easier to make all the connections prior to this step or to secure the mother- board and then make all the connections.

  • Page 13: Connecting Cables And Setting Switches

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Connecting Cables and Setting Switches This section takes you through all the connectors and switch settings necessary on the mother- board. This will include: q Power Connector v DC OUT Connector-CN13 q Internal Headers/Connectors v SPDIF-Out Connector-SPDIF v COM Header-COM1 v Front Panel Header-FP1 v USB Header-FP_U1...

  • Page 14: Dc Out Connector-Cn13

    Hardware Installation DC OUT Connector-CN13 This motherboard can supply the power to SATA devices with a SATA power cable. Users can plug a SATA power cable (as picture 7) to the DC out connector (as picture 8). Picture 9 is the final image. CN13-Pin Difinition Assignment CN13...

  • Page 15: Spdif-Out Header-Spdif

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® SPDIF-Out Connecotor-SPDIF This connector provides a SPDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) output to digital multimedia device through coaxial connector. COM Header-COM1 SPDIF - Pin Definition COM1 - Pin Definition Signal Signal Signal SPDIF-out Front Panel Header-FP1 The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cables :...

  • Page 16: Usb Header-Fp_U1

    Hardware Installation USB Header-FP_U1 This motherboard contains four USB 2.0 ports and two USB 3.0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis. The motherboard also contains one 10-pin internal header onboard. Note: Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis (not all chassis are equipped with the front panel option).

  • Page 17: Speaker Header-Spk

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® CPU FAN Connector +12V Sense Control Speaker Header-SPK SPK-Pin Definition Assignment SPK- SATA-2 Fan Connectors SATA-1 Control There are two fan connectors on Sense the motherboard, including system +12V fan connector-SYS_FAN and CPU fan connector-CPU_FAN. System FAN Connector Serial-ATA (SATA) Connectors (SATA-1~2) The Serial ATA connector is used to connect the Serial ATA device to the motherboard.

  • Page 18: Expansion Slots

    Hardware Installation Expansion slots The motherboard contains two expansion slots, including one Mini PCIe slot and one PCIe x4 slot. Mini_PCIEX1 PCIE1 Mini PCI Express Slot-Mini_PCIEX1 There is one Mini PCI Express slot, reserved for the WiFi Module. PCI Express x4 Slot-PCIE1 There is one PCI Express x4 slot providing single lane signal, which accommodates less band- width intensive devices, such as LAN card, sound card, etc.

  • Page 19: Configuring The Bios

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software. Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance.

  • Page 20: Advanced Menu

    Configuring the BIOS Advanced Menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices. Press <enter> to display the configuration options: PC Health Monitor The items in this menu show the PC health information. Press <enter>to display q CPUFAN Mode Setting This item allows you to set the CPUFAN mode.

  • Page 21: Ide Configuration

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® q Execute-Disable Bit Capability This function enhances protection of your computer , reducing exposure to viruses and malicious buffer overflow attacks when working with its supporting software and system. q Hyper Threading Technology Enable this function for Windows and Linux4 OS, (OS supports Hyper Threading Technology) Disable this function for other OS.

  • Page 22: Security

    Configuring the BIOS q Palette Snooping When set to [Enabled], the pallete snooping feature informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so that the latter can function correctly. q PCI IDE BusMaster When set to [Enabled], BIOS use PCI busmastering for reading/writing to IDE drives.

  • Page 23: Boot Menu

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Boot Menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options. Press <enter> to display the configuration options: Boot Settings Configuration The items allow you to configure Boot settings. Press <enter> To display the configuration options: q Quick Boot Enabling this item allows the BIOS to skip some power on self tests while booting...

  • Page 24: Removable Drivers

    Configuring the BIOS Removable Drivers This option allows you to specify the boot device from removable drivers. Chipset Menu The chipset menu items allow you to change the advanced chipset settings. Press <enter> to display the sub-menu: North Bridge Configuration The items allow you to configure north bridge features, including DRAM frequency and DRAM timing.

  • Page 25: Exit Menu

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Exit Menu The exit menu items allow you to load the option or failsafe default values for the BIOS items, and save or discard your changes to the BIOS items. Press <enter> to display the sub-menu: Save Changes and Exit Select this item and press <Enter>...

  • Page 26: Flash Update Procedure

    Configuring the BIOS FLASH Update Procedure The program AFUDOS.EXE is included on the driver CD (X:\Utility\AFUDOS.EXE). Please follow the recommended procedure to update the flash BIOS, as listed below. (X: your CD driver letter). 1. Create a DOS-bootable floppy diskette. Copy the new BIOS file (just obtained or downloaded) and the utility program AFUDOS.EXE to the diskette.

  • Page 27: Installing Drivers And Software

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Installing Drivers and Software Note: It is important to remember that before installing the driver CD that is shipped in the kit, you need to load your operating system. The motherboard supports Windows XP 32 bit/64 bit; Windows Vista 32 bit/64 bit and Windows 7 32bit/64bit. The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional INTEL software.
  • Page 28 Installing Drivers and Software 2. Left-click Intel chipset Driver, begin loading...
  • Page 29 Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® 3. Left-click HDA sound driver, begin loading...
  • Page 30 Installing Drivers and Software 4. Left-click ION Graphics Driver, begin loading...
  • Page 31 Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® 5. Left-click Renesas USB3.0 Driver, begin loading...
  • Page 32 Installing Drivers and Software 6. Left-click Realtek PCIE network Driver, begin loading...
  • Page 33 Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® 7. Left-click Atheros Wireless driver, begin loading...
  • Page 34 Installing Drivers and Software At last, you can enter Computer Management that provides information about the hardware devices on this motherboard to check if the driver installation is complete.

  • Page 35: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Setup

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup Getting Started After Realtek HD Audio Driver being installed (insert the driverCD and follow the on-screen instructions), “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will show in System tray as below. Double click the icon and the control panel will appear: Sound Effect After clicking on the “Sound Effect”...

  • Page 36: Equalizer Selection

    Installing Drivers and Software Equalizer Selection The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing this tool. In standard 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz are available: Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience at audio field, Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equalizer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment.

  • Page 37: Mixer

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Mixer Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft’s “Volume Control” functions into the Mixer page. This gives you the advantage to you to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool. Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output.

  • Page 38: Recording Control

    Installing Drivers and Software With this function, you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone (stream 1 from front panel) while still have music (stream 2 from back panel) playing. At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously.

  • Page 39: Audio I

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Audio I/O Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Different from before, for each jack, they are not limited to perform certain functions. Instead, now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output (i.e. playback) function or input (i.e.
  • Page 40 Installing Drivers and Software Speaker Configuration Step 1: Plug in the device in any available jack. Step 2: Dialogue “connected device” will pop up for your selection. Please select the device you are trying to plug in. If the device is being plugged into the correct jack, you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device.

  • Page 41: Connector Settings

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Connector Settings Click to access connector settings Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in √ Once this option is checked, when front headphone is plugged, the music that is playing from the back panel, will be stopped. Disable front panel jack detection (option) √...
  • Page 42 Installing Drivers and Software Output Sampling Rate √ 44.1KHz: This is recommended while playing CD 48KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby. 96KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD-Audio. Output Source √ Output digital audio source: The digital audio format (such as .wav, .mp3, .midi, and etc.) will come out through S/PDIF-Out.

  • Page 43: Microphone

    Intel NM10-ITX series Motherboard ® Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality. Below picture indicates both “Noise Suppression” & “Acoustic Echo Cancellation” are both enabled. Noise Suppression If you feel that the background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan inside PC, is too loud? Try “Noise Suppression”, which allows you to cut off and suppress disturbing noise.

  • Page 44: 3D Audio Demo

    Installing Drivers and Software 3D Audio Demo The section “3D Audio Demo” grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound. The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way. Information This section provides information about your current system audio device.
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