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1.2 Specifications Platform - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (100% Japan-made high-quality Conductive Polymer Capacitors) ® - Intel Dual-Core Atom PineView Processor N455/D425/ D525 - Supports Hyper-Threading Technology (see CAUTION 1) ®...
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- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore ® ® - Microsoft Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit compliant Certifications - FCC, CE, WHQL * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com...
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WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Overclocking Technology, or using third-party overclocking tools. Overclocking may affect your system’s stability, or even cause damage to the components and devices of your system. It should be done at your own risk and expense.
1.4 I/O Panel PS/2 Mouse Port Microphone (Pink) COM Port (COM1) USB 2.0 Ports (USB23) VGA Port (VGA1) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) LAN RJ-45 Port COM Port (COM3) LAN RJ-45 Port COM Port (COM2) Line out (Green) PS/2 Keyboard Port * There are two LEDs next to the LAN port.
Chapter 2: Installation This is a mini-ITX form factor (6.7" x 6.7", 17.0 x 17.0 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. 2.1 Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings.
2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) IMB-110 motherboard provides two 204-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) SO-DIMM slots. 1. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and SO-DIMM may be damaged.
2.4 Expansion Slot (PCI Slot) There is 1 PCI slot and 1 mini-PCIe slot on this motherboard. PCI slot: The PCI slot is used to install an expansion card that has 32-bit PCI interface. PCIE slot: The mini-PCIe slot is used for mini-PCI Express cards. Installing an expansion card Step 1.
2.5 Dual Monitor Feature This motherboard supports dual monitor feature. With the internal VGA output sup- port (D-Sub and LVDS), you can easily enjoy the benefits of dual monitor 1without installing any add-on VGA cards to this motherboard. This motherboard also pro- vides independent display controllers for the D-Sub and LVDS to support dual VGA output so that the D-sub and LVDS can drive same or different display contents.
2.6 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Open”. The illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”...
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Backlight Power Jumper 1-2: +5V 2-3: +12V (3-pin BKT_PWR1) (see p.9, No. 7) Panel Power Jumper 1-2: +3V 2-3: +5V (3-pin PNL_PWR1) (see p.9, No. 8) ATX/AT Mode Jumper 1-2: AT Mode 2-3: ATX Mode (3-pin PWR_JP1) (see p.9, No. 22) Digital Input/Output 1-2: +12V Power Setting...
2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage of the motherboard! Serial ATA2 Connectors These two Serial ATA2 (SATA2) SATAII_1 connectors support SATA data...
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Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for front panel audio cable that allows (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) convenient connection and (see p.9, No. 32) control of audio devices. 1. High Definition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly.
PLED (System Power LED): Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. The LED is on when the system is operating. The LED keeps blinking when the sys- tem is in S1 sleep state. The LED is off when the system is in S3/S4 sleep state or powered off (S5).
4-Pin Power Connector Please connect a DC 12V power supply to this connector. (4-pin DC12V1) (see p.9, No. 4) COM Port Headers These COM headers support serial port modules. (10-pin COM4) (see p.9, No. 37) Signal Name Signal Name RI/+5V/+12V (10-pin COM5) (see p.9, No.
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SATA Power Connectors 1: +5V 2, 3: GND (4-pin JPWR1) +12V 4. +12V (see p.9, No. 23) (4-pin JPWR2) (see p.9, No. 20) +12V Digital I/O Header PIN Signal Name PIN Signal Name 1 Digital Output 0 2 Digital Input 0 (10-pin JGPIO1) 3 Digital Output 1 4 Digital Input 1...
2.8 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) Hard Disks Installation ® This motherboard adopts Intel NM10 Express chipset that supports Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATA2 (SATA2) hard disks for SATAII_1 and SATAII_2 connectors. You may install SATA / SATA2 hard disks on this motherboard for internal storage devices.
2.10 Hot Plug for SATA / SATA2 HDDs ® This motherboard supports Hot Plug for SATA / SATA2 in RAID / AHCI mode. Intel NM10 Express chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface (AHCI), a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed through a joint industry effort.
3. Please make sure the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is installed into system properly. The latest SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 driver is available on our support website: www.asrock.com 4. Make sure to use the SATA power cable & data cable from our motherboard package.
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How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD: Points of attention, before you process Hot Plug: Please follow the instructions below to process Hot Plug. Improper procedures will cause the SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDD damage and data loss. Step 1 Step 2 Please connect the SATA power cable’s...
2.13 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive first. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from top to bottom to install those required drivers.
® 2.15 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64-bit Without RAID ® If you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit / XP / XP 64- bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID, please follow the procedures below according to the OS you install.
® 2.15.2 Installing Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit Without RAID ® If you want to install Windows 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow the steps below. Using SATA / SATA2 / SATA3 HDDs with NCQ STEP 1: Set Up UEFI.
Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure your sys- tem. The UEFI chip on the motherboard stores the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY when you start up the computer. Please press <F2> or <Delete>...
3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the descriptions of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Description + / - To change option for the selected items <Tab> Switch to next function <PGUP> Go to the previous page <PGDN>...
3.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configu- ration, Chipset Configuration, Storage Configuration, Super IO Configuration, ACPI Configuration and USB Configuration. Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. Instant Flash Instant Flash is a UEFI flash utility embedded in Flash ROM.
3.3.1 CPU Configuration Intel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel proces- sor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system ® that includes optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft Win- ®...
3.3.2 Chipset Configuration DVMT/FIXED Memory Use this to select DVMT/FIXED mode memory size used by internal graphics device. Display Boot Type Use this to select the video device which will be activated during POST. Panel Type Selection Use this to select panel type. The default value is [1366x768 LVDS]. ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table.
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This allows you to enable or disable the “Onboard LAN1” feature. Onboard LAN2 This allows you to enable or disable the “Onboard LAN2” feature.
3.3.3 Storage Configuration Onboard SATAII Mode This item is for SATAII_1 and SATAII_2 ports.Use this to select SATA mode. Configuration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [Disabled]. The default value is [IDE Mode]. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will improve SATA disk perfor- mance but IDE mode does not have these advantages.
3.3.4 Super IO Configuration COM1 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM1. COM2 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM2. COM3 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM3. COM4 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM4. COM5 Configuration Use this to set parameters of COM5.
3.3.5 ACPI Configuration Suspend to RAM Use this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to- RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enable this feature if the OS supports it. PS/2 Keyboard Power On Use this item to enable or disable PS/2 keyboard to turn on the system from the power-soft-off mode.
3.3.6 USB Configuration USB 2.0 Controller Use this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller. Legacy USB Support Use this option to select legacy support for USB devices. There are four configuration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [UEFI Setup Only].
3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen In this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, CPU fan speed, chassis fan speed, and the critical voltage. CPU_FAN1 Setting This allows you to set CPU_FAN1’s speed.
3.5 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to config- ure the boot settings and the boot priority. Setup Prompt Timeout This shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0XFFFF) means indefinite waiting.
3.7 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save configuration changes and exit setup?” Select [OK] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Discard changes and exit setup?”...
Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. 4.2.4 Contact Information If you need to contact ASRock or want to know more about ASRock, welcome to visit ASRock’s website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may contact your...
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