If you encounter technical problems with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your retailer. The symbol of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that the product (electrical and electronic equipment) should not be placed in municipal waste. Check local regulations for disposal of electronic products. 4 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
If a problem arises with your system and no solution can be obtained from the user’s manual, please contact your place of purchase or local distributor. Alternatively, please try the following help resources for further guidance. Visit the Contec website: http://www.Contec.com...
Example: <Ctrl>+<Alt>+<D> Means that you must type the command exactly as shown, Command then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets Example: At the DOS prompt, type the command line: afudos /i[filename] afudos /iP5P800VM.ROM 6 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual Packing List Before you begin installing your single board, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: 1 x GMB-AQ675-LLVA ATX Main board 1 x DVD-ROM contains OS drivers 2 x COM cable ...
GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual Revision History Revision Revision History Date V 1.0 First release version for PCB R10 August , 2011 8 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports. Product Introduction GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 11...
- PCI Express® x 4Gen 2 5GT/s - PCI Express® x 1Gen 2 5GT/s - PCI 2.3 interface - Six SATA ports (2 port of Gen 2.0 and 4 ports of Gen 3.0) support RAID 0,1, 5, 10 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 13...
Before you install or remove any component, ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. 14 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
Place eight (8) screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis. Do not over tighten the screws! Doing so can damage the motherboard. Place this side towards the rear of the chassis. GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 15...
SATA1, 2 SATA3.0 Data Connector * 6 7P Male connector SATA3 ~ 6 SATA II Data Connector * 6 7P Male connector USB56 USB78 USB Connector * 8 5 x 2 header, pitch 2.54mm USB910 USB1112 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 17...
Contact your retailer immediately if the PnP cap is missing, or if you see any damage to the PnP cap/socket pins/motherboard components. CONTEC will shoulder the cost of repair only if the damage is shipment/transit-related. ...
Intel® Core™ i7/ i5/ i3 LGA1155 processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance. Intel® Core™ i7/ i5/ i3 LGA1155 processor ‑ Intel® Core™ i7/ i5/ i3 LGA1155 processor GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 21...
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Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors. Insufficient air flow inside the system may damage the motherboard components. These are not jumpers! DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors. 22 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
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GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 1.4.3 Uninstalling the CPU Heatsink and Fan To uninstall the CPU heatsink and fan: 1. Disconnect the CPU fan cable from the connector on the motherboard. 2. Rotate each fastener counterclockwise GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 23...
Refer to the memory Qualified Vendors List on the next page for details. Due to CPU limitation, DIMM modules with 128 Mb memory chips or double-sided x16 memory chips are not supported in this motherboard. 1.5.3 Installing a DIMM GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 25...
Install the software drivers for the expansion card. 1.6.3 PCI Express x16 slot This motherboard supports one PCI Express x16 slot that complies with the PCI Express specifications. The following figure shows a graphics card installed on the PCI Express x16 slot. GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 27...
The following figure shows a LAN card installed on the PCI Express x 1 slot. 1.6.6 PCI slot This motherboard supports one PCI slot that complies with the PCI specifications. The following figure shows a audio card installed on the PCI slot. 28 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
You do not need to clear the RTC when the system hangs due to overclocking. For system failure due to overclocking, use the C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) feature. Shut down and reboot the system so the BIOS can automatically reset parameter settings to default values. GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 29...
Refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. LAN port LED indications SPEED LED ACT / LINK LED Status Description Status Description 10Mbps connection No link Orange 100Mbps connection Green Link Green 1Gbps connection Blinking Data activity 30 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors. Insufficient air flow inside the system may damage the motherboard components. These are not jumpers! DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors. GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 31...
Hard Disk Drive Activity LED (Pin 1-3 HDLED) This 2-pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to this connector. The IDE LED lights up or flashes when data is read from or written to the HDD. 32 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
This connector is for a serial (COM) port. Connect the serial port module cable to this connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. COM3 , COM4 , COM5 , COM6 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 33...
This connector is for a chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module that supports either HD Audio or legacy AC ‘97 (optional) audio standard. FPAAUD1 1.8.8 Internal KB/MS connector (KBMS2) This connector is for internal KB/MS. KBMS2 34 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
S/PDIF audio cable to this connector and the other end to the S/PDIF module. SPDIF_OUT 1.8.10 TPM Connector (TPM) 1.8.11 Serial ATA 3.0 Connector (SATA1, SATA2) These connectors support SATA 3.0 and are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. SATA1、SATA2 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 35...
These USB connectors comply with USB 2.0 specification that supports up to 480 Mbps connection speed. USB56, USB78, USB910, USB1112 Never connect a 1394 cable to the USB connectors. Doing so will damage the motherboard! The USB module is purchased separately. 36 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
The BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference purposes only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen. Visit the system builder’s website to download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard 38 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
<F9> to load the optimal default values. While moving around through the Setup program, note that explanations appear in the Item Specific Help window located to the right of each menu. This window displays the help text for the currently highlighted field. GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 39...
To access the menu items, press the up/down/right/left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted, then press [Enter] to open the specific menu. 40 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. Memory Information Displays the auto-detected system memory System Date The date format is <Date>,<Month>,<Day>,<Year>. System Time The time format is <Hour>,<Minute>,<Second>. Access Level Displays the accessory information. GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 41...
The PCI PnP menu items allow you to change the advanced settings for PCI/PnP devices. The menu includes setting IRQ and DMA channel resources for either PCI/PnP or legacy ISA devices, and setting the memory size block for legacy ISA devices. 42 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
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Configuration options: [32 PCI Bus Clocks] [64 PCI Bus Clocks] [96 PCI Bus Clocks] [128 PCI Bus Clocks] [160 PCI Bus Clocks] [192 PCI Bus Clocks] [224 PCI Bus Clocks] [248 PCI Bus Clocks] VGA Palette Snoop [Disable] Enables or disables VGA palette registers snooping. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 43...
Configuration options: [Suspend Disable][S1 (CPU Stop Clock)] [S3 (suspend to RAM )] Resume On RTC Alarm [Disable] Enable or disable system wake on alarm even. When enabled, system will wake upon the hr/min/sec specified. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 46 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
Select the numbers of cores in each processor package. Configuration options: [All] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] It depends on each CPU type. Limit CPUID Maximum [Disable] Disable for Windos XP. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 48 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
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Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Power Technology [Energy efficient] Enable the power management features. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Energy efficient] [Enabled] Local x2APIC [Disable] Enable Local x2APIC. Some OSes do not support this. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 49...
Select DVMT/FIXED Mode Memory size used by Internal Graphic Device. Configuration options: [128MB][512MB][Maximum] IGO – Boot Type [VBIOS Default] Select the video Device which will be activated during POST. This has no effect if external graphics present. Configuration options: [VBIOS Default][CRT][HDMI][DisplayPort] GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 51...
EHCI driver. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Port 60/64 Emulation [Enabled] Enables I/O port 60h/64h emulation support. This should be enabled for complete USB keyboard legacy support for non-USB aware OSes. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 53...
GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 2.4.10 Super IO Configuration System Super IO Chip Parameters. Super IO Configuration Super IO Chip [NCT6776F] GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 55...
Reset the system without saving the changes. Save Option Save changes Save changes done so for to any of the setup option. Discard changes Discard changes done so for to any of the setup option. GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual 77...
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Restore/Load default values for all the setup option. Save as User Defaults Save the changes done so far as User Defaults. Restore User Defaults Restore the user defaults to all the setup options BOOT Override Built-in EFI Shell 78 GMB-AQ675-LLVA User’s Manual...
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