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C70M1

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Version 1.0
Published December 2013
Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.
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  • Page 1: User Manual

    C70M1 User Manual Version 1.0 Published December 2013 Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

  • Page 2: Copyright Notice

    ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in this manual. With respect to the contents of this manual, ASRock does not provide warranty of any kind, either expressed or implied, including but not limited to the implied warran- ties or conditions of merchantability or itness for a particular purpose.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    2.2 Pre-installation Precautions ......... 14 2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) ......15 (PCI Express Slot) 2.4 Expansion Slot ........16 2.5 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide ..... 17 2.6 Jumpers Setup ............19 2.7 Onboard Headers and Connectors ......20 2.8 Driver Installation Guide...
  • Page 4 3.8 Exit Screen ..............45 4 Software Support ..........46 4.1 Install Operating System ..........46 4.2 Support CD Information ..........46 4.2.1 Running Support CD ..........46 4.2.2 Drivers Menu ............46 4.2.3 Utilities Menu............46 4.2.4 Contact Information ..........46...

  • Page 5: Introduction

    In case any modiications of this manual occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may ind the latest VGA cards and CPU support lists on ASRock website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com If you require technical support related to this motherboard, please visit our website for speciic information about the model you are using.

  • Page 6: Speciications

    1.2 Speciications Platform - Mini-ITX Form Factor - AMD Dual-Core Ontario C-70 APU - Supports AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology - UMI 2.5 GT/s Chipset - AMD A50M Chipset Memory - 2 x DDR3 DIMM Slots - Supports DDR3 1333(OC)/1066/800 non-ECC, un-buffered memory - Max.
  • Page 7 Certiications - FCC, CE, WHQL - ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required) * For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com 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 the third-party overclocking tools.

  • Page 8: Unique Features

    1.3 Unique Features ASRock Instant Boot ASRock Instant Boot allows you to turn on your PC in just a few seconds, provides a much more eficient way to save energy, time, money, and improves system running speed for your sys- tem.
  • Page 9 Real-Time Analysis of Your Data: With the status window, you can easily recognize which data streams you are transferring currently. ASRock XFast RAM ASRock XFast RAM fully utilizes the memory space that cannot ® be used under Windows OS 32-bit CPU. ASRock XFast RAM shortens the loading time of previously visited websites, mak- ing web suring faster than ever.
  • Page 10 ASRock Good Night LED ASRock Good Night LED technology can offer you a better en- vironment by extinguishing the unessential LED. By enabling Good Night LED in BIOS, the Power / HDD / LAN LED will be switched off when system is on.

  • Page 11: Motherboard Layout

    1.4 Motherboard Layout C70M1 DDR3 CMOS CHA_FAN1 Battery USB 2.0 T: USB0 B: USB1 CLRCMOS1 Super PANEL 1 CHA_FAN2 PLED PWRBTN HDLED RESET USB 2.0 Top: T: USB4 RJ-45 B: USB5 COM1 HD_AUDIO1 USB6_7 USB8_9 32Mb SPEAKER1 BIOS CIR1 AUDIO...

  • Page 12: I/O Panel

    1.5 I/O Panel PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Port (Purple/Green) Line In (Light Blue) VGA Port ** 8 Front Speaker (Lime) LAN RJ-45 Port Microphone (Pink) Central / Bass (Orange) USB 2.0 Ports (USB45) Rear Speaker (Black) USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) Optical SPDIF Out Port * There are two LED next to the LAN port.
  • Page 13 To enable Multi-Streaming function, you need to connect a front panel audio cable to the front panel audio header. After restarting your computer, you will ind “Mixer” tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback multi-streaming”, and click “ok”.

  • Page 14: Installation

    Chapter 2: Installation This is a Mini-ITX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the coniguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard its into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard.

  • Page 15: Installation Of Memory Modules (Dimm)

    2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM) C70M1 motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots. It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged.

  • Page 16: Expansion Slot (Pci Express Slot)

    2.4 Expansion Slot (PCI Express Slot) There is 1 PCI Express slot on this motherboard. PCIE slot: PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards. Installing an expansion card Step 1. Before installing the expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged.

  • Page 17: Asrock Smart Remote Installation Guide

    2.5 ASRock Smart Remote Installation Guide ASRock Smart Remote is only used for ASRock motherboard with CIR header. Please refer to below procedures for the quick installation and usage of ASRock Smart Remote. Step1. Find the CIR header located next to the USB 2.0 header on ASRock...
  • Page 18 The Multi-Angle CIR Receiver does not support Hot-Plug function. Please install it before you boot the system. * ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock motherboards. Please refer to ASRock website for the motherboard support list: http://www.asrock.com...

  • Page 19: Jumpers Setup

    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”...

  • Page 20: Onboard Headers And Connectors

    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 ATA3 Connectors These four Serial ATA3 (SATA3) (SATA3_1: see p.11, No.
  • Page 21 1. High Deinition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instruction in our manual and chassis manual to install your system. 2. If you use AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header as below: A.
  • Page 22 The front panel design may differ by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, speaker and etc. When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire assignments and the pin assign-ments are matched correctly.

  • Page 23: Driver Installation Guide

    2.8 Driver Installation Guide To install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive irst. Then, the drivers compatible to your system can be auto-detected and listed on the support CD driver page. Please follow the order from up to bottom side to install those required drivers.

  • Page 24: Installing Windows

    ® 2.9.2 Installing Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista Vista 64-bit Without RAID Functions ® If you want to install Windows 8 / 8 64-bit / 7 / 7 64-bit / Vista / Vista 64-bit OS on your SATA / SATAII / SATA3 HDDs without RAID functions, please follow below steps.

  • Page 25: Uefi Setup Utility

    Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY 3.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to conigure your system. 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>...

  • Page 26: Navigation Keys

    3.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Description Moves cursor left or right to select Screens Moves cursor up or down to select items + / - To change option for the selected items <Tab>...

  • Page 27: Main Screen

    3.2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview. System Browser System Browser can let you easily check your current system conigura- tion in UEFI setup. OMG(Online Management Guard) Administrators are able to establish an internet curfew or restrict internet access at speciied times via OMG.

  • Page 28: Oc Tweaker Screen

    3.3 OC Tweaker Screen In the OC Tweaker screen, you can set up overclocking features. DRAM Timing Coniguration DRAM Frequency If [Auto] is selected, the motherboard will detect the memory module(s) inserted and assigns appropriate frequency automatically. DRAM Timing Control Power Saving Mode Use this to enable or disable Power Saving Mode.
  • Page 29 CAS# Latency (tCL) Use this item to change CAS# Latency (tCL) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) Use this item to change RAS# to CAS# Delay (tRCD) Auto/Manual setting. The default is [Auto]. Row Precharge Time (tRP) Use this item to change Row Precharge Time (tRP) Auto/Manual setting.

  • Page 30: Voltage Coniguration

    Voltage Coniguration DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. FCH Voltage Use this to select FCH Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. +1.8V Voltage Use this to select +1.8V Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. +1V Voltage Use this to select +1V Voltage.

  • Page 31: Advanced Screen

    3.4 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the conigurations for the following items: CPU Conigu- ration, North Bridge Coniguration, South Bridge Coniguration, Storage Conigura- tion, Super IO Coniguration, ACPI Coniguration, USB Coniguration and Network Coniguration. Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.

  • Page 32: Cpu Coniguration

    3.4.1 CPU Coniguration Cool ‘n’ Quiet Use this item to enable or disable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet technology. The default value is [Enabled]. Coniguration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and ® [Disabled]. If you install Windows 8 / 7 / Vista and want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled].

  • Page 33: North Bridge Coniguration

    3.4.2 North Bridge Coniguration Primary Graphics Adapter This item will switch the PCI Bus scanning order while searching for video card. It allows you to select the type of Primary VGA in case of multiple video controllers. The default value of this feature is [PCI Express]. Coiguration options: [PCI] and [PCI Express].

  • Page 34: South Bridge Coniguration

    3.4.3 South Bridge Coniguration Onboard HD Audio Select [Auto], [Enabled] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio feature. Front Panel Select [Auto] or [Disabled] for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel. Onboard LAN This allows you to enable or disable the “Onboard LAN” feature. Restore on AC/Power Loss This allows you to set the power state after an unexpected AC/power loss.

  • Page 35: Storage Coniguration

    3.4.4 Storage Coniguration SATA Controller Use this to enable or disable SATA controller. The default value is [Enabled]. SATA Mode Use this to select SATA mode. Coniguration options: [IDE Mode] and [AHCI Mode]. The default value is [AHCI 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.

  • Page 36: Super Io Coniguration

    3.4.5 Super IO Coniguration Serial Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. Serial Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard serial port. Coniguration options: [3F8h / IRQ4] and [3E8h / IRQ4]. CIR Controller Use this item to enable or disable CIR controller.

  • Page 37: Acpi Coniguration

    3.4.6 ACPI Coniguration 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. Check Ready Bit Use this item to enable or disable the feature Check Ready Bit. ACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table.
  • Page 38 Please disable CSM when you enable Fast Boot option. The default value is [Enabled].

  • Page 39: Usb Coniguration

    3.4.7 USB Coniguration 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 coniguration options: [Enabled], [Auto], [Disabled] and [UEFI Setup Only]. The default value is [Enabled].

  • Page 40: Network Coniguration

    3.4.8 Network Coniguration Internet Setting Use this item to set up the internet connection mode. Coniguration options: [DHCP (Auto IP)] and [PPPOE]. UEFI Download Server Use this item to select UEFI irmware download server for Internet Flash. Coniguration options: [Asia], [Europe], [USA] and [China].

  • Page 41: Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen

    3.5 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 Fan Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed.

  • Page 42: Boot Screen

    3.6 Boot Screen In this section, it will display the available devices on your system for you to conig- ure the boot settings and the boot priority. Fast Boot Fast Boot minimizes your computer’s boot time. There are three con- iguration options: [Disabled], [Fast] and [Ultra Fast].
  • Page 43 Full Screen Logo Use this item to enable or disable OEM Logo. The default value is [En- abled]. AddOn ROM Display Use this option to adjust AddOn ROM Display. If you enable the option “Full Screen Logo” but you want to see the AddOn ROM information when the system boots, please select [Enabled].

  • Page 44: Security Screen

    3.7 Security Screen In this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it. Secure Boot Use this to enable or disable Secure Boot. The default value is [Disabled].

  • Page 45: Exit Screen

    3.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Save coniguration changes and exit setup?” will pop-out. Select [Yes] to save the changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option, the following message “Discard changes and exit setup?”...

  • Page 46: Software Support

    Click on a speciic 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 dealer for further information.

  • Page 47: Installing Os On A Hdd Larger Than 2Tb

    Installing OS on a HDD Larger Than 2TB ® This motherboard is adopting UEFI BIOS that allows Windows OS to be installed on a large size HDD (>2TB). Please follow below procedure to install the operating system. ® 1. Please make sure to use Windows Vista 64-bit (with SP1 or above), ®...

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