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TECHNICAL MANUAL Intel Q67 Express Chipset Based Mini-ITX M/B NO. G03-NF9A-F Revision: 1.0 Release date: June, 2011 Trademark: * Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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Environmental Protection Announcement Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.
Environmental Safety Instruction Avoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in any area where it may become wet. 0 to 60 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request of the main chipset) Generally speaking, dramatic changes in temperature may lead to contact malfunction and crackles due to constant thermal expansion and contraction from the welding spots’...
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Chapter 1 Introduction of the Motherboard Feature of motherboard Intel Q67 express chipset Support LGA 1155 CPU socket Intel® Core™ i7 processors / Intel® Core™ i5 processors / Intel® Core™ i3 processors in the LGA 1155 Socket Support DDRIII DIMM 1066-1333 up to 16GB and dual channel function Integrated with Intel 82574L and Intel 82579LM Gigabit Ethernet LAN chip Integrated VIA VT1705 6-channel HD Audio Codec Support USB 2.0 data transport demands.
Serial port header x1 RS422/RS485 header x1 CIR header x1 GPIO header x1 Speaker header x1 PWRLED header x1 Front panel header x1 Layout Diagram Rear IO Diagram RJ-45 LAN Ports Serial Port Line-IN USB Ports Line-OUT HDMI Port MIC-IN VGA Port PS/2 KB/MS USB Ports...
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Motherboard Internal Diagram SATAII Ports LVDS Inverter (SATA3/SATA4/ SATA5/SATA6) SATAIII Ports ATX Power connector (SATA1/SATA2) USB Ports over PS/2 KB/MS Port SYS1FAN Header USB Headers LVDS Header PWRLED Serial Port Header Header Speaker Header TX-RX COM SYS2FAN Header Header HDMI Port CPUFAN Header CIR Header Intel Q67 Chipset...
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Motherboard Jumper Position JP10 JP11 COPEN JBAT LAN Chip LAN Chip Audio Chip...
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Jumper Jumper Name Description JBAT CMOS RAM Clear Function Setting 3-pin Block JP10 KB/MS/USB Power On Function Setting 3 pin Block USB Port Power On Function Setting 3-pin Block USB1/2 Header Power On Function Setting 3-pin Block Inverter12V/5V Select 3-pin Block LVDS PVCC 5V/3.3V Select 3-pin Block COM2 Header RS232/485/422 Function Select...
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Headers Header Name Description FP_AUDIO Front panel audio Header 9-pin block LVDS LVDS Header 35-pin Block INVERTER LVDS Inverter Connector 7-pin Block COM2 Serial Port Header 9-pin Block TX-RXCOM2 RS 422/485 port headers 4-pin block CIR Header 4-pin Block GPIO GPIO Header 10-pin Block USB1/USB2...
Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 2-1 Jumper Setting (1) Clear CMOS (3-pin): JBAT JBAT 1-2 Short: Normal 2-3 Short: Clear CMOS CMOS Clear Setting (2) KB/MS/USB Port 1/2 Power On Function Setting (3-pin): JP10 JP10 1-2 closed : KB/MS/USB Power-on Disabled (Default) JP10 2-3 closed: KB/MS/USB Power-on Power-on Enabled...
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(3) USB Port 3/4/5/6 Power On Function Setting(3-pin): JP5 1-2 closed : USB Port 3/4/5/6 Power-on Disabled (Default) 2-3 closed: USB Port 3/4/5/6 Power-on Enabled (4) USB 1/2 Header Power On Function Setting(3-pin): JP3 1-2 closed : USB1/2 Header Power-on Disabled (Default) 2-3 closed: USB1/2 Header Power-on Enabled...
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(8) COM2 Pin9 Function Select (6-pin): JP11 JP11 1-2 closed: RS232 3-4 closed : +12V 5-6 closed : +5V (9)COPEN (2-pin): Case Open Message Display Function Select COPEN 1-2 Open: Normal 1-2 Short: Case Open Warnning Case Open Display Function Pin 1-2 shorted: Case open display function enabled.
Connectors and Headers 2-2-1 Connectors (1) Rear Panel Connectors RJ-45 LAN Ports Serial Port Line-IN USB Ports Line-OUT HDMI Port MIC-IN VGA Port PS/2 KB/MS USB Ports Port (2) Serial-ATAII Port connector: SATA3/SATA4/SATA5/SATA6 These connectors are high-speed SATAII ports that support 3 GB/s transfer rate. Pin No.
(3) Serial-ATAIII Port connector: SATA1/SATA2 These connectors are high-speed SATAIII ports that support 6 GB/s transfer rate. Pin No. Defnition 2-2-2 Headers (1) Line-Out, MIC-In Header (9-pin): FP_AUDIO This header connects to Front Panel Line-out, MIC-In connector with cable. FP_AUDIO Pin 1 Line-Out, MIC Headers...
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(8) USB Port Headers (9-pin): USB1/USB2 Pin 1 USB Port Header (9) Front Panel Header (9-pin): JW-FP JW_FP Pin 1 System Case Connections (10) Power LED: The Power LED is light on while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED from the system case to this pin.
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PIN1 PWRLED1 SPEAK PIN1 (12)FAN Speed Headers (3-pin): CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1/SYSFAN2 SYSFAN1 +12V Fan Power Fan Clock Control SYSFAN2 CPUFAN FAN Headers...
Chapter 3 Introducing BIOS The BIOS options in this manual are for reference only. Different Notice! configurations may lead to difference in BIOS screen and BIOS screens in manuals are usually the first BIOS version when the board is released and may be different from your purchased motherboard. Users are welcome to download the latest BIOS version form our official website.
BIOS Menu Screen The following diagram show a general BIOS menu screen: Menu Bar General Help Items Current Setting Value Menu Items Function Keys BIOS Menu Screen Function Key In the above BIOS Setup main menu of, you can see several options. We will explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first see a short description of the function keys you may use here: Press←→...
Press <Enter> to select. Press <+>/<–> keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option. [F1]: General help. [F2]: Previous value. [F3]: Optimized defaults. [F4]: Save & Reset. Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup. Getting Help Main Menu The on-line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the top right corner the screen.
Main Menu Main menu screen includes some basic system information. Highlight the item and then use the <+> or <-> and numerical keyboard keys to select the value you want in each item. System Date Set the date. Please use [TAB] to switch between data elements. System Time Set the time.
3-7 Advanced Menu Launch External PxE OpROM/Launch LAN1 PXE OpROM/Launch LAN2 PXE OpROM Use this item to enable or disable boot option for legacy network devices. Launch Storage OpROM Use this item to enable or disable boot option for legacy mass storage devices with option ROM.
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PCI ROM Priority The optional settings: [Legacy ROM]; [EFI Compatible ROM]. Relaxed Ordering Use this item to enable or disable PCI express device relaxed ordering. Extended Tag If set as [Enabled] it will allow device to use 8-bit tag field as a requester. No Snoop Use this item to enable or disable PCI Express device No Snoop option.
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Wake System with Dynamic Time Use this item to enable or disable system wake on alarm event. When set as [Enabled], system will wake on the current plus increased minute(s). CIR Wakeup Use this item to enable or disable CIR wakeup. PS2 KB/MS Wakeup Use this item to enable or disable PS2 KB/MS wakeup function.
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The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Energy Efficient]; [Custom]. ► SATA Configuration SATA Mode The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [IDE Mode]; [AHCI Mode]; [RAID Mode]. Serial-ATA Controller 0 The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enhanced]; [Compatible]. Serial-ATA Controller 1 The optional settings are: [Disabled]; [Enhanced]. ►...
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Use this item to set maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the host controller. ‘Auto’ uses default value: for a root port it is 100 ms, for a hub port the delay is taken from hub descriptor. The optional settings: [Auto]; [Manual].Select [Manual] you can set value for the following sub-item: Device Power-up delay in seconds, the delay range in from 1 to 40 seconds in one second increments.
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Case Open Detect Use this item to detect case has already open or not, show message in POST. ► PC Health Status Press [Enter] to view hardware health status. ► AMT Configuration Press [Enter] to make settings for the following items: The optional settings are: [Enabled];...
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PCH 1.8V Voltage Use this item to select a value for PCH 1.8V voltage. PCH 1.08V Voltage Use this item to select a value for PCH 1.08V voltage. DRAM Voltage select Use this item to select a value for DDR3 DRAM voltage. ►...
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► SmartFan Configuration CPUFAN / SYSFan1/ SYSFan2 Smart Mode When set as [Enabled], the following sub-items shall appear: CPUFAN N / SYSFan1/ SYSFan2 Full Speed Temp Use this item to set CPUFAN full speed temp. CPU FAN will run at full speed when above this temperature.
3-8 Chipset Menu ► North Bridge LOW MMIO Align The optional settings are: [64M]; [1024M]. VT-d The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. Initiate Graphics Adapter Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. The optional settings are: IGD; PEG/IGD. IGD Memory...
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Use this item to set IGD share memory size. IGD Multi-Monitor Use this item to enable or disable IGD multi-monitor by internal graphics device. PCI Express Port The optional settings are: [Auto];[Enabled]; [Disabled]. PEG Force Gen1 Use this item to enable or disable PCI Express port Force Gen1. Detect Mon-Compliance Device Use this item to enable or disable Non-Compliance PCI Express device in PEG.
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High Precision Timer The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. ► PCI Express Ports Configuration Press [Enter] to further setting PCI Express ports configuration. ► USB Configuration Press [Enter] to further setting USB port configuration. ► ME subsystem ME Subsystem Use this item to enable or disable ME subsystem. ME Temporary Disable Use this item to enable or disable ME temporary disable help.
3-9 Boot Menu Setup Prompt Timeout Use this item to set number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. Bootup Numlock State Use this item to select keyboard numlock state.The optional settings are: [On]; [Off]. Quiet Boot The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. Gate A20 Active The optional settings are: [Upon Request];...
Use this item to set display mode for option ROM. The optional settings are: [Force BIOS]; [Keep Current]. Interrupt 19 Capture The optional settings are: [Enabled]; [Disabled]. 3-10 Security Menu Security menu allow users to change administrator password and user password settings.
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