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Copyright .............................................................................................................2
Trademarks ........................................................................................................2
FCC and DOC Statement on Class B .....................................................2
About this Manual ..........................................................................................4
Warranty ..............................................................................................................4
Static Electricity Precautions ......................................................................4
Safety Measures ..............................................................................................4
About the Package .........................................................................................5
Chapter 1 - Introduction .............................................................................6
Specifications ................................................................................................6
Features .......................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation ................................................9
Board Layout ................................................................................................. 9
System Memory ............................................................................................9
Installing the DIMM Module ........................................................................10
CPU ................................................................................................................ 11
Installing the CPU .......................................................................................12
Installing the Fan and Heat Sink..................................................................14
Jumper Settings .........................................................................................15
Clear CMOS Data ........................................................................................15
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Power Select .............................................................15
USB Power Select .......................................................................................16
Power-on Select..........................................................................................16
COM 1/COM 2 RS232/422/485 Select ..........................................................17
COM 1/COM 2 RS232/Power Select .............................................................18
SATA DOM Power Select .............................................................................18
Digital I/O Power Select ..............................................................................19
Digital I/O Output State ..............................................................................19
Rear Panel I/O Ports .................................................................................20
PS/2 Keyboad/Mouse Port ...........................................................................20
COM (Serial) Ports ......................................................................................21
Graphics Interfaces .....................................................................................22
RJ45 LAN Ports ...........................................................................................22
USB Ports ...................................................................................................23
Audio .........................................................................................................24
I/O Connectors ........................................................................................... 24
SATA (Serial ATA) Connectors ......................................................................24
Digital I/O Connector ..................................................................................25
Cooling Fan Connectors...............................................................................26
Power Connectors .......................................................................................26
Chassis Intrusion Connector ........................................................................27
Front Panel Connector ................................................................................27
Standby Power LED ....................................................................................28
Expansion Slots ..........................................................................................28
S/PDIF Connector .......................................................................................29
Parallel Port ................................................................................................29
LPC Debug Port ..........................................................................................30
SMBus Connector .......................................................................................30
LAN LED Connector ....................................................................................31
Battery .......................................................................................................31
Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup ............................................................... 32
Overview ..................................................................................................... 32
AMI BIOS Setup Utility .............................................................................33
Main ..........................................................................................................33
Advanced ................................................................................................... 33
Chipset ......................................................................................................46
Boot...........................................................................................................53
Security ......................................................................................................54
Save & Exit ................................................................................................54
Updating the BIOS ....................................................................................55
Notice: BIOS SPI ROM ............................................................................. 55
Chapter 4 - Supported Software ..........................................................56
Chapter 5 - Digital I/O Programming Guide ....................................74
Appendix A - Watchdog Sample Code................................................76
Appendix B - System Error Message ...................................................77
Appendix C - Troubleshooting ................................................................78
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