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Chapter 1: Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock

AD2700-ITX / AD2500-ITX

motherboard, a reli-

able motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It

delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commit-

ment to quality and endurance.

In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contain introduction of the motherboard and step-

by-step guide to the hardware installation. Chapter 3 and 4 contain the confi guration

guide to BIOS setup and information of the Support CD.

Because the motherboard specifi cations and the BIOS software might be

updated, the content of this manual will be subject to change without no-

tice. In case any modifi cations of this manual occur, the updated version

will be available on ASRock website without further notice. You may fi nd

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 specifi c information about the model you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock

AD2700-ITX / AD2500-ITX

Motherboard

(Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm)

ASRock

AD2700-ITX / AD2500-ITX

Quick Installation Guide

ASRock

AD2700-ITX / AD2500-ITX

Support CD

2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (Optional)

1 x 3.5mm Audio Cable (Optional)

1 x I/O Panel Shield

Summary of Contents for AD2500-ITX

Page 2: ...ies or conditions of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock its directors officers employees or agents be liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential damages including damages for loss of profits loss of business loss of data interruption of business and the like even if ASRock has been advised of the possibility of such damages arising from an...

Page 3: ...d Connectors 22 2 9 Serial ATA SATA Serial ATA2 SATA2 Hard Disks Installation 26 2 10 Hot Plug and Hot Swap Functions for SATA SATA2 HDDs 26 2 11 SATA SATA2 HDD Hot Plug Feature and Operation Guide 27 2 12 Driver Installation Guide 29 2 13 Installing Windows 7 on SATA SATAII HDDs 29 3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 30 3 1 Introduction 30 3 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar 30 3 1 2 Navigation Keys 31 3 2 Main Screen 31 3 3 A...

Page 4: ... Security Screen 43 3 7 Exit Screen 44 4 Software Support 45 4 1 Install Operating System 45 4 2 Support CD Information 45 4 2 1 Running Support CD 45 4 2 2 Drivers Menu 45 4 2 3 Utilities Menu 45 4 2 4 Contact Information 45 ...

Page 5: ...the content of this manual will be subject to change without no tice In case any modifications of this manual occur the updated version will be available on ASRock website without further notice You may find 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 fo...

Page 6: ...I slot Graphics Intel PowerVR SGX545 DirectX 9 0 Pixel Shader 3 0 Three VGA Output options D Sub DVI D and HDMI see CAUTION 3 Supports HDMI 1 3a Technology with max resolution up to 1920x1200 Supports DVI with max resolution up to 1920x1200 60Hz Supports D Sub with max resolution up to 1920x1200 60Hz Supports HDCP function with DVI and HDMI ports Supports Full HD 1080p Blu ray BD HD DVD playback w...

Page 7: ... O Panel AD2500 ITX 1 x PS 2 Keyboard Port 1 x D Sub Port 1 x DVI D Port 1 x HDMI Port 1 x Optical SPDIF Out Port 6 x Ready to Use USB 2 0 Ports 1 x RJ 45 LAN Port with LED ACT LINK LED and SPEED LED HD Audio Jack Rear Speaker Central Bass Line in Front Speaker Microphone see CAUTION 4 USB 3 0 2 x USB 3 0 ports by ASMedia ASM1042 support USB AD2700 ITX 1 0 2 0 3 0 up to 5Gb s Connector 2 x SATA2 3...

Page 8: ...berLink MediaEspresso 6 5 Trial ASRock Software Suite CyberLink DVD Suite OEM and Trial ASRock MAGIX Multimedia Suite OEM Unique Feature ASRock Instant Boot ASRock Instant Flash see CAUTION 5 ASRock APP Charger see CAUTION 6 ASRock SmartView see CAUTION 7 ASRock XFast USB see CAUTION 8 ASRock XFast LAN see CAUTION 9 ASRock On Off Play Technology see CAUTION 10 Hybrid Booster CPU Frequency Stepless...

Page 9: ...nal floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32 16 12 file system 6 If you desire a faster less restricted way of charging your Apple devices such as iPhone iPad iPod Touch ASRock has prepared a wonderful solu tion for you ASRock APP Charger Simply install the APP Charger driver it makes your iPhone charge much quickly fr...

Page 10: ...gh this motherboard offers stepless control it is not recommended to perform over clocking Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies may cause instability of the system or damage the CPU 12 While CPU overheat is detected the system will automatically shutdown Before you resume the system please check if the CPU fan on the moth erboard functions properly and unplug the power cord t...

Page 11: ...ader USB8_9 Blue HD_AUDIO1 White 10 Infrared Module Header IR1 20 Intel NM10 Express Chip 11 System Panel Header PANEL1 White SPEAKER1 1 HD_AUDIO1 PANEL 1 HDLED RESET PLED PWRBTN 1 CMOS Battery 16Mb BIOS 1 AUDIO CODEC 17 0cm 6 7 in 17 0cm 6 7 in Super IO 1 2 4 5 7 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 11 15 16 3 FSB800 DDR3_A1 64 bit 204 pin module FSB800 DDR3_A2 64 bit 204 pin module SATAII_1 SATAII_2 LAN PHY RoHS C...

Page 12: ...0 Header USB8_9 Blue HD_AUDIO1 White 10 Infrared Module Header IR1 20 Intel NM10 Express Chip 11 System Panel Header PANEL1 White SPEAKER1 1 HD_AUDIO1 PANEL 1 HDLED RESET PLED PWRBTN 1 CMOS Battery 16Mb BIOS 1 AUDIO CODEC 17 0cm 6 7 in 17 0cm 6 7 in Super IO 1 2 4 5 7 6 8 9 10 12 13 14 11 15 16 3 FSB800 DDR3_A1 64 bit 204 pin module FSB800 DDR3_A2 64 bit 204 pin module SATAII_1 SATAII_2 LAN PHY Ro...

Page 13: ...tion On Link Green 1Gbps connection ACT LINK LED SPEED LED LAN Port 1 USB 2 0 Ports USB01 8 Front Speaker Lime 2 D Sub Port 9 Microphone Pink 3 LAN RJ 45 Port 10 USB 2 0 Ports USB45 4 Central Bass Orange 11 USB 3 0 Ports USB23 5 Rear Speaker Black 12 HDMI Port 6 Optical SPDIF Out Port 13 DVI D Port 7 Line In Light Blue 14 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 1 5 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 12 4 2 To enable Multi S...

Page 14: ...Mbps connection On Link ACT LINK LED SPEED LED LAN Port 1 USB 2 0 Ports USB01 8 Front Speaker Lime 2 D Sub Port 9 Microphone Pink 3 LAN RJ 45 Port 10 USB 2 0 Ports USB45 4 Central Bass Orange 11 USB 2 0 Ports USB23 5 Rear Speaker Black 12 HDMI Port 6 Optical SPDIF Out Port 13 DVI D Port 7 Line In Light Blue 14 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 1 5 3 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 12 4 2 To enable Multi Streaming fun...

Page 15: ...owing precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings 1 Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component 2 To avoid damaging the motherboard components due to static electricity NEVER place your motherboard directly on the carpet or the like Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you hand...

Page 16: ...ct power supply before adding or removing SO DIMMs or the system components Step 1 Unlock a SO DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward Step 2 Align a SO DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the SO DIMM matches the break on the slot The SO DIMM only fits in one correct orientation It will cause perma nent damage to the motherboard and the SO DIMM if you force the SO DIMM into the slot ...

Page 17: ...ged Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation Step 2 Remove the system unit cover if your motherboard is already installed in a chassis Step 3 Remove the bracket facing the slot that you intend to use Keep the screws for later use Step 4 Align the card connector with the slot and press firmly until the ca...

Page 18: ...f dual monitor feature without installing any add on VGA card to this motherboard This mother board also provides independent display controllers for DVI D D Sub and HDMI to support dual VGA output so that DVI D D sub and HDMI can drive same or different display contents To enable dual monitor feature please follow the below steps 1 Connect DVI D monitor cable to DVI D port on the I O panel connec...

Page 19: ...erface HDCP is a copy protection scheme to eliminate the possibility of intercepting digital data midstream between the video source or transmitter such as a computer DVD player or set top box and the digital display or receiver such as a monitor television or projector In other words HDCP specification is designed to protect the integrity of content as it is being transmitted Products compatible ...

Page 20: ...s are matched correctly 1 2 4 3 5 USB_PWR P P GND ATX 5VSB IRRX IRTX GND DUMMY Step3 Install Multi Angle CIR Receiver to the front USB port If Multi Angle CIR Receiver cannot successfully receive the infrared signals from MCE Remote Controller please try to install it to the other front USB port 3 CIR sensors in different angles 1 Only one of the front USB port can support CIR function When the CI...

Page 21: ...ins Jumper Setting Description Clear CMOS CLRCMOS1 2 pin jumper see p 11 or 12 No 13 Note CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS The data in CMOS in cludes system setup information such as system password date time and system setup parameters To clear and reset the system parameters to de fault setup please turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply After waiting ...

Page 22: ...USB6_7 ports on the I O panel there see p 11 or 12 No 15 are two USB 2 0 headers on this motherboard Each USB 2 0 header can support two USB 2 0 ports 9 pin USB8_9 see p 11 or 12 No 9 SATAII_2 SATAII_1 Consumer Infrared Module Header This header can be used to 4 pin CIR1 connect the remote controller see p 11 or 12 No 12 receiver 1 ATX 5VSB IRTX GND IRRX Serial ATA SATA Either end of the SATA data...

Page 23: ...r This is an interface for front 9 pin HD_AUDIO1 panel audio cable that allows see p 11 or 12 No 19 convenient connection and control of audio devices 1 High Definition 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 instal...

Page 24: ...vity 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 ATX Power Connector Please connect an ATX power 24 pin ATXPWR1 supply to this connector see p 11 or 12 No 7 12 1 24 13 20 Pin ATX Power Supply Installation Though this motherboard provides 24 pin ATX power connector it can still work ...

Page 25: ...al port module see p 11 or 12 No 2 Print Port Header This is an interface for print 25 pin LPT1 port cable that allows see p 11 or 12 No 1 convenient connection of printer devices 1 AFD ERROR PINIT GND SLIN STB SPD0 SPD1 SPD2 SPD3 SPD4 SPD5 SPD6 SPD7 ACK BUSY PE SLCT ...

Page 26: ...s SATAII con nector STEP 4 Connect the other end of the SATA data cable to the SATA SATAII hard disk 2 10 Hot Plug Function for SATA SATAII HDDs This motherboard supports Hot Plug function for SATA SATAII in AHCI mode Intel NM10 Express chipset provides hardware support for Advanced Host controller Interface AHCI a new programming interface for SATA host controllers developed thru a joint industry...

Page 27: ...nnector interface The SATA 15 pin power connector Black connect to SATA SATAII HDD Points of attention before you process the Hot Plug 1 Below operation procedure is designed only for our motherboard which supports SATA SATAII HDD Hot Plug The SATA SATAII Hot Plug feature might not be supported by the chipset because of its limitation the SATA SATAII Hot Plug support information of our motherboard...

Page 28: ...ct SATA data cable to the SATA SATAII HDD How to Hot Unplug a SATA SATAII HDD Points of attention before you process the Hot Unplug Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the Hot Unplug improper procedure will cause the SATA SATAII HDD damage and data loss Please connect SATA power cable 1x4 pin end White to the power supply 1x4 pin cable Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Step 2 SATA pow...

Page 29: ...work properly 2 13 Installing Windows 7 on SATA SATAII HDDs If you want to install Windows 7 OS on your SATA SATAII HDDs please follow below steps Using SATA SATAII HDDs with NCQ function STEP 1 Set up UEFI A Enter UEFI SETUP UTILITY Advanced screen Storage Configuration B Set the option SATA Mode to AHCI STEP 2 Install Windows 7 OS on your system Using SATA SATAII HDDs without NCQ function STEP 1...

Page 30: ...ck on Because the UEFI software is constantly being updated the following UEFI setup screens and descriptions are for reference purpose only and they may not exactly match what you see on your screen 3 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections Main To set up the system time date information OC Tweaker To set up overclocking features Advanced To set up the...

Page 31: ...o select items To change option for the selected items Enter To bring up the selected screen F1 To display the General Help Screen F9 To load optimal default values for all the settings F10 To save changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY ESC To jump to the Exit Screen or exit the current screen 3 2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system...

Page 32: ...32 AD2500 ITX ...

Page 33: ...ows you to update system UEFI without entering operating systems first like MS DOS or Windows Just launch this tool and save the new UEFI file to your USB flash drive floppy disk or hard drive then you can update your UEFI only in a few clicks without prepar ing an additional floppy diskette or other complicated flash utility Please be noted that the USB flash drive or hard drive must use FAT32 16...

Page 34: ...erating system that includes optimization for this technology such as Microsoft Windows 7 Set to Enabled if using Microsoft Windows 7 No Excute Memory Protection No Execution NX Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the IA 32 Intel Architecture An IA 32 processor with No Execute NX Memory Protection can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute code ...

Page 35: ...Onboard HD Audio Select Auto Enabled or Disabled for the onboard HD Audio feature If you select Auto the onboard HD Audio will be disabled when PCI Sound Card is plugged Front Panel Select Auto or Disabled for the onboard HD Audio Front Panel On Off Play Use this item to enable or disable On Off Play Technology The default val ue is Enabled When On Off Play is enabled Deep Sx will be disabled If y...

Page 36: ...ect SATA2 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 ...

Page 37: ... the onboard infrared port LPT1 Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard parallel port LPT1 Port Mode Use this item to set the mode for the onboard parallel port Configuration options Normal Bi Directional ECP and EPP 1 9 Mode and ECP and EPP 1 7 Mode LPT1 Port Address Use this item to set the address for the onboard parallel port Configura tion options Auto IO 378h IRQ 5 DMA 3 IO 378h ...

Page 38: ...oard to turn on the system from the power soft off mode PCI Devices Power On Use this item to enable or disable PCI devices to turn on the system from the power soft off mode Ring In Power On Use this item to enable or disable Ring In signals to turn on the system from the power soft off mode RTC Alarm Power On Use this item to enable or disable RTC Real Time Clock to power on the system USB Keybo...

Page 39: ...bled Please refer to below descriptions for the details of these four options Enabled Enables support for legacy USB Auto Enables legacy support if USB devices are connected Disabled USB devices are not allowed to use under legacy OS and UEFI setup when Disabled is selected If you have USB compatibility is sue it is recommended to select Disabled to enter OS UEFI Setup Only USB devices are allowed...

Page 40: ...guration DRAM Voltage Use this to select DRAM Voltage The default value is Auto 1 05V Voltage Use this to select 1 05V Voltage The default value is Auto 1 5V Voltage Use this to select 1 5V Voltage The default value is Auto ...

Page 41: ...erature motherboard temperature CPU fan speed chassis fan speed and the critical voltage CPU Fan Setting This allows you to set the CPU fan speed Configuration options Full On and Automatic Mode The default is value Full On Chassis Fan 1 Setting This allows you to set the chassis fan 1 speed Confi guration options Full On and Automatic Mode The default is value Full On ...

Page 42: ...e this item to enable or disable OEM Logo The default value is Enabled Boot From Onboard LAN Use this item to enable or disable the Boot From Onboard LAN feature Boot Failure Guard Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Boot Failure Guard Count Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Count 3 5 Boot Screen In this section it will display the available devices on your system...

Page 43: ...43 3 6 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 ...

Page 44: ...wing message Discard changes and exit setup Select OK to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes Discard Changes When you select this option it will pop out the following message Discard changes Select OK to discard all changes Load UEFI Defaults Load UEFI default values for all the setup questions F9 key can be used for this operation Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Attempt...

Page 45: ...tomatically displays the Main Menu if AUTORUN is enabled in your computer If the Main Menu did not appear automatically locate and double click on the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder in the Support CD to dis play the menus 4 2 2 Drivers Menu The Drivers Menu shows the available devices drivers if the system detects installed devices Please install the necessary drivers to activate the devices...

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