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Q2900M

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English

3.3.2  Setup Guide

Installing ASRock Smart Connect Utility

Step 1 

Install 

ASRock Smart Connect Utility

, which is located in the folder at the following 

path of the Support CD: \ 

ASRock Utility > Smart Connect

.

Step 2 

Once installed, run ASRock Smart Connect from your desktop or go to Windows 

Start -> All Programs -> ASRock Utility

.

Summary of Contents for Q1900M

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Page 2: ...y or itness for a particular purpose In no event shall ASRock its directors oicers employees or agents be liable for any indirect special incidental or consequential damages including damages for loss of proits 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 any defect or error in the documentation ...

Page 3: ... Expansion Slots PCI Express Slots 11 2 3 Jumpers Setup 12 2 4 Onboard Headers and Connectors 13 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 17 3 1 Installing Drivers 17 3 2 A Tuning 18 3 3 Intel Smart Connect Technology 20 3 4 ASRock APP Shop 25 3 4 1 UI Overview 25 3 4 2 Apps 26 3 4 3 BIOS Drivers 29 3 4 4 Setting 30 3 5 Start8 31 Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 34 4 1 Introduction 34 ...

Page 4: ...hipset Coniguration 40 4 3 3 Storage Coniguration 42 4 3 4 Intel Smart Connect Technology 43 4 3 5 Super IO Coniguration 44 4 3 6 ACPI Coniguration 45 4 3 7 USB Coniguration 47 4 3 8 Trusted Computing 48 4 4 Tools 49 4 5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 51 4 6 Security Screen 52 4 7 Boot Screen 53 4 8 Exit Screen 55 ...

Page 5: ... Package Contents ASRock Q2900M Motherboard Micro ATX Form Factor ASRock Q2900M Quick Installation Guide ASRock Q2900M Support CD 2 x Serial ATA SATA Data Cables Optional 1 x I O Panel Shield Because the motherboard speciications and the BIOS sotware might be updated the content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice In case any modiications of this documentation occur the ...

Page 6: ...de 2 x PCI Express 2 0 x1 Slots Graphics Intel 7th generation Gen 7 graphics DirectX 11 0 Pixel Shader 5 0 hree graphics output options D Sub DVI D and HDMI Supports HDMI Technology with max resolution up to 1920x1200 60Hz Supports DVI D with max resolution up to 1920x1200 60Hz Supports D Sub with max resolution up to 1920x1200 60Hz Supports Auto Lip Sync Deep Color 12bpc xvYCC and HBR High Bit Ra...

Page 7: ... Protection ASRock Full Spike Protection 1 x USB 3 0 Port Supports ESD Protection ASRock Full Spike Protection 1 x RJ 45 LAN Port with LED ACT LINK LED and SPEED LED HD Audio Jacks Line in Front Speaker Microphone Storage 2 x SATA2 3 0 Gb s Connectors support NCQ AHCI and Hot Plug Connector 1 x Print Port Header 1 x COM Port Header 1 x TPM Header 1 x Chassis Intrusion Header 1 x CPU Fan Connector ...

Page 8: ...ports CPU Fanless Voltage monitoring 12V 5V 3 3V CPU Vcore OS Microsot Windows 8 1 32 bit 8 1 64 bit 8 32 bit 8 64 bit 7 32 bit 7 64 bit Certiica tions 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 Due to limitation the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under ...

Page 9: ...USB3 HDMI1 Top RJ 45 USB 3 0 USB1 USB 2 0 USB0 Top LINE IN Center FRONT Bottom MIC IN PCIE1 PCIE2 PCIE3 ATXPWR1 1 HD_AUDIO1 CI1 1 1 TPMS1 1 LPT1 COM1 1 1 USB4_5 1 SPEAKER1 CLRCMOS1 1 1 USB6 HDLED RESET PLED PWRBTN PANEL1 1 SATA2_2 SATA2_1 CPU_FAN1 DDR3_A1 64 bit 240 pin module DDR3_B1 64 bit 240 pin module 1 3 2 4 5 6 7 8 13 12 11 9 10 14 16 15 Q2900M ...

Page 10: ...nnector CHA_FAN1 5 Chassis Speaker Header SPEAKER1 6 SATA2 Connector SATA2_1 7 System Panel Header PANEL1 8 SATA2 Connector SATA2_2 9 Clear CMOS Jumper CLRCMOS1 10 USB 2 0 Header USB6 11 USB 2 0 Header USB4_5 12 COM Port Header COM1 13 Print Port Header LPT1 14 TPM Header TPMS1 15 Front Panel Audio Header HD_AUDIO1 16 Chassis Intrusion Header CI1 ...

Page 11: ...B 2 0 Port USB0 11 D Sub Port 6 Line In Light Blue 12 PS 2 Keyboard Port 1 2 10 12 11 9 3 5 4 6 7 8 here are two LEDs on each LAN port Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications Activity Link LED Speed LED Status Description Status Description Of No Link Of 10Mbps connection Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection On Link Green 1Gbps connection ACT LINK LED SPEED LED...

Page 12: ... injuries to you and damages to motherboard components In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the motherboard s components NEVER place your motherboard directly on a carpet Also remember to use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safety grounded object before you handle the components Hold components by the edges and do not touch the ICs Whenever you uninstall any components place them ...

Page 13: ...module is installed please install it into DDR3_A1 he DIMM only its in one correct orientation It will cause permanent damage to the motherboard and the DIMM if you force the DIMM into the slot at incorrect orientation It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3 DDR3L slot otherwise this motherboard and DIMM may be damaged ...

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Page 15: ...2 PCIe 2 0 x16 slot is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards PCIE3 PCIe 2 0 x1 slot is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards Before installing an expansion card please make sure that the power supply is switched of or the power cord is unplugged Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation ...

Page 16: ...computer and unplug the power cord from the power supply Ater waiting for 15 seconds use a jumper cap to short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds However please do not clear the CMOS right ater you update the BIOS If you need to clear the CMOS when you just inish updating the BIOS you must boot up the system irst and then shut it down before you do the clear CMOS action Please be noted that t...

Page 17: ...ED Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel he LED is on when the system is operating he LED keeps blinking when the system is in S1 S3 sleep state he LED is of when the system is in S4 sleep state or powered of S5 HDLED Hard Drive Activity LED Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel he LED is on when the hard drive is reading or writing data he fr...

Page 18: ..._R MIC2_R MIC2_L OUT_RET DUMMY GND GND P P USB_PWR P P USB_PWR 1 1 High Deinition Audio supports Jack Sensing but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly Please follow the instructions in our manual and chassis manual to install your system 2 If you use an AC 97 audio panel please install it to the front panel audio header by the steps below A Connect Mic_IN MIC to MIC...

Page 19: ...se plug it along Pin 1 and Pin 13 Chassis Intrusion Header 2 pin CI1 see p 5 No 16 his motherboard supports CASE OPEN detection feature that detects if the chassis cove has been removed This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion detection design TPM Header 17 pin TPMS1 see p 5 No 14 his connector supports Trusted Platform Module TPM system which can securely store keys digital certiica...

Page 20: ...t module Print Port Header 25 pin LPT1 see p 5 No 13 his is an interface for print port cable that allows convenient connection of printer devices CCTS 1 RRTS 1 DDSR 1 DDTR 1 RRXD1 GND TTXD1 DDCD 1 1 RRI 1 1 AFD ERROR PINIT GND SLIN STB SPD0 SPD1 SPD2 SPD3 SPD4 SPD5 SPD6 SPD7 ACK BUSY PE SLCT ...

Page 21: ... click on the ile ASRSETUP EXE in the Support CD to display the menu Drivers Menu he drivers compatible to your system will be auto detected and listed on the support CD driver page Please click Install All or follow the order from top to bottom to install those required drivers herefore the drivers you install can work properly Utilities Menu he Utilities Menu shows the application sotware that t...

Page 22: ...ng When you install the all in one driver to your system from ASRock s support CD A Tuning will be auto installed as well Ater the installation you will ind the icon A Tuning on your desktop Double click the A Tuning icon A Tuning main menu will pop up 3 2 2 Using A Tuning here are ive sections in A Tuning main menu Operation Mode and Tools Operation Mode Choose an operation mode for your computer...

Page 23: ... 19 English Tools Various tools and utilities XFast RAM Boost the system s performance and extend the HDD s or SDD s lifespan Create a hidden partition then assign which iles should be stored in the RAM drive ...

Page 24: ...bit edition Set the SATA mode to AHCI If Windows 8 7 is already installed under IDE mode directly changing the SATA mode to AHCI may cause Windows 8 7 to crash while booting If your system is not in AHCI mode please follow the instructions below 1 Press Win R simultaneously in Windows 8 7 type Regedit into the word box then click OK 2 Enter into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SYSTEM CurrentControlSet services...

Page 25: ... Utility Step 1 Install ASRock Smart Connect Utility which is located in the folder at the following path of the Support CD ASRock Utility Smart Connect Step 2 Once installed run ASRock Smart Connect from your desktop or go to Windows Start All Programs ASRock Utility ...

Page 26: ... Take Foxmail as an example add Foxmail to the Application list Step 4 Select Foxmail from the Application List then click the arrow pointing right to add this application to the Smart Connect List Step 5 Click Apply to enable Smart Connect ...

Page 27: ...load updates Shorter durations will provide more frequent updates but may cause more power consumption Using Smart Connect 1 Keep the applications which you wish to connect to the internet and receive updates while the system is in sleep state running Foxmail for instance keep Foxmail running 2 Click on Windows Start the arrow next to Shut down and click on Sleep 3 Windows system will enter sleep ...

Page 28: ... he screen will not display anything so the computer can maintain minimum power usage Aterwards the system will automatically return to sleep state again 5 Upon waking up the system you will ind the new mail that were sent to you during sleep state are already updated and ready to be read in Foxmail ...

Page 29: ...ed to be connected to the Internet to download apps from the ASRock APP Shop 3 4 1 UI Overview Category Panel he category panel contains several category tabs or buttons that when selected the information panel below displays the relative information Information Panel he information panel in the center displays data about the currently selected category and allows users to perform job related task...

Page 30: ...the let side of the screen he other various apps are shown on the right Please scroll up and down to see more apps listed You can check the price of the app and whether you have already intalled it or not he red icon displays the price or Free if the app is free of charge he green Installed icon means the app is installed on your computer Step 2 Click on the app icon to see more details about the ...

Page 31: ...e app click on the red icon to start downloading Step 4 When installation completes you can ind the green Installed icon appears on the upper right corner To uninstall it simply click on the trash can icon he trash icon may not appear for certain apps ...

Page 32: ...pps you have already installed When there is an available new version for your app you will ind the mark of New Version appears below the installed app icon Step 1 Click on the app icon to see more details Step 2 Click on the yellow icon to start upgrading ...

Page 33: ...ed you will see a list of recommended or critical updates for the BIOS or drivers Please update them all soon Step 1 Please check the item information before update Click on to see more details Step 2 Click to select one or more items you want to update Step 3 Click Update to start the update process ...

Page 34: ...30 English 3 4 4 Setting In the Setting page you can change the language select the server location and determine if you want to automatically run the ASRock APP Shop on Windows startup ...

Page 35: ...with added customizations for greater eiciency 3 5 1 Installing Start8 Install Start8 which is located in the folder at the following path of the Support CD ASRock Utility Start8 3 5 2 Coniguring Start8 Style Select between the Windows 7 style and Windows 8 style Start Menu hen select the theme of the Start Menu and customize the style of the Start icon ...

Page 36: ...ish Conigure Conigure provides coniguration options including icon sizes which shortcuts you want Start Menu to display quick access to recently used apps the functionality of the power button and more Control ...

Page 37: ... a press on the Windows key does Desktop Desktop allows you to disable the hot corners when you are working on the desktop It also lets you choose whether or not the system boots directly into desktop mode and bypass the Metro user interface About Displays information about Start8 ...

Page 38: ...system chassis You may also restart by turning the system of and then back on 4 1 1 UEFI Menu Bar he top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections Main For setting system time date information Advanced For advanced system conigurations Tool Useful tools H W Monitor Displays current hardware status Security For security settings Boot For coniguring boot settings and boot priority E...

Page 39: ...ns of each navigation key Navigation Key s Description To change option for the selected items Tab Switch to next function PGUP Go to the previous page PGDN Go to the next page HOME Go to the top of the screen END Go to the bottom of the screen F1 To display the General Help Screen F4 Toggle sound on of F7 Discard changes and exit the SETUP UTILITY F9 Load optimal default values for all the settin...

Page 40: ...36 English 4 2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY the Main screen will appear and display the system overview ...

Page 41: ...gurations for the following items CPU Coniguration Chipset Coniguration Storage Coniguration Intel Smart Connect Technology Super IO Coniguration ACPI Coniguration USB Coniguration and Trusted Computing Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction ...

Page 42: ...sipation CPU C States Support Enable CPU C States Support for power saving It is recommended to keep C3 C6 and C7 all enabled for better power saving Enhanced Halt State C1E Enable Enhanced Halt State C1E for lower power consumption No Execute Memory Protection Processors with No Execution Memory Protection Technology may prevent certain classes of malicious bufer overlow attacks Hardware Prefetch...

Page 43: ...retrieving the currently requested cache line Enable for better performance Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions so that one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems ...

Page 44: ...Conigure the size of memory that is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up Onboard HD Audio Enable disable onboard HD audio Set to Auto to enable onboard HD audio and automatically disable it when a sound card is installed Front Panel Enable disable front panel HD audio Onboard HDMI HD Audio Enable audio for the onboard digital outputs ...

Page 45: ...n AC Power Loss Select the power state ater a power failure If Power Of is selected the power will remain of when the power recovers If Power On is selected the system will start to boot up when the power recovers Good Night LED By enabling Good Night LED the Power LAN LEDs will be switched of when the system is on It will also automatically switch of the Power and LAN LEDs when the system enters ...

Page 46: ...TA devices to enter a low power state during periods of inactivity to save power It is only supported by AHCI mode Hard Disk S M A R T S M A R T stands for Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology It is a monitoring system for computer hard disk drives to detect and report on various indicators of reliability AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface supports NCQ and other new features that...

Page 47: ...h 4 3 4 Intel Smart Connect Technology Intel Smart Connect Technology Intel Smart Connect Technology automatically updates your email and social networks such as Twitter Facebook etc while the computer is in sleep mode ...

Page 48: ...or disable the Serial port 1 Serial Port Address Select the address of the Serial port Parallel Port Enable or disable the Parallel port Change Settings Select the address of the Parallel port Device Mode Select the device mode according to your connected device ...

Page 49: ...mance and to pass WHQL tests PS 2 Keyboard Power On Allow the system to be waked up by a PS 2 Keyboard PCIE Device Power On Allow the system to be waked up by a PCIE device and enable wake on LAN Ring In Power On Allow the system to be waked up by onboard COM port modem Ring In signals RTC Alarm Power On Allow the system to be waked up by the real time clock alarm Set it to By OS to let it be hand...

Page 50: ...46 English USB Keyboard Remote Power On Allow the system to be waked up by an USB keyboard or remote controller USB Mouse Power On Allow the system to be waked up by an USB mouse ...

Page 51: ...Enable or disable all the USB 3 0 ports Legacy USB Support Enable or disable Legacy OS Support for USB 2 0 devices If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is recommended to disable legacy USB support Select UEFI Setup Only to support USB devices under the UEFI setup and Windows Linux operating systems only ...

Page 52: ...48 English 4 3 8 Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enable to activate Trusted Platform Module TPM security for your hard disk drives ...

Page 53: ...o update your UEFI Internet Flash ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI irmware version from our servers for you Please setup network coniguration before using Internet Flash For BIOS backup and recovery purpose it is recommended to plug in your USB pen drive before using this function ...

Page 54: ...k Coniguration Use this to conigure internet connection settings for Internet Flash Internet Setting Enable or disable sound efects in the setup utility UEFI Download Server Select a server to download the UEFI irmware ...

Page 55: ...fan speed and voltage CPU Fan 1 Setting his allows you to set CPU fan 1 s speed Coniguration options Full On and Automatic Mode he default value is Full On Chassis Fan 1 Setting his allows you to set chassis fan 1 s speed Coniguration options Full On Automatic Mode and Manual he default value is Full On Case Open Feature Enable or disable Case Open Feature to detect whether the chassis cover has b...

Page 56: ...r the administrator account Only the administrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password User Password Set or change the password for the user account Users are unable to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password Secure Boot Enable to support Windows 8 Secure Boo...

Page 57: ... an external graphics card Please notice that Ultra Fast mode will boot so fast that the only way to enter this UEFI Setup Utility is to Clear CMOS or run the Restart to UEFI utility in Windows Boot From Onboard LAN Allow the system to be waked up by the onboard LAN Setup Prompt Timeout Conigure the number of seconds to wait for the setup hot key Bootup Num Lock Select whether Num Lock should be t...

Page 58: ...sing Windows 8 64 bit and all of your devices support UEFI you may also disable CSM for faster boot speed Launch PXE OpROM Policy Select UEFI only to run those that support UEFI option ROM only Select Legacy only to run those that support legacy option ROM only Do not launch Launch Storage OpROM Policy Select UEFI only to run those that support UEFI option ROM only Select Legacy only to run those ...

Page 59: ...ption the following message Discard changes and exit setup will pop out Select OK to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes Discard Changes When you select this option the following message Discard changes will pop out Select OK to discard all changes Load UEFI Defaults Load UEFI default values for all options he F9 key can be used for this operation Launch EFI Shell from ilesystem...

Page 60: ...ation For technical questions please submit a support request form at http www asrock com support tsd asp ASRock Incorporation 2F No 37 Sec 2 Jhongyang S Rd Beitou District Taipei City 112 Taiwan R O C ASRock EUROPE B V Bijsterhuizen 3151 6604 LV Wijchen he Netherlands Phone 31 24 345 44 33 Fax 31 24 345 44 38 ASRock America Inc 13848 Magnolia Ave Chino CA91710 U S A Phone 1 909 590 8308 Fax 1 909...

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