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FCC Information and Copyright �� 1
Chapter 1: Introduction �� 3

1.1 Before You Start .................................................................................................................. 3

1.2 Package Checklist ................................................................................................................ 3

1.3 Specifications ...................................................................................................................... 4

1.4 Rear Panel Connectors ........................................................................................................ 5

1.5 Motherboard Layout .......................................................................................................... 6

Chapter 2: Hardware installation �� 7

2.1 Install Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................................................. 7

2.2 Install a Heatsink ................................................................................................................. 8

2.3 Connect Cooling Fans ....................................................................................................... 10

2.4 Install System Memory ..................................................................................................... 10

2.5 Expansion Slots ................................................................................................................. 12

2.6 Jumper & Switch Setting ................................................................................................... 13

2.7 Headers & Connectors ...................................................................................................... 14

Chapter 3: UEFI BIOS & Software �� 17

3.1 UEFI BIOS Setup ................................................................................................................ 17

3.2 BIOS Update ...................................................................................................................... 17

3.3 Software ............................................................................................................................ 21

Chapter 4: Useful help�� 24

4.1 Driver Installation ............................................................................................................. 24

4.2 AMI BIOS Beep Code......................................................................................................... 25

4.3 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................ 25

4.4 RAID Functions .................................................................................................................. 26

APPENDIX I: Specifications in Other Languages �� 28

Arabic ...................................................................................................................................... 28

German ................................................................................................................................... 29

Russian .................................................................................................................................... 30

Spanish ................................................................................................................................... 31

Thai ......................................................................................................................................... 32

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Page 1: ...this publication and to make changes to the contents here without obligation to notify any party beforehand Duplication of this publication in part or in whole is not allowed without first obtaining...

Page 2: ...Unit CPU 7 2 2 Install a Heatsink 8 2 3 Connect Cooling Fans 10 2 4 Install System Memory 10 2 5 Expansion Slots 12 2 6 Jumper Switch Setting 13 2 7 Headers Connectors 14 Chapter 3 UEFI BIOS Software...

Page 3: ...the edge do not try to bend or flex the board Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the case after installation Loose parts will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment Keep the...

Page 4: ...0 port 2 on rear I Os and 4 via internal headers Expansion Slots 2x PCIe 3 0 x1 Slot 1x PCIe 3 0 x16 Slot When using APU or NPU the bandwidth is x8 speed Rear I Os A320MH PRO 1x PS 2 Mouse 1x PS 2 Ke...

Page 5: ...re The input output function of each audio jack listed above represents the default setting However when connecting external microphone to the audio port please use the Line In Blue and Mic In Pink au...

Page 6: ...6 Chapter 1 Introduction 1 5 Motherboard Layout Note represents the 1st pin HDMI Connector only for A320MH PRO DVI D Connector only for A320MD PRO...

Page 7: ...nit CPU Step 1 Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard Step 2 Pull the socket locking out from the socket and then raise the lever up to a 90 degree angel Step 3 Look for the white triangle on socket...

Page 8: ...the CPU socket 2 2 Install a Heatsink TypeA Step 1 Place the heatsink and fan assembly onto the retention frame Match the heatsink clip with the socket mounting lug Hook the spring clip to the mountin...

Page 9: ...herboard Step 2 Place the heatsink and fan assembly on top of the installed CPU and make sure that the fan cable is closest to the CPU fan connector Please refer diagram to the following screw into th...

Page 10: ...2 12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control By Fan SYS_FAN1 System Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control By Fan Note CPU_FAN1 SYS_FAN1 support 4 pin and...

Page 11: ...orce it Pull it all the way out and try again Memory Capacity DIMM Socket Location DDR4 Module Total Memory Size DIMMA1 4GB 8GB 16GB Max is 32GB DIMMB1 4GB 8GB 16GB Dual Channel Memory Installation Pl...

Page 12: ...GB s PEX1_1 1_2 PCI Express Gen3 x1 Slot PCI Express 3 0 compliant Data transfer bandwidth up to 1GB s per direction 2GB s in total Install an Expansion Card You can install your expansion card by fol...

Page 13: ...closed JCMOS1 Clear CMOS Jumper The jumper allows users to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data Please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard Pin 1 2 Close Normal...

Page 14: ...6 5V 19 Ground 7 Ground 20 NC 8 PW_OK 21 5V 9 Standby Voltage 5V 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 Ground 12 3 3V ATXPWR2 ATX Power Source Connector This connector will provide 12V to CPU power circuit Pi...

Page 15: ...Power on button 8 Reset control 16 Ground SATA1 SATA4 Serial ATA 6 0 Gb s Connectors These connectors connect to SATA hard disk drives via SATA cables Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 TX 3 TX 4 Ground 5 RX...

Page 16: ...Power 4 GPIO 4 Audio Power 5 Right line in 5 RT Line Out 6 Jack Sense 6 RT Line Out 7 Front Sense 7 Reserved 8 Key 8 Key 9 Left line in 9 LFT Line Out 10 Jack Sense 10 LFT Line Out Note It is recomme...

Page 17: ...Utility It enables automated updating while in the Windows environment Using this utility the BIOS can be updated from a file on a hard disk a USB drive a flash drive or a USB hard drive or a CD ROM...

Page 18: ...e BIOS setup please go to the Save Exit using the Restore Defaults function to load Optimized Defaults and select Save Changes and Reset to restart the computer Then the BIOS Update is completed BIOS...

Page 19: ...o shows up press DEL key to enter BIOS setup After entering the BIOS setup please go to the Save Exit using the Restore Defaults function to load Optimized Defaults and select Save Changes and Reset t...

Page 20: ...hile the system boots up and the full screen logo shows up press DEL key to enter BIOS setup After entering the BIOS setup please go to the Save Exit using the Restore Defaults function to load Optimi...

Page 21: ...l the information and content about following software are subject to be changed without notice For better performance the software is being continuously updated The information and pictures described...

Page 22: ...may have encountered and then send these information to our tech support department to help you fix the problem After filling up this information click Send to send the mail out A warning dialog woul...

Page 23: ...ity please set Outlook Express as your default e mail client application program We will not share customer s data with any other third parties so please feel free to provide your system information w...

Page 24: ...ystem Click on each device driver to launch the installation program B Software Installation To install the software please click on the Software icon The setup guide will list the software available...

Page 25: ...dule snaps into place System does not boot from a hard disk drive but can be booted from optical drive 1 Check cable running from disk to disk controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged...

Page 26: ...ata See Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 section 2 Wait for seconds 3 Power on the system again 4 4 RAID Functions RAID Definitions In a RAID 0 system data are split up in blocks that get written across all t...

Page 27: ...her drive Drawbacks Requires 2 drives for the storage space of one drive Performance is impaired during drive rebuilds Fault Tolerance Yes RAID 10 combines the advantages and disadvantages of RAID 0 a...

Page 28: ...HCI 0 RAID 1 10 LAN RTL 8111H REALTEK 10 100 1000 ALC887 7 1 USB 4 x USB 3 1 1 Gen 5Gb s 2 2 6 x USB 2 0 2 4 2 x PCIe 1 x3 0 1 x 16 x3 0 PCIe APU NPU A320MH PRO 1 x PS 2 1 x PS 2 1 x HDMI 1 x VGA 1 x...

Page 29: ...USB 2 0 Port 2 hintere I Os und 4 via interne Header Erweiterungsanschl sse 2x PCIe 3 0 x1 Slot 1x PCIe 3 0 x16 Slot Bei Verwendung von APU oder NPU ist die Bandbreite x8 Geschwindigkeit Hintere I Os...

Page 30: ...0 1 10 Realtek RTL 8111H 10 100 1000 ALC887 7 1 USB 4 USB 3 1 Gen1 5Gb s 2 2 6 USB 2 0 2 4 2x PCIe 3 0 x1 1x PCIe 3 0 x16 APU NPU x8 A320MH PRO 1 PS 2 1 PS 2 1 HDMI 1 VGA 1 2 USB 3 1 Gen1 5Gb s 2 USB...

Page 31: ...nos Ranura 6x USB 2 0 2 en las entradas salidas posteriores y 4 por los distribuidores internos Ranuras de Extinci n Ranura 2x PCIe 3 0 x1 Ranura 1x PCIe 3 0 x16 Cuando se utiliza APU o NPU el ancho d...

Page 32: ...887 7 1 Channels High Definition Audio 4x USB 3 1 Gen1 5Gb s 2 I O 2 6x USB 2 0 2 I O 4 2x PCIe 3 0 x1 1x PCIe 3 0 x16 APU NPU x8 I O A320MH PRO 1x PS 2 1x PS 2 1x HDMI 1x VGA 1x LAN 2x USB 3 1 Gen1 5...

Page 33: ...FCC FCC 15 Class B BIOSTAR BIOSTAR BIOSTAR CE 2004 108 CE 2006 95 CE 1999 05 CE...

Page 34: ...2 3 1 1 3 1 2 3 1 3 4 1 4 5 1 5 6 7 2 1 CPU 7 2 2 8 2 3 10 2 4 10 2 5 12 2 6 13 2 7 14 UEFI BIOS 17 3 1 UEFI BIOS 17 3 2 BIOS 17 3 3 21 24 4 1 24 4 2 AMI BIOS 25 4 3 25 4 4 RAID 26 I 28...

Page 35: ...3 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO 1 1 0 45 1 2 Serial ATA x2 ATX I O x1 x1 x1...

Page 36: ...1H 10 100 1000 Mb s ALC887 8 USB 4 USB 3 1 Gen1 5Gb s 2 2 6 USB 2 0 2 4 2 PCIe 3 0 x1 1 PCIe 3 0 x16 APU NPU x8 A320MH PRO 1 PS 2 1 PS 2 1 HDMI 1 VGA 1 LAN 2 USB3 1 Gen1 5Gb s 2 USB2 0 3 A320MD PRO 1...

Page 37: ...A320MH PRO A320MD PRO 1 4 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO AMD HDMI DVI D VGA Line In Mic In HDMI 4096 x 2160 24Hz 3840 x 2160 30Hz DVI D 1920 x 1200 60Hz VGA 1920 x 1200 60Hz HD HDMI A320MH PRO DVI D A320MD PR...

Page 38: ...6 1 5 1 HDMI A320MH PRO DVI D A320MD PRO...

Page 39: ...7 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO 2 1 CPU 1 CPU 2 90 3 CPU CPU...

Page 40: ...8 4 CPU CPU 2 2 A 1 2...

Page 41: ...9 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO B 1 2 CPU CPU CPU CPU...

Page 42: ...10 2 3 CPU_FAN1 CPU 1 2 12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control By Fan SYS_FAN1 1 2 12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 4 Smart Fan Control By Fan CPU_FAN1 SYS_FAN1 4 3 GND 2 4 DDR4...

Page 43: ...11 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO 1 DIMM DIMM DIMM 2 DIMM DIMM DIMM DIMM DIMM DIMMA1 4GB 8GB 16GB 32GB DIMMB1 4GB 8GB 16GB DIMMA1 DIMMB1 Disabled O X Disabled X O Enabled O O O X...

Page 44: ...4 2667 SR SR DDR4 2400 DR DR SR Single rank DIMM 1R x4 or 1R x8 DR Dual rank DIMMs 2R x4 or 2R x8 DDR4 DDR4 2 5 PEX16_1 PCI Express Gen3 x16 APU CPU x8 Ryzen x16 PCI Express 3 0 16GB s 32GB s PEX1_1 1...

Page 45: ...13 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO 2 6 close open Pin Pin Pin 1 2 JCMOS1 CMOS CMOS BIOS Pin 1 2 Pin 2 3 CMOS CMOS 1 AC 2 2 3 3 5 4 1 2 5 AC 6 Del BIOS...

Page 46: ...7 ATXPWR1 ATX ATX24 pin 13 3 3V 1 3 3V 14 12V 2 3 3V 15 3 16 PS_ON 4 5V 17 5 18 6 5V 19 7 20 NC 8 PW_OK 21 5V 9 5V 22 5V 10 12V 23 5V 11 12V 24 12 3 3V ATXPWR2 ATX CPU 12V 1 12V 2 12V 3 4 ATXPWR1 ATX...

Page 47: ...HDD LED 13 Power LED 6 HDD LED 14 Power LED 7 15 8 Reset control 16 SATA1 SATA4 ATA 6 0 Gb s SATA SATA 1 2 TX 3 TX 4 5 RX 6 RX 7 JFRONT_USB3_1 USB 3 1 Gen1 5Gb s PC USB 1 VBUS0 11 D2 2 SSRX1 12 D2 3 S...

Page 48: ...4 GPIO 4 Audio Power 5 Right line in 5 RT Line Out 6 Jack Sense 6 RT Line Out 7 Front Sense 7 Reserved 8 Key 8 Key 9 Left line in 9 LFT Line Out 10 Jack Sense 10 LFT Line Out AC 97 J_COM1 RS 232 Pin...

Page 49: ...IOS DEL BIOS UEFI BIOS UEFI BIOS 3 2 BIOS BIOS BIOSTAR BIOS Flasher BIOS USB CD ROM BIOSTAR BIOS Windows BIOS USB CD ROM BIOSTAR BIOS Flasher FAT32 16 BIOS BIOSTAR BIOS Flasher BIOS 1 BIOS 2 BIOS U FA...

Page 50: ...18 UEFI BIOS 7 BIOS Y 8 DEL BIOS Save Exit Restore Defaults Save Changes and Reset BIOS BIOS 1 DVD BIOS Update Utility 2 3 BIOS Online Update 4 BIOS Yes BIOS 5 BIOS Yes 6 BIOS Yes...

Page 51: ...UEFI BIOS 19 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO 7 OK 8 DEL BIOS Save Exit Restore Defaults Save Changes and Reset BIOS BIOS BIOS 1 DVD BIOS 2 www biostar com tw BIOS 3 BIOS Updat Utility Update BIOS 4 BIOS OK BIOS...

Page 52: ...20 UEFI BIOS 5 BIOS BIOS Open BIOS 6 BIOS OK 7 DEL BIOS Save Exit Restore Defaults Save Changes and Reset BIOS BIOS BIOS Save...

Page 53: ...UEFI BIOS 21 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO 3 3 1 Autorun 2 Software Installation 3 BIOScreen BMP Load Image Transform BIOS Update Bios BIOS...

Page 54: ...22 UEFI BIOS eHot Line eHot Line Send Send Do Not Send Save As...

Page 55: ...UEFI BIOS 23 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO Save BIOS CPU OS Outlook Express eHot Line Outlook Express http www biostar com tw app en about contact php...

Page 56: ...24 4 1 DVD A B C Manual SETUP EXE Acrobat Reader manual http get adobe com reader Acrobat Reader...

Page 57: ...25 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO 4 2 AMI BIOS BIOS 1 8 4 3 1 2 1 2 3 1 CMOS 2 1 2 Invalid Configuration CMOS Failure 1 2...

Page 58: ...26 CPU CPU CPU CPU 1 CPU CPU 2 CPU 3 CPU CPU CPU 1 2 3 1 CMOS Close CMOS Header JCMOS1 2 3 4 4 RAID RAID Block 2 6 8 Uses RAID 0...

Page 59: ...27 A320MH PRO A320MD PRO RAID 1 2 RAID 1 RAID1 RAID 2 2 RAID 1 100 2 RAID 10 RAID 0 RAID 1 4 6 8 RAID RAID1...

Page 60: ...28 I Pb Hg Cd Cr VI PBB PBDE PCB O O O O O O O O O O O O X O O O O O X O O O O O X O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O O SJ T11363 2006 X SJ T11363 2006 Pb X Pb SJ T11363 2006 ROHS...

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