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TECHNICAL MANUAL

 

Of   

Intel Q87 Express Chipset   

Based 

M/B for LGA 1150 Quad Core Ready 

  Intel Core Processor   

   

 

Rev: 1.0 

Release date: March 23, 2015 

 

 
 
 

 

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. 

 

NMF94RM

Summary of Contents for NMF94RM

Page 1: ...ntel Core Processor Rev 1 0 Release date March 23 2015 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 NMF94RM ...

Page 2: ...WARE INSTALLATION 2 1 JUMPER SETTING 5 2 2 CONNECTORS AND HEADERS 7 2 2 1 REAR I O BACK PANEL CONNECTORS 7 2 2 2 MOTHERBOARD INTERNAL CONNECTORS 8 2 2 3 HEADER PIN DEFINITION 10 CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS 3 1 ENTERNING SETUP 14 3 2 BIOS MENU SCREEN 14 3 3 FUNCTION KEYS 15 3 4 GETTING HELP 15 3 5 MENU BARS 16 3 6 MAIN MENU 16 3 7 ADVANCED MENU 17 3 8 CHIPSET MENU 22 3 9 BOOT MENU 24 3 10 SECURITY M...

Page 3: ...drops attached on PCB or the surface of the components can bring about phenomena as minor as computer instability resulted from corrosion and oxidation from components and PCB or as major as short circuit that can burn the components Suggest starting the computer until the temperature goes up The increasing temperature of the capacitor may decrease the life of computer Using the close case may dec...

Page 4: ... THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OF DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES AND THEY ARE USED ...

Page 5: ...el I211AT Gigabit PCI E LAN chip Intel I217LM Gigabit LAN PHY chip Support Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing 10 100 1000Mbps Ethernet data transfer rate BIOS 64M Bit DIP Flash ROM Multi I O Rear Panel I O 1 PS 2 keyboard port connector 1 PS 2 mouse port connector 1 HDMI port connector 2 USB 3 0 port connector 4 USB 2 0 port connector 1 VGA port connector 1 Serial port connector COM1 supports...

Page 6: ...2 0 Headers Front Panel Header DDRIII DIMM Slot x 4 SYS FAN1 Header GPIO Header CPUFAN1 Header SATAIII Ports HDMI Port MSATA Slot MSATA PWR LED Header Speaker Header LAN1 RJ 45 LAN Port PS 2 Mouse Port PS 2 Keyboard Port USB 2 0 Ports PS 2 Mouse Port Over Ps 2 Keyboard Port USB 3 0 Ports Over HDMI Port COM1 Serial Port USB 2 0 Ports LAN1 RJ 45 LAN Port Main Power Connector VGA2 Header SMBUS Header...

Page 7: ...lect 4 pin Block JP4 COM2 Header Pin9 Function Select 4 pin Block JP5 Mini PCIE Slot MPE Power VCC3 3V 3 3VSB Select 3 pin Block JP3 ME_Feature Measure Function Select 2 pin Block JP2 For Factory Test 2 pin Block AT_COPEN Pin 1 2 ATX Mode AT Mode Select Pin 3 4 Case Open Message Display Function 4 pin Block JBAT JP1 JP3 JP4 AT_COPEN JP5 JP2 ...

Page 8: ...LAN1 LAN2 RJ 45 LAN Connector X2 Headers Header Name Description JW_FP1 Front Panel Header PWR LED HDD LED Power Button Reset 9 pin Block SPK LED Speaker Header Power LED Header 7 pin Block FP_USB1 FP_USB2 USB 2 0 Header 9 pin Block TPM1 TPM 1 2 Header 19 pin Block COM2 Serial Port Header 9 pin Block GPIO1 GPIO Header 10 pin Block LAN1_LED1 LAN2_LED2 LAN Status LED Header 2 pin Block VGA2 VGA Port...

Page 9: ...AT 1 3 1 2 Closed Normal JP1 4 pin COM1 Port Pin9 Function Select JP1 COM1 Port 4 6 Closed RI 12V 1 3 5 3 4 Closed RI 5V 2 4 Closed RI RS232 4 6 2 6 5 3 1 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2 JP4 4 pin COM2 Header Pin9 Function Select JP4 COM2 Port 4 6 Closed RI 12V 1 3 5 3 4 Closed RI 5V 2 4 Closed RI RS232 4 6 2 6 5 3 1 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2 ...

Page 10: ...e Security Measures in the Flash Descriptor Override JP3 1 2 1 2 Open Enable Security Measures in the Flash Descriptor Default 1 2 Pin 1 2 of AT_COPEN 4 pin AT Mode Select AT_COPEN Pin 1 2 AT Mode Select 1 2 Close AT Mode Selected 1 2 Open ATX Mode Selected Pin 1 2 2 4 4 3 Pin 1 3 ATX Mode Selected Press power button to power on after power input ready AT Mode Selected Directly power on as power i...

Page 11: ...or PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 Mouse The green one is PS 2 mouse port and the purple one is PS 2 keyboard port 2 USB30 USB 3 0 Port Connector These USB 3 0 connectors are for user to connect USB 3 0 compatible devices to the system board 3 HDMI High Definition Multimedia Interface This point to point interface is for audio and video signals designed as a single cable solution for home theater and consu...

Page 12: ...hat you use an ATX 12V Specification 2 0 compliant power supply unit PSU with a minimum of 350W power rating This type has 24 pin and 4 pin power plugs If you intend to use a PSU with 20 pin and 4 pin power plugs make sure that the 20 pin power plug can provide at least 15A on 12V and the power supply unit has a minimum power rating of 350W The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the ...

Page 13: ...ht cause system unstable because the power supply can not provide sufficient current for system Pin1 4 Pin Definition No Definition 1 GND 5 12V 2 GND 6 12V 3 GND 7 12V 4 GND 8 12V 3 SATA1 2 3 4 5 6 7 pin block SATAIII Port connector These connectors are high speed SATAIII ports that support 6 GB s transfer rate Pin No Defnition 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND Note SATA6 port shares with ...

Page 14: ...ition 1 12V 2 GND 3 GND 4 VCC 2 2 3 Header Pin Definition 1 JW FP1 9 pin Front Panel Header HDLED RESET HDDLED GND PWRLED PWRBTN GND PWRLED HDDLED RSTSW VCC PWRBT Pin 1 2 PWR LED 2 SPK LED 7 pin PWR LED Header Speaker Header SPEAK NC SPEAK PWRLED Pin 1 NC PWRLED PWRLED ...

Page 15: ...A GND DATA VCC NC DATA GND DATA 2 4 TPM1 19 pin TPM 1 2 Header CLK VCC3 3 LFRAME RESET LAD3 GND VCC5V KEY NC 2 Pin 1 LAD2 LAD1 LAD0 GPIO68 SB 3 3V GND GND NC SERIRQ NC GND GPIO69 LPC_PD 5 COM2 9 Pin Serial Port Header DCD Pin1 2 SIN SOUT DTR GND DSR RTS CTS RI ...

Page 16: ...5 GPIO14 7 LAN1_LED1 LAN2_LED2 2 pin LANLED Status Indicator Header Pin1 LED LED 8 VGA2 15 pin VGA Port Header GND Pin 1 2 GREEN NC GND RED GND HSYNC DCC_CLK NC VCC_VGA GND BLUE GND DCC_DATA VSYNC Note VGA2 header shares with VGA1 port i e only one of them can work at a time at user s choice ...

Page 17: ...SSTX2 GND3 D2 D2 VBUS 11 Pin 1 10 19 VBUS SSRX1 SSRX1 GND0 SSTX1 SSTX1 GND1 D1 D1 NC 10 SMBUS1 4 pin SM BUS Header SMBUS_CLK VCC3 3 Pin1 SMBUS_DATA GND SMBUS_ALERT 11 CPUFAN1 SYSFAN1 SYSFAN2 SYSFAN3 SYSFAN4 4 pin FAN Headers Pin1 12V Fan Power GND Fan Clock Control ...

Page 18: ...parameters of the hardware synchronization Only when these tasks are completed done it gives up control of the computer to operating system OS Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software to communicate it is the key factor for system stability and in ensuring that your system performance as its best 3 1 Entering Setup Power on the computer and by pressing Del immediately allows yo...

Page 19: ...keys when you want to modify the BIOS parameters for the active option F1 General help F2 Previous value F3 Optimized defaults F4 Save Exit Press Esc to quit the BIOS Setup 3 4 Getting Help Main Menu The on line description of the highlighted setup function is displayed at the top right corner the screen Status Page Setup Menu Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that desc...

Page 20: ...tting loading and exit options User can press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard to switch from menu bar The selected one is highlighted 3 6 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 Sys...

Page 21: ...s Disabled Enabled Enabled for Windows XP and Linux OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology Disabled for other OS OS optimized not for Hyper Threading Technology This item might not be available depending different CPU configuration Limit CPUID Maximum The optional settings Disabled Enabled This item should be set as Disabled for Windows XP Execute Disable Bit The optional settings Disabled En...

Page 22: ...gs are Default Gen1 Gen2 Gen3 When set as AHCI or RAID user can also make further settings for each available SATA 1 6 port or MSATA port Serial ATA Port 1 2 3 4 5 6 m SATA Port 1 Port 2 Port 3 Port 4 Port 5 m SATA The optional settings Disabled Enabled Use this item to enable or disable each SATA port Intel R Rapid Start Technology Press Enter to go to next screen to enable or disable Intel R Rap...

Page 23: ... this function to enable or disable Hide Un Configure ME without password Configuration Prompt function MEBx Debug Message Output Use this function to enable or disable MEBx Debug Message Output function Un Configure ME Use this function to enable or disable Un Configure ME without password function Amt Wait Timer Use this item to set time to wait before sending ASF_GET_BOOT_OPTIONS Disable ME Use...

Page 24: ... start unit command time out The optional settings are 10 sec 20 sec 30 sec 40 sec Device power up delay 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 fo...

Page 25: ...s set as Enabled The optional settings are Disabled Enabled When set as Enabled the following sub items shall appear WatchDog Timer Value in ERP User can set a value in the range of 10 4095 seconds or 1 4095 minutes WatchDog Timer Unit The optional settings are Sec Min PC Health Status Press Enter to view hardware health status set shutdown temperature for system or make further settings in SmartF...

Page 26: ...e this item to enable the system wake on RTC alarm from S3 S5 RTC alarm is affected by ERP function in S4 S5 Please disable ERP Support before activating RTC alarm in S4 S5 Press Enter to make settings for the following sub items Wake up System with Fixed Time Use this item to enable or disable system wake up on alarm event The optional settings Disabled Enabled When set as Enabled system will wak...

Page 27: ...ter to further setting USB device configuration USB Configuration XHCI Mode Use this item to select mode of operation for XHCI controller The optional settings are Smart Auto Disabled When set as Disabled the following sub items shall appear EHCI1 EHCI2 Use this item to control the USB EHCI USB 2 0 functions One EHCI controller must always be enabled System State after Power Failure Use this item ...

Page 28: ...48M 480M 512M 1024M DVMT Total Gfx Mem Use this item to select DVMT 5 0 total graphics memory size used by the internal graphics device The optional settings are 128M 256M MAX Primary IGFX Boot Display Use this item to select the video device which will be activated during POST This has no effect if external graphics present Secondary boot display selection will appear based on your selection VGA ...

Page 29: ...aunch PXE OpROM policy This option controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy PXE OpROM The optional settings are Do not launch UEFI only Legacy only Launch Storage OpROM policy This option controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Storage OpROM The optional settings are Do not launch UEFI only Legacy only Launch Video OpROM policy This option controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Video OpROM T...

Page 30: ...without saving any changes Save Changes This item allows user to save changes done so far to any of the setup options Discard Changes This item allows user to discard changes done so far to any of the setup options Restore Defaults Use this item to restore load default values for all the setup options Save as User Defaults Use this item to save the changes done so far as user defaults Restore User...

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