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QB701-B Series

Qseven Board

User’s Manual

A19720234

Summary of Contents for QB701-B Series

Page 1: ...QB701 B Series Qseven Board User s Manual A19720234 ...

Page 2: ...or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any express or implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for any particular purpose The user will assume the entire risk of the use or the results of the use of this document Further the manufacturer reserves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its contents at any time without obligation to notify any person or entity of ...

Page 3: ...ticular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or televi sion reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver Connect the equipment into an ...

Page 4: ...ter 1 Introduction 9 Specifications 9 Features 11 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 12 Board Layout 12 Mechanical Diagram 13 System Memory 14 Cooling Option 15 MXM Connector 17 Installing QB701 B Series onto a Carrier Board 20 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 22 Overview 22 AMI BIOS Setup Utility 24 Main 24 Advanced 25 Chipset 35 Boot 39 Security 40 Save Exit 41 Updating the BIOS 42 Chapter 4 Supported Software...

Page 5: ...1 5 Introduction Appendix A NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide 58 nLite 58 AHCI 66 Appendix B System Error Message 70 Appendix C Troubleshooting 71 ...

Page 6: ...f components and product specifications 2 The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physical abuse improper installation modification accidents or unauthorized repair of the product 3 Unless otherwise instructed in this user s manual the user may not under any circumstances attempt to perform service adjustments or repairs on the product whether in or out of warranty It must be ret...

Page 7: ...d touching the pins or contacts on all modules and connectors Hold modules or connectors by their ends Important Electrostatic discharge ESD can damage your processor disk drive and other components Perform the upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching...

Page 8: ...es disk One QR Quick Reference Optional Items Q7 100 carrier board kit Cable kit for carrier board Two standoff bolts Two sets of nut and bolt One bracket The board and accessories in the package may not come similar to the informa tion listed above This may differ in accordance with the sales region or models in which it was sold For more information about the standard package in your region plea...

Page 9: ...768 60Hz SDVO Up to 160MHz pixel clock equates to 1280x1024 85Hz Supports High Definition Audio interface Integrated Intel PCH GbE MAC One Micrel KSZ9021RNI Ethernet PHY Supports 10Mbps 100Mbps and 1Gbps data transmission IEEE 802 3 10 100Mbps and IEEE 802 3ab 1Gbps com pliant Supports 1 SDIO MMC Supports SDA Standard Ver 1 0 SD memory card speci fication Ver 2 0 SDIO card specification Ver 1 0 MM...

Page 10: ...2 Intel Atom E660T 1GB DDR2 onboard 20o C to 70o C QB701 B680T102 Intel Atom E680T 1GB DDR2 onboard 20o C to 70o C QB701 B620T012 Intel Atom E620T 512MB DDR2 onboard 20o C to 70o C 2GB QB701 B640T122 Intel Atom E640T 1GB DDR2 onboard 20o C to 70o C 4GB QB701 B680T202 Intel Atom E680T 2GB DDR2 onboard 20o C to 70o C QB701 B620100 Intel Atom E620 1GB DDR2 onboard 0o C to 60o C QB701 B640100 Intel At...

Page 11: ...e delivers an excellent blend of graphics performance and features to meet business needs It provides excellent video and 3D graphics with outstanding graphics responsiveness These enhancements deliver the performance and compatibility needed for today s and tomorrow s business applications Supports LVDS and SDVO display outputs Serial ATA Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant with S...

Page 12: ...yout Chapter 2 Hardware Installation Top View Bottom View SPI Flash 16Mbit BIOS Intel EG20T PCH Micrel KSZ9021RNI Intel Atom E6xx DDR2 DDR2 USB HUB USB2514BI DDR2 DDR2 BD9595MUV BD9591MWV DDR2 DDR2 DDR2 DDR2 SLB9635 SSD Micro P PIC16F690 ...

Page 13: ...13 2 Hardware Installation Mechanical Diagram ...

Page 14: ...n only If such a station is not available you can provide some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis If a wrist strap is unavailable establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any procedures requiring ESD protection DDR2 The system board is equipped with memory down single 32 bit channel that support DDR2 D...

Page 15: ... denote the locations of the thermal pads designed to contact the corresponding components that are on QB701 B Series Remove the plastic covering from the thermal pads prior to mounting the heat sink onto QB701 B Series Top View of the Heat Sink Bottom View of the Heat Sink 1 2 3 ...

Page 16: ...16 2 Hardware Installation Dimensions ...

Page 17: ... to interface with the carrier board Insert QB701 B series to the MXM connector on the carrier board Refer to the following page for the pin function of this connector Refer to Installing QB701 B Series onto a Carrier Board section for more infor mation MXM Connector ...

Page 18: ...TA3 51 SDIO_ O I D S 2 5 2 A T A D _DATA5 53 SDIO_ O I D S 4 5 4 A T A D _DATA7 55 SDIO_ D V S R 6 5 6 A T A D NC D N G 8 5 D N G 7 5 59 HDA_ B M S 0 6 C N Y S _CLK 61 HDA_ B M S 2 6 T S R _DATA 63 HDA_ B M S 4 6 K L C T I B _ALERT 65 HDA_ C 2 I 6 6 I D S _CLK 67 HDA_ C 2 I 8 6 O D S _DATA G I R T D W 0 7 M R H T 9 6 T U O D W 2 7 P I R T M R H T 1 7 D N G 4 7 D N G 3 7 75 USB_ B S U 6 7 7 P _P6 7...

Page 19: ..._TX NC 3 E I C P 2 6 1 _RX NC 163 PCIE3_TX NC 3 E I C P 4 6 1 _RX NC D N G 6 6 1 D N G 5 6 1 167 PCIE2_ 2 E I C P 8 6 1 X T _RX 169 PCIE2_ 2 E I C P 0 7 1 X T _RX 171 EXCD0_ 1 D C X E 2 7 1 T S R E P _PERST 173 PCIE1_ 1 E I C P 4 7 1 X T _RX 175 PCIE1_ 1 E I C P 6 7 1 X T _RX 177 EXCD0_ 1 D C X E 8 7 1 E P P C _CPPE 179 PCIE0_ 0 E I C P 0 8 1 X T _RX 181 PCIE0_ 0 E I C P 2 8 1 X T _RX D N G 4 8 1 ...

Page 20: ...tion is for reference purpose only and may not resemble your carrier board These illustrations are mainly to guide you on how to install QB701 B Series onto the carrier board of your choice 2 Grasping QB701 B Series by its edges insert it into the carrier board and you will hear a distinctive click indicating QB701 B Series is correctly locked into position Mounting hole QB701 B Series Carrier boa...

Page 21: ...ress down QB701 B Series and put on the heat sink on top of QB701 B Se ries with its mounting holes and bolts aligned on the carrier board Use the mounting screw to fix QB701 B Series and heat sink on place Long screws Short screws ...

Page 22: ...These screens are for reference purpose only Default Configuration Most of the configuration settings are either predefined according to the Load Op timal Defaults settings which are stored in the BIOS or are automatically detected and configured without requiring any actions There are a few settings that you may need to change depending on your system configuration Entering the BIOS Setup Utility...

Page 23: ...of the highlighted field Selects a field Displays General Help Saves and exits the Setup program Press Enter to enter the high lighted submenu Scroll Bar When a scroll bar appears to the right of the setup screen it indicates that there are more available fields not shown on the screen Use the up and down arrow keys to scroll through all the available fields Submenu When appears on the left of a p...

Page 24: ...plays minutes from 00 to 59 Second displays seconds from 00 to 59 Set the Time Use Tab to switch between Time elements Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Save Exit Chipset Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit BIOS Informati...

Page 25: ...ROM Enables or disables the boot option for legacy mass storage devices with option ROM Monitor hardware status Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Legacy OpROM Support Launch PXE OpROM Launch Storage OpROM ACPI Settings Trusting Computing CPU Configuration SDIO Configuration USB Configuration F75387 Module Board H...

Page 26: ...Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc ACPI Sleep State Advanced S3 Suspend to RAM ACPI Sleep State Selects the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the Suspend button is pressed S1 POS Enables the Power On Suspend function S3 STR Enables the Suspend to RAM function Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimi...

Page 27: ...nc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc TPM Configuration TPM Support Current TPM Status Information NO TPM Hardware Advanced TPM Support Enables or Disables TPM O S will not show TPM Resetting the platform is required Disabled Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit ...

Page 28: ...es not optimized for Hyper Threading technology When disabled only one thread per enabled core is enabled Execute Disable Bit When this field is set to Disabled it will force the XD feature flag to always return to 0 Limit CUPID Maximum The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater than 3 The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in the Win dows series oper...

Page 29: ...opyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc SDIO Configuration SDIO Access Mode Advanced SDIO Access Mode Auto Option Access SD device in DMA mode if controller supports it other wise it is in PIO mode DMA Option Access SD device in DMA mode PIO Option Access SD device in PIO mode Auto Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 Gener...

Page 30: ... should be claimed by the EHCI driver Enables Legacy USB support AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc USB Configuration USB Devices 1 Keyboard Legacy USB Support EHCI Hand off ...

Page 31: ...rican Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Module Board H W Monitor Current CPU Temperature System FAN1 Speed Vcore VGFX 1 8 V 3 3 V Fan1 Mode Settings Fan1 Manual Value Advanced Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit 34 6 C 5154 RPM 1 120 V 0 912 V 1 840 V 3 296 V Manual ...

Page 32: ... Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Super IO Configuration Super IO Chip Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port 2 Configuration Advanced Winbond W83627DHG P Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit ...

Page 33: ... Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit Serial Port Enables or disables the serial port Change Settings Selects the IO IRQ setting of the I O device Enable or Disable Serial Port COM Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Serial Port 2 Configuration Serial Port Device Settin...

Page 34: ...sion 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Carrier Board H W Monitor Case Open Warning System temperature System FAN2 Speed 12 V 3 3 V 5 V VBAT V Advanced Disabled 32 C N A 12 460 V 3 440 V 5 068 V 3 280 V Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit Case Open Warning Enabled or disabled the case open ...

Page 35: ...sion 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc North Bridge Chipset Configuration South Bridge Chipset Configuration Save Exit Advanced Boot Security Main Chipset System Agent SA Parameters Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit ...

Page 36: ... Megatrends Inc North Bridge Chipset Configuration Memory Information MRC Version Total Memory vBIOS Version IGD Mode Select 01 00 2048 MB DDR2 2032 Enabled 8MB Chipset Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit IGD Mode Select Selects the amount of system memory used by the internal graphics device ...

Page 37: ...19 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc South Bridge Chipset Configuration Audio Controller PCI Express Ports Configuration Auto Chipset Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit IGD Mode Select Selects the amount of system memory used by the internal graphics device ...

Page 38: ...ress Root Port 0 PCI Express Root Port 1 PCI Express Root Port 2 PCI Express Root Port 3 PCI Express Ports Configuration PCI Express Root Port 0 to PCI Express Root Port 3 Controls the PCI Express Root Port Chipset PCI Express Root Port 0 Settings Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaults F4 Save Exit ESC Exit ...

Page 39: ...e arrow keys Quiet Boot Enables or disables the quiet boot function Boot Enables Disables Quiet Boot Option Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 14 1219 Copyright C 2011 American Megatrends Inc Boot Configuration Quiet Boot Setup Prompt Timeout Bootup Numlock State CSM16 Module Version Boot Option Priorities Boot Option 1 Network Device BBS Priorities Save Exit Ch...

Page 40: ...g Setup If ONLY the User s password is set then this is a power on password and must be entered to boot or enter Setup In Setup the User will have Administrator rights The password must be 3 to 20 characters long Administrator Password User Password Save Exit Chipset Advanced Main Boot Security Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F3 Optimized Defaul...

Page 41: ...then press Enter A dialog box will appear Select Yes to reset the system after saving all changes made Discard Changes and Reset To discard the changes select this field and then press Enter A dialog box will appear Select Yes to reset the system setup without saving any changes Restore Defaults To restore and load the optimized default values select this field and then press Enter A dialog box wi...

Page 42: ..._Name b p n then press Enter C AFU AFUDOS afudos filename B P N AMI Firmware Update Utility APTIO v2 25 Copyright C 2008 American Megatrends Inc All Rights Reserved Reading file Erasing flash Writing flash Verifying flash Erasing BootBlock Writing BootBlock Verifying BootBlock C AFU AFUDOS done done done done done done done After finishing BIOS update please turn off the AC power Wait about 10 sec...

Page 43: ...CD into a CD ROM drive The autorun screen Mainboard Utility CD will appear If after inserting the CD Autorun did not automatically start which is the Mainboard Utility CD screen did not appear please go directly to the root directory of the CD and double click Setup Chapter 4 Supported Software Note QB701 B Series support WinXP driver only Win7 driver is available only upon request ...

Page 44: ...are is used for updating Windows INF files so that the Intel chipset can be recognized and configured properly in the system To install the utility click Intel Chipset Device Software on the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to in stall the utility Click Next 2 Read the license agreement then click Yes ...

Page 45: ...ystem re quirements and installation tips then click Next 4 Setup is now installing the driver Click Next to con tinue 5 Click Yes I want to restart this computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software in stallation to take effect ...

Page 46: ... To install the driver click Intel Graphics Drivers on the main menu 3 Go through the readme document for more installa tion tips then click Next 1 Setup is ready to install the graphics driver Click Next 2 Read the license agreement then click Yes ...

Page 47: ...etup is currently installing the driver After installation has completed click Next 5 Click Yes I want to restart this computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software in stalllation to take effect ...

Page 48: ...the main menu 1 Setup is now ready to in stall the audio driver Click Next 2 Follow the remainder of the steps on the screen click ing Next each time you finish a step 3 Click Yes I want to restart my computer now then click Finish Restarting the system will allow the new software in stallation to take effect ...

Page 49: ...ivers To install the driver click Intel Platform Controller Hub EG20t Drivers on the main menu 3 Click I accept the terms in the license agreement then click Next 1 Setup is now preparing to install the driver 2 Setup is now ready to in stall the driver Click Next ...

Page 50: ...50 4 Supported Software 4 Click Next 5 Click Install to begin instal lation 6 Wait until the driver is being installed then click Next ...

Page 51: ...51 4 Supported Software 7 Click Continue Anyway or Stop Installation 8 Click Finish to exit installa tion ...

Page 52: ... information about the board HW Health Watchdog DIO and Backlight To access the utility click DFI Utility on the main menu 2 Click I accept the terms in the license agree ment and then click Next 1 Setup is ready to install the DFI Utility drifer Click Next ...

Page 53: ...53 4 Supported Software 4 Click Install to begin the installation 5 After completing installa tion click Finish 3 Enter User Name and Organization informa tion and then click Next ...

Page 54: ...54 4 Supported Software The DFI Utility icon will appear on the desktop Double click the icon to open the utility ...

Page 55: ...lation method This will allow you to install the operating system onto a hard drive when in AHCI mode 1 Insert a blank floppy diskette 2 Locate for the drivers in the CD then copy them to the floppy diskette The CD includes drivers for both 32 bit and 64 bit operating systems The path to the drivers are shown below 32 bit CD Drive AHCI_RAID F6FLOPPY f6flpy32 ...

Page 56: ...are Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 3 To install the reader click Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 3 on the main menu 1 Click Next to install or click Change Destination Folder to select another folder 2 Click Install to begin instal lation ...

Page 57: ...57 4 Supported Software 3 Click Finish to exit installa tion ...

Page 58: ...nstalla tion procedures may slightly vary if you re using another version of the program 1 Download the program from nLite s offical website http www nliteos com download html 2 Install nLite Important Due to it s coding with Visual Net you may need to first install NET Framework prior to installing nLite 3 Download relevant RAID AHCI driver files from Intel s website The drivers you choose will d...

Page 59: ...c into an optical drive 5 Launch nLite The Welcome screen will appear Click Next 6 Click Next to temporarily save the Windows installa tion files to the designated default folder If you want to save them in another folder click Browse select the folder and then click Next ...

Page 60: ...60 A NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide 7 Click Next 8 In the Task Selection dia log box click Drivers and Bootable ISO Click Next ...

Page 61: ... driver folder to select the drivers you will integrate Click Next 10 Select only the drivers appropriate for the Win dows version that you are using and then click OK Integrating 64 bit drivers into 32 bit Windows or vice versa will cause file load errors and failed in stallation ...

Page 62: ...62 A NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide 11 If you are uncertain of the southbridge chip used on your motherboard se lect all RAID AHCI con trollers and then click OK 12 Click Next ...

Page 63: ...63 A NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide 13 The program is currently integrating the drivers and applying changes to the installation 14 When the program is fin ished applying the chang es click Next ...

Page 64: ...elect the Create Image mode under the General section and then click Next 16 Or you can choose to burn it directly to a disc by selecting the Direct Burn mode under the General section Select the optical device and all other necessary settings and then click Next ...

Page 65: ... and AHCI Installation Guide 17 You have finished custom izing the Windows XP in stallation disc Click Fin ish Enter the BIOS utility to configure the SATA con troller to RAID AHCI You can now install Windows XP ...

Page 66: ...r to IDE mode 2 Install Windows XP but do not press F6 3 Download relevant RAID AHCI driver files supported by the motherboard chipset from Intel s website Transfer the downloaded driver files to C AHCI 4 Open Device Manager and right click on one of the In tel Serial ATA Storage Con trollers then select Update Driver If the controller you select ed did not work try select ing another one ...

Page 67: ...5 In the Hardware Update Wizard dialog box select No not this time then click Next 6 Select Install from a list or specific location Ad vanced and then click Next 7 Select Don t search I will choose the driver to install and then click Next ...

Page 68: ...68 A NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide 8 Click Have Disk 9 Select C AHCI iaAHCI inf and then click Open 10 Select the appropriate AHCI Controller of your hardware device and then click Next ...

Page 69: ...are device Ignore the warning and click Yes to proceed 12 Click Finish 13 The system s settings have been changed Win dows XP requires that you restart the computer Click Yes 14 Enter the BIOS utility and modify the SATA control ler from IDE to AHCI By doing so Windows will work normally with the SATA controller that is in AHCI mode ...

Page 70: ...ctional It should be replaced Important Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer Dispose of used batteries according to the battery manufacturer s instructions CMOS CHECKSUM ERROR Checksum of CMOS is incorrect This can indicate that CMOS has become cor rupt This error may have been caused by a weak battery Che...

Page 71: ...t the outlet by plugging in a lamp or other electrical device 4 The monitor is turned on 5 The display s brightness and contrast controls are adjusted properly 6 All add in boards in the expansion slots are seated securely 7 Any add in board you have installed is designed for your system and is set up correctly Monitor Display If the display screen remains dark after the system is turned on 1 Make...

Page 72: ...a live outlet and the other end properly plugged into the back of the system 2 Make sure that the voltage selection switch on the back panel is set for the correct type of voltage you are using 3 The power cord may have a short or open Inspect the cord and install a new one if necessary Hard Drive Hard disk failure 1 Make sure the correct drive type for the hard disk drive has been entered in the ...

Page 73: ...configured correctly Keyboard Nothing happens when a key on the keyboard was pressed 1 Make sure the keyboard is properly connected 2 Make sure there are no objects resting on the keyboard and that no keys are pressed during the booting process System Board 1 Make sure the add in card is seated securely in the expansion slot If the add in card is loose power off the system re install the card and ...

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