ASRock AD2550RU3S3 User Manual

AD2550RA/U3S3

AD2550R/U3S3

AD2550R

User Manual

Version 1.0

Published Feb 2013

Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

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Contents

1 Introduction ....................................................... 5

1.1 Package Contents ............................................... 5

1.2 Specications ...................................................... 6

1.3 Motherboard Layout ............................................ 10

1.4 I/O Panel ............................................................. 16

1.5 Block Diagram ..................................................... 19

2 Installation ......................................................... 22

2.1 Pre-installation Precautions ................................ 22

2.2 Screw Holes ........................................................ 22

2.3 Installation of Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) ....... 23

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) .................. 24

2.5 Onboard Headers and Connectors ..................... 25

2.6 Driver Installation Guide ....................................... 31

2.7 Hot Plug for Hard Disk Drives .............................. 32

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3 UEFI SETUP UTILITY ......................................... 33

3.1 Introduction ......................................................... 33

3.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar ........................................... 33

3.1.2 Navigation Keys ......................................... 34

3.2 Main Screen ........................................................ 35

3.3 Advanced Screen ................................................ 36

3.3.1 CPU Conguration ..................................... 37

3.3.2 Chipset Conguration ................................. 38

3.3.3 Storage Conguration ................................ 39

3.3.4 Super IO Conguration ............................... 41

3.3.5 ACPI Conguration ..................................... 42

3.3.6 USB Conguration ...................................... 44

3.3.7 Voltage Control ........................................... 45

3.3.8 Trusted Computing ..................................... 46

3.3.9 Serial Port Console Redirection ................. 47

3.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen ......... 48

3.5 Boot Screen ........................................................ 49

3.6 Security Screen ................................................... 51

3.7 Exit Screen .......................................................... 52

4 Software Support .............................................. 53

4.1 Install Operating System ..................................... 53

4.2 Support CD Information ...................................... 53

4.2.1 Running Support CD .................................. 53

4.2.2 Drivers Menu .............................................. 53

4.2.3 Utilities Menu .............................................. 53

4.2.4 Contact Information .................................... 53

5 Troubleshooting ................................................ 54

5.1 Troubleshooting Procedures ............................... 54

5.2 Technical Support Procedures ............................ 56

5.3 Returning Merchandise for Service ..................... 56

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Chapter 1: Introduction

Thank you for purchasing ASRock AD2550RA/U3S3 / AD2550R/U3S3 /

AD2550R motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s

consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with

robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endur-

ance.

In this manual, chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the mother-

board and step-by-step hardware installation guide. Chapter 3 and 4 con-

tains the conguration guide of BIOS setup and information of the Support

CD.

Because the motherboard specications and the BIOS software

might be updated, the content of this manual will be subject to

change without notice. In case any modications of this manual

occur, the updated version will be available on ASRock’s web-

site without further notice. You may nd the latest VGA cards

and CPU support list on ASRock’s website as well. ASRock

website http://www.asrock.com

If you require technical support related to this motherboard,

please visit our website for specic information about the model

you are using.

www.asrock.com/support/index.asp

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock AD2550RA/U3S3 / AD2550R/U3S3 / AD2550R Motherboard

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

ASRock AD2550RA/U3S3 / AD2550R/U3S3 / AD2550R Quick Installation

Guide

ASRock AD2550RA/U3S3 / AD2550R/U3S3 / AD2550R Support CD

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

1 x I/O Panel Shield

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1.2 Specications

Physical
Status

Processor
System

System
Memory

Expansion
Slot

Graphics

Ethernet

Form Factor Mini ITX

Dimension 6.7'' x 6.7'' (17.02 cm x17.02 cm)

CPU

Socket micro-FCBGA11

Power Phase 1+1 Power Phase Design

Chipset Intel® ICH10R

Capacity

Type

Voltage 1.5V

PCIe x 16

Controller Integrated (GMA3600)

Output

Interface Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

LAN
Controller

Supports Intel® Dual-Core Atom D2550
Processor

2 x SO-DIMM slots
Support up to 4GB

Single Channel DDR3 memory technology
Supports DDR3 1066 DIMM

AD2550RA/U3S3

1 slots (x1)

AD2550R/U3S3

1 slots (x1)

AD2550R

1 slots (x4)

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up
to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

- Supports HDMI with max. resolution up
to 1920x1200 @ 60Hz

- 2 x Intel 82574L

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

- Supports Energy Efcient Ethernet

802.3az

- Supports Dual LAN with Teaming function

- Supports PXE

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Storage

Rear Panel
I/O

Intel ICH10R : 5* x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s ,
SATA
controller

Additional
SATA
controller

PS/2 KB/
mouse

VGA port D-sub x 1 , HDMI x1

eSATA

USB 2.0 port

USB 3.0 port

Lan port

COM port 1

support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10

(Default:5 SATA ports, w/eSATA ; Option: 6

SATA ports. wo/eSATA)

AD2550RA/U3S3

Marvell SE9172: 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s

AD2550R/U3S3

Marvell SE9172: 2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s

AD2550R

N/A

1

1 (If without eSATA, the number of SATA2

ports will change from 5 to 6)

AD2550RA/U3S3

6

AD2550R/U3S3

6

AD2550R

8

AD2550RA/U3S3

Etron EJ188: 2 x USB 3.0

AD2550R/U3S3

Etron EJ188: 2 x USB 3.0

AD2550R

N/A

- 2 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports

- LAN Ports with LED (ACT/LINK LED and

SPEED LED)

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Internal
Connector

Onboard
LED

System
BIOS

Type A USB

2.0 port

1

AD2550RA/U3S3

2 (Each support 2 USB 2.0)

USB 2.0
header

2 (Each support 2 USB 2.0)

AD2550R/U3S3

AD2550R

1 (Each support 2 USB 2.0)

AD2550RA/U3S3

Etron EJ188: 1 x USB 3.0 header (Each

support 2 USB 3.0)

USB 3.0
header

Etron EJ188: 1 x USB 3.0 header (Each

AD2550R/U3S3

support 2 USB 3.0)

AD2550R

N/A

Auxiliary
panel
header

1 (include chassis intrusion , location button

& LED , front LAN LED)

Front panel 1

Speaker 1 (4 pin)

TPM-S 1

Fan header 3 (1 x 4-pin , 2 x 3-pin)

ATX power 1 (24-pin)

Standby
PWR

1

LED 5vsb

BIOS type

- 16Mb SPI Flash ROM

- AMI UEFI BIOS

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Temperature

- CPU Temperature Sensing

- System Temperature Sensing

- CPU/Rear/Front Fan Tachometer

Hardware
Monitor

Fan

- CPU Quiet Fan (Allow Chassis Fan Speed

Auto-Adjust by CPU

Temperature)

- CPU Fan Multi-Speed Control

Voltage

Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3V, CPU

Vcore, memory

Microsoft® Windows® 7 / Home Server

2011 / Storage

Support OS

OS

Server 2008 R2 / Server 2008 R2 and

Fedora ( 64bit OS* no g

raphic driver support, need to use inbox

graphic driver)

- ASRock Instant Flash

- ASRock Crashless BIOS

- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

Features

Unique
Features

Physical

* For detailed product information, please visit our website: http://www.asrock.com

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

SPEAKER1

1

16Mb
BIOS

HD_AUDIO1

1

AUDIO
CODEC

17.0cm (6.7 in)

17.0c m (6. 7 in)

Super

IO

3

4

6

7

10

12

19

5

FS B8 00

DDR 3_A1 (6 4 bit, 20 4-pin m odule )

FS B8 00

DDR 3_A2 (6 4 bit, 20 4-pin m odule )

LAN

RoHS AD2550RA/U3S3

USB 2.0
T: USB6
B: USB7

Top:
RJ-45

1

USB01

PCIE1

P2

s

Keyboard /

Mouse

USB 3. 0

T: USB0

B: USB 1

CHA_FAN 1

24

VGA 1

COM 1

USB 2.0
T: USB4
B: USB5

Top:
RJ-45

USB 2.0
T: USB2
B: USB3

eSATA

Top:

Centr al/Ba ss

Cente r:

REAR SP K

Botto m:

Optic al

SPDIF

Top:

LINE IN

Cente r:

FRONT

Botto m:

MIC IN

HDMI1

LAN

1

USB3_23

1

AUX_PANEL1

1

TPMS1

1

USB89

PANEL1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

1

SATA3_0SATA3_1SATA2_0SATA2_1

SATA2_3

SATA2_2SATA2_4

CPU_FAN2

CPU_FAN1

USB10

CMOS

Battery

12

9

13 111415

8

17

1620 18212223

AD2550RA/U3S3

9

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

3 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_23, Black)

4 CPU Heatsink

5 2 x 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Slots

(DDR3_A1, DDR3_A2, Black)

6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

7 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

8 USB 2.0 Header (USB01, Blue)

9 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2, Blue)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0, White)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1, White)

12 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_0, Blue)

13

14

15

16 USB 2.0 Header (USB89, Blue)

17 System Panel Header (PANEL1, White)

18

19 Vertical Type A USB (USB10)

20 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, White)

21 TPM-S Header (TPMS1)

22 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1, White)

23 Auxiliary panel header (AUX_PANEL1)

24 Intel ICH10R Chipset

SATA2 Connector

SATA2 Connector

SATA2 Connector

PCI Express 1.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1, Blue)

(SATA2_1, Blue)

(SATA2_3, Blue)

(SATA2_4, Blue)

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AD2550R/U3S3

SPEAKER1

1

16Mb
BIOS

17.0cm (6.7 in)

17.0c m (6. 7 in)

Super

IO

3

4

6

7

10

12

19

5

FS B8 00

DDR 3_A1 (6 4 bit, 20 4-pin m odule )

FS B8 00

DDR 3_A2 (6 4 bit, 20 4-pin m odule )

LAN

RoHS AD2550R/U3S3

USB 2.0
T: USB6
B: USB7

Top:
RJ-45

1

USB01

PCIE1

P2

s

Keyboard /

Mouse

USB 3. 0

T: USB0

B: USB 1

CHA_FAN 1

23

VGA 1

COM 1

USB 2.0
T: USB4
B: USB5

Top:
RJ-45

USB 2.0
T: USB2
B: USB3

eSATA

HDMI1

LAN

1

USB3_23

1

AUX_PANEL1

1

TPMS1

1

USB89

PANEL1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

1

SATA3_0SATA3_1SATA2_0SATA2_1

SATA2_3

SATA2_2SATA2_4

CPU_FAN2

CPU_FAN1

USB10

CMOS

Battery

12

9

13 111415

8

17

1620 182122

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1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

3 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_23, Black)

4 CPU Heatsink

5 2 x 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Slots

(DDR3_A1, DDR3_A2, Black)

6 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

7 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

8 USB 2.0 Header (USB01, Blue)

9 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2, Blue)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_0, White)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1, White)

12 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_0, Blue)

13

14

15

16 USB 2.0 Header (USB89, Blue)

17 System Panel Header (PANEL1, White)

18

19 Vertical Type A USB (USB10)

20 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, White)

21 TPM-S Header (TPMS1)

22 Auxiliary panel header (AUX_PANEL1)

23 Intel ICH10R Chipset

SATA2 Connector

SATA2 Connector

SATA2 Connector

PCI Express 1.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1, Blue)

(SATA2_1, Blue)

(SATA2_3, Blue)

(SATA2_4, Blue)

12

AD2550R

SPEAKER1

1

16Mb
BIOS

17.0cm (6.7 in)

17.0c m (6. 7 in)

Super

IO

3

5

6

8

15

4

FS B8 00

DDR 3_A1 (6 4 bit, 20 4-pin m odule )

FS B8 00

DDR 3_A2 (6 4 bit, 20 4-pin m odule )

LAN

RoHS AD2550R

USB 2.0
T: USB6
B: USB7

Top:
RJ-45

PCIE1

P2

s

Keyboard /

Mouse

USB 2. 0

T: USB0

B: USB 1

CHA_FAN 1

VGA 1

COM 1

USB 2.0
T: USB4
B: USB5

Top:
RJ-45

USB 2.0
T: USB2
B: USB3

eSATA

HDMI1

LAN

1

AUX_PANEL1

1

TPMS1

1

USB89

PANEL1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

1

SATA2_0SATA2_1

SATA2_3

SATA2_2SATA2_4

CPU_FAN2

CPU_FAN1

USB10

CMOS
Battery

12

7

1011

13

1216 141718

9

13

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

2 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN2)

3 CPU Heatsink

4 2 x 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Slots

(DDR3_A1, DDR3_A2, Black)

5 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

6 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

7 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2, Blue)

8 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_0, Blue)

9

10

11

12 USB 2.0 Header (USB89, Blue)

13 System Panel Header (PANEL1, White)

14

15 Vertical Type A USB (USB10)

16 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER 1, White)

17 TPM-S Header (TPMS1)

18 Auxiliary panel header (AUX_PANEL1)

19 Intel ICH10R Chipset

SATA2 Connector

SATA2 Connector

SATA2 Connector

PCI Express 1.0 x16 Slot (PCIE1, Blue)

(SATA2_1, Blue)

(SATA2_3, Blue)

(SATA2_4, Blue)

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1.4 I/O Panel

1

245

3

10

AD2550RA/U3S3

6

8

9

7

17

16

1 PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse

Port (Green)

2 COM Port

3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

* 4 LAN RJ-45 Port

* 5 LAN RJ-45 Port

6 Central / Bass (Orange)

7 Rear Speaker (Black)

15 14

13

1112

10 Microphone (Pink)

11 Optical SPDIF Out Port

12 USB 2.0 Ports (USB67)

13 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45)

14 eSATA Port

15 HDMI Port

16 VGA Port

17 USB 3.0 Ports (USB01)

8 Line In (Light Blue)

9 Front Speaker (Lime)

* There are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN

port LED indications.

LAN Port LED Indications

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description
Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On 100Mbps connection Green 1Gbps connection

ACT/LINK

LED

LAN Port

SPEED

LED

15

AD2550R/U3S3

1

245

10

11

98

7

3

6

1 PS/2 Keyboard / Mouse

Port (Green)

2 COM Port

3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB23)

* 4 LAN RJ-45 Port

* 5 LAN RJ-45 Port

* There are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN

port LED indications.

LAN Port LED Indications

Activity/Link LED SPEED LED

Status Description Status Description
Off No Link Off 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On 100Mbps connection Green 1Gbps connection

6 USB 2.0 Ports (USB67)

7 USB 2.0 Ports (USB45)

8 eSATA Port

9 HDMI Port

10 VGA Port

11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB01)

ACT/LINK

LED

LAN Port

SPEED

LED

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