Asrock N3150DC-ITX User Manual

N3150DC-ITXN3150DC-ITX

N3150DC-ITXN3150DC-ITX

Version 1.0

Published June 2015

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction 1

1.1 Package Contents 1

1.2 Specications 2

1.3 Motherboard Layout 5

1.4 I/O Panel 7

Chapter 2 Installation 9

2.1 Installing Memory Modules (SO-DIMM) 10

2.2 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 12

2.3 Jumpers Setup 13

2.4 Onboard Headers and Connectors 14

Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 18

3.1 Installing Drivers 18

3.2 ASRock APP Shop 19

3.2.1 UI Overview 19

3.2.2 Apps 20

3.2.3 BIOS & Drivers 23

3.2.4 Setting 24

3.3 Enabling USB Ports for Windows® 7 Installation 25

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 28

4.1 Introduction 28

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 28

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 29

4.2 Main Screen 30

4.3 Advanced Screen 31

4.3.1 CPU Conguration 32

4.3.2 Chipset Conguration 33

4.3.3 Storage Conguration 35

4.3.4 IntelRMT Conguration 37

4.3.5 Super IO Conguration 38

4.3.6 ACPI Conguration 39

4.3.7 USB Conguration 41

4.3.8 Trusted Computing 42

4.4 Tools 43

4.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 45

4.6 Security Screen 46

4.7 Boot Screen 47

4.8 Exit Screen 50

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock N3150DC-ITX 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 endurance.

In this manual, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the motherboard

and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation guide of the

soware and utilities. Chapter 4 contains the conguration guide of the BIOS setup.

Becau se the motherboard specications and the BIOS soware might be updated , the
content of this documentation will be subject to change without notice. In case any
modications of thi s documentation occur, the updated version will be available on
ASRock’s website without further notice. If you require technical suppor t related to
this motherboard, please visit our website for specic information about the mode l
you are using. You may nd the late st VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock’s
website a s well. ASRock website http://www.a srock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock N3150DC-ITX Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)

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ASRock N3150DC-ITX Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock N3150DC-ITX Support CD

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

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2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Power Cables (Optional)

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1 x 65W DC-in 19V 3.42A Power Adapter (Optional)

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1 x I/O Panel Shield

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1 x WiFi Module Screw

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1.2 Specications

Platform

CPU

Memory

Expansion
Slot

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* If only one SO-DIMM module is installed, please install it into
DDR3_A1.

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* Due to the power limitation and PCIe bandwidth (x1), the VGA

card is not supported.

N3150DC-ITX

Mini-ITX Form Factor
Solid Capacitor design
High Density Glass Fabric PCB

Intel® Quad-Core Processor N3150 (up to 2.08 GHz)

Dual Channel DDR3/DDR3L Memory Technology
2 x DDR3/DDR3L SO-DIMM Slots
Supports DDR3/DDR3L 1600/1066 non-ECC, un-buered
memory
Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB
(see CAUTION)

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot
1 x Half-size Mini-PCI Express Slot

Graphics

Intel® 8th generation (Gen 8) graphics: up to 12 EUs inside

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DirectX 11.1, Pixel Shader 5.0

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ree graphics output options: DVI-D, HDMI and

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DisplayPort 1.1a
Supports Triple Monitor

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Supports HDMI with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(3840x2160) @ 30Hz or 2560x1600 @ 60Hz
Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

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60Hz
Supports DisplayPort 1.1a with max. resolution up to 4K x 2K

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(3840x2160) @ 30Hz or 2560x1600 @ 60Hz
Supports Auto Lip Sync, xvYCC and HBR (High Bit Rate

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Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant HDMI monitor is
required)
Supports HW Accelerated Decoders: H.264 @ level 5.2,

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H.265/HEVC @ level 5 (GPU accelerated), JPEG, VP8
Supports HDCP with DVI-D, HDMI and DisplayPort 1.1a

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Ports
Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D,

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HDMI and DisplayPort 1.1a Ports

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Audio

LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

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Audio Codec)
Premium Blu-ray Audio support

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Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

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ELNA Audio Caps

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PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

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Realtek RTL8111GR

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Supports Wake-On-WAN

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Supports Wake-On-LAN

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Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

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Protection)
Supports LAN Cable Detection

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Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

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Supports PXE

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1 x DC Jack (Compatible with the 19V power adapter)

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* If you install 4 HDDs, please use the 90W DC-in 19V power
adapter.

1 x PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

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1 x DVI-D Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x DisplayPort 1.1a

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2 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

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Spike Protection))
4 x USB 3.0 Ports (ASMedia ASM1074 hub) (Supports ESD

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Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

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LED)
HD Audio Jacks: Side Speaker / Rear Speaker / Central / Bass

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/ Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

Connector

2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and

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Hot Plug
2 x SATA3 6.0 Gb/s Connectors by ASMedia ASM1061, sup-

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port NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

1 x Print Port Header

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1 x COM Port Header

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1 x TPM Header

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1 x Chassis Intrusion Header

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1 x CPU Fan Connector (3-pin)

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BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

1 x Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin)

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2 x SATA Power Connectors

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1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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1 x SPDIF Out Connector

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2 x USB 2.0 Headers (Support 4 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD

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Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))
1 x USB 3.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 3.0 ports) (Supports ESD

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Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

* USB3_3_4 is shared with USB_5_6.

64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

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Supports Plug and Play

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ACPI 1.1 compliant wake up events

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Supports jumperfree

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SMBIOS 2.3.1 support

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CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

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CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

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CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by

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CPU temperature)
CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

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CASE OPEN detection

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Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

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N3150DC-ITX

Microso® Windows® 10 64-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 7 64-bit

OS

Certica­tions

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

Due to limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reser vation
for system usage und er Windows® 32-bit operating systems. Windows® 64-bit operat­ing systems do not have such limitations. You can use ASRock XFast R AM to utilize
the memory that Windows® cannot use.

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* To install Windows® 7 64-bit OS, a modied installation disk
with xHCI drivers packed into the ISO le is required. Please
refer to page 25 for more detailed instructions.
* For the updated Windows® 10 driver, please visit ASRock 's
website for details: http://www.asrock.com

FCC, CE, WHQL

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ErP/EuP ready (ErP/EuP ready power supply is required)

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

PCIE1

AUDIO
CODEC

1

TPMS1

CPU_FAN 1

HDLED RESET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

1

SPEAKE R1

COM1

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SATA3_A 1

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HD_AU DIO1

64Mb
BIOS

Fr ont USB 3 .0

LAN

CLRMO S1

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USB3_ 3_4

SATA3_1

Top:
RJ- 45

USB 3 .0
T: USB1
B: US B2

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USB_5_ 6

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USB_3_ 4

SATA3_A 2

SATA3_2

USB 2 .0

T: USB0

B: US B1

PS2

Key board /

Mou se

DVI1

MIN I_PCIE1

Sup er

I/O

USB 3.0
T: USB5
B: USB6

HDMI1

CI1

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CMOS

Batte ry

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LPT1

DC_ JACK1

Top:

SIDE SPK

Cent er:

REAR SPK

Bott om:

CTR B ASS

Top:

LINE IN

Cent er:

FRON T

Bott om:

MIC I N

SATA_PWR1

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SATA_PWR2

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DDR3_A1

DDR3_B1

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SPDIF_ OUT1

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No. Description

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

2 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Slot (DDR3_B1)

3 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Slot (DDR3_A1)

4 SATA Power Connector (SATA_PWR1)

5 SATA Power Connector (SATA_PWR2)

6 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_3_4)

7 USB 2.0 Header (USB_5_6)

8 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

9 USB 2.0 Header (USB_3_4)

10 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_1)

11 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_2)

12 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

13 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

14 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRMOS1)

15 COM Port Header (COM1)

16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A2)

17 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A1)

18 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

19 Print Port Header (LPT1)

20 TPM Header (TPMS1)

21 SPDIF Out Connector (SPDIF_OUT1)

22 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 USB 2.0 Ports (USB01) 9 Central / Bass (Orange)

2 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_5_6) 10 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_1_2)

3 LAN RJ-45 Port* 11 HDMI Port

4 Side Speaker (Gray) 12 DisplayPort 1.1a

5 Rear Speaker (Black) 13 DVI-D Port

6 Line In (Light Blue) 14 PS/2 Mouse/Keyboard Port

7 Front Speaker (Lime)** 15 DC Jack***

8 Microphone (Pink)

* ere are two LEDs on the LA N port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

ACT/LINK L ED

SPEED LE D

LAN Por t

Activity / Link LED Speed LED

Status Description Status Description

O No Link O 10Mbps connection
Blinking Data Activity Orange 100Mbps connection
On Link Green 1Gbps connection

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** If you use a 2- channel speaker, please connect the sp eaker’s plug into “Front Speaker Jack”. See the table bel ow

for connection details in accordance with the type of speaker you use .

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 7)

Rear Speaker

(No. 5)

Central / Bass

(No. 9)

Side Speaker

(No. 4)

2 V -- -- --
4 V V -- --
6 V V V --
8 V V V V

To enable Multi-Streaming, you need to connect a front panel audio c able to the
front panel audio header. Aer restarting your computer, you wil l nd the “Mixer”
tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable playback
multi-streaming”, and click “ok”. Choose “2CH”, “4CH”, “6CH”, or “8CH” and then
you are all owed to select “Realtek HDA Primary output” to use the Rear Speaker,
Central/Bass, and Front Speaker, or select “Realtek HDA Audio 2nd output” to use
the front panel audio.

*** Please use a 19V power adapter for the DC jack. is jack accepts dual barrel plugs with an inner diameter of

2.5 mm and an outer diameter of 5.5 mm, where the inne r contact is +19V (±10%) DC and the shell is GND.

Please refer to below hardware cong uration for the estimated adapter power.

DRAM HDD PCIe Card Estimated Adapter Power

1 1 0 35W

1 2 0 50W

2 4 0 84W

1 1 <20W 60W

1 2 <20W 75W

1 1 <40W 85W

If you install 4 HDDs, please use the 90W DC-in 19V power ad apter.

Due to the power limitation and PCIe bandwidth (x1), the VGA card is not supported .

When you use the DC-in power adapter, please use the onboard SATA power connector to get the power for
HDDs.

2.5 mm

5.5 mm

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Chapter 2 Installation

is is a Mini-ITX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard,

study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it.

Pre-installation Precautions

Take note of the following precautions before you insta ll motherboard components

or change any motherboard settings.

Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard.

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Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard

components.

In order to avoid damage from static electricity to the motherboard’s components,

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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.

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Whenever you uninstall any components, place them on a grounded anti-static pad or

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in the bag that comes with the components.

When placing screws to secure the motherboard to the chassis, please do not over-

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tighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard.

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2.1 Installing Memory Modules (SO-DIMM)

is motherboard provides two 204-pin DDR3/DDR3L (Double Data Rate 3) SO-

DIMM slots. If only one SO-DIMM module is installed, please install it into DDR3_

A1.

It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3/DDR3L
slot; otherwise, this motherboard and SO-DIMM may be damaged.

e SO-DIMM only ts in one correct or ientation. It will cause pe rmanent damage
to the motherboard and the SO-DIMM if you force the SO-DI MM into the slot at
incorrect orientation.

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2.2 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere is 1 PCI Express slot and 1 mini-PCI Express slot on the motherboard.

Before installing an expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is
switched o or the powe r cord is unplugged. Ple ase read the d ocumentation of the
expan sion card and mak e necessary hardware set tings for the card before you star t the
installation.

PCIe slot:

PCIE1 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards.

mini-PCIe slot:

MINI_PCIE1 (mini-PCIe slot) is used for WiFi module.

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