ASROCK Q1900DC-ITX User Manual

User Manual

Q1900DC-ITX

Version 1.1

Published May 2014

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two conditions:
(1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and
(2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that

may cause undesired operation.

CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY

e Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance
controlled in Perchlorate Best Management Practices (BMP) regulations passed by the
California Legislature. When you discard the Lithium battery in California, USA, please
follow the related regulations in advance.
“Perchlorate Material-special handling may apply, see www.dtsc.ca.gov/hazardouswaste/
perchlorate”

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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 A-Tuning 19

3.3 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 21

3.4 ASRock Cloud 26

3.5 Start8 36

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 39

4.1 Introduction 39

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 39

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 40

4.2 Main Screen 41

4.3 Advanced Screen 42

4.3.1 CPU Conguration 43

4.3.2 Chipset Conguration 44

4.3.3 Storage Conguration 46

4.3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 48

4.3.5 Super IO Conguration 49

4.3.6 ACPI Conguration 50

4.3.7 USB Conguration 52

4.3.8 Trusted Computing 53

4.4 Tools 54

4.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 56

4.6 Security Screen 57

4.7 Boot Screen 58

4.8 Exit Screen 61

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Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Q1900DC-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.

1.1 Package Contents

•

ASRock Q1900DC-ITX Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)

•

ASRock Q1900DC-ITX Quick Installation Guide

•

ASRock Q1900DC-ITX Support CD

•

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

•

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

•

1 x I/O Panel Shield

•

1 x WiFi Module Screw

Because 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 this documentation occur, the updated version will be available on
ASRock’s website without further notice. If you require technical support related to
this motherboard, please visit our website for specic information about the model
you are using. You may nd the latest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock’s
website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com.

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1.2 Specications

Platform

•

Mini-ITX Form Factor

•

All Solid Capacitor design

•

High Density Glass Fabric PCB

CPU

•

Intel® Quad-Core Processor J1900 (2 GHz)

Memory

•

Dual Channel DDR3/DDR3L Memory Technology

•

2 x DDR3/DDR3L SO-DIMM Slots

•

Supports DDR3/DDR3L 1333/1066 non-ECC, un-buered

memory

•

Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB

(see CAUTION)

Expansion
Slot

•

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

•

1 x mini-PCI Express Slot

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

VGA card is not supported.

Graphics

• Intel® 7th generation (Gen 7) graphics (Supports Intel® Quick

Sync Video)

• DirectX 11.0, Pixel Shader 5.0

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

• Supports HDMI Technology with max. resolution up to

1920x1200 @ 60Hz

• Supports DVI-D with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

60Hz

• Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 1920x1200 @

60Hz

• Supports Auto Lip Sync, Deep Color (12bpc), xvYCC and

HBR (High Bit Rate Audio) with HDMI Port (Compliant

HDMI monitor is required)

• Supports HDCP with DVI-D and HDMI Ports

• Supports Full HD 1080p Blu-ray (BD) playback with DVI-D

and HDMI Ports

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Audio

•

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

Audio Codec)

•

Premium Blu-ray Audio support

•

Supports Surge Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)

LAN

•

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

•

Realtek RTL8111GR

•

Supports Wake-On-WAN

•

Supports Wake-On-LAN

•

Supports Lightning/ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike

Protection)

•

Supports LAN Cable Detection

•

Supports Energy Ecient Ethernet 802.3az

•

Supports PXE

Rear Panel
I/O

•

1 x DC Jack (Compatible with the 9~19V power adapter)

•

1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

•

1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

•

1 x D-Sub Port

•

1 x DVI-D Port

•

1 x HDMI Port

•

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

Spike Protection))

•

2 x USB 3.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full

Spike Protection))

•

1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED

LED)

•

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

/ Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Storage

•

2 x SATA2 3.0 Gb/s Connectors, support NCQ, AHCI and

Hot Plug

•

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

port NCQ, AHCI and Hot Plug

Connector

•

1 x Print Port Header

•

1 x COM Port Header

•

1 x TPM Header

•

1 x Chassis Intrusion Header

•

1 x CPU Fan Connector (3-pin)

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•

1 x Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin)

•

2 x SATA Power Connectors

•

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

•

1 x SPDIF Out Connector

•

1 x USB 2.0 Header (Supports 2 USB 2.0 ports) (Supports ESD

Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

•

1 x USB 3.0 Header by ASMedia ASM1074 (Supports 2 USB 3.0

ports) (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protec-

tion))

BIOS
Feature

•

64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support

•

Supports Plug and Play

•

ACPI 1.1 compliant wake up events

•

Supports jumperfree

•

SMBIOS 2.3.1 support

Hardware
Monitor

•

CPU/Chassis temperature sensing

•

CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer

•

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

CPU temperature)

•

CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control

•

CASE OPEN detection

•

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

OS

•

Microso® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.1 64-bit / 8 32-bit / 8 64-

bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

Certica­tions

•

FCC, CE, WHQL

•

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

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

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

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

PCIE1

13

12

11

AUDI O
CODE C

1

1

TPMS 1

9

Supe r

I/O

SATA3_A 1

3

PS2

Key bo ar d

PS2

Mou se

USB 2.0
T: USB3
B: USB4

HDMI

DDR3_ B1

DDR3_A1

CPU_ FAN1

1

USB1_ 2

HDLED RES ET

PLED PWRBTN

PANEL1

1

1

SPEAKER 1

COM1

1

CI1

1

SATA3_A

2

CMOS

Batt ery

Q1 9 0 0 D C - I TX

Ro HS

1

HD_A UDI O1

2

4

5

6

7

8

10

14

64M b

BIO S

MINI_ PCI E1

Fr ont U SB 3 .0

1

LPT1

LAN

CLRC MOS1

1

USB3 _1_ 2

SATA2_1

SATA2_2

VGA1

DVI1

Top:
RJ- 45

USB 3.0
T: USB3
B: US B4

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16

15

18

DC_J AC K1

Top:

SID E SP K

Cen ter :

REA R SP K

Bot tom :

CTR BAS S

Top:

LIN E IN

Cen ter :

FRO NT

Bot tom :

MIC IN

SPDI F_OU T1

1

SATA_PW R2

1

SATA_PW R1

1

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No. Description

1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1)

2 2 x 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1)

3 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

4 USB 2.0 Header (USB1_2)

5 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_1_2)

6 SATA Power Connector (SATA_PWR2)

7 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2)

8 SATA Power Connector (SATA_PWR1)

9 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

10 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_1)

11 TPM Header (TPMS1)

12 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

13 COM Port Header (COM1)

14 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

15 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A1)

17 Print Port Header (LPT1)

18 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A2)

19 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

20 SPDIF Out Connector (SPDIF_OUT1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse Port 9 Microphone (Pink)

2 D-Sub Port 10 Central / Bass (Orange)

3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_34) 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

4 LAN RJ-45 Port* 12 HDMI Port

5 Side Speaker (Gray) 13 DVI-D Port

6 Rear Speaker (Black) 14 PS/2 Keyboard Port

7 Line In (Light Blue) 15 DC Jack***

8 Front Speaker (Lime)**

1 3 4

111214

2

13

910

6

5

8

7

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

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

ACT/LINK LED

SPEED LED

LAN Por t

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

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

Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 8)

Rear Speaker

(No. 6)

Central / Bass

(No. 10)

Side Speaker

(No. 5)

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 cable to the
front panel audio header. Aer restarting your computer, you will 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 allowed 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 9~19V 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 inner contact is +19V (±10%) DC and the shell is GND.

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

DRAM HDD Estimated Adapter Power

1 1 30W

1 2 45W

2 4 79W

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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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 install motherboard components

or change any motherboard settings.

•

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

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,

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.

•

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

in the bag that comes with the components.

•

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

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.

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

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.

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2

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2.2 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 2 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

PCIe slots:

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

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

Before installing an expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is
switched o or the power cord is unplug ged. Please read the documentation of the
expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the
installation.

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2.3 Jumpers Setup

e illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on

the pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper

is “Open”. e illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short”

when a jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins.

Clear CMOS Jumper

(CLRCMOS1)

(see p.5, No. 15)

CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS. To clear and reset the system

parameters to default setup, please turn o the computer and unplug the power

cord from the power supply. Aer waiting for 15 seconds, use a jumper cap to

short pin2 and pin3 on CLRCMOS1 for 5 seconds. However, please do not clear

the CMOS right aer you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when

you just nish updating the BIOS, you must boot up the system rst, and then shut

it down before you do the clear-CMOS action. Please be noted that the password,

date, time, and user default prole will be cleared only if the CMOS battery is

removed.

Clear CMOSDefault

If you clear the CMOS, the case open may be detected. Please adjust the BIOS option
“Clear Status” to clear the record of previous chassis intrusion status.

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2.4 Onboard Headers and Connectors

System Panel Header

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.5, No. 3)

Connect the power

switch, reset switch and

system status indicator on

the chassis to this header

according to the pin

assignments below. Note

the positive and negative

pins before connecting

the cables.

GND

RESET#

PWRBTN#

PLED-

PLED+

GND

HDLED-

HDLED+

1

GND

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connect to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may congure the way to
turn o your system using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connect to the reset switch on the chassis front panel. Press the reset switch to restart
the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a normal restart.

PLED (System Power LED):

Connect to the power status indicator on the chassis front panel. e LED is on when
the system is operating. e LED keeps blinking when the system is in S1/S3 sleep state.
e LED is o when the system is in S4 sleep state or powered o (S5).

HDLED (Hard Drive Activity LED):

Connect to the hard drive activity LED on the chassis front panel. e LED is on when
the hard drive is reading or writing data.

e front panel design may dier by chassis. A front panel module mainly consists
of power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive activity LED, speaker and etc.
When connecting your chassis front panel module to this header, make sure the wire
assignments and the pin assignments are matched correctly.

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over
these headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors
will cause permanent damage to the motherboard.

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Serial ATA2 Connectors

(SATA2_1:

see p.5, No. 10)

(SATA2_2:

see p.5, No. 7)

ese two SATA2

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

storage devices with up to

3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

Serial ATA3 Connectors

(SATA3_A1:

see p.5, No. 16)

(SATA3_A2:

see p.5, No. 18)

ese two SATA3

connectors support SATA

data cables for internal

storage devices with up to

6.0 Gb/s data transfer rate.

USB 2.0 Header

(9-pin USB1_2)

(see p.5, No. 4)

Besides two USB 2.0 ports

on the I/O panel, there

is one header on this

motherboard. is USB

2.0 header can support

two ports.

USB 3.0 Header

(19-pin USB3_1_2)

(see p.5, No. 5)

Besides two USB 3.0 ports

on the I/O panel, there

is one header on this

motherboard. is USB

3.0 header can support

two ports.

Front Panel Audio Header

(9-pin HD_AUDIO1)

(see p.5, No. 19)

is header is for

connecting audio devices

to the front audio panel.

SATA2_2

SATA2_1

J_ S EN SE

OU T 2_ L

1

MI C _R ET

PR E SE NC E#

GND

OU T 2_ R

MI C 2_ R

MI C 2_ L

OUT_RET

SATA3_A2

SATA3_A1

DUMM Y

GND GND

+B

-B

+A

-A

USB_ PW R

USB_ PW R

1

1

Int A_ PB _D+

Dum my

Int A_ PB _D-

GND

Int A_ PB _SS TX +

GND

Int A_ PB _SS TX -

Int A_ PB _SS RX +

Int A_ PB _SS RX -

Vbu s

Vbu s

Int A_ PA_S SR X-

Int A_ PA_S SR X+

GND

Int A_ PA_S ST X-

Int A_ PA_S ST X+

GND

Int A_ PA_D -

Int A_ PA_D +

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Chassis Speaker Header

(4-pin SPEAKER1)

(see p.5, No. 12)

Please connect the chassis

speaker to this header.

SPDIF Out Connector

(2-pin SPDIF_OUT1)

(see p.5, No. 20)

Please connect the

SPDIF_OUT connector of

a HDMI VGA card to this

header with a cable.

Chassis Fan Connector

(3-pin CHA_FAN1)

(see p.5, No. 9)

Please connect fan cable

to the fan connector and

match the black wire to

the ground pin.

CPU Fan Connectors

(3-pin CPU_FAN1)

(see p.5, No. 1)

Please connect the CPU

fan cable to the connector

and match the black wire

to the ground pin.

SATA Power Connectors

(4-pin SATA_PWR1)

(see p.5, No. 8)

(4-pin SATA_PWR2)

(see p.5, No. 6)

Please connect a SATA

power cable.

1

+5V

DUMM Y

DUMM Y

SPEA KE R

1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must
support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the instructions in our manual and
chassis manual to install your system.

2. If you use an AC’97 audio panel, please install it to the front panel audio header by
the steps below:
A. Connect Mic_ IN (MIC) to MIC2_L.
B. Connect Audio_ R (RIN) to OUT2_R and Audio_L (LIN) to OUT2_L.
C. Connect Ground (GND) to Ground (GND).
D. MIC_ RET and OUT_RET are for the HD audio panel only. You don’t need to
connect them for the AC’97 audio panel.
E. To activate the front mic, go to the “FrontMic” Tab in the Realtek Control panel
and adjust “Recording Volume”.

GND

FAN_ VO LTAGE

FAN_ SP EE D

GND

FAN_ VO LTAG E

FAN_ SP EE D

SPD IF OU T

GND

1

1

+12 VGND

+5V

GND