Asrock Q2900-ITX User Manual

Q2900-ITXQ2900-ITX

Q2900-ITX Q2900-ITX

Version 1.1

Published November 2014

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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 APP Shop 26

3.4.1 UI Overview 26

3.4.2 Apps 27

3.4.3 BIOS & Drivers 30

3.4.4 Setting 31

3.5 Start8 32

Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 35

4.1 Introduction 35

4.1.1 UEFI Menu Bar 35

4.1.2 Navigation Keys 36

4.2 Main Screen 37

4.3 Advanced Screen 38

4.3.1 CPU Conguration 39

4.3.2 Chipset Conguration 41

4.3.3 Storage Conguration 43

4.3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 45

4.3.5 Super IO Conguration 46

4.3.6 ACPI Conguration 47

4.3.7 USB Conguration 49

4.3.8 Trusted Computing 50

4.4 Tools 51

4.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 53

4.6 Security Screen 54

4.7 Boot Screen 55

4.8 Exit Screen 57

Chapter 1 Introduction

ank you for purchasing ASRock Q2900-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 this documentation occ ur, 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 a s well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com.

1.1 Package Contents

ASRock Q2900-ITX Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor)

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ASRock Q2900-ITX Quick Installation Guide

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ASRock Q2900-ITX Support CD

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2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables (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

Graphics

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

DDR3_A1.

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Mini-ITX Form Factor

All Solid Capacitor design

High Density Glass Fabric PCB

Intel® Quad-Core Pentium® Processor J2900 (2.41 GHz)

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)

1 x PCI Express 2.0 x1 Slot

1 x mini-PCI Express Slot

Intel® 7th generation (Gen 7) graphics

DirectX 11.0, Pixel Shader 5.0

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

Supports HDMI Technology with ma x. 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

7.1 CH HD Audio with Content Protection (Realtek ALC892

Audio

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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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LAN

Rear Panel
I/O

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 PS/2 Mouse Port

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1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

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1 x D-Sub Port

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1 x DVI-D Port

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1 x HDMI Port

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1 x Optica l SPDIF Out Port

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

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Spike Protection))

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

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Spike Protection))

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

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LED)

HD Audio Jacks: Rear Speaker / Central / Bass / Line in /

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Front Speaker / Microphone

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Storage

Connector

2 x SATA2 3.0 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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1 x Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin)

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1 x 24 pin ATX Power Connector

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BIOS
Feature

Hardware
Monitor

OS

1 x Front Panel Audio Connector

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

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Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection))

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

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

tion))

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

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bit / 7 32-bit / 7 64-bit

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FCC, CE, WHQL

Certica­tions

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

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

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

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1.3 Motherboard Layout

PCIE1

ATXP WR 1

AUDIO
CODEC

1

TPMS1

Sup er

I/O

SATA3_A1

PS2

Key boar d

PS2

Mou se

USB 2 .0
T: U SB3
B: US B4

HDMI

DDR 3_ B1

DDR3_A1

CPU_FAN 1

1

USB1_2

HDLED RESET

PLED PWR BTN

PANEL1

1

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SPEAKER1

COM1

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CI1

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SATA3_A

2

CMO S

Bat ter y

Q2 900 -I TX

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HD_AU DIO1

64Mb
BIOS

MINI_ PC IE 1

Fr on t U SB 3.0

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LPT1

LAN

CLRCMO S1

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USB3_ 1_2

SATA2_1

SATA2_2

VGA1

DVI1

Top:
RJ- 45

USB 3 .0
T: U SB3
B: US B4

Top:

CTR B ASS

Cent er:

REAR SPK

Bott om:

Opti cal

SPDI F

Top:

LINE IN

Cent er:

FRON T

Bott om:

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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 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1)

4 USB 2.0 Header (USB1_2)

5 USB 3.0 Header (USB3_1_2)

6 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2)

7 System Panel Header (PANEL1)

8 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1)

9 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_1)

10 TPM Header (TPMS1)

11 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1)

12 Chassis Intrusion Header (CI1)

13 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1)

14 COM Port Header (COM1)

15 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A1)

16 SATA3 Connector (SATA3_A2)

17 Print Port Header (LPT1)

18 Front Panel Audio Header (HD_AUDIO1)

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1.4 I/O Panel

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No. Description No. Description

1 PS/2 Mouse Port 8 Front Speaker (Lime)**

2 D-Sub Port 9 Microphone (Pink)

3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_34) 10 Optical SPDIF Out Port

4 LAN RJ-45 Port* 11 USB 3.0 Ports (USB3_34)

5 Central / Bass (Orange) 12 HDMI Port

6 Rear Speaker (Black) 13 DVI-D Port

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

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* ere are two LEDs on the LAN port. Please refe r to the table below for the LA N port LED indic ations.

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

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

for connection details in accord ance with the type of spea ker you u se.

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Audio Output

Channels

Front Speaker

(No. 8)

Rear Speaker

(No. 6)

Central / Bass

(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 f ront pane l audio cable to the
front panel audio heade r. Aer restarting your computer, you will nd the “Mixer”
tool on your system. Please select “Mixer ToolBox” , click “Enable pl ayback
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.

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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 install 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 in stall 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 cor rect 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.

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2.2 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots)

ere are 2 PCI Express slots on the motherboard.

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
expan sion card and mak e necessary hardware set tings for the card before you start the
installation.

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.

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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. 13)

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

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If you clear the CMOS, the case open may be d etected. Ple ase adjust the BIOS option
“Clear Status” to clear the re cord of previous chassis intrusion status.

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2.4 Onboard Headers and Connectors

Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT pl ace jumper caps over
these headers and connectors . Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors
will cause per manent damage to the motherboard .

System Panel Header

(9-pin PANEL1)

(see p.5, No. 7)

PWRBTN (Power Switch):

Connec t to the power switch on the chassis front panel. You may congure the way to
turn o your syste m using the power switch.

RESET (Reset Switch):

Connec t to the reset switch on the chassis front pan el. Pre ss the reset switch to restart
the computer if the computer freezes and fails to perform a normal restart.

PLED (Syste m Power LED):

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

HDLED (Ha rd Drive Activity LED):

Connec t to the hard drive ac tivity L ED on the chassis front panel. e LED is on whe n
the hard dr ive is reading or w riting d ata.

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

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PLE D+

PLE D-

HDL ED-

HDL ED+

PWR BTN #

GND

RES ET#

GND

GND

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.

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