COMMELL MS-C73 User Manual

MS-C73

Micro ATX Motherboard

User’s Manual

Edition 1.4

2013/03/01

MS-C73 User’s Manual

Copyright

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Packing List:

Please check the package contents before you starting using the board.

Hardware:

MS-C73 Micro ATX motherboard x 1

Cable Kit:

SATA Cable x 2
(OALSATA-L)

DB25 & DB9 cable x 1

(OAL1S1P)

DVI module with bracket x 1
(ADPDVIP & OALDCI-P)

I/O Shield x 1
(OPLATE-LV67A)

Printed Matters:

Driver CD (Including User’s Manual) x 1

CPU Cooler x 1
(OHS-P-M-G)

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Index

Chapter 1 <Introduction>.............................................................6

1.1 <Product Overview> ..................................................................................... 6

1.2 <Product Specification>................................................................................7

1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>.................................................................................8

1.4 <Block Diagram>..........................................................................................9

Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>..................................................10

2.1 <Connector Location>................................................................................ 10

2.2 <Jumper Location & Reference>................................................................ 11

2.3 <Connector Reference>.............................................................................12

2.3.1 <Internal Connectors>.............................................................. 12

2.3.2 <External Connectors>............................................................. 12

2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>........................................................................ 13

2.4.1 <CPU Setup>.............................................................................13

2.4.2 <Memory Setup>.......................................................................14

2.5 <CMOS & ATX Setup>............................................................................... 15

2.6 <Serial ATA Interface>................................................................................16

2.7 <Ethernet Interface>...................................................................................17

2.8 <Onboard Display Interface> .....................................................................18

2.8.1 <Analog Display>.......................................................................18

2.8.2 <Digital Display>........................................................................19

2.8.3 <DVI Interface>..........................................................................24

2.9 <Integrated Audio Interface>...................................................................... 25

2.10 <USB Interface>.......................................................................................27

2.11 <Serial Port>............................................................................................. 29

2.12 <PCIE Mini Card and SIM Interface>....................................................... 32

2.13 <GPIO and SMBUS Interface>.................................................................33

2.14 <Power Supply and Fan Interface >......................................................... 34

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2.14.1 <Power Input>..........................................................................34

2.15 <Switch and Indicator>.............................................................................35

Chapter 3 <System Setup>.......................................................36

3.1 <Audio Configuration>................................................................................36

3.2 <Display Properties Setting> ......................................................................37

3.3 <SATA configuration> .................................................................................39

3.4 <SATA RAID Configuration>.......................................................................40

Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>.............................................................42

Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>..........................44

A.1 <Serial ATA Port>.......................................................................................44

A.2 <IrDA Port>.................................................................................................44

A.3 <VGA Port>................................................................................................44

A.4 <LAN Port>.................................................................................................44

A.5 <LAN LED Port>.........................................................................................44

A.6 <Parallel Port>............................................................................................45

Appendix B <Flash BIOS>.........................................................46

B.1 <Flash Tool>...............................................................................................46

B.2 <Flash BIOS Procedure> ...........................................................................46

Appendix C <System Resources>......................................47

C.1 <I/O Port Address Map>.............................................................................47

C.2 <Memory Address Map>............................................................................49

C.3 <System DMA & IRQ Resources>.............................................................50

Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s>.................................51

Appendix E <Programming Watchdog Timer >.........52

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

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Chapter 1 <Introduction>

1.1 <Product Overview>

MS-C73 the 2nd Generation Intel of Micro ATX motherboard, supports 2nd Generation

Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3 and Celeron® Mobile Processor and features
Intel QM67 chipset, integrated HD Graphics, DDR3 memory, REALTEK High Definition
Audio, Serial ATA with RAID function for a system and Intel Gigabit LAN.

Intel Sandy Bridge Processor

The 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ processor family mobile is the next generation of
64-bit, multi-core mobile processor built on 32- nanometer process technology. Based
on a new micro-architecture.

New features for Intel QM67 chipset

The board integrates Intel QM67 chipset, supports integrated HD Graphics, built-in high
speed mass storage interface of Serial ATA interface with RAID function, High Definition
Audio with 2 channels surrounding sound.

All in One multimedia solution

Based on Intel QM67 chipset, the board provides high performance onbo ard graphics,
24-bit dual channel LVDS interface, DVI and 2 channels High Definition Audio, to meet
the very requirement of the multimedia application.

Flexible Extension Interface

The board provides, one mini-PCIE sockets, one PCIE x16/x4 slot, one Mini PCI and
two PCI slots.

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1.2 <Product Specification>

General Specification

Form Factor Micro ATX motherboard
CPU 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3 and Celeron®

Mobile Processor
Package type: rPGA988B

Memory 2 x DDRIII SO-DIMM 1066/1333/1600 MHz up to 16GB

Support Non-ECC, unbuffered memory only

Chipset Intel QM67 Express chipset
Real Time Clock Chipset integrated RTC with onboard lithium battery
Watchdog Timer Generates a system reset with internal timer for 1min/s ~255min/s
Power Management Supports ACPI 3.0 compliant,
Serial ATA Interface 4 x serial ATAII interface with 300MB/s transfer rate

2 x serial ATAIII interface with 600MB/s transfer rate
Support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and Intel Rapid Storage Technology

VGA Interface Onboard DSUB15 connector for VGA interface
LVDS Interface Onboard 24-bit dual channel LVDS connector with +3.3V/+5V/+12V

supply

DVI Interface Chrontel CH7318 Transmitter with 26-pin DVI connector
Audio Interface Realtek ALC888 HD Audio
LAN Interface 2 x Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN
GPIO interface Onboard programmable 8-bit Digital I/O interface
Extended Interface 1 x PCIE x16/x4 slot, 1 x PCIE mini card socket, 2 x PCI, 1 x Mini PCI
Internal I/O Port 3 x RS232,1 x SMBUS, 1 x GPIO, 6 x USB2.0 ports, 1 x IrDA, 1 x DVI ,

1 x LVDS, 4 x Serial ATAII,2 x Serial ATAIII, 1 x Front panel Aud io
and 1 x CDIN

External I/O Port 1 x PS/2, 2 x LAN ports, 1 x VGA port, 4 x USB2.0 ports,

1 x RS232/422/485, 2 x RS232, 1 x SPDIF and 1 x 2 Channel Audio

Power Requirement Standard 24-pin ATX power supply (20-pin is compatible)

and P4 4-pin 12V

Dimension 244mm x 244mm
Temperature Operating within 0~60 centigrade

Storage within –20~85 centigrade

Ordering Code

MS-C73TXD Intel PGA988B+ QM67 Onboard VGA, LVDS, DVI, LAN, USB2.0,

HD Audio, SATAII, SATAIII, SMBUS, LPC, SIM, GPIO, PCIE x16,
PCI Express mini card, PCI and Mini PCI

All product specifications are subject to change without notice.
For further product information please visit the website at

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1.3 <Mechanical Drawing>

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1.4 <Block Diagram>

1 x PCI Express x16

1 x CRT

1 x LVDS

1 x DVI

4 x Serial ATAII

2 x Serial ATAIII

ALC888 HD

2 x PCI

1 x Mini PCI

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ i7,
Core™ i5, Core™ i3
and Celeron® Mobile Processor

QM67

SI383

F81216

2 x 204-pin DDR3
SO-DIMM
1066/1333/1600 MHz
up to 16GB

1 x PCI Express mini card

1 x PCI Express x4

8 x USB 2.0

2 x Intel 82574L

W25X64 SPI

1 x RS232/422/485
1 x RS232 & GPIO & IrDA
1 x LPT

4 x RS232

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Chapter 2 <Hardware Setup>

2.1 <Connector Location>

SO_DIMM1

SO_DIMM2

CN_SMBUS

CPUFAN

CN_12V

ATX

MINI_CARD1

JFRNT

CN_DVI

CN_LPC
CN_IR

SAT

1 / 4
2 / 5

CN_USB3/4/5

3 / 6

SYSFAN

CN_INV

CN_LVDS
MINIPCI

PCI2
CN_AUDIO
PCI1

PCIE_4X

PCIE_16X

CN_DIO

CN_LPT

PS2

USB_RJ45_1/2

CN_COM6

COM1 + CRT

CN_COM5

CN_COM4

COM3+COM2 Audio SPDIF

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2.2 <Jumper Location & Reference>

Jumper Function

JRTC CMOS Operating/Clear Setting
JVLCD Panel Voltage Setting
JAT Power mode select
JP1 COM1 Voltage Setting (For Pin 9)
JP2 COM2 Voltage Setting (For Pin 9)
JP3 COM3 Voltage Setting (For Pin 9)
JP4 COM4 Voltage Setting (For Pin 9)
JCSEL1

JCSEL2
JVUSB USB Voltage Setting

CN_COM2 RS-232 RS422 RS485 Setting
CN_IR IrDA Setting

JVUSB

JRTC

JVLCD

JCSEL1

JP2
JP1

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2.3 <Connector Reference>

2.3.1 <Internal Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

CPU Socket rPGA988B for PGA988 CPU
SO-DIMM 1/2 204 -pin DDR3 SO-DIMM socket
SATA 1/2 7-pin Serial ATAIII connector
SATA 3/4/5/6 7-pin Serial ATAII connector
CN_12V 4-pin +12v additional power supply connector
ATX 20-pin power input connector
CN_AUDIO 5 x 2-pin audio connector
CD_IN 4-pin CD-ROM audio input connector
CN_DIO 6 x 2-pin digital I/O connector
CN_USB 3/4/5 5 x 2-pin USB connector
CPUFAN 4-pin CPU cooler fan connector
SYSFAN 4-pin s ystem cooler fan connector
CN_LVDS 20 x 2-pin LVDS connector
CN_INV 5-pin LCD inve rter connector
CN_IR 5-pin IrDA connector
CN_COM 4/5/6 9-pin RS232
CN_LPC 5 x 2-pin LPC connector
JFRNT 14-pin front panel switch/indicator connector
PCIE_16X 164-pin x16 PCIE slot
PCIE_4X 64-pin x4 PCIE slot
Mini-PCIE1 2 x 52-pin Mini-PCIE socket
PCI 120-pin PCI slot
MiniPCI 124-pin MiniPCI slot
JAT Power mode select
JSPD 1/2 LAN Speed LED connector
JACT 1/2 LAN Activity LED connector
CN_LPT 13 x 2 printer connector

2.3.2 <External Connectors>

Connector Function Remark

USB_RJ45 1/2 2 x USB and 1 x RJ45 LAN connector
COM1 + CRT COM1 Connect DB15 and analog VGA connector
COM 2/3 Serial port connector
PS/2 PS/2 keyboard and mouse connector
AUDIO Audio connector
SPDIF SPDIF digital audio output connector

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2.4 <CPU and Memory Setup>

2.4.1 <CPU Setup>

The board comes with the socket rPGA988 for Intel Sandy Bridge Processor, Please
follow the instructions to install the CPU properly.

Unlock wa

1. Use a slotted screwdrive to
unlock the CPU socket

2. Follow the pin direction to install
the processor on the socket

Socket CPU
Check point

3. Lock the socket

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2.4.2 <Memory Setup>

The board provides 2 x 204-pin DDR3 SO-DIMM to support 1066/1333/1600MHz DDR3
memory module up to 16GB.
Support Non-ECC, unbuffered memory only.

SO-DIMM1 SO-DIMM2

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2.5 <CMOS & ATX Setup>

The board’s data of CMOS can be set in BIOS. If the board refuses to boot due
to inappropriate CMOS settings, here is ho w to proceed to clear (reset) the CMOS
to its default values.

Jumper: JRTC
Type: Onboard 3-pin jumper

JRTC Mode

1-2 Clear CMOS
2-3 Normal Operation

Default setting: 2-3

Jumper: JAT
Type: onboard 3-pin jumper

JAT Mode

1-2 AT Mode
2-3 ATX Mode

Default setting:2-3

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2.6 <Serial ATA Interface>

MS-C75 has Four Serial ATA II(SATA Port3/4/5/6) & Two Serial ATA III(SATA Port1/2)

interfaces with RAID function, the transfer rate of the Serial AT A II can be up to 300MB/s
& Serial ATA III can be up to 600MB/s. Please go to http://www.serialata.org/
about Serial ATA technology information. Based on Intel® PCH, it supports Intel® Matrix
Storage Technology with combination of RAID 0,1,5 and 10. The main features of
RAID on Intel® QM77 PCH are listed below:

1. Supports for up to RAID volumes on a single, two-hard drive RAID array.

2. Supports for two, two-hard drive RAID arrays on any of six Serial ATA ports.

3. Supports for Serial ATA ATAPI devices.

4. Supports for RAID spares and automatic rebuild.

5. Supports on RAID arrays, including NCQ and native hot plug.

For more information please visit Intel’s official website.

For more about the system setup for Serial ATA, please check the chapter of SATA
configurati

SATA Port 1 / 4

2 / 5

3 / 6

for more

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2.7 <Ethernet Interface>

The board integrates with two Intel PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controllers, as the PCI
Express x1 can speed up to 250MB/s of transfer rate instead of late PCI bus with
133MB/s of transfer rate. The Intel Gigabit Ethernet supports triple speed of
10/100/1000Base-T, with IEEE802.3 compliance and Wake-On-LAN supported.

RJ45 LAN connector

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2.8 <Onboard Display Interface>

Based on Intel Sandy Bridge CPU with built-in HD Graphic, the board provides one
DB15 connector on real external I/O port, one 40-pin LVDS interface with 5-pin LCD
backlight inverter connector and provides 26-pin DVI interface.
The board provides dual display function with clone mode and extended desktop mode
for CRT, LCD and DVI.

2.8.1 <Analog Display>

Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard
DB15 female connector on rear I/O port .

CRT

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2.8.2 <Digital Display>

The board provides one 40-pin LVDS connector for 24-bit single/dual channel panels,
supports up to 2048 x 1536 (UXGA) resolution, with one LCD backlight inverter
connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting.

1

5

1 2

5 6

JVLCD

CN_INV

39 40

1 2

CN_LVDS

Effective patterns of connection: 1-2 / 3-4 / 5-6

1

2

3

4

5

6

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Connector: CN_INV Connector: JVLCD
Type: 5-pin LVDS Power Header Type: 6-pin Power select Header

Pin Description

1 +12V
2 Reserved (Note)
3 GND
4 GND
5 ENABKL

Note: Reserved for MB internal test

Please treat it as NC.

Connector: CN_LVDS
Type: onboard 40-pin connector for LVDS connector
Connector model: HIROSE DF13-40DP-1.25V

Pin Signal Pin Signal

2 LCDVCC 1 LCDVCC
4 GND 3 GND
6 ATX0- 5 BTX0-

8 ATX0+ 7 BTX0+
10 GND 9 GND
12 ATX1- 11 BTX1­14 ATX1+ 13 BTX1+
16 GND 15 GND
18 ATX2- 17 BTX2­20 ATX2+ 19 BTX2+
22 GND 21 GND
24 ACLK- 23 BTX3­26 ACLK+ 25 BTX3+
28 GND 27 GND
30 ATX3- 29 BCLK­32 ATX3+ 31 BCLK+
34 GND 33 GND
36 DDCPCLK 35 SMBCKL
38 DDCPDATA 37 SMBDATA
40 N/C 39 SPDIFO

Pin Description

1-2 LCDVCC (3.3V)
3-4 LCDVCC (5V)
5-6 LCDVCC (12V)

Default: 1-2

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To setup the LCD, you need the component below:

1. A panel with LVDS interfaces.

2. An inverter for panel’s backlight power.

3. A LCD cable and an inverter cable.

For the cables, please follow the pin assignment of the c onnec tor to make a c able, becaus e
every panel has its own pin assignment, so we do not provide a standard cable; please find
a local cable manufacture to make cables.

LCD Installation Guide:

1. Prepare the MS-C73, LCD panel and the backlight inverter.

2. Please check the datasheet of the panel to see the voltage of the panel, and set
the jumper JVLCD to +12V or +5V or +3.3V.

3. You would need a LVDS type cable.

Panel side

For sample illustrator only

4. To connect all of the devices well.

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After setup the devices well, you need to select the LCD panel type in the BIOS.

The panel type mapping is list below:

BIOS panel type selection form (BIOS Version:1.0)

Single / Dual channel Single / Dual channel

NO. Output format NO. Output format

1 640 x 480 9 1680 x 1050
2 800 x 600 10 1920 x 1200
3 1024 x 768 11 1440 x 900
4 1280 x 1 024 12 1600 x 900
5 1400 x 1050 Reduced Blanking 13 OEM Keep
6 1400 x 1050 non-Reduced Blanking 14 1280 x 8 00
7 1680 x 1 200 15 1920 x 1080
8 1366 x 768 16 2048 x 1536

BIOS panel type selection form (BIOS Version:2.0)

Single / Dual channel Single / Dual channel

NO. Output format NO. Output format

1 640 x 480 9 1680 x 1050
2 800 x 600 10 1920 x 1200
3 1024 x 768 11 1440 x 900
4 1280 x 1 024 12 1600 x 900
5 1400 x 1050 Reduced Blanking 13 800 x 480
6 1400 x 1050 non-Reduced Blanking 14 1280 x 8 00
7 1680 x 1 200 15 1920 x 1080
8 1366 x 768 16 OEM Keep

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2.8.3 <DVI Interface>

Connector: CN_DVI
Connector type: 26-pin header connector (pitch = 2.00mm)

Pin Number Assignment Pin Number Assignment

1 TX1+ 2 TX1­3 Ground 4 Ground
5 TXC+ 6 TXC­7 Ground 8 PVDD
9 N/C 10 N/C

11 TX2+ 12 TX2­13 Ground 14 Ground
15 TX0+ 16 TX0­17 N/C 18 HPDET
19 DDCDATA 20 DDCCLK
21 GND 22 N/C
23 N/C 24 N/C
25 N/C 26 N/C

1 2

CN_DVI

25 26

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2.9 <Integrated Audio Interface>

The board integrates onboard audio interface with REALTEK ALC888 codec, with Intel
next generation of audio standard as High Definition Audio, it offers more vivid sound
and other advantages than former HD audio compliance.
The main specifications of ALC888 are:

z High-performance DACs with 100dB S/N ratio
z 2 DAC channels support 16/20/24-bit PCM format for 2 audio solution
z 16/20/24-bit S/PDIF-OUT supports 44.1K/48K/96kHz sample rate
z Compatible with HD
z Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements

The board provides 2 channels audio phone jacks on rear I/O port, Line-in/MIC-in ports
for front I/O panel through optional cable.

LINE-IN
LINE-OUT
MIC-IN

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Rear I/O phone jacks

CN_AUDIO

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Connector: CN_AUDIO

2 10

Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm)

1

Pin Description Pin Description

1 MIC_L 2 Ground
3 MIC_R 4 N/C
5 Speaker_R 6 MIC Detect
7 SENSE 8 N/C
9 Speaker_L 10 Speaker Detect

Connector: CDIN

4

Type: 4-pin header (pitch = 2.54mm)

Pin Description

1

1 CD – Left
2 Ground
3 Ground
4 CD – Right

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2.10 <USB Interface>

MS-C73 integrates eight USB2.0 ports. The specifications of USB2.0 are listed

below:

Interface USB2.0

Controller

Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb/s

Voltage 5V

USB1/2/3/4

Intel®QM67

1 2

9 10

CN_USB3/4/5

Connector: CN_USB3/4/5
Type: 10-pin (2 x 5) header (pitch = 2.54mm)

Pin Description Pin Description

1 VCC (5V_SB/ 5V) 2 VCC (5V_SB/ 5V)
3 Data0- 4 Data1­5 Data0+ 6 Data1+
7 Ground 8 Ground
9 Ground 10 N/C

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JVUSB

9 10

Connector: JVUSB
Type: 6-pin Power select jumper

Pin Description

1-3 & 2-4 5V_SB
3-5 & 4-6 5V

Default: 1-3 & 2-4

Effective patterns of connection: 1-3 & 2-4 or 3-5 & 4-6

Warning: Others will cause damages.

1

5

2

6

1

5

2

6

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2.11 <Serial Port>

The board supports Six RS232 serial port and one jumper selectable RS232/422/485
serial ports. The jumper JCSEL1 & JCSEL2 can let you configure the communicating
modes for COM2.

COM1 COM3

COM2

Connector: COM1/3
Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket for COM1/3

Pin Description Pin Description

1 DCD 2 RXD
3 TXD 4 DTR
5 GND 6 DSR
7 RTS 8 CTS
9 RI 10 N/C

Connector: COM2

Type: 9-pin D-sub male connector on bracket for COM2

Pin Description Pin Description

1 DCD/422TX-/485- 2 RXD/422TX+/485+
3 TXD/422RX+ 4 DTR/422RX­5 GND 6 DSR
7 RTS 8 CTS
9 RI 10 N/C

Setting RS-232 & RS-422 & RS-485 for COM2

Connector: CN_COM4/5/6

Type: 9-Pin box header

Pin Description Pin Description

1 DCD 2 RXD
3 TXD 4 DTR
5 GND 6 DSR
7 RTS 8 CTS
9 RI 10 N/C

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5 1

JP2
JP1

5 1

6 2

CN_COM5
CN_COM6

9

10

CN_COM4

1

2

JCSEL2

9

JCSEL1

11 1

12 2

JP3

6 2

1

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Function JCSEL2 JCSEL1

IrDA

RS-422

RS-485

RS-232

Default setting:

JCSEL1: (1-3, 2-4, 7-9, 8-10) JCSEL2: (1-2)

Jumper: JP1/JP2/JP3/JP4 (COM1/2/3/4)
Type: onboard 6-pin header

7 1

8 2
7 1

8 2

7 1

8 2

7 1

8 2

11 1

12 2

11 1

12 2

11 1

12 2

11 1

12 2

Power Mode JP39/JP49

Pin 9 with 5V Power 1-2

Pin 9 with 12V Power 3-4

Standard COM port

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2.12 <PCIE Mini Card and SIM Interface>

The board provides two PCIE mini card sockets and a SIM socket.

MINI_CARD1 is the first Mini-PCIe slot for long size Mini-PCIe cards.
Please be noted that the MPX-SDVOD card must be placed in this slot. The
MPX-SDVOD card will not work if it is placed in other slot.
Please also be noted that this slot is the only slot for MPX-SDVOX card but a
customized BIOS is needed for the MPX-SDVOX card. Please contact Commell for
customized BIOS for your MPX-SDVOX card.

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2.13 <GPIO and SMBUS Interface>

The board provides a programmable 8-bit digital I/O interface; you can use this general
purpose I/O port for system control like POS or KIOSK.

Connector: CN_DIO
Type: 12-pin (6 x 2) header (pitch = 2.0mm)

Pin Description Pin Description

1 Ground 2 Ground
3 GP10 4 GP14
5 GP11 6 GP15
7 GP12 8 GP16
9 GP13 10 GP17
11 5V 12 12V

Connector: CN_SMBUS
Type: 5-pin header for SMBUS Ports

Pin Description

1 VCC
2 N/C
3 SMBDATA
4 SMBCLK
5 Ground

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2.14 <Power Supply and Fan Interface >

2.14.1 <Power Input>

MS-C73 provides a standard ATX power supply with 24-pin ATX connector and
additional 12V connector, The 4-pin additional power connector is optional for PCI
Express powering;; please connect this well before you finishing the syste m setup.

Connector: CN_12V
Type: 4-pin DC power connector

Pin Description Pin Description

1 Ground 2 Ground
3 +12V 4 +12V

24 13

12 1

Connector: ATX
Type: 20-pin ATX power connector

ATX

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PIN assignment

1 3.3V 13 3.3V
2 3.3V 14 -12V
3 GND 15 GND
4 5V 16 -PSON
5 GND 17 GND
6 5V 18 GND
7 GND 19 GND
8 PW_OK 20 N/C

9 5V_SB 21 5V
10 12V 22 5V
11 12V 23 5V
12 3.3V 24 GND

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2.15 <Switch and Indicator>

The JFRNT provides front control panel of the board, such as power button, reset and
beeper, etc. Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis.

Connector: JFRNT
Type: onboard 14-pin (2 x 7) 2.54-pitch header

Function Signal PIN Signal Function

IDE LED

Reset

Power
Button

HDLED+ 1 2 PWRLED+

Power

HDLED- 3 4 N/C

LED

Reset+ 5 6 PWRLED-

Reset- 7 8 SPK+

N/C 9 10 N/C

Speaker

PWRBT+ 11 12 N/C

PWRBT- 13 14 SPK-

JFRNT

13 1

14 2

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Chapter 3 <System Setup>

3.1 <Audio Configuration>

The board integrates Intel® QM67 with REALTEK® ALC888 code. It can support
2-channel sound under system configuration. Please follow the steps below to setup
your sound system.

1. Install REALTEK HD Audio driver.

2. Lunch the control panel and Sound Effect Manager.

3. Select Speaker Configuration

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3.2 <Display Properties Setting>

Based on Intel QM67 with HD Graphic, the board supports two DACs for display device as
different resolution and color bit.
Please install the Intel Graphic Driver before you start to set up display devices.

1. Click rightclick at desktop to lunch display properties

2. Click Advanced button for more specific setup.

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3. This setup options can let you define each device settings.

Click Monitor to set up the
CRT monitor for Resolution
and Refresh Rate

Click Intel® Dual Display

Clone to set up the dual

display mode as same screen

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3.3 <SATA configuration>

SA TA Mode:

This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal
IDE mode or RAID mode. The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied.

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3.4 <SATA RAID Configuration>

The board integrates Intel® QM67 PCH with RAID function for Serial ATA drives, and
supports the configurations below:
RAID 0 (Stripping): Two hard drives operating as one drive for optimized data R/W
performance. It needs two unused drives to build this operation.
RAID 1 (Mirroring): Copies the data from first drive to second drive for data security,
and if one drive fails, the system would access the applications to th e workable driv e. It
needs two unused drives or one used and one unused drive to build this operation. The
second drive must be the same or lager size than first one.

RAID 5 (striping with parity)

A RAID 5 array contains three or more hard drives where the data is divided into
manageable blocks called strips. Parity is a mathematical method for recreating data
that was lost from a single drive, which increases fault-tolerance. The data and parity
are striped across all the hard drives in the array. The parity is striped in a rotating
sequence to reduce bottlenecks associated with the parity calculations.

RAID 10 (RAID 0+1)

A RAID 10 array uses four hard drives to create a combination of RAID levels 0 and 1.
The data is striped across a two-drive array forming the RAID 0 component. Each of the
drives in the RAID 0 array is then mirrored by a RAID 1 component.
Intel Matrix Storage Technology: This technology would allow you to use RAID 0+1
mode on only two drives (4 drives needed on traditional RAID 0+1). It will create t wo
partitions on each hard drive to simulate RAID 0 and RAID 1. It also can let you modify
the partition size without re-formatted.

For more information of Intel Matrix Storage Technology, please visit Intel’s website.

If you need to install an operation system on the RAID set, please use the driver disk
attached in the package when it informs you to obtain the RAID drivers.

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Please press <CTRL+I> to enter the RAID configuration menu.
You can setup the RAID under operation system for Microsoft® Windows XP SP1 ,
please install the Intel® Application Accelerator Ver.4.5 later to support RAID
configuration with Intel® Matrix Storage Technology.

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Chapter 4 <BIOS Setup>

The motherboard uses the Phoenix BIOS for the system configuration. The Phoenix
BIOS in the single board computer is a customized version of the industrial standard
BIOS for IBM PC AT-compatible computers. It supports Intel x86 and compatible CPU
architecture based processors and computers. The BIOS provides critical low-level
support for the system central processing, memory and I/O sub-systems.

The BIOS setup program of the single board computer let the customers modify the basic

configuration setting. The settings are stored in a dedicated battery-backed memory,
NVRAM, retains the information when the power is turned off. If the battery runs out of
the power, then the settings of BIOS will come back to the default setting.

The BIOS section of the manual is subject to change without notice and is provided h ere

for reference purpose only. The settings and configurations of the BIOS are current at
the time of print, and therefore they may not be exactly the same as that displayed on
your screen.

To activate CMOS Setup program, press ＜DEL＞ key immediately after you turn on the

system. The following message “Press DEL to enter SETUP” should appear in the lower
left hand corner of your screen. When you enter the CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu
will be displayed as Figure 4-1. You can use arrow keys to select your function, press
＜Enter＞ key to accept the selection and enter the sub-menu.

Figure 4-1 CMOS Setup Utility Main Screen

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Appendix A <I/O Port Pin Assignment>

A.1 <Serial ATA Port>

Connector: SATA1/2/3/4/5/6
Type: 7-pin wafer connector

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND

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A.2 <IrDA Port>

Connector: CN_IR
Type: 5-pin header for SIR Ports

Pin Description

1 VCC
2 N/C
3 IRRX
4 Ground
5 IRTX

A.3 <VGA Port>

Connector: CRT
Type: 15-pin D-sub female connector on bracket

Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description

1 RED 6 Ground 11 N/C
2 GREEN 7 Ground 12 DDCDA
3 BLUE 8 Ground 13 HSYNC
4 N/C 9 N/C 14 VSYNC
5 Ground 10 Ground 15 DDCCLK

1

5

6

1
2
3
4
5

10

11
12
13
14
15

A.4 <LAN Port>

Connector: RJ45
Type: RJ45 connector with LED on bracket

A.5
<LA

Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Description MI0+ MI0- MI1+ MI2+ MI2- MI1- MI3+ MI3-

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LED Port>

Connector: JSPD1/2
Type: 5-pin header for LAN Speed LED connector

When Lan speed 10/100Mbps

Pin Description

1 LED­2 LED+

When Lan speed 1Gbps

Pin Description

1 LED+
2 LED-

Connector: JATC1/2
Type: 5-pin header for LAN Activity LED connector

Pin Description

1 LED­2 LED+

2

2

1

1

A.6 <Parallel Port>

Connector: CN_LPT
Type: 26-Pin box header

Pin Description Pin Description

1 -PSTB 14 AFD­2 PRO0 15 ERR­3 PRO1 16 INT­4 PRO2 17 SLIN­5 PRO3 18 Ground
6 PRO4 19 Ground
7 PRO5 20 Ground
8 PRO6 21 Ground
9 PRO7 22 Ground
10 ACK- 23 Ground
11 BUSY 24 Ground
12 PE 25 Ground
13 SLCT 26 N/C

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Appendix B <Flash BIOS>

B.1 <Flash Tool>

The board is based on Phoenix BIOS and can be updated easily by the BIOS auto
flash tool. You can download the tool online at the address below:

http://www.phoenix.com/en/home/
http://www.commell.com.tw/Support/Support_SBC.htm

File name of the tool is “Phlash.exe”, it’s the utility that can write the data into the
BIOS flash ship and update the BIOS.

B.2 <Flash BIOS Procedure>

1. Please make a bootable floppy disk.

2. Get the last .bin files you want to update and copy it into the disk.

3. Copy Phlash.exe to the disk.

4. Power on the system and flash the BIOS.
(Example: C:/fpt -f XXX.bin)

5. Restart the system.

Any question about the BIOS re-flash please contact your distributors or visit the
web-site at below:

http://www.commell.com.tw/support/support.htm

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Appendix C <System Resources>

C.1 <I/O Port Address Map>

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C.3 <System DMA & IRQ Resources>
DMA:

IRQ:

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Appendix D <Programming GPIO’s>

The GPIO’can be programmed with the MSDOS debug program using
simple IN/OUT commands.The following lines show an example how to
do this.

GPIO0…..GPIO7 bit0……bit7

-o 2 E 87 ;enter configuration

-o 2E 87

-o 2E 07

-o 2F 09 ;enale GPIO function

-o 2E 30

-o 2F 02 ;enable GPIO configuration

-o 2E F0

-o 2F xx ;set GPIO as input/output; set ‘1’ for input,’0’for
output

-o 2E F1

-o 2F xx ;if set GPIO’s as output,in this register its value can
be set

Optional :

-o 2E F2

-o 2F xx ; Data inversion register ; ‘1’ inverts the current valus
of the bits ,’0’ leaves them as they are

-o 2E 30

-o 2F 01 ; active GPIO’s

For further information, please refer to Winbond W83627DHG-P datasheet.

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Appendix E <Programming Watchdog Timer >

The watchdog timer makes the system auto-reset while it stops to work for a period.
The integrated watchdog timer can be setup as system reset mode by program.

Timeout Value Range

- 1 to 255

- Second or Minute

Program Sample

Watchdog timer setup as system reset with 5 second of timeout

2E, 87
2E, 87
2E, 07
2F, 08 Logical Device 8
2E, 30 Activate
2F, 01
2E, F5 Set as Second*
2F, 00
2E, F6 Set as 5
2F, 05

* Minute: bit 3 = 1; Second: bit 3 = 0

You can select Timer setting in the BIOS, after setting the time options, the system
will reset according to the period of your selection.

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