I MB - Q 770 M i c r o - A T X M ot he r boa r d
microATX Motherboard Supports 22nm LGA1155 Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3
CPU with Intel® Q77, DDR3, Three Independent Displays via Dual
Rev. 1 .0 0 – 30 August, 2012
IEI Technolog y Corp.
IMB-Q770
HDMI/DVI-I, Dual In tel® PCIe GbE, USB 3.0, SATA 6G b/s,
Ten Serial Ports, HD Audio and RoHS
User Manual
IMB-Q770 Mic ro -ATX Motherboard
Date Version Changes
Revis ion
30 August, 2012
1.00 Initial release
IMB-Q770 Mic ro -ATX Motherboard
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Table of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 2
1.2 BENEFITS ................................................................................................................... 3
1.3 FEATURES ................................................................................................................... 3
1.4 CONNECTORS ............................................................................................................. 4
1.5 DIMENSIONS ............................................................................................................... 5
1.6 DATA FLOW ................................................................................................................ 6
1.7 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................... 7
2 PACKING LIST ........................................................................................................... 10
2.1 ANTI -STATIC PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................................... 11
2.2 UNPACKING P RECAUTIONS ........................................................................................ 11
2.3 PACKING L IST ........................................................................................................... 12
2.4 OPTIONAL ITEMS ...................................................................................................... 13
3 CONNECTORS ........................................................................................................... 15
3.1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS ..................................................................... 16
3.1.1 IMB-Q770 Layout ............................................................................................ 16
3.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ..................................................................... 17
3.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors ............................................................... 18
3.2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS ...................................................................... 18
3.2.1 ATX Power Connector ..................................................................................... 18
3.2.2 Battery Connector ............................................................................................ 20
3.2.3 CPU Power Connector .................................................................................... 20
3.2.4 DDR3 DIMM Slots ........................................................................................... 21
3.2.5 Debug Port Connector ..................................................................................... 22
3.2.6 Digital I/O Connector ...................................................................................... 23
3.2.7 Fan Connector (CPU) ...................................................................................... 24
3.2.8 Fan Connector (System) .................................................................................. 25
3.2.9 Fan Connector (PCH) ...................................................................................... 26
3.2.10 Front Panel Audio Connector ........................................................................ 27
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3.2.11 Front Panel Connector ................................................................................... 28
3.2.12 FW Programming Connector ......................................................................... 29
3.2.13 Infrared Interface Connector ......................................................................... 29
3.2.14 Keyboard/Mouse Connector .......................................................................... 30
3.2.15 PCIe Power Connector .................................................................................. 31
3.2.16 PCI Slot .......................................................................................................... 32
3.2.17 PCIe x16 Slot ................................................................................................. 33
3.2.18 PCIe x4 Slot ................................................................................................... 34
3.2.19 PCIe x1 Slot ................................................................................................... 34
3.2.20 SATA 3Gb/s Drive Connectors ....................................................................... 35
3.2.21 SATA 6Gb/s Drive Connectors ....................................................................... 36
3.2.22 Serial Port Connector, RS-422/485 ................................................................ 36
3.2.23 Serial Port Connectors, RS-232 ..................................................................... 37
3.2.24 SMBus Connector .......................................................................................... 39
3.2.25 SPI ROM Connector ...................................................................................... 40
3.2.26 TPM Connector .............................................................................................. 40
3.2.27 USB Connectors ............................................................................................. 42
3.3 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR PANEL ......................................... 43
3.3.1 Audio Connector .............................................................................................. 43
3.3.2 DVI Connector ................................................................................................. 44
3.3.3 Ethernet and USB Connector ........................................................................... 45
3.3.4 HDMI Connector ............................................................................................. 47
3.3.5 Serial Port Connector ...................................................................................... 47
4 INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................... 49
4.1 ANTI -STATIC PRECAUTIONS ...................................................................................... 50
4.2 INSTALLATION C ONSIDERATIONS .............................................................................. 50
4.2.1 Socket LGA1155 CPU Installation .................................................................. 52
4.2.2 Socket LGA1155 Cooling Kit Installation ........................................................ 55
4.2.3 DIMM Installation ........................................................................................... 57
4.3 JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 58
4.3.1 AT/ATX Power Select Jumper .......................................................................... 58
4.3.2 Clear CMOS Jumper ........................................................................................ 59
4.4 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTIONS ........................................................ 60
4.4.1 SATA Drive Connection ................................................................................... 60
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4.5 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTION ................................................... 62
4.5.1 Audio Connection ............................................................................................. 62
4.5.2 DVI Display Device Connection ...................................................................... 63
4.5.3 HDMI Connection ............................................................................................ 64
4.5.4 LAN Connection ............................................................................................... 65
4.5.5 Serial Device Connection ................................................................................ 66
4.5.6 USB Connection ............................................................................................... 67
4.6 INTEL
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AMT S ETUP P ROCEDURE ............................................................................. 68
5 BIOS .............................................................................................................................. 70
5.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 71
5.1.1 Starting Setup ................................................................................................... 71
5.1.2 Using Setup ...................................................................................................... 71
5.1.3 Getting Help ..................................................................................................... 72
5.1.4 Unable to Reboot after Configuration Changes .............................................. 72
5.1.5 BIOS Menu Bar ................................................................................................ 72
5.2 MAIN ........................................................................................................................ 73
5.3 ADVANCED ............................................................................................................... 74
5.3.1 ACPI Configuration ......................................................................................... 75
5.3.2 RTC Wake Settings ........................................................................................... 76
5.3.3 Trusted Computing ........................................................................................... 77
5.3.4 CPU Configuration .......................................................................................... 79
5.3.5 SATA Configuration ......................................................................................... 81
5.3.6 Intel(R) Rapid Start Technology ....................................................................... 82
5.3.7 Intel TXT(LT) Configuration ............................................................................ 82
5.3.8 AMT Configuration .......................................................................................... 83
5.3.9 USB Configuration ........................................................................................... 84
5.3.10 F81216 Second Super IO Configuration ....................................................... 85
5.3.10.1 Serial Port n Configuration ..................................................................... 86
5.3.10.2 Serial Port 7 Configuration ..................................................................... 87
5.3.10.3 Serial Port 8 Configuration ..................................................................... 88
5.3.10.4 Serial Port 9 Configuration ..................................................................... 89
5.3.10.5 Serial Port 10 Configuration ................................................................... 90
5.3.11 F81866 Super IO Configuration .................................................................... 91
5.3.11.1 Serial Port n Configuration ..................................................................... 91
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5.3.12 F81866 H/W Monitor ..................................................................................... 97
5.3.12.1 Smart Fan Mode Configuration .............................................................. 98
5.3.13 Serial Port Console Redirection .................................................................. 100
5.3.13.1 Console Redirection Settings ................................................................ 102
5.3.14 IEI Feature ................................................................................................... 104
5.4 CHIPSET ................................................................................................................. 105
5.4.1 PCH-IO Configuration .................................................................................. 106
5.4.1.1 PCH Azalia Configuration ...................................................................... 107
5.4.2 System Agent (SA) Configuration .................................................................. 108
5.4.2.1 Graphics Configuration ........................................................................... 109
5.4.2.2 Memory Configuration ............................................................................ 111
5.5 BOOT ....................................................................................................................... 112
5.6 SECURITY ................................................................................................................ 114
5.7 EXIT ........................................................................................................................ 115
6 SOFTWARE DRIVERS ............................................................................................. 117
6.1 AVAILABLE S OFTWARE D RIVERS ............................................................................. 118
6.2 SOFTWARE I NSTALLATION ....................................................................................... 118
6.3 CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................. 120
6.4 GRAPHICS DRIVER INSTALLATION .......................................................................... 123
6.5 LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION .................................................................................. 126
6.6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................... 130
6.7 INTEL ® RAPID STORAGE TECHNOLOGY DRIVER I NSTALLATION ............................ 132
6.8 USB 3.0 DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................. 135
6.9 INTEL ® AMT DRIVER I NSTALLATION .................................................................... 138
A BIOS OPTIONS ........................................................................................................ 141
B ONE KEY RECOVERY ........................................................................................... 145
B.1 O NE K EY R ECOVERY I NTRODUCTION .................................................................... 146
B.1.1 System Requirement ....................................................................................... 147
B.1.2 Supported Operating System ......................................................................... 148
B.2 S ETUP P ROC EDURE FOR W INDOWS ........................................................................ 149
B.2.1 Hardware and BIOS Setup ............................................................................ 150
B.2.2 Create Partitions ........................................................................................... 150
B.2.3 Install Operating System, Drivers and Applications ..................................... 154
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B.2.4 Building the Recovery Partition .................................................................... 155
B.2.5 Create Factory Default Image ....................................................................... 157
B.3 A UTO R ECOVERY S ETUP P ROCEDURE .................................................................... 162
B.4 S ETUP P ROC EDURE FOR L INUX .............................................................................. 166
B.5 R ECOVERY TOOL F UNCTIONS ................................................................................ 170
B.5.1 Factory Restore ............................................................................................. 171
B.5.2 Backup System ............................................................................................... 172
B.5.3 Restore Your Last Backup .............................................................................. 173
B.5.4 Manual ........................................................................................................... 174
B.6 R ESTORE S YSTEMS FROM A L INUX S ERVER THROUGH LAN .................................. 175
B.6.1 Configure DHCP Server Settings .................................................................. 176
B.6.2 Configure TFTP Settings ............................................................................... 177
B.6.3 Configure One Key Recovery Server Settings ............................................... 178
B.6.4 Start the DHCP, TFTP and HTTP ................................................................. 179
B.6.5 Create Shared Directory ................................................................................ 179
B.6.6 Setup a Client System for Auto Recovery ...................................................... 180
B.7 O THER I NFORMATION ............................................................................................ 183
B.7.1 Using AHCI Mode or ALi M5283 / VIA VT6421A Controller ....................... 183
B.7.2 System Memory Requirement ........................................................................ 185
C TERMINOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 186
D WATCHDOG TIMER .............................................................................................. 190
E HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ....................................................... 193
E.1 H AZARDOUS M ATERIALS D ISCLOSURE TAB LE FOR IPB P RODUCTS C ERTIFIED AS
RO HS COMPLIANT UNDER 2002/95/EC WITHOUT MERCURY ..................................... 194
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List of Figures
Figure 1-1: IMB-Q770 ...................................................................................................................... 2
Figure 1-2: Connectors
Figure 1-3: IMB-Q770 Dimensions (mm)
Figure 1-4: Data Flow Diagram
Figure 3-1: Connectors and Jumpers
Figure 3-2: ATX Power Connector Pinout Location
Figure 3-3: Battery Connector Locations
Figure 3-4: CPU Power Connector Location
Figure 3-5: DDR3 DIMM Slot Locations
Figure 3-6: Debug Port Connector Location
Figure 3-7: Digital I/O Connector Location
Figure 3-8: CPU Fan Connector Location
Figure 3-9: System Fan Connector Location
Figure 3-10: PCH Fan Connector Location
Figure 3-11: Front Panel Audio Connector Location
Figure 3-12: Front Panel Connector Location
Figure 3-13: FW Programming Connector Location
Figure 3-14: Infrared Connector Location
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Figure 3-15: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Location
Figure 3-16: PCIe Power Location
Figure 3-17: PCI Slot Locations
Figure 3-18: PCIe x16 Slot Location
Figure 3-19: PCIe x4 Slot Locations
Figure 3-20: PCIe x1 Slot Locations
Figure 3-21: SATA 3Gb/s Drive Connector Location
Figure 3-22: SATA 6Gb/s Drive Connector Location
Figure 3-23: RS-422/485 Connector Location
Figure 3-24: Serial Port Connector Loca tion
Figure 3-25: SMBus Connector Location
Figure 3-26: SPI Connector Location
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