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  • ASRock Q1900-ITX | User Manual - Page 1
    User Manual
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    change without notice, and should not be constructed as a commitment by ASRock. ASRock assumes no responsibility for any errors or omissions that may appear in CALIFORNIA, USA ONLY The Lithium battery adopted on this motherboard contains Perchlorate, a toxic substance controlled in Perchlorate Best
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    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
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    4.3.1 CPU Configuration 43 4.3.2 Chipset Configuration 45 4.3.3 Storage Configuration 47 4.3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 49 4.3.5 Super IO Configuration 50 4.3.6 ACPI Configuration 51 4.3.7 USB Configuration 53 4.3.8 Trusted Computing 54 4.4 Tools 55 4.5 Hardware Health Event
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    find the latest VGA cards and CPU support list on ASRock's website as well. ASRock website http://www.asrock.com. 1.1 Package Contents • ASRock Q1900-ITX Motherboard (Mini-ITX Form Factor) • ASRock Q1900-ITX Quick Installation Guide • ASRock Q1900-ITX Support CD • 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) Data Cables
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    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-buffered memory • Max
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    Q1900-ITX 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 Efficient Ethernet 802.3az • Supports PXE Rear Panel I/O • 1
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    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 Protection)) • 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support • Supports Plug
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    1.3 Motherboard Layout 64Mb BIOS CPU_FAN1 DDR3_A1 Q1900-ITX PS2 Mouse PS2 Keyboard RoHS Q1900-ITX DVI1 VGA1 AT X P W R 1 DDR3_B1 Front USB 3.0 USB 2.0 T: USB3 B: USB4 CMOS Battery MINI_PCIE1 USB 3.0 T: USB3 Top: RJ-45 LAN B: USB4 HD_AUDIO1 1 Super I/O Top: CTR BASS Center:
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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 (
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    1.4 I/O Panel 1 2 Q1900-ITX 57 3 4 68 14 13 No. Description 1 PS/2 Mouse Port 2 D-Sub Port 3 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_34) 4 LAN RJ-45 Port* 5 Central / Bass (Orange) 6 Rear Speaker (Black) 7 Line In (Light Blue) 12 11 10 9 No. Description 8 Front Speaker (Lime)** 9 Microphone (
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    * There are two LEDs on the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications. ACT/LINK LED SPEED LED LAN Port Activity / Link LED Status Off Blinking On Description No Link Data Activity Link Speed LED Status Off Orange Green Description 10Mbps connection 100Mbps
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    Q1900-ITX Chapter 2 Installation This is a Mini-ITX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard
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    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. The SO-DIMM only fits in one correct orientation. It will cause permanent damage to the
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    Q1900-ITX 1 2 3 11 English
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    2.2 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) There are 2 PCI Express slots on the motherboard. Before installing an expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is switched off or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware
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    Q1900-ITX 2.3 Jumpers Setup The power supply. After 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 after you update the BIOS. If you need to clear the CMOS when you just finish updating the BIOS, you must boot
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    headers and connectors. Placing jumper caps over the headers and connectors will cause permanent damage to the motherboard. System Panel Header (9-pin PANEL1) (see p.5, No. 7) Connect the power switch, reset switch and system status indicator on the chassis to this header according to the pin
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    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. This USB 2.0 header can support two ports. USB 3.0 Header (19-pin USB3_1_2) (see p.5, No. 5) IntA_P_D+ IntA_P_DGND
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    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 pin. This motherboard provides a 24-pin ATX power connector. To use a 20-pin ATX power supply, please plug it along Pin 1 and Pin 13
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    p.5, No. 14) PCICLK FRAME PCIRST# LAD3 +3V LAD0 +3VSB GND GND SMB_CLK_MAIN SMB_DATA_MAIN LAD2 LAD1 GND S_PWRDWN# SERIRQ# GND Q1900-ITX This motherboard supports CASE OPEN detection feature that detects if the chassis cove has been removed. This feature requires a chassis with chassis intrusion
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    . Therefore, the drivers you install can work properly. Utilities Menu The Utilities Menu shows the application software that the motherboard supports. Click on a specific item then follow the installation wizard to install it. To improve Windows 7 compatibility, please download and install the
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    Q1900-ITX 3.2 A-Tuning A-Tuning is ASRock's multi purpose software suite with a new interface, more new features and improved utilities, including XFast RAM and a whole lot more. 3.2.1 Installing A-Tuning When you install the all-in-one driver to your system from ASRock's support CD, A-Tuning will
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    Tools Various tools and utilities. XFast RAM Boost the system's performance and extend the HDD's or SDD's lifespan! Create a hidden partition, then assign which files should be stored in the RAM drive. 20 English
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    Q1900-ITX 3.3 Intel® Smart Connect Technology Intel® Smart Connect Technology is a feature that periodically wakes your computer from Windows® sleep state to refresh email or social networking applications. It saves your waiting
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    3.3.2 Setup Guide Installing ASRock Smart Connect Utility Step 1 Install ASRock Smart Connect Utility, which is located in the folder at the following path of the Support CD: \ ASRock Utility > Smart Connect. Step 2 Once installed, run ASRock Smart Connect from your desktop or go to Windows Start ->
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    Q1900-ITX Step 3 Click the Add button. Take Foxmail as an example, add Foxmail to the Application list. Step 4 Select Foxmail from the Application List, then click the arrow pointing right to add this application to the Smart Connect List. Step 5 Click Apply to enable Smart Connect. 23 English
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    -click the Intel® Smart Connect Technology Manager icon Windows system tray. in the Step 7 Drag the slider to configure how often the system will connect to the network to download updates. Shorter durations will provide more frequent updates, but may cause more power consumption. Using Smart
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    Q1900-ITX 4. The system will wake up from sleep state periodically, and then start to update Foxmail. The screen will not display anything so the computer can maintain minimum power usage. Afterwards, the system will automatically return to sleep state again. 5. Upon waking up the system, you will
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    if the computer is in off mode. For ASRock motherboards with a Realtek® LAN chip, ASRock Cloud allows users to remotely wake up their wake up the computer then use any other preferred remote desktop application. This motherboard supports Wake-On-WAN with the onboard Realtek® LAN, so you can connect
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    Q1900-ITX 3.4.1 Realtek® Wake-On-WAN Realtek® Wake-On-WAN allows you to wake up and remote control your home computer from sleep or shutdown state. Before configuring this feature, verify the followings on your host computer: • Make sure that the "PCIE Devices Power On" is enabled in UEFI SETUP
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    find the Orbweb.ME Professional host software in the Support CD or just download it from http://orbweb.me. Step 1 Click on the Orbweb.ME Professional installer package file to start installation. Step 2 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. Step 3 When installation completes
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    Q1900-ITX Step 3 You will receive a verification email. Follow the steps in the email to verify your account. After verifying your account, you can access your PC
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    Remote Wake-Up allows you to remotely put your host computer to sleep and wake your host computer up from a client device. If you use a motherboard with dual LAN ports, please disable one of the LAN ports to use the Remote Wake-Up function. To do so, go to Control Panel
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    Q1900-ITX Step 4 Click and power options appear. Click to select Restart, Sleep or Shut . You have to physically wake up computer in order to bring power option icon back to online. For iOS or Android Mobile Devices users: Download and install "Orbweb.ME Professional" app from the App Store (
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    icon will turn offline and the power option icon will dissappear. You have to physically wake up computer in order to bring power option icon back to online. Using refer to the user manual of the Kloudian® Orbweb.ME Professional for more instructions on how to use Orbweb.ME Professional. 32 English
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    Q1900-ITX For iOS or Android Mobile Devices users: Download and install "Orbweb.ME Professional" app from the App Store (iOS) or Play Store (Android). Step 1 Tap the "Orbweb.ME Professional" app icon to launch
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    to open the folder. Step 6 Click on a file name to preivew the file. You can also delete, rename, move, and copy a selected file. For more instructions on how to use Xplorer, refer to the user manual of the Kloudian® Orbweb.ME Professional. 34 English
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    Q1900-ITX For iOS or Android Mobile Devices users: Download and install "Orbweb.ME Professional" app from the App Store ( rename, move, and copy a selected file. For more instructions on how to use Xplorer, refer to the user manual of the Kloudian® Orbweb.ME Professional. English Tutorial Video 35
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    customizations for greater efficiency. 3.5.1 Installing Start8 Install Start8, which is located in the folder at the following path of the Support CD: \ ASRock Utility > Start8. 3.5.2 Configuring Start8 Style Select between the Windows 7 style and Windows 8 style Start Menu. Then select the theme of
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    Configure Q1900-ITX Configure provides configuration options, including icon sizes, which shortcuts you want Start Menu to display, quick access to recently used apps, the functionality of the power button, and more. Control 37 English
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    Desktop allows you to disable the hot corners when you are working on the desktop. It also lets you choose whether or not the system boots directly into desktop mode and bypass the Metro user interface. About Displays information about Start8. 38 English
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    Q1900-ITX Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 4.1 Introduction This section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to configure your system. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY by pressing or right after you power on the computer, otherwise, the Power-On-Self-Test being updated, the following
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    4.1.2 Navigation Keys Use < > key or < > key to choose among the selections on the menu bar, and use < > key or < > key to move the cursor up or down to select items, then press to get into the sub screen. You can also use the mouse to click your required item. Please check the following
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    Q1900-ITX 4.2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview. 41 English
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    you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, Chipset Configuration, Storage Configuration, Intel® Smart Connect Technology, Super IO Configuration, ACPI Configuration, USB Configuration and Trusted Computing. Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to
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    Q1900-ITX Active Processor Cores Select the number of cores to enable in each processor package. Intel SpeedStep Technology Intel SpeedStep technology allows processors to switch between multiple frequencies and voltage points for better power saving and heat dissipation. CPU C States Support
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    Automatically prefetch the subsequent cache line while retrieving the currently requested cache line. Enable for better performance. Intel Virtualization Technology Intel Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions, so that
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    4.3.2 Chipset Configuration Q1900-ITX DRAM Voltage Use this to configure DRAM Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. Primary Graphics Adapter Select a primary VGA. Share Memory Configure the size of memory that is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up. Onboard HD
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    the computer is shut down. Restore on AC/Power Loss Select the power state after a power failure. If [Power Off] is selected, the power will remain off when the power recovers. If [Power On] is selected, the system will start to boot up when the power recovers. Good Night LED By enabling Good Night
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    4.3.3 Storage Configuration Q1900-ITX SATA Controller(s) Enable/disable the SATA controllers. SATA Mode Selection IDE: For better compatibility. AHCI: Supports new features that improve performance. AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) supports NCQ and other new features that will improve
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    ASMedia SATA3 Mode IDE: For better compatibility. AHCI: Supports new features that improve performance. 48 English
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    4.3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology Q1900-ITX Intel® Smart Connect Technology Intel® Smart Connect Technology automatically updates your email and social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, etc. while the computer is in sleep mode. English 49
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    4.3.5 Super IO Configuration Serial Port 1 Enable or disable the Serial port 1. Serial Port Address Select the address of the Serial port. Parallel Port Enable or disable the Parallel port. Change Settings Select the address of the Parallel port. Device Mode Select the device mode according to your
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    4.3.6 ACPI Configuration Q1900-ITX Suspend to RAM Select disable for ACPI suspend type S1. It is recommended to select auto for ACPI S3 power saving. ACPI HPET Table Enable the High Precision Event Timer for better performance and to pass WHQL tests. PS/2 Keyboard Power On Allow the system to be
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    USB Keyboard/Remote Power On Allow the system to be waked up by an USB keyboard or remote controller. USB Mouse Power On Allow the system to be waked up by an USB mouse. 52 English
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    USB Configuration Q1900-ITX USB Controller Enable or disable all the USB ports. USB 3.0 Controller Enable or disable all the USB 3.0 ports. Legacy USB Support Enable or disable Legacy OS Support for USB 2.0 devices. If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is recommended to disable legacy USB
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    4.3.8 Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enable to activate Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security for your hard disk drives. 54 English
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    4.4 Tools Q1900-ITX Instant Flash Save UEFI files in your USB storage device and run Instant Flash to update your UEFI. Internet Flash ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI firmware version from our servers for you. Please setup network configuration before using Internet
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    Network Configuration Use this to configure internet connection settings for Internet Flash. Internet Setting Enable or disable sound effects in the setup utility. UEFI Download Server Select a server to download the UEFI firmware. 56 English
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    Q1900-ITX 4.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen This section allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard speed for each temperature. Case Open Feature Enable or disable Case Open Feature to detect whether the
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    user account. Users are unable to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password. Secure Boot Enable to support Windows 8 Secure Boot. 58 English
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    Q1900-ITX 4.7 Boot Screen This section displays the available devices on your system for you to configure the boot settings and the boot priority. Fast Boot Fast Boot minimizes your computer's boot time. In fast mode you may not boot from an USB storage device. Ultra Fast mode is only supported by
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    or configure the AddOn ROM if you've enabled Full Screen Logo. Disable for faster boot speed. CSM (Compatibility Support Module) CSM Enable to launch the Compatibility Support Module. Please do not disable unless you're running a WHCK test. If you are using Windows 8 64-bit and all of your devices
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    4.8 Exit Screen Q1900-ITX Save Changes and Exit When you select this option the following message, "Save configuration changes and exit setup?" will pop out. Select [OK] to save
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    or want to know more about ASRock, you're welcome to visit ASRock's website at http://www.asrock.com; or you may contact your dealer for further information. For technical questions, please submit a support request form at http://www.asrock.com/support/tsd.asp ASRock Incorporation 2F., No.37, Sec
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