ASROCK AD2550B-ITX Owner's Manual

1AD2550B-ITXUser ManualVersion 1.1Published June 2013Copyright©2013 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

101.3 Motherboard Layout 1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 11 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 2 CPU Heatsink 12 Chassis Speaker Header

111.4 I/O Panel * There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

12Chapter 2: Installation This is a Mini-ITX form factor (6.7" x 6.7", 17.0 x 17.0 cm) motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, s

132.3 Installation of Memory Modules (SO-DIMM)AD2550B-ITX motherboard provides two 204-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) SO-DIMM slots.1. It is not allowe

142.4 Expansion Slot (PCI Slot)There is 1 PCI slot on this motherboard. PCI slot: The PCI slot is used to install expansion card that has the 32-

15USB_PWRP-P+GNDATX+5VSBIRRXIRTXGNDDUMMYUSB 2.0 header (9-pin, black) CIR header (4-pin, gray) 2.5 ASRock Smart Remote Installation GuideASRock Smart

16* ASRock Smart Remote is only supported by some of ASRock motherboards. Please refer to ASRock website for the motherboard support list: http://ww

172.6 Jumpers Setup The illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap

182.7 Onboard Headers and ConnectorsOnboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these headers and connectors.

19 1. High Denition Audio supports Jack Sensing, but the panel wire on the chassis must support HDA to function correctly. Please follow the

2Copyright Notice:No part of this manual may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, exce

20Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis (4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header.(see p.10 No. 12) The front panel design may d

212.8 Serial ATA (SATA) / Serial ATAII (SATAII) Hard Disks Installation This motherboard adopts Intel® NM10 Express chipset that supports Serial ATA (

22 Caution1. Without SATA 15-pin power connector interface, the SATA / SATAII Hot Plug cannot be processed.2. Even some SATA / SATAII HDDs provide

23 How to Hot Plug a SATA / SATAII HDD:Points of attention, before you process the Hot Plug:Please do follow below instruction sequence to process the

242.11 Driver Installation GuideTo install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive rst. Then, the drivers co

25Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to congure your system. The UEFI chip on

263.1.2 Navigation Keys Please check the following table for the function description of each navigation key. Navigation Key(s) Function Description

27Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.3.3 Advanced ScreenIn this section, you may set the congurations for the

283.3.1 CPU ConfigurationIntel Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel processor that sup

293.3.2 Chipset ConfigurationACPI HPET Table Use this item to enable or disable ACPI HPET Table. The default value is [Enabled]. Please set this opt

3Contents1 Introduction ... 51.1 Package Contents ...

303.3.3 Storage ConfigurationSATA2 Mode Use this to select SATA2 mode. Conguration options: [IDE Mode], [AHCI Mode] and [Disabled]. The default val

313.3.4 Super IO ConfigurationCOM1 Port Use this item to enable or disable the onboard serial port. COM1 Port Address Use this item to set the

323.3.5 ACPI ConfigurationSuspend to RAMUse this item to select whether to auto-detect or disable the Suspend-to-RAM feature. Select [Auto] will enab

333.3.6 USB ConfigurationUSB 2.0 ControllerUse this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller. Legacy USB SupportUse this option to sel

343.3.7 Voltage ConfigurationDRAM VoltageUse this to select DRAM Voltage. The default value is [Auto]. +1.05V VoltageUse this to select +1.05V Voltag

353.4 Hardware Health Event Monitoring ScreenIn this section, it allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the param

36Setup Prompt TimeoutThis shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0XFFFF) means indenite waiting.Bootup Num-Loc

373.6 Security ScreenIn this section, you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. For the user password, you may also clear it

383.7 Exit ScreenSave Changes and ExitWhen you select this option, it will pop-out the following message, “Save conguration changes and exit setup?”

39Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 32-bit. Bec

44 Software Support ... 394.1 Install Operating System ...

5Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock AD2550B-ITX motherboard, a reliable mother-board produced under ASRock’s consisten

61.2 Specifications Platform - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm - Solid Capacitor for CPU power CPU - Intel® Dual-Core At

7 BIOS Feature - 16Mb AMI BIOS - AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support - Supports “Plug and Play” - ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events - Supports

8CAUTION!1. Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® OS. You c

97. ASRock Crashless BIOS allows users to update their BIOS without fear of failing. If power loss occurs during the BIOS update process, ASRock Cras