ASROCK AD2700B-ITX User Manual

1AD2700B-ITX / AD2500B-ITXUser ManualVersion 1.0Published October 2011Copyright©2011 ASRock INC. All rights reserved.

108. Although this motherboard offers stepless control, it is not recommended to perform over-clocking. Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bu

111.3 Motherboard Layout (AD2700B-ITX) 1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 11 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 2 CPU Heatsink 12 Chassis Spe

121.4 Motherboard Layout (AD2500B-ITX) 1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 11 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 2 CPU Heatsink 12 Chassis Spe

131.5 I/O Panel (AD2700B-ITX)* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

141.6 I/O Panel (AD2500B-ITX)* There are two LED next to the LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.

15Chapter 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, stud

162.3 Installation of Memory Modules (SO-DIMM)AD2700B-ITX / AD2500B-ITX motherboard provides two 204-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) SO-DIMM slots.1. It

172.4 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-

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

192.6 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 is pl

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

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

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

22Chassis Speaker Header Please connect the chassis (4-pin SPEAKER 1) speaker to this header.(see p.11 or 12 No. 12) The front panel design

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

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

25 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

262.11 Driver Installation GuideTo install the drivers to your system, please insert the support CD to your optical drive rst. Then, the drivers c

27Chapter 3: UEFI SETUP UTILITY3.1 IntroductionThis section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to con gure your system. The UEFI chip on the

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

29 AD2500B-ITX

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

30Setting 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

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

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

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

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

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

363.3.6 USB ConfigurationUSB 2.0 ControllerUse this item to enable or disable the use of USB 2.0 controller. USB 3.0 ControllerUse this item to enabl

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

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

39Setup Prompt TimeoutThis shows the number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0XFFFF) means inde nite waiting.Bootup Num-LockIf this

43.6 Security Screen ... 403.7 Exit Screen ...

403.6 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.

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

42Chapter 4: Software Support 4.1 Install Operating System This motherboard supports various Microsoft® Windows® operating systems: 7 32-bit. Because

5Chapter 1: IntroductionThank you for purchasing ASRock AD2700B-ITX / AD2500B-ITX motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consist

61.2 Specifications Platform - Mini-ITX Form Factor: 6.7-in x 6.7-in, 17.0 cm x 17.0 cm - All Solid Capacitor design (AD2700B-ITX) - Solid Capacito

7 - 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED) - HD Audio Jack: Line in/Front Speaker/Microphone Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel (AD25

8 WARNING Please realize that there is a certain risk involved with overclocking, including adjusting the setting in the BIOS, applying Untied Over

9CAUTION!1. About the setting of “Hyper Threading Technology”, please check page 31.2. Due to the chipset limitation, the actual memory size may be