User Manual
Version 1.2 Published November 2014 Copyright©2014 ASRock INC. All rights reserved. Copyright Notice: No part of this documentation may be reproduced, transcribed, transmitted, or translated in any language, in any form or by any means, except duplication of documentation by the purchaser for backup purpose, without written consent of ASRock Inc.
Contents Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Package Contents 1 1.2 Speciications 2 1.3 Motherboard Layout 5 1.4 I/O Panel 7 Chapter 2 Installation 8 2.1 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) 9 2.2 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) 11 2.3 Jumpers Setup 12 2.4 Onboard Headers and Connectors 13 Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 17 3.1 Installing Drivers 17 3.2 A-Tuning 18 3.3 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 20 3.4 Start8 25 Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 28 4.
.3.2 Chipset Coniguration 34 4.3.3 Storage Coniguration 36 4.3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology 37 4.3.5 Super IO Coniguration 38 4.3.6 ACPI Coniguration 39 4.3.7 USB Coniguration 41 4.3.8 Trusted Computing 42 4.4 Tools 43 4.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen 45 4.6 Security Screen 46 4.7 Boot Screen 47 4.
Q1900M / D1800M Chapter 1 Introduction hank you for purchasing ASRock Q1900M / D1800M motherboard, a reliable motherboard produced under ASRock’s consistently stringent quality control. It delivers excellent performance with robust design conforming to ASRock’s commitment to quality and endurance. In this manual, Chapter 1 and 2 contains the introduction of the motherboard and step-by-step installation guides. Chapter 3 contains the operation guide of the sotware and utilities.
1.2 Speciications Platform • Micro ATX Form Factor • All Solid Capacitor design • High Density Glass Fabric PCB CPU • Intel® Quad-Core Processor J1900 (2 GHz) (for Q1900M) • Intel® Dual-Core Processor J1800 (2.41 GHz) (for D1800M) Memory • Dual Channel DDR3/DDR3L Memory Technology • 2 x DDR3/DDR3L DIMM Slots • Supports DDR3/DDR3L 1333/1066 non-ECC, un-bufered memory • Max. capacity of system memory: 16GB (see CAUTION) Expansion Slot • 1 x PCI Express 2.
Q1900M / D1800M 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 Eicient Ethernet 802.3az • Supports PXE Rear Panel I/O • 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port • 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port • 1 x D-Sub Port • 1 x DVI-D Port • 1 x HDMI Port • 3 x USB 2.0 Ports (Supports ESD Protection (ASRock Full Spike Protection)) • 1 x USB 3.
BIOS Feature • 64Mb AMI UEFI Legal BIOS with GUI support • Supports Plug and Play • ACPI 1.1 compliant wake up events • Supports jumperfree • SMBIOS 2.3.1 support Hardware Monitor • CPU/Chassis temperature sensing • CPU/Chassis Fan Tachometer • CPU/Chassis Quiet Fan (Auto adjust chassis fan speed by CPU temperature) • CPU/Chassis Fan multi-speed control • CASE OPEN detection • Supports CPU Fanless • Voltage monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore OS • Microsot® Windows® 8.1 32-bit / 8.
Q1900M / D1800M 1.3 Motherboard Layout PS2 Mouse PS2 Keyboard CPU_FAN1 DDR3_A1 (64 bit, 240-pin module) 64Mb BIOS VGA1 HDMI1 ATXPWR1 DDR3_B1 (64 bit, 240-pin module) DVI1 USB 2.0 T: USB2 B: USB3 USB 3.0 USB 2.0: USB0 USB 3.
No. Description English 6 1 CPU Fan Connector (CPU_FAN1) 2 2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM Slots (DDR3_A1, DDR3_B1) 3 ATX Power Connector (ATXPWR1) 4 Chassis Fan Connector (CHA_FAN1) 5 Chassis Speaker Header (SPEAKER1) 6 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_1) 7 System Panel Header (PANEL1) 8 SATA2 Connector (SATA2_2) 9 Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) 10 USB 2.0 Header (USB6) 11 USB 2.
Q1900M / D1800M 1.4 I/O Panel 1 3 2 12 11 No. Description 10 4 5 6 7 9 8 No. Description 1 PS/2 Mouse Port 7 Front Speaker (Lime) 2 USB 2.0 Ports (USB_23) 8 Microphone (Pink) 3 HDMI Port 9 USB 3.0 Port (USB1) 4 LAN RJ-45 Port* 10 DVI-D Port 5 USB 2.0 Port (USB0) 11 D-Sub Port 6 Line In (Light Blue) 12 PS/2 Keyboard Port * here are two LEDs on each LAN port. Please refer to the table below for the LAN port LED indications.
Chapter 2 Installation his is a Micro ATX form factor motherboard. Before you install the motherboard, study the coniguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard its into it. Pre-installation Precautions Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. • Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard. Failure to do so may cause physical injuries to you and damages to motherboard components.
Q1900M / D1800M 2.1 Installing Memory Modules (DIMM) his motherboard provides two 240-pin DDR3/DDR3L (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots. If only one 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 DIMM may be damaged. English he DIMM only its in one correct orientation.
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Q1900M / D1800M 2.2 Expansion Slots (PCI Express Slots) here are 3 PCI Express slots on the motherboard. Before installing an expansion card, please make sure that the power supply is switched of or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the documentation of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card before you start the installation. PCIe slots: English PCIE1 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards. PCIE2 (PCIe 2.
2.3 Jumpers Setup he illustration shows how jumpers are setup. When the jumper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper is “Short”. If no jumper cap is placed on the pins, the jumper is “Open”. he illustration shows a 3-pin jumper whose pin1 and pin2 are “Short” when a jumper cap is placed on these 2 pins. Clear CMOS Jumper (CLRCMOS1) (see p.5, No. 9) Default Clear CMOS CLRCMOS1 allows you to clear the data in CMOS.
Q1900M / D1800M 2.4 Onboard Headers and Connectors Onboard headers and connectors are NOT jumpers. Do NOT place jumper caps over these 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 assignments below.
Serial ATA2 Connectors (SATA2_1: see p.5, No. 6) (SATA2_2: see p.5, No. 8) hese two SATA2 connectors support SATA data cables for internal storage devices with up to 3.0 Gb/s data transfer rate. SATA2_1 SATA2_2 USB 2.0 Headers (9-pin USB4_5) (see p.5, No. 11) (4-pin USB6) (see p.5, No. 10) Front Panel Audio Header (9-pin HD_AUDIO1) (see p.5, No. 15) Besides three USB 2.0 ports on the I/O panel, there are two headers on this motherboard.
Q1900M / D1800M Chassis Speaker Header (4-pin SPEAKER1) (see p.5, No. 5) Please connect the chassis speaker to this header. Please connect fan cable to the fan connector and match the black wire to the ground pin. GND FAN_VOLTAGE FAN_SPEED CPU Fan Connectors (3-pin CPU_FAN1) (see p.5, No. 1) Please connect the CPU fan cable to the connector and match the black wire to the ground pin. GND FAN_VOLTAGE FAN_SPEED ATX Power Connector (24-pin ATXPWR1) (see p.5, No.
Serial Port Header (9-pin COM1) (see p.5, No. 12) Print Port Header (25-pin LPT1) (see p.5, No. 13) his COM1 header supports a serial port module. AFD# ERROR# PINIT# SLIN# GND 1 SPD7 SPD6 ACK# SPD5 BUSY SPD4 PE SPD3 SLCT SPD2 SPD1 SPD0 STB# English 16 his is an interface for print port cable that allows convenient connection of printer devices.
Q1900M / D1800M Chapter 3 Software and Utilities Operation 3.1 Installing Drivers he Support CD that comes with the motherboard contains necessary drivers and useful utilities that enhance the motherboard’s features. Running The Support CD To begin using the support CD, insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. he CD automatically displays the Main Menu if “AUTORUN” is enabled in your computer. If the Main Menu does not appear automatically, locate and double click on the ile “ASRSETUP.
3.2 A-Tuning A-Tuning is ASRock’s multi purpose sotware 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 be auto-installed as well. Ater the installation, you will ind the icon “A-Tuning“ on your desktop. Double-click the “A-Tuning“ icon, A-Tuning main menu will pop up. 3.2.
Q1900M / D1800M Tools Various tools and utilities. XFast RAM English Boost the system’s performance and extend the HDD’s or SDD’s lifespan! Create a hidden partition, then assign which iles should be stored in the RAM drive.
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 time and keeps the content always up-to-date. 3.3.1 System Requirements • Conirm whether your motherboard supports this feature. • Operating system: Microsot Windows 8/7 (32- or 64-bit edition) • Set the SATA mode to AHCI.
Q1900M / D1800M 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 English Once installed, run ASRock Smart Connect from your desktop or go to Windows Start -> All Programs -> ASRock Utility.
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. English Step 5 Click Apply to enable Smart Connect.
Q1900M / D1800M Step 6 Double-click the Intel® Smart Connect Technology Manager icon in the Windows system tray. Step 7 Drag the slider to conigure how oten 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 Connect Keep the applications which you wish to connect to the internet and receive updates while the system is in sleep state running. Foxmail for instance, keep Foxmail running. 2.
English 24 4. he system will wake up from sleep state periodically, and then start to update Foxmail. he screen will not display anything so the computer can maintain minimum power usage. Aterwards, the system will automatically return to sleep state again. 5. Upon waking up the system, you will ind the new mail that were sent to you during sleep state are already updated and ready to be read in Foxmail.
Q1900M / D1800M 3.4 Start8 For those Windows 8 users who miss the Start Menu, Start8 is an ideal solution that brings back the familiar Start Menu along with added customizations for greater eiciency. 3.4.1 Installing Start8 Install Start8, which is located in the folder at the following path of the Support CD: \ ASRock Utility > Start8. 3.4.2 Coniguring Start8 Style English Select between the Windows 7 style and Windows 8 style Start Menu.
Conigure Conigure provides coniguration 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.
Q1900M / D1800M Control lets you conigure what a click on the start button or a press on the Windows key does. Desktop 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 English Displays information about Start8.
Chapter 4 UEFI SETUP UTILITY 4.1 Introduction his section explains how to use the UEFI SETUP UTILITY to conigure your system. You may run the UEFI SETUP UTILITY by pressing or right ater you power on the computer, otherwise, the Power-On-Self-Test (POST) will continue with its test routines. If you wish to enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY ater POST, restart the system by pressing + + , or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis.
Q1900M / D1800M 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 table for the descriptions of each navigation key.
4.2 Main Screen When you enter the UEFI SETUP UTILITY, the Main screen will appear and display the system overview.
Q1900M / D1800M 4.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the conigurations for the following items: CPU Coniguration, Chipset Coniguration, Storage Coniguration, Intel® Smart Connect Technology, Super IO Coniguration, ACPI Coniguration, USB Coniguration and Trusted Computing. English Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction.
4.3.1 CPU Coniguration 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 Enable CPU C States Support for power saving. It is recommended to keep C3, C6 and C7 all enabled for better power saving.
Q1900M / D1800M Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Automatically prefetch the subsequent cache line while retrieving the currently requested cache line. Enable for better performance. Intel Virtualization Technology English Intel Virtualization Technology allows a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions, so that one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems.
4.3.2 Chipset Coniguration DRAM Voltage Use this to conigure DRAM Voltage. he default value is [Auto]. Primary Graphics Adapter Select a primary VGA. Share Memory Conigure the size of memory that is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up. Onboard HD Audio Enable/disable onboard HD audio. Set to Auto to enable onboard HD audio and automatically disable it when a sound card is installed. Front Panel Enable/disable front panel HD audio.
Q1900M / D1800M Onboard LAN Enable or disable the onboard network interface controller. PCIE1 Link Speed Select the link speed for PCIE1. Deep S5 Conigure deep sleep mode for power saving when the computer is shut down. Restore on AC/Power Loss Select the power state ater a power failure. If [Power Of] is selected, the power will remain of when the power recovers. If [Power On] is selected, the system will start to boot up when the power recovers.
4.3.3 Storage Coniguration 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 SATA disk performance but IDE mode does not have these advantages.
Q1900M / D1800M 4.3.4 Intel® Smart Connect Technology Intel® Smart Connect Technology English Intel® Smart Connect Technology automatically updates your email and social networks, such as Twitter, Facebook, etc. while the computer is in sleep mode.
4.3.5 Super IO Coniguration 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 connected device.
Q1900M / D1800M 4.3.6 ACPI Coniguration 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 waked up by a PS/2 Keyboard. PCIE Device Power On Allow the system to be waked up by a PCIE device and enable wake on LAN.
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.
Q1900M / D1800M 4.3.7 USB Coniguration 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 English Enable or disable Legacy OS Support for USB 2.0 devices. If you encounter USB compatibility issues it is recommended to disable legacy USB support. Select UEFI Setup Only to support USB devices under the UEFI setup and Windows/Linux operating systems only.
4.3.8 Trusted Computing Security Device Support Enable to activate Trusted Platform Module (TPM) security for your hard disk drives.
Q1900M / D1800M 4.4 Tools Instant Flash Save UEFI iles in your USB storage device and run Instant Flash to update your UEFI. Internet Flash English ASRock Internet Flash downloads and updates the latest UEFI irmware version from our servers for you. Please setup network coniguration before using Internet Flash. *For BIOS backup and recovery purpose, it is recommended to plug in your USB pen drive before using this function.
Network Coniguration Use this to conigure internet connection settings for Internet Flash. Internet Setting Enable or disable sound efects in the setup utility. UEFI Download Server Select a server to download the UEFI irmware.
Q1900M / D1800M 4.5 Hardware Health Event Monitoring Screen his section allows you to monitor the status of the hardware on your system, including the parameters of the CPU temperature, motherboard temperature, fan speed and voltage. CPU Fan 1 Setting his allows you to set CPU fan 1’s speed. Coniguration options: [Full On] and [Automatic Mode]. he default value is [Full On]. Chassis Fan 1 Setting his allows you to set chassis fan 1’s speed. Coniguration options: [Full On], [Automatic Mode] and [Manual].
4.6 Security Screen In this section you may set or change the supervisor/user password for the system. You may also clear the user password. Supervisor Password Set or change the password for the administrator account. Only the administrator has authority to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility. Leave it blank and press enter to remove the password. User Password Set or change the password for the user account. Users are unable to change the settings in the UEFI Setup Utility.
Q1900M / D1800M 4.7 Boot Screen his section displays the available devices on your system for you to conigure 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 Windows 8 and the VBIOS must support UEFI GOP if you are using an external graphics card.
Full Screen Logo Enable to display the boot logo or disable to show normal POST messages. AddOn ROM Display Enable AddOn ROM Display to see the AddOn ROM messages or conigure 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.
Q1900M / D1800M 4.8 Exit Screen Save Changes and Exit When you select this option the following message, “Save coniguration changes and exit setup?” will pop out. Select [OK] to save changes and exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY. Discard Changes and Exit When you select this option the following message, “Discard changes and exit setup?” will pop out. Select [OK] to exit the UEFI SETUP UTILITY without saving any changes.
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