DFI NP101-D16C User manual

NP101-D16C

System Board

User’s Manual

935-NP1011-000G

A08930024

Copyright

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manufacturer makes no representations or warranties with respect to

the contents or use of this manual and specifically disclaims any ex-

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results of the use of this document. Further, the manufacturer re-

serves the right to revise this publication and make changes to its

contents at any time, without obligation to notify any person or en-

tity of such revisions or changes.

Trademarks

Product names or trademarks appearing in this manual are for iden-

tification purpose only and are the properties of the respective own-

ers.

FCC and DOC Statement on Class B

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits

for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.

These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against

harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential

installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio fre-

quency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the

instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio communi-

cations. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not

occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful

interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined

by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try

to correct the interference by one or more of the following meas-

ures:

• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.

• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from

that to which the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for

help.

Notice:

1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the

par

ty responsible for compliance could void the user's authority

to operate the equipment.

2. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with

the emission limits.

Table of Contents

About this Manual................................................................................

Warranty.................................................................................................

Static Electricity Precaution................................................................

Safety Measures.....................................................................................

About the Package...............................................................................

Before Using the System Board.........................................................

Chapter 1 - Introduction....................................................................

Specifications...................................................................................................................................

Features..............................................................................................................................................

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation....................................................

System Board Layout ..........................................................................................................

System Memor

y..........................................................................................................................

Jumper Settings............................................................................................................................

Rear Panel I/O Ports.............................................................................................................

I/O Connectors..........................................................................................................................

Chapter 3 - BIOS Setup......................................................................

Award BIOS Setup Utility.................................................................................................

Updating the BIOS..................................................................................................................

Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares.....................................................

Drivers for Windows 7 / Windows Vista System.....................................

D

rivers for Windows XP System..............................................................................

Appendix A - NLITE and AHCI Installation Guide..........................

Appendix B - Watchdog Timer.............................................................

Appendix C - System Error Message...............................................

Appendix D - Troubleshooting..........................................................

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About this Manual

An electronic file of this manual is included in the CD. To view the

user’s manual in the CD, insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The

autorun screen (Main Board Utility CD) will appear. Click “User’s

Manual” on the main menu.

Warranty

1. Warranty does not cover damages or failures that arised from

misuse of the product, inability to use the product, unauthorized

replacement or alteration of components and product specifica-

tions.

2. The warranty is void if the product has been subjected to physi-

cal abuse, improper installation, modification, accidents or unau-

thorized repair of the product.

3. Unless otherwise instructed in this user’s manual, the user may

not, under any circumstances, attempt to perform service, adjust-

ments or repairs on the product, whether in or out of warranty.

It must be returned to the purchase point, factory or authorized

service agency for all such work.

4. We will not be liable for any indirect, special, incidental or

consequencial damages to the product that has been modified

or altered.

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Introduction

Static Electricity Precautions

It is quite easy to inadvertently damage your PC, system board,

components or devices even before installing them in your system

unit. Static electrical discharge can damage computer components

without causing any signs of physical damage. You must take extra

care in handling them to ensure against electrostatic build-up.

1. To prevent electrostatic build-up, leave the system board in its

anti-static bag until you are ready to install it.

2. Wear an antistatic wrist strap.

3. Do all preparation work on a static-free surface.

4. Hold the device only by its edges. Be careful not to touch any of

the components, contacts or connections.

5. Avoid touching the pins or contacts on all modules and connec-

tors. Hold modules or connectors by their ends.

Important:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor,

disk drive and other components. Perform the upgrade in-

struction procedures described at an ESD workstation

only. If such a station is not available, you can provide

some ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap

and attaching it to a metal part of the system chassis. If a

wrist strap is unavailable, establish and maintain contact

with the system chassis throughout any procedures requir-

ing ESD protection.

Safety Measures

To avoid damage to the system:

• Use the correct AC input voltage range

..

.

To reduce the risk of electric shock:

• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis

cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing,

cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.

Battery:

• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.

• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend

by

the manufacturer.

• Dispose of used batteries according to local ordinance.

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Introduction

About the Package

The system board package contains the following items. If any of

these items are missing or damaged, please contact your dealer or

sales representative for assistance.

; The system board

; One IDE cable

; One USB cable

; One Serial ATA data cable

; One Serial ATA power cable

; One bracket mounted with a COM port

; One “Main Board Utility” CD

; One I/O shield

; A user’s manual

; One QR (Quick Reference)

The system board and accessories in the package may not come

similar to the information listed above. This may differ in accordance

to the sales region or models in which it was sold. For more infor-

mation about the standard package in your region, please contact

your dealer or sales representative.

Before Using the System Board

Before using the system board, prepare basic system components.

If you are installing the system board in a new system, you will need

at least the following internal components.

• A CPU

• Memory module

• Storage devices such as hard disk drive, CD-ROM, etc.

You will also need external system peripherals you intend to use

which will normally include at least a keyboard, a mouse and a video

display monitor.

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Introduction

Processor

Chipset

System Memory

Expansion Slots

Graphics

Audio

LAN

Serial ATA

IDE

BIOS

Chapter 1 - Introduction

• Intel

®

Atom

TM

N270 (Diamondville SC) processor

• 1.6GHz core frequency, 1.10V voltage

• 2.5W thermal design power

• 512KB on-die second level cache

• 533-MT/s FSB

• 22x22 mm, 1.0 mm ball pitch and 437 balls FCBGA

• Intel

®

chipset

- Northbridge: Intel

®

945GSE GMCH

- Southbridge: Intel

®

82801GBM ICH7M

• One 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket

• Maximum memory supports up to 2GB

• Supports 400MHz and 533MHz DDR2 SDRAM

• 1 PCI Express x1 slot

• 1 PCI slot

• 133/166MHz internal graphics core render frequency at 1.05V

core voltage

• One SDVO port (Port B)

- SDVO slot reversal not supported

• Supports 18-bit dual-channel LVDS

• Supports CRT resolutions up to SXGA+

• Realtek ALC262 2-channel High Definition Audio

• 2x 6W for 8ohm speaker

• Two 24-bit stereo DACs and three 20-bit stereo ADCs

• S/PDIF input/output interface

• Two Realtek RTL8111C PCI Express Gigabit controllers

• Supports 10Mbps, 100Mbps and 1Gbps data transmission

• IEEE 802.3 (10/100Mbps) and IEEE 802.3ab (1Gbps) compliant

• Two SATA ports with independent DMA operation supported

on ports 0 and 2

• Two-mode operation supports legacy mode using I/O space or

an AHCI mode using memory space

• SATA and PATA can be used in a combined function mode

(When SATA is used with PATA, AHCI mode is not supported.)

• Bus Master IDE (PATA) controller

• Supports up to two IDE devices

• Ultra ATA 33

• Award BIOS

• 8Mbit SPI interface BIOS

Specifications

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Introduction

Rear Panel I/O

Ports

I/O Connectors

Energy Efficient

Design

Damage Free

Intelligence

Temperature

Humidity

PCB

• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 mouse port

• 1 mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard port

• 1 1-pin DC 12V jack

• 1 4-pin DC 12V jack or 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

(optional)

• 1 DB-9 serial port

• 1 DB-15 VGA port

• 2 RJ45 LAN ports

• 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports

• Mic-in, line-in and line-out

• 2 connectors for 4 additional external USB 2.0/1.1 ports

• 1 connector for an additional external serial port

• 1 speaker-out connector with amplifying feature

• 1 SDVO connector for DFI NP1-LVDS (24-bit / 2 channels

external LVDS) or NP1-DVI (external DVI-D) daughterboard

• 1 LVDS LCD panel connector

• 1 LCD/inverter power connector

• 1 DIO connector

• 1 front audio connector for line-out and mic-in jacks

• 1 CD-in internal audio connector

• 1 S/PDIF connector

• 2 Serial ATA connectors

• 1 44-pin IDE connector

• 1 FDD connector (FPC type) - optional

• 1 4-pin power connector for the SATA drive

• 1 front panel connector

• 1 chassis intrusion connector

• 1 fan connector

• Supports ACPI specification 2.0/1.0

• Supports ACPI STR (Suspend to RAM) function

• Wake-On-Events include:

- Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse

- Wake up by PCI card

- PCI Express PME

- USB KB/MS wake up from S3

- Wake-On-Ring

- RTC timer to power-on the system

• Enhanced Intel

®

SpeedStep Technology

• AC power failure recovery

• Monitors CPU/system temperature and overheat alarm

• Monitors CPU(V)/3.3V/5V/12V/VBAT(V) voltages and failure

alarm

• Monitors system fan speed and failure alarm

• Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan

speed

• Watchdog timer function

•0

o

C to 60

o

C

• 10% to 90%

• 6-layers, Mini-ITX form factor

• 17cm (6.7") x 17cm (6.7")

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Features

The Watchdog Timer function allows your

application to regularly “clear” the system at

the set time interval. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will

reset at the set time interval so that your system will continue to

operate.

DDR2 is a higher performance DDR technology

whose data transfer rate delivers bandwidth of 4.3

GB per second and beyond. That is twice the speed of the conven-

tional DDR without increasing its power consumption. DDR2

SDRAM modules work at 1.8V supply compared to 2.6V memory

voltage for DDR modules. DDR2 also incorporates new innovations

such as the On-Die Termination (ODT) as well as larger 4-bit pre-

fetch against DDR which fetches 2 bits per clock cycle.

The Intel

®

945GSE Express Chipset features an

integrated 32-bit 3D graphics engine based on the

Intel

®

Graphics Media Accelerator 950 architecture; delivering

sophisticated graphics for large display applications. Graphics

interfaces such as single-channel SDVO, VGA and dual-channel LVDS

support multiple graphics display options.

PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O

infrastructure that possesses the ability to

scale speeds by forming multiple lanes. The x1 PCI Express lane

supports transfer rate of 2.5 Gigabytes (250MBbps) per second

which is nearly 4 times faster than the traditional PCI.

S/PDIF is a standard audio file transfer format that

transfers digital audio signals to a device without

having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the

quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted

to analog. S/PDIF is usually found on digital audio equipment such as

a DAT machine or audio processing device. The S/PDIF connector on

the system board sends surround sound and 3D audio signal out-

puts to amplifiers and speakers and to digital recording devices like

CD recorders.

watchdog timer

DDR2

graphics

S/PDIF

pci express

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Introduction

Serial ATA is a storage interface that is compliant

with SATA 1.0a specification. With speed of up to

150MB/s, it improves hard drive performance faster than the stand-

ard parallel ATA whose data transfer rate is 100MB/s.

The two Realtek RTL8111C PCI Express Gigabit

controllers support up to 1Gbps data transmis-

sion.

The system board supports USB 2.0 and USB 1.1

ports. USB 1.1 supports 12Mb/second bandwidth

while USB 2.0 supports 480Mb/second bandwidth providing a

marked improvement in device transfer speeds between your com-

puter and a wide range of simultaneously accessible external Plug

and Play peripherals.

This feature allows the system that is in the

Suspend mode or Soft Power Off mode to

wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming from an external mo-

dem or respond to calls from a modem PCI card that uses the PCI

PME (Power Management Event) signal to remotely wake up the

PC.

Important:

The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-

port

≥

720mA.

This feature allows the network to remotely

wake up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC.

It is supported via the onboard LAN port or via a PCI LAN card

that uses the PCI PME (Power Management Event) signal. However,

if your system is in the Suspend mode, you can power-on the system

only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt.

Important:

The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-

port

≥

720mA.

USB

wake-on-lan

wake-on-ring

SERIAL ATA

gigabit lan

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Introduction

This function allows you to use the PS/2 key-

board or PS/2 mouse to power-on the sys-

tem.

Important:

The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-

port

≥

720mA.

This function allows you to use a USB key-

board or USB mouse to wake up a system

from the S3 (STR - Suspend

To RAM) state.

Important:

If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for

2 USB ports, the 5V_standby power source of your power sup-

ply must support

≥

1.5A. For 3 or more USB ports, the

5V_standby power source of your power supply must support

≥

2A.

The RTC installed on the system board allows your

system to automatically po

wer-on on the set date

and time.

The system board is designed to meet the ACPI

(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) speci-

fication. ACPI has energy saving features that enables PCs to imple-

ment Power Management and Plug-and-Play with operating systems

that support OS Direct Power Management. ACPI when enabled in

the Power Management Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to

RAM function.

With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the

system at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby”

when you shut down Windows

®®

®

without having to go through the

sometimes tiresome process of closing files, applications and operat-

ing system. This is because the system is capable of storing all pro-

grams and data files during the entire operating session into RAM

(Random Access Memory) when it powers-off. The operating session

rtc timer

ACPI STR

wake-on-PS/2

wake-on-USB

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Power failure

recovery

will resume exactly where you left off the next time you power-on

the system.

Important:

The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-

port

≥

720mA.

When power returns after an AC power fail-

ure

, you may choose to either power-on the

system manually or let the system power-on

automatically.

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System Board Layout

Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation

PS/2 Mouse

PS/2 KB

1

PS/2 power

select ( )JP1

COM 2

1

2

9

1

DIO

2

19

1

FDD

Power-on

select ( )JP6

1

System

fan

Panel power

select ( )J15

12

56

1

LCD/Inverter

power

Standby

LED

LVDS LCD panel

40

39

2

1

21

2019

Winbond

W83627

945GSE

Intel

ICH7M

Intel

Atom N270

Intel

DC Jack

DC Jack 12V

(optional)

ATX +12V

power

12V

COM 1

VGA

1

Chassis

open

LAN 1

USB 1

USB 0

LAN 2

USB 3

USB 2

Mic-in

Line-in

Line-out

USB 0-3 power

select (J )P2

1

Battery

USB 4-7 power

select (J )P4

1

USB 4-5

1

USB 6-7

1

Clear CMOS

(J )P5

SPI Flash

BIOS

CD-in

1

Realtek

ALC262

1

Speaker-out

1

Front

audio

S/PDIF

1

SATA 0

SATA 2

1

2

43

44

Peripheral power

PCI

IDE

1

Front panel

PCIE

DIMM

SDVO

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System Memory

Warning:

When the Standby LED lit red, it indicates that there is power on the

system board. Power-off the PC then unplug the power cord prior to

installing any devices. Failure to do so will cause severe damage to

the motherboard and components.

Warning:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your system board, proces-

sor, disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the

upgrade instruction procedures described at an ESD workstation only.

If such a station is not available, you can provide some ESD protec-

tion by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a metal

part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable, establish

and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout any proce-

dures requiring ESD protection.

.

DIMM

Standby LED

The system board supports one 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket.

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Hardware Installation

Installing the DIM Module

Note:

The system board used in the following illustrations may not

resemble the actual board. These illustrations are for reference

only.

1. Make sure the PC and all other peripheral devices connected to

it has been powered down.

2. Disconnect all power cords and cables.

3. Locate the DDR2 socket on the board.

4. Push the “ejector tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to

the side.

Ejector

tab

5. Note how the module is keyed to the socket.

DDR2 socket

Ejector

tab

Key

Notch

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7. Seat the module vertically, pressing it down firmly until it is com-

pletely seated in the socket.

6. Grasping the module by its edges, position the module above

the socket with the “notch” in the module aligned with the “key”

on the socket. The keying mechanism ensures the module can be

plugged into the socket in only one way.

8. The ejector tabs at the ends of the socket will automatically

snap into the locked position to hold the module in place.

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Hardware Installation

Jumper Settings

Clear CMOS Data

If you encounter the following,

a) CMOS data becomes corrupted.

b) You forgot the supervisor or user password.

you can reconfigure the system with the default values stored in the

ROM BIOS.

To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS, please follow

the steps below.

1. Power-off the system and unplug the power cord.

2. Set JP5 pins 2 and 3 to On. Wait for a few seconds and set JP5

back to its default setting, pins 1 and 2 On.

3. Now plug the power cord and power-on the system.

1-2 On: Normal

(default)

X

JP5

2-3 On:

Clear CMOS Data

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312

2

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Hardware Installation

JP1 is used to select the power of the PS/2 keyboard/mouse port.

Selecting 5V_standby will allow you to use the PS/2 keyboard or

PS/2 mouse to wake up the system.

BIOS Setting

Configure the PS/2 keyboard/mouse wake up function in the Inte-

gr

ated Peripherals submenu (“Super IO Device” section) of the BIOS.

Refer to chapter 3 for more information.

Important:

The 5V_standby power source of your power supply must sup-

port

≥

720mA.

PS/2 Power Select

X

JP1

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

2-3 On:

5V_standby

3

1

2

3

1

2

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JP2 (for USB 0-3) and JP4 (for USB 4-7) are used to select the

power of the USB ports. Selecting 5V_standby will allow you to use

a USB device to wake up the system.

BIOS Setting

“USB KB Wake-Up From S3” in the Power Management Setup

submenu of the BIOS must be set to Enabled. Refer to chapter 3

for more information.

Important:

If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse function for

2 USB ports, the 5V_standby power source of your power sup-

ply must support

≥

1.5A. For 3 or more USB ports, the

5V_standby power source of your power supply must support

≥

2A.

USB Power Select

X

USB 0-3

(JP2)

X

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

2-3 On:

5V_standby

USB 4-7

(JP4)

31

312

2

1-2 On: 5V

(default)

2-3 On:

5V_standby

31

312

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