TECHNICAL MANUAL
Of
Intel H55 / H57 Express Chipset
Based
Mini-ITX M/B for LGA 1156 Processors
NO.G03-NC97-F
Revision: 1.0
Release date: July, 2010
Trademark:
* Specifications and Information contained in this documentation are furnished for information use only, and are
subject to change at any time without notice, and should not be construed as a commitment by manufacturer.
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Environmental Protection Announcement
Do not dispose this electronic device into the trash while discarding. To minimize
pollution and ensure environment protection of mother earth, please recycle.
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ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY INSTRUCTION...........................................................................iii
USER’S NOTICE .......................................................................................................................iv
MANUAL REVISION INFORMATION.......................................................................................iv
ITEM CHECKLIST.....................................................................................................................iv
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION OF THE MOTHERBOARD
1-1 FEATURE OF MOTHERBOARD................................................................................1
1-2 SPECIFICATION.........................................................................................................2
1-3 LAYOUT DIAGRAM....................................................................................................3
CHAPTER 2 HARDWARE INSTALLATION
2-1 JUMPER SETTING.....................................................................................................7
2-2 CONNECTORS AND HEADERS................................................................................9
2-2-1 CONNECTORS .............................................................................................9
2-2-2 HEADERS .....................................................................................................10
CHAPTER 3 INTRODUCING BIOS
3-1 ENTERNING SETUP...................................................................................................16
3-2 GETTING HELP ..........................................................................................................16
3-3 THE MAIN MENU........................................................................................................16
3-4 STANDARD BIOS FEATURES ..................................................................................18
3-5 ADVANCED BIOS FEATURES..................................................................................21
3-5-1 CPU FEATURE...............................................................................................22
3-6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES...........................................................................24
3-7 INTEGRATED PHERIPHRALS ..................................................................................25
3-7-1 ONBOARD VGA FUNCTION ..........................................................................26
3-7-2 ONBOARD SATA FUNCTION ........................................................................27
3-7-3 ONBOARD DEVICE FUNCTION.....................................................................28
3-7-3 ONBOARD SUPER IO FUNCTION.................................................................29
3-8 POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP...............................................................................30
3-9 PNP/PCI CONFIGURATIONS.....................................................................................31
3-10 PC HEALTH STATUS.................................................................................................32
3-10-1 SMART FAN CONFIGURATIONS...................................................................33
3-11 MISCELLANEOUS CONTROL...................................................................................34
3-12 PASSWORD SETTING...............................................................................................35
3-13 LOAD OPTIMAL /STANDARD DEFAULTS...............................................................36
TABLE OF CONTENT
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3-14 SAVE CHAGNES AND EXIT /DISCARD CHANGES AND EXIT ..............................36
Environmental Safety Instruction
z Avoid the dusty, humidity and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in
any area where it may become wet.
z 0 to 60 centigrade is the suitable temperature. (The figure comes from the request
of the main chipset)
z Generally speaking, dramatic changes in temperature may lead to contact
malfunction and crackles due to constant thermal expansion and contraction from
the welding spots’ that connect components and PCB. Computer should go
through an adaptive phase before it boots when it is moved from a cold
environment to a warmer one to avoid condensation phenomenon. These water
drops attached on PCB or the surface of the components can bring about
phenomena as minor as computer instability resulted from corrosion and oxidation
from components and PCB or as major as short circuit that can burn the
components. Suggest starting the computer until the temperature goes up.
z The increasing temperature of the capacitor may decrease the life of computer.
Using the close case may decrease the life of other device because the higher
temperature in the inner of the case.
z Attention to the heat sink when you over-clocking. The higher temperature may
decrease the life of the device and burned the capacitor.
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USER’S NOTICE
COPYRIGHT OF THIS MANUAL BELONGS TO THE MANUFACTURER. NO PART OF THIS MANUAL,
INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT MAY BE REPRODUCED, TRANSMITTED
OR TRANSLATED INTO ANY LANGUAGE IN ANY FORM OR BY ANY MEANS WITHOUT WRITTEN
PERMISSION OF THE MANUFACTURER.
THIS MANUAL CONTAINS ALL INFORMATION REQUIRED TO USE THIS MOTHER-BOARD SERIES AND WE
DO ASSURE THIS MANUAL MEETS USER’S REQUIREMENT BUT WILL CHANGE, CORRECT ANY TIME
WITHOUT NOTICE. MANUFACTURER PROVIDES THIS MANUAL “AS IS” WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
KIND, AND WILL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL
DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFIT, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OF DATA,
INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE).
PRODUCTS AND CORPORATE NAMES APPEARING IN THIS MANUAL MAY OR MAY NOT BE
REGISTERED TRADEMARKS OR COPYRIGHTS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE COMPANIES, AND THEY ARE
USED ONLY FOR IDENTIFICATION OR EXPLANATION AND TO THE OWNER’S BENEFIT, WITHOUT
INTENT TO INFRINGE.
Manual Revision Information
Reversion Revision History Date
1.0 First Edition July, 2010
Item Checklist
5 Motherboard
5 DVD for motherboard utilities
5 Motherboard User’s Manual
5 Cable(s)
5 I/O Back panel shield
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Chapter 1
Introduction of the Motherboard
1-1 Feature of motherboard
z Intel H55/H57 express chipset
z Support Intel® Core™ i7-800 processor series, Intel® Core™ i5 processors, and
Intel® Core™ i3 processors, with low power consumption never denies high
performance.
z Support Front Side Bus 533 MHz.
z Support DDRIII DIMM 1066-1333 up to 8GB and dual channel function
z Onboard Realtek RTL 8111DL Gigabit Ethernet LAN.
z Integrated ALC662 6-channel HD Audio Codec.
z Support USB2.0 data transport demands.
z Support PCIE 2.0 x16 by 16lane slot
z Compliance with EuP Standard.
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1-2 Specification
Spec Description
Design z Mini-ITX form factor 6 layers ; PCB size: 17.0x17.0cm
Chipset z Intel H55 Express Chipset (for NC97-LF model)
z Intel H57 Express Chipset (for NC97R-LF model)
LGA 1156 Socket z Support Intel® Core™ i7-800 processor series, Intel®
Core™ i5 processors, and Intel® Core™ i3 processors
Memory Socket
z 240-pin DDRIII DIMM slot x2
z Support DDRIII 1066/1333 MHz DDRIII memory modules
expandable to 8GB
z Support dual channel function
Expansion Slot z PCIE 2.0 x16 by 16 lane slot x1
LAN
z Integrated Realtek RTL 8111DL Gigabit Ethernet LAN chip
that supports Fast Ethernet LAN function of providing
10Mb/100Mb/1000Mb Ethernet data transfer rate
Audio z ALC662 6-channel HDAudio Codec integrated
z Audio driver and utility included
BIOS z AMI 16MB Flash ROM
Multi I/O
z PS/2 keyboard connector x1
z VGA port connector x1
z HDMI connector x 1
z DVI connector x1 (HDMI Connector and DVI Connector can
not be used at the same time)
z USB port connector x6 and USB header x2
z E-SATA connector x1
z RJ-45 LAN connector x1
z Audio connector x1 (Line-in, Line-out, MIC)
z SATAII Connector x5
z CDIN header x1
z Front panel audio header x1
z HDMI_SPDIF header x1
3
z LPC header x 1
z Serial port header x1
z CIR header x1
z GPIO header x1
1-3 Layout Diagram
MIC-IN
VGA
Connector
Line-IN
Line-OUT
USB Ports
PS/2 Keyboard
HDMI
Connector
RJ-45 LAN Connector
DVI
Connector E-SATA
Connector
USB Ports
Coaxial
SPDIF
_
OUT
Optical
SPDIF
_
OUT
4
ALC 662 Audio Codec
USB Headers
Keyboard Port over
USB Ports
JBAT1
SYS FAN2
Header
SATAII Connecto
r
(
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
)
ATX Powe
r
connecto
r
ATX 12V Powe
r
Connector
DDRIII Memory Modules
（DDRIII 1066/1333）
Front Panel
Heade
r
S
p
ea
k
e
r
1 Heade
r
CIR1 Heade
r
DVI Connector over
VGA Connecto
r
Coaxical
/
Optical
SPDIF_OUT Connectors
E-SATA over
USB Ports
Audio Connecto
r
CDIN1 Heade
r
CPU Socket
HDMI Connecto
r
RJ-45 over
USB Ports
HDMI_SPDIF heade
r
JP4
JP1
JP3
Serial Port Heade
r
Front panel
Audio Heade
r
CPUFAN
Header
Intel H55
/
H57
Ex
p
ress SYS FAN1
Header
PCI Express 2.0 x16
by 16 lane slot
PWRLED1 Heade
r
Gigabit PCI-E
LAN Chi
p
GPIO1 Heade
r
LPC1
Heade
r
5
Jumper
Jumper Name Description
JBAT1 CMOS RAM Clear Function Setting 2-pin Block
JP1 KB/MS/ USB Power On Function Setting 3-pin Block
JP4 USB Power On Function Setting 3-pin Block
JP3 USB 1/2 Power On Function Setting 3-pin Block
Connectors
Connector Name Description
ATXPWR1 ATX Power Connector 24-pin Block
ATX12V1 ATX 12V Power Connector 4-pin Connector
KB(from UK1) PS2 Keyboard Connector 6-pin Female
HDMI1 High-Definition Multimedia Interface 19-pin Connector
VGA1 Video Graphic Attach Connector 15-pin Female
DVI1 Digital Visual Interface 24-pin Connector
USB (from
UK1,US1,UL1) USB Port Connectors 4-pin Connectors
RJ-45 LAN
(from UL1) RJ-45 LAN Connectors 8-pin Connector
ESATA(from US1) External Serial ATAII Connector 7-pin Connector
SATA1/SATA2
SATA3/SATA4/
SATA5
Serial ATAII Connectors 7-pin Connectors
AUDIO1 Line Out /Line In /MIC Audio Connector 3 -phone Jack
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Headers
Header Name Description
FP_AUDIO1 Front panel audio Headers 9-pin block
CDIN1 CD Audio-In Header 4-pin Block
HDMI-SPDIF1 SPDIF-Out header 2-pin Block
COM1 Serial Port Header 9-pin Block
USB1/USB4 USB Header 9- pin Block
GPIO_CON1 GPIO header 10-pin Block
SPEAK1 Speaker Header 4-pin Block
PWR LED1 Power LED 3-pin Block
JW_FP1
(PWR LED/ HD LED/
/Power Button /Reset)
Front Panel Header
(PWR LED/ HD LED/ /Power
Button /Reset)
9-pin Block
CPUFAN1,SYSFAN1/2 FAN Speed Headers 3-pin Block
GPIO_CON1 GPIO Header 10-pin Block
CIR1 CIR Header 4-pin Block
LPC_CON1 LPC Header 11-pin Block
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Chapter 2
Hardware Installation
2-1 Jumper Setting
(1) Clear CMOS (2-pin): JBAT1
CMOS Clear Setting
1-2 Short： Clear CMOS
JBAT1
1-2 Open： Normal
(2) KB/MS/USB Power On Function Setting: JP1
2-3 closed: KB/MS/USB Power-on Enabled
JP1
JP1
1-2 Closed: KB/MS/USB Power-on Disabled(Default)
1
3
1
3
8
(3) USB Power On Function Setting: JP4
2-3 closed: USB Power-on Enabled
JP4
JP4
1-2 closed : USB Power-on Disacled(Default)
1
3
1
3
(4) USB 1/2 Power On Function Setting: JP3
2-3 closed: USB 1/4 Power-on Enabled
JP3
JP3
1-2 closed : USB 1/4 Power-on Disacled(Default)
1
3
1
3
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2-2 Connectors and Headers
2-2-1 Connectors
(1) Rear Panel Connectors
(2) Serial-ATAII Port connector: SATA1/SATA2/SATA3/SATA4/SATA5
These connectors support the provided Serial ATA and Serial ATA2 IDE hard disk
cable to connect the motherboard and serial ATA2 hard disk drives. All SATA ports
from model NC97R-LF also support RAID 0/1/5/10 function.
Serial-ATAII Connectors
SATA 1 SATA 2
SATA 3
SATA 4
SATA 5
MIC-IN
VGA
Connector
Line-OUT
Line-IN
USB Ports
PS/2 Keyboard
HDMI
Connector
RJ-45 LAN Connector
DVI
Connector E-SATA
Connector
USB Ports
Coaxial
SPDIF OUT
Optical
SPDIF
_
OUT
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2-2-2 Headers
(1) Line-Out, MIC-In Header (9-pin): FP_AUDIO1
This header connects to Front Panel Line-out, MIC-In connector with cable.
Line-Out, MIC Headers
FP_AUDIO1
Pin 1
MIC2-
L
LINEOUT2-L
MIC2-R
LINEOUUT2-R
N
C
AUD
_
GND
NC
NC
AUD
_
JD
2
9
10
(2) CD AUDIO-In Headers (4-pin): CDIN1
CDIN are the connectors for CD-Audio Input signal. Please connect it to CD-ROM
CD-Audio output connector.
CD Audio-In Headers
CDIN1 4 1
GNDCD-R CD-LGND
(3) SPDIF Out header(2-pin): HDMI_SPDIF1
The SPDIF output is capable of providing digital audio to external speakers or
compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby digital decoder. Use this feature only
when your stereo system has digital input function.
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HDMI_SPDIF Header
GND
1 2
HDMI_SPDIF_OUT1
(4) Serial Port Connectors (9-Pin female): COM1
Serial COM Port 9-pin Block
Pin1
Pin6
DCD
RXD
TXD
DTR
GND
DSR
RTS
CTS
RI
Pin1Pin1 Pin5
(5) USB Port Headers (9-pin): USB1/USB4
USB Port Header
VCC
Pin 1
-DATA
GN D
+DATA
VCC
NC
-DATA
GND
+DATA
12
(6) Speaker Header: SPEAK1
This 4-pin header connects to the case-mounted speaker. See the figure below.
(7) Power LED: PWR LED1
The Power LED is light on while the system power is on. Connect the Power LED
from the system case to this pin.
SPEAK1
SPEAK
NC
NC
VCC
Pin 1
PWRLED1
Pin 1
(8) Front Panel Header: JW-FP1
System Case Connections
HDLED
RESET
HDDLED+
GND
PWRLED+ PWR LED
PWRBTN
PWRBTN
PWRLED-
HDDLED-
RSTSW
NC
GND
JW_FP
Pin 1
（9）FAN Speed Headers (3-pin): CPUFAN1, SYSFAN1/SYSFAN2
Pin1: GND
Pin2: +12V fan power
13
Pin3: Fan Speed
3 1
1 3
S
Y
S
FAN1
CPUFAN
SYSFAN2
1
3
(10) GPIO Header (10-pin): GPIO_CON1
GPIO_CON1 Header
GPIO_CON1
9
2
Pin 1
10
GPIO_10
GPIO_11
GPIO_12
GPIO_13
GND
GPIO_14
GPIO_15
GPIO_16
GPIO_17
VCC
14
(11) CIR Header: CIR1
CIR1 Header
4
5VSB
CIR_RX
GND
CIR LED
Pin 1
(12) LPC Connector (12-pin): LPC_CON1
LPC1 Connector
11
LPC
_
CLK
VCC3
LFRAME
LPCRST
LAD3
GND
VCC
NC
2
Pin 1 12
LAD2
LAD1
GND
LAD0
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Chapter 3
Introducing BIOS
Notice! The BIOS options in this manual are for reference only. Different
configurations may lead to difference in BIOS screen and BIOS
screens in manuals are usually the first BIOS version when the board is
released and may be different from your purchased motherboard.
Users are welcome to download the latest BIOS version form our
official website.
The BIOS is a program located on a Flash Memory on the motherboard. This program
is a bridge between motherboard and operating system. When you start the computer,
the BIOS program will gain control. The BIOS first operates an auto-diagnostic test
called POST (power on self test) for all the necessary hardware, it detects the entire
hardware device and configures the parameters of the hardware synchronization.
Only when these tasks are completed done it gives up control of the computer to
operating system (OS). Since the BIOS is the only channel for hardware and software
to communicate, it is the key factor for system stability, and in ensuring that your
system performance as its best.
In the BIOS Setup main menu of Figure 3-1, you can see several options. We will
explain these options step by step in the following pages of this chapter, but let us first
see a short description of the function keys you may use here:
• Press <Esc> to quit the BIOS Setup.
• Press ↑↓←→ (up, down, left, right) to choose, in the main menu, the option you
want to confirm or to modify.
• Press <F10> when you have completed the setup of BIOS parameters to save
these parameters and to exit the BIOS Setup menu.
• Press Page Up/Page Down or +/– keys when you want to modify the BIOS
parameters for the active option.
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