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MS-C73 User’s Manual

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Chapter 1 <Introduction>

1.1 <Product Overview>

MS-C73

the 2

nd

 Generation Intel of Micro ATX motherboard, supports 2

nd

 Generation

Intel® Core™ i7, Core™ i5, Core™ i3 and Celeron® Mobile Processor and features

Intel QM67 chipset, integrated HD Graphics, DDR3 memory, REALTEK High Definition

Audio, Serial ATA with RAID function for a system and Intel Gigabit LAN.

Intel Sandy Bridge Processor

The  2nd  Generation  Intel®  Core™  processor  family  mobile  is  the  next  generation  of

64-bit, multi-core mobile processor built on 32- nanometer process technology. Based

on a new micro-architecture.

New features for Intel QM67 chipset

The board integrates Intel QM67 chipset, supports integrated HD Graphics, built-in high

speed mass storage interface of Serial ATA interface with RAID function, High Definition

Audio with 2 channels surrounding sound.

All in One multimedia solution

Based on Intel QM67 chipset, the board provides high performance onboard graphics,

24-bit dual channel LVDS interface, DVI and 2 channels High Definition Audio, to meet

the very requirement of the multimedia application.

Flexible Extension Interface

The board provides, one mini-PCIE sockets, one PCIE x16/x4 slot, one Mini PCI and

two PCI slots.

Summary of Contents for MS-C73

Page 1: ...MS C73 Micro ATX Motherboard User s Manual Edition 1 6 2018 01 26 ...

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Page 3: ...ment are property of their respective owners Disclaimer The company shall not be liable for any incidental or consequential damages resulting from the performance or use of this product The company does not issue a warranty of any kind express or implied including without limitation implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose The company has the right to revise the ma...

Page 4: ...rting using the board Hardware MS C73 Micro ATX motherboard x 1 Cable Kit SATA Cable x 2 OALSATA L I O Shield x 1 OPLATE LV67A Printed Matters Driver CD Including User s Manual x 1 CPU Cooler x 1 OHS P M H 1190058 DVI module with bracket x 1 ADPDVIP OALDCI P DB25 DB9 cable x 1 OAL1S1P ...

Page 5: ...Connectors 12 2 3 2 External Connectors 12 2 4 CPU and Memory Setup 13 2 4 1 CPU Setup 13 2 4 2 Memory Setup 14 2 5 CMOS ATX Setup 15 2 6 Serial ATA Interface 16 2 7 Ethernet Interface 17 2 8 Onboard Display Interface 18 2 8 1 Analog Display 18 2 8 2 Digital Display 19 2 8 3 DVI Interface 24 2 9 Integrated Audio Interface 25 2 10 USB Interface 27 2 11 Serial Port 29 2 12 PCIE Mini Card and SIM Int...

Page 6: ... 42 Appendix A I O Port Pin Assignment 44 A 1 Serial ATA Port 44 A 2 IrDA Port 44 A 3 VGA Port 44 A 4 LAN Port 44 A 5 LAN LED Port 44 A 6 Parallel Port 45 Appendix B Flash BIOS 46 B 1 Flash Tool 46 B 2 Flash BIOS Procedure 46 Appendix C System Resources 47 C 1 I O Port Address Map 47 C 2 Memory Address Map 49 C 3 System DMA IRQ Resources 50 Appendix D Programming GPIO s 51 Appendix E Programming W...

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Page 8: ...e processor built on 32 nanometer process technology Based on a new micro architecture New features for Intel QM67 chipset The board integrates Intel QM67 chipset supports integrated HD Graphics built in high speed mass storage interface of Serial ATA interface with RAID function High Definition Audio with 2 channels surrounding sound All in One multimedia solution Based on Intel QM67 chipset the ...

Page 9: ...CH7318 Transmitter with 26 pin DVI connector Audio Interface Realtek ALC888 HD Audio LAN Interface 2 x Intel 82574L Gigabit LAN GPIO interface Onboard programmable 8 bit Digital I O interface Extended Interface 1 x PCIE x16 x4 slot 1 x PCIE mini card socket 2 x PCI 1 x Mini PCI Internal I O Port 3 x RS232 1 x SMBUS 1 x GPIO 6 x USB2 0 ports 1 x IrDA 1 x DVI 1 x LVDS 4 x Serial ATAII 2 x Serial ATA...

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Page 11: ...2 nd Generation Intel Core i7 Core i5 Core i3 and Celeron Mobile Processor 1 x PCI Express x16 2 x 204 pin DDR3 SO DIMM 1066 1333 1600 MHz up to 16GB 1 x LVDS 4 x Serial ATAII 8 x USB 2 0 1 x PCI Express mini card 1 x DVI 1 x CRT 2 x Serial ATAIII 4 x RS232 ALC888 HD F81216 D 1 x PCI Express x4 2 x PCI 1 x Mini PCI SI383 ...

Page 12: ...on PS2 COM3 COM2 Audio SPDIF COM1 CRT USB_RJ45_1 2 MINI_CARD1 SO_DIMM1 SO_DIMM2 ATX JFRNT 1 4 2 5 3 6 SATA CN_USB3 4 5 CN_INV CN_LVDS MINIPCI PCI2 PCI1 CN_AUDIO SYSFAN PCIE_4X PCIE_16X CN_DIO CD_IN CN_IR CN_LPC CN_DVI CN_SMBUS CPUFAN CN_12V CN_LPT CN_COM6 CN_COM5 CN_COM4 ...

Page 13: ...tage Setting JAT Power mode select JP1 COM1 Voltage Setting For Pin 9 JP2 COM2 Voltage Setting For Pin 9 JP3 COM3 Voltage Setting For Pin 9 JP4 COM4 Voltage Setting For Pin 9 JCSEL1 JCSEL2 CN_COM2 RS 232 RS422 RS485 Setting CN_IR IrDA Setting JVUSB USB Voltage Setting JVLCD JRTC J A T JP2 JVUSB JP4 JP3 JP1 JCSEL1 JCSEL2 ...

Page 14: ...ector CN_LVDS 20 x 2 pin LVDS connector CN_INV 5 pin LCD inverter connector CN_IR 5 pin IrDA connector CN_COM 4 5 6 9 pin RS232 CN_LPC 5 x 2 pin LPC connector JFRNT 14 pin front panel switch indicator connector PCIE_16X 164 pin x16 PCIE slot PCIE_4X 64 pin x4 PCIE slot Mini PCIE1 2 x 52 pin Mini PCIE socket PCI 120 pin PCI slot MiniPCI 124 pin MiniPCI slot JAT Power mode select JSPD 1 2 LAN Speed ...

Page 15: ...th the socket rPGA988 for Intel Sandy Bridge Processor Please follow the instructions to install the CPU properly Unlock way 1 Use a slotted screwdriver to unlock the CPU socket 3 Lock the socket Socket CPU Check point 2 Follow the pin direction to install the processor on the socket ...

Page 16: ...MS C73 User s Manual 14 2 4 2 Memory Setup The board provides 2 x 204 pin DDR3 SO DIMM to support 1066 1333 1600MHz DDR3 memory module up to 16GB Support Non ECC unbuffered memory only SO DIMM1 SO DIMM2 ...

Page 17: ...ue to inappropriate CMOS settings here is how to proceed to clear reset the CMOS to its default values Jumper JRTC Type Onboard 3 pin jumper JRTC Mode 1 2 Clear CMOS 2 3 Normal Operation Default setting 2 3 Jumper JAT Type onboard 3 pin jumper JAT Mode 1 2 AT Mode 2 3 ATX Mode Default setting 2 3 JRTC 1 3 JAT 1 3 1 3 ...

Page 18: ...orage Technology with combination of RAID 0 1 5 and 10 The main features of RAID on Intel QM77 PCH are listed below 1 Supports for up to RAID volumes on a single two hard drive RAID array 2 Supports for two two hard drive RAID arrays on any of six Serial ATA ports 3 Supports for Serial ATA ATAPI devices 4 Supports for RAID spares and automatic rebuild 5 Supports on RAID arrays including NCQ and na...

Page 19: ...h two Intel PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controllers as the PCI Express x1 can speed up to 250MB s of transfer rate instead of late PCI bus with 133MB s of transfer rate The Intel Gigabit Ethernet supports triple speed of 10 100 1000Base T with IEEE802 3 compliance and Wake On LAN supported ...

Page 20: ...rnal I O port one 40 pin LVDS interface with 5 pin LCD backlight inverter connector and provides 26 pin DVI interface The board provides dual display function with clone mode and extended desktop mode for CRT LCD and DVI 2 8 1 Analog Display Please connect your CRT or LCD monitor with DB15 male connector to the onboard DB15 female connector on rear I O port CRT ...

Page 21: ...S connector for 24 bit single dual channel panels supports up to 2048 x 1536 UXGA resolution with one LCD backlight inverter connector and one jumper for panel voltage setting Effective patterns of connection 1 2 3 4 5 6 Warning Others will cause damages JVLCD 5 6 1 2 5 CN_LVDS 1 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 22: ...nector for LVDS connector Connector model HIROSE DF13 40DP 1 25V Pin Signal Pin Signal 2 LCDVCC 1 LCDVCC 4 GND 3 GND 6 ATX0 5 BTX0 8 ATX0 7 BTX0 10 GND 9 GND 12 ATX1 11 BTX1 14 ATX1 13 BTX1 16 GND 15 GND 18 ATX2 17 BTX2 20 ATX2 19 BTX2 22 GND 21 GND 24 ACLK 23 BTX3 26 ACLK 25 BTX3 28 GND 27 GND 30 ATX3 29 BCLK 32 ATX3 31 BCLK 34 GND 33 GND 36 DDCPCLK 35 SMBCKL 38 DDCPDATA 37 SMBDATA 40 N C 39 SPDI...

Page 23: ... because every panel has its own pin assignment so we do not provide a standard cable please find a local cable manufacture to make cables LCD Installation Guide 1 Prepare the MS C73 LCD panel and the backlight inverter 2 Please check the datasheet of the panel to see the voltage of the panel and set the jumper JVLCD to 12V or 5V or 3 3V 3 You would need a LVDS type cable 4 To connect all of the d...

Page 24: ...0 x 1024 12 1600 x 900 5 1400 x 1050 Reduced Blanking 13 OEM Keep 6 1400 x 1050 non Reduced Blanking 14 1280 x 800 7 1600 x 1200 15 1920 x 1080 8 1366 x 768 16 2048 x 1536 BIOS panel type selection form BIOS Version 2 0 Single Dual channel Single Dual channel NO Output format NO Output format 1 640 x 480 9 1680 x 1050 2 800 x 600 10 1920 x 1200 3 1024 x 768 11 1440 x 900 4 1280 x 1024 12 1600 x 90...

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Page 26: ...ader connector pitch 2 00mm Pin Number Assignment Pin Number Assignment 1 TX1 2 TX1 3 Ground 4 Ground 5 TXC 6 TXC 7 Ground 8 PVDD 9 N C 10 N C 11 TX2 12 TX2 13 Ground 14 Ground 15 TX0 16 TX0 17 N C 18 HPDET 19 DDCDATA 20 DDCCLK 21 GND 22 N C 23 N C 24 N C 25 N C 26 N C CN_DVI 1 2 25 26 ...

Page 27: ...mpliance The main specifications of ALC888 are High performance DACs with 100dB S N ratio 2 DAC channels support 16 20 24 bit PCM format for 2 audio solution 16 20 24 bit S PDIF OUT supports 44 1K 48K 96kHz sample rate Compatible with HD Meets Microsoft WHQL WLP 2 0 audio requirements The board provides 2 channels audio phone jacks on rear I O port Line in MIC in ports for front I O panel through ...

Page 28: ...eader pitch 2 54mm Pin Description Pin Description 1 MIC_L 2 Ground 3 MIC_R 4 N C 5 Speaker_R 6 MIC Detect 7 SENSE 8 N C 9 Speaker_L 10 Speaker Detect Connector CDIN Type 4 pin header pitch 2 54mm Pin Description 1 CD Left 2 Ground 3 Ground 4 CD Right 1 4 1 2 10 9 ...

Page 29: ...e listed below Interface USB2 0 Controller Intel QM67 Transfer Rate Up to 480Mb s Voltage 5V Connector CN_USB3 4 5 Type 10 pin 2 x 5 header pitch 2 54mm Pin Description Pin Description 1 VCC 5V_SB 5V 2 VCC 5V_SB 5V 3 Data0 4 Data1 5 Data0 6 Data1 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 Ground 10 N C USB1 2 3 4 1 2 CN_USB3 4 5 9 10 ...

Page 30: ...28 Connector JVUSB Type 6 pin Power select jumper Pin Description 1 3 2 4 5V_SB 3 5 4 6 5V Default 1 3 2 4 Effective patterns of connection 1 3 2 4 or 3 5 4 6 Warning Others will cause damages JVUSB 1 2 2 6 2 6 1 5 1 5 9 10 ...

Page 31: ...1 3 Pin Description Pin Description 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 N C Connector COM2 Type 9 pin D sub male connector on bracket for COM2 Pin Description Pin Description 1 DCD 422TX 485 2 RXD 422TX 485 3 TXD 422RX 4 DTR 422RX 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 N C Setting RS 232 RS 422 RS 485 for COM2 Connector CN_COM4 5 6 Type 9 Pin box header Pin Description Pin Description...

Page 32: ...MS C73 User s Manual 30 C N _ C O M 4 J C S E L 1 J P 1 J C S E L 2 CN _C O M5 J P 4 J P 3 J P 2 1 2 9 10 CN _C O M6 5 1 6 2 5 1 6 2 1 2 10 9 11 1 12 2 ...

Page 33: ...er Function JCSEL2 JCSEL1 IrDA RS 422 RS 485 RS 232 Power Mode JP39 JP49 Pin 9 with 5V Power 1 2 Pin 9 with 12V Power 3 4 Standard COM port 5 6 Default setting 8 2 7 1 Default setting JCSEL1 1 3 2 4 7 9 8 10 JCSEL2 1 2 11 1 12 2 8 2 7 1 8 2 7 1 8 2 7 1 11 1 12 2 11 1 12 2 11 1 12 2 ...

Page 34: ...for long size Mini PCIe cards Please be noted that the MPX SDVOD card must be placed in this slot The MPX SDVOD card will not work if it is placed in other slot Please also be noted that this slot is the only slot for MPX SDVOX card but a customized BIOS is needed for the MPX SDVOX card Please contact Commell for customized BIOS for your MPX SDVOX card MINI_CARD1 ...

Page 35: ...port for system control like POS or KIOSK Connector CN_DIO Type 12 pin 6 x 2 header pitch 2 0mm Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 GP10 4 GP14 5 GP11 6 GP15 7 GP12 8 GP16 9 GP13 10 GP17 11 5V 12 12V Connector CN_SMBUS Type 5 pin header for SMBUS Ports Pin Description 1 VCC 2 N C 3 SMBDATA 4 SMBCLK 5 Ground 1 2 CN_DIO CN_SMBUS 1 5 11 12 ...

Page 36: ...ress powering please connect this well before you finishing the system setup Connector CN_12V Type 4 pin DC power connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 Ground 2 Ground 3 12V 4 12V Connector ATX Type 20 pin ATX power connector PIN assignment 1 3 3V 13 3 3V 2 3 3V 14 12V 3 GND 15 GND 4 5V 16 PSON 5 GND 17 GND 6 5V 18 GND 7 GND 19 GND 8 PW_OK 20 N C 9 5V_SB 21 5V 10 12V 22 5V 11 12V 23 5V 12 3 ...

Page 37: ...per etc Please check well before you connecting the cables on the chassis Connector JFRNT Type onboard 14 pin 2 x 7 2 54 pitch header Function Signal PIN Signal Function HDLED 1 2 PWRLED IDE LED HDLED 3 4 N C Reset 5 6 PWRLED Power LED Reset Reset 7 8 SPK N C 9 10 N C PWRBT 11 12 N C Power Button PWRBT 13 14 SPK Speaker 13 1 JFRNT 14 2 ...

Page 38: ...rd integrates Intel QM67 with REALTEK ALC888 code It can support 2 channel sound under system configuration Please follow the steps below to setup your sound system 1 Install REALTEK HD Audio driver 2 Lunch the control panel and Sound Effect Manager 3 Select Speaker Configuration ...

Page 39: ...ports two DACs for display device as different resolution and color bit Please install the Intel Graphic Driver before you start to set up display devices 1 Click rightclick at desktop to lunch display properties 2 Click Advanced button for more specific setup Click Graphics Properties for advanced setup ...

Page 40: ...nual 38 3 This setup options can let you define each device settings Click Monitor to set up the CRT monitor for Resolution and Refresh Rate Click Intel Dual Display Clone to set up the dual display mode as same screen ...

Page 41: ...User s Manual 39 3 3 SATA configuration SATA Mode This option can let you select whether the Serial ATA hard drives would work under normal IDE mode or RAID mode The RAID mode need more than one HDD is applied ...

Page 42: ...was lost from a single drive which increases fault tolerance The data and parity are striped across all the hard drives in the array The parity is striped in a rotating sequence to reduce bottlenecks associated with the parity calculations RAID 10 RAID 0 1 A RAID 10 array uses four hard drives to create a combination of RAID levels 0 and 1 The data is striped across a two drive array forming the R...

Page 43: ...I to enter the RAID configuration menu You can setup the RAID under operation system for Microsoft Windows XP SP1 please install the Intel Application Accelerator Ver 4 5 later to support RAID configuration with Intel Matrix Storage Technology ...

Page 44: ...ation when the power is turned off If the battery runs out of the power then the settings of BIOS will come back to the default setting The BIOS section of the manual is subject to change without notice and is provided here for reference purpose only The settings and configurations of the BIOS are current at the time of print and therefore they may not be exactly the same as that displayed on your...

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Page 46: ...A Port Connector CRT Type 15 pin D sub female connector on bracket Pin Description Pin Description Pin Description 1 RED 6 Ground 11 N C 2 GREEN 7 Ground 12 DDCDA 3 BLUE 8 Ground 13 HSYNC 4 N C 9 N C 14 VSYNC 5 Ground 10 Ground 15 DDCCLK A 4 LAN Port Connector RJ45 Type RJ45 connector with LED on bracket A 5 LA N Pin Description 1 VCC 2 N C 3 IRRX 4 Ground 5 IRTX Pin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Description MI...

Page 47: ...ector A 6 Parallel Port Connector CN_LPT Type 26 Pin box header Pin Description Pin Description 1 PSTB 14 AFD 2 PRO0 15 ERR 3 PRO1 16 INT 4 PRO2 17 SLIN 5 PRO3 18 Ground 6 PRO4 19 Ground 7 PRO5 20 Ground 8 PRO6 21 Ground 9 PRO7 22 Ground 10 ACK 23 Ground 11 BUSY 24 Ground 12 PE 25 Ground 13 SLCT 26 N C Pin Description 1 LED 2 LED Pin Description 1 LED 2 LED Pin Description 1 LED 2 LED 1 2 1 2 1 13...

Page 48: ...tool is Phlash exe it s the utility that can write the data into the BIOS flash ship and update the BIOS B 2 Flash BIOS Procedure 1 Please make a bootable floppy disk 2 Get the last bin files you want to update and copy it into the disk 3 Copy Phlash exe to the disk 4 Power on the system and flash the BIOS Example C fpt f XXX bin 5 Restart the system Any question about the BIOS re flash please con...

Page 49: ...MS C73 User s Manual 47 Appendix C System Resources C 1 I O Port Address Map ...

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Page 51: ...MS C73 User s Manual 49 C 2 Memory Address Map ...

Page 52: ...MS C73 User s Manual 50 C 3 System DMA IRQ Resources DMA IRQ ...

Page 53: ...E 87 o 2E 07 o 2F 09 enale GPIO function o 2E 30 o 2F 02 enable GPIO configuration o 2E F0 o 2F xx set GPIO as input output set 1 for input 0 for output o 2E F1 o 2F xx if set GPIO s as output in this register its value can be set Optional o 2E F2 o 2F xx Data inversion register 1 inverts the current valus of the bits 0 leaves them as they are o 2E 30 o 2F 01 active GPIO s For further information ...

Page 54: ... by program Timeout Value Range 1 to 255 Second or Minute Program Sample Watchdog timer setup as system reset with 5 second of timeout 2E 87 2E 87 2E 07 2F 08 Logical Device 8 2E 30 Activate 2F 01 2E F5 Set as Second 2F 00 2E F6 Set as 5 2F 05 Minute bit 3 1 Second bit 3 0 You can select Timer setting in the BIOS after setting the time options the system will reset according to the period of your ...

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