BCM MX56N Installation and operation manual

MX56N
AMD G-Series APU with A55E Controller Hub (FCH) Mini ITX Motherboard
Startup Manual Ver. 1.0
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Packing List
Before you begin installing your single board, please make sure that the following parts
have been shipped.
1 x AA55E-IF Mini ITX Main board
1 x CD-ROM contains OS drivers
1 x CPU Cooler
1 x SATA cable
1 x I/O Shield
1 x Startup Manual
Disclaimer and Notice
The manufacturer reserves the right to make changes, without notice, to
any product, including circuits and/or software described or contained in this
manual in order to improve design and/or performance. The manufacturer
assumes no responsibility or liability for the use of the described product(s),
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to these products, and makes no representations or warranties that these
products are free from patent, copyright, or mask work right infringement,
unless otherwise specified. For the detail product information, please refer
to user’s manual.

Product Overview

Specifications
System
APU AMD G-Series DC T56N 1.6GHz/T48N 1.4GHz/T40N 1.0GHz/ SC T44R 1.2GHz
FCH AMD A55E Controller Hub (Hudson-E1)
BIOS AMI 16Mb SPI
System Chipset AMD G-Series+A55E Controller Hub
I/O Chipset Winbond W83627DHG-P
Memory One 204-pin SODIMM sockets support up to 4GB DDR3 1066 MT/s
SSD CFast connector on the back
Watchdog Timer Reset: 1 to 255 sec/min per step
H/W Status Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltage and cooling fan status. Auto throttling control
when CPU overheats.
Expansion Slots 1 PCI-E x4 Gen.2, 1 Mini PCI-E, 1 CFast
Power State S3, S4, S5
Wake up on LAN or Ring LAN
Smart Fan Control Yes
Display
Chipset AMD Radeon HD 6310 (T56N/T48N) / AMD Radeon HD 6250 (T40N/T44R)
Display Memory Shared Memory, up to 512MB
Dual Display VGA+LVDS, VGA+HDMI, HDMI+LVDS, eDP+HDMI, eDP+VGA
VGA Onboard, T56N/T48N (18W) supports up to 2560 x 1600
T40N/T44R (9W) supports up to 1920 x 1200
HDMI Onboard, supports HDMI 1.3a & up to 1920 x 1080
LVDS Onboard, 18-bit single channel LVDS
LVDS Backlight Yes, PWM Control (Backlight adjusted from AMD A55E Controller Hub)
eDP Onboard, Optional ( 18,24,30 bpp up to 1920x1200 9W / 2560 X1600 18W )
Audio
Audio Codec Realtek ALC892, 7.1 Channel HD Audio
Audio Interface Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in, S/PDIF, Front Audio Header
Ethernet
LAN1/LAN2 Realtek RTL8111DL GbE LAN

Jumpers
Label Function Note
CMOS1 Clear CMOS Normal * Clear CMOS
COM3, COM4 RI/+5V/+12V RI +5V +12VJSETCOM3,
JSETCOM4
COM3
COM4
RI +5V +12V
AT MODE ATX MODEPSON1 AT/ATX Mode Select
JBL3 LCD POWER
(VDDSAFE)
3.3V 5V
Connectors
Label Function Note
COM3 COM4COM3, COM4 Serial Port
Connector
JFP1+JFP2 System Panel &
Speaker
PIN7-10
PIN1-10 Internal SPK External SPK PIN3-6 PIN9-12 POWER BT SYS_RESET
JFP3 Power LED &
Keylock

LVDS1 18-bit LVDS
Connector
JBL1 Inverter PWR
CN4 SPI connector
AAFP Audio Mic.-In &
Line-Out
Connector
SPDIF_OUT1 SPDIF OUT
CN10 Amp_R+ R-/
Amp_L+ L-