Biostar J4105TH User manual

FCC Informaon and Copyright
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device,
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protecon
against harmful interference in a residenal installaon. This equipment generates, uses, and can
radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instrucons,
may cause harmful interference to radio communicaons. There is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a parcular installaon.
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specially disclaims any implied warranes of merchantability or tness for any purpose. Further
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without obligaon to nofy any party beforehand.
Duplicaon of this publicaon, in part or in whole, is not allowed without rst obtaining the
vendor’s approval in wring.
The content of this user’s manual is subject to be changed without noce and we will not be
responsible for any mistakes found in this user’s manual. All the brand and product names are
trademarks of their respecve companies.
Dichiarazione di conformità sinteca
Ai sensi dell’art. 2 comma 3 del D.M. 275 del
30/10/2002
Si dichiara che questo prodoo è conforme
alle normave vigen e soddisfa i requisi
essenziali richies dalle direve
2004/108/CE, 2006/95/CE e 1999/05/CE
quando ad esso applicabili
Short Declaraon of conformity
We declare this product is complying with the
laws in force and meeng all the essenal
requirements as specied by the direcves
2004/108/CE, 2006/95/CE and 1999/05/CE
whenever these laws may be applied

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Table Of Contents
FCC Informaon and Copyright ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1
Chapter 1: Introducon������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3
1.1 Before You Start.................................................................................................................. 3
1.2 Specicaons...................................................................................................................... 4
1.3 Rear Panel Connectors........................................................................................................ 5
1.4 Motherboard Layout .......................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2: Hardware installaon����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 7
2.1 Connect Cooling Fans ......................................................................................................... 7
2.2 Install System Memory ....................................................................................................... 7
2.3 Expansion Slots ................................................................................................................... 9
2.4 Jumper & Switch Seng................................................................................................... 10
2.5 Headers & Connectors...................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 3: UEFI BIOS & Soware��������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14
3.1 UEFI BIOS Setup................................................................................................................ 14
3.2 BIOS Update...................................................................................................................... 14
3.3 Soware............................................................................................................................ 18
Chapter 4: Useful help������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 21
4.1 Driver Installaon ............................................................................................................. 21
4.2 AMI BIOS Beep Code......................................................................................................... 22
4.3 AMI BIOS post code .......................................................................................................... 22
4.4 Troubleshoong................................................................................................................ 24
APPENDIX I: Specicaons in Other Languages ����������������������������������������������������� 25
Arabic...................................................................................................................................... 25
German................................................................................................................................... 26
Russian.................................................................................................................................... 27
Spanish ................................................................................................................................... 28
Thai ......................................................................................................................................... 29

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Chapter 1: Introducon
1�1 Before You Start
Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the motherboard, please make
sure you follow the instrucons below:
• Prepare a dry and stable working environment with sucient lighng.
• Always disconnect the computer from power outlet before operaon.
• Before you take the motherboard out from an-stac bag, ground yourself properly
by touching any safely grounded appliance, or use grounded wrist strap to remove the
stac charge.
• Avoid touching the components on motherboard or the rear side of the board unless
necessary. Hold the board on the edge, do not try to bend or ex the board.
• Do not leave any unfastened small parts inside the case aer installaon. Loose parts
will cause short circuits which may damage the equipment.
• Keep the computer from dangerous area, such as heat source, humid air and water.
• The operang temperatures of the computer should be 0 to 45 degrees Celsius.
• To avoid injury, be careful of:
Sharp pins on headers and connectors
Rough edges and sharp corners on the chassis
Damage to wires that could cause a short circuit

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1.2 Specifications
Specicaons
CPU Support Intel® Celeron® J4105 processor
Memory
Supports Single Channel DDR4-1866/ 2133/ 2400
1x DDR4 SO-DIMM Memory Slot, Max. Supports up to 8 GB Memory
Each DIMM supports non-ECC 4GB DDR4 module
* Please refer to www.biostar.com.tw for Memory support list.
Storage
1x SATA III Connector (6Gb/s)
1x Key E - M.2 (PCI-E2.0 + USB2.0): Supports Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Card / Intel CNVi Jeerson Peak
1x Key M - M.2_10Gb/s (PCI-E2.0): Supports PCI-E SSD
LAN RTL8111H
10/ 100/ 1000 Mb/s auto negoaon, Half / Full duplex capability
Audio Codec ALC887
2 Channels, High Denion Audio
USB 4x USB 3.1(Gen1) port (4 on rear I/Os)
3x USB 2.0 port (2 on rear I/Os and 1 via internal headers)
Rear I/Os
1x DC-IN (12V-IN)
1x HDMI Port
4x USB 3.1(Gen1) Port
2x USB 2.0 Port
1x LAN port
2x Audio Jack
Internal I/Os
1x SATA III - 6Gb/s Connector
1x USB 2.0 Header: 1*5 Pin (each header supports 1 USB 2.0 ports)
1x SATA Power Connector
2x System Fan Connector
1x Front Panel Header
1x Front Audio Header
1x Inverter Header
1x LCD Voltage select Jumper Header
1x LCD Backlight Inverter Power Select Jumper Header
1x Clear CMOS Header
1x Internal Stereo Speaker Header
1x LVDS Header
2x 5050 LED Header
Form Factor Mini-ITX Form Factor, 170 mm x 170 mm
OS Support Windows 10(64bit)
* Biostar reserves the right to add or remove support for any OS with or without noce.

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1�3 Rear Panel Connectors
Note
»  HDMIportsonlyworkwithanIntel®integratedGraphicsProcessor.
»  Maximumresoluon
HDMI:4096x2160@24Hz,compliantwithHDMI1.4

»WhenusingthefrontHDaudiojackandplugintheheadset,therearsoundwillbeautomacally
Disabled.
The 2/ 4/ 5.1/ 7.1-channel conguraon
Audio Port 2-channel 4-channel 5.1 channel 7.1 channel
Blue (Rear Panel) Line In Line In Line In Side Speaker Out
Green (Rear Panel) Line Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out
Pink (Rear Panel) Mic In Mic In Center/Subwoofer Out Center/Subwoofer Out
Green (Front Panel) Headphone Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out

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1.4 Motherboard Layout
Note
»  representsthe1stpin.

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Chapter 2: Hardware installaon
2.1 Connect Cooling Fans
These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the computer. The fan cable and connector
may be dierent according to the fan manufacturer.
SYS_FAN1/2: System Fan Header
Pin Assignment
1 Ground
2+12V
3FAN RPM rate sense
Note
»  SYS_FAN1/2support3-pinheadconnectors.Whenconnecngwithwiresontoconnectors,please
notethattheredwireistheposiveandshouldbeconnectedtopin#2,andtheblackwireisGround
andshouldbeconnectedtopin#1(GND).
2.2 Install System Memory
DDR4 SO-DIMM Modules

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Step 1: Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the
Slot.
Step 2: Insert the DIMM rmly into the slot unl the retaining chip snap back in place and the
DIMM is properly seated.
Note
»  IftheDIMMdoesnotgoinsmoothly,donotforceit.Pullitallthewayoutandtryagain.
Memory Capacity
DIMM Socket Locaon DDR4 SO-DIMM Module
SODIMMB1 Max up to 8 GB Memory

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2.3 Expansion Slots
PCIE-M2_1: M.2 (Key M) Slot
• The M.2 slot supports M.2 Type 2242/2260/2280 SSD module. When installing M.2 SSD
module, please place the screw and hex pillar to correct posion.
• Support M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 x2 (10Gb/s)
PCIE-M2_2: M.2 (Key E) Slot
• The M.2 slot supports M.2 Type 2230 Wi-Fi / Bluetooth Card / Intel CNVi Jeerson Peak
module.
• Support M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen2 & USB2.0
Install an Expansion Card
You can install your expansion card by following steps:
• Read the related expansion card’s instrucon document before install the expansion
card into the computer.
• Remove your computer’s chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer.
• Place a card in the expansion slot and press down on the card unl it is completely
seated in the slot.
• Secure the card’s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw.
• Replace your computer’s chassis cover.
• Power on the computer, if necessary, change BIOS sengs for the expansion card.
• Install related driver for the expansion card.

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2.4 Jumper & Switch Setting
The illustraon shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the
jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”.
Pin opened Pin closed Pin 1-2 closed
JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Jumper
The jumper allows users to restore the BIOS safe seng and the CMOS data. Please carefully
follow the procedures to avoid damaging the motherboard.
Pin 1-2 Open: Normal Operaon (Default)
Pin 1-2 Close: Clear CMOS data
Clear CMOS Procedures:
1. Remove AC power line.
2. Set the jumper to “Pin 1-2 close”, you can use a metal object like a screwdriver to touch
the two pins.
3. Wait for ve seconds.
4. Aer clearing the CMOS values, be sure the jumper is “Pin 1-2 open”.
5. Power on the AC.
6. Load Opmal Defaults and save sengs in CMOS.
LCD_VOL_SEL: LCD Power Select Jumper Header
This jumper is for selecng LCD Power.
Pin 1-2 Open: Inverter Power=3.3V (Default)
Pin 2-3 Close: Inverter Power=5V
Pin 4-5 Close: Inverter Power=12V

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BL_VOL_SEL: LCD Backlight Inverter Power Select Jumper Header
This jumper is for selecng LCD Backlight Inverter Power.
Pin 1-2 Open: Inverter Power=5V (Default)
Pin 2-3 Close: Inverter Power=12V
2.5 Headers & Connectors
LVDS_CON1: LVDS Header
This connector supports dual channel 18/24-Bits LCD panel.
Pin Assignment Pin Assignment
1LCDVDD 2LCDVDD
3LCDVDD 4 Ground
5 Ground 6 Ground
7LVDSA_Data0N 8LVDSA_Data0P
9LVDSA_Data1N 10 LVDSA_Data1P
11 LVDSA_Data2N 12 LVDSA_Data2P
13 Ground 14 Ground
15 LVDSA_CLKN 16 LVDSA_CLKP
17 LVDSA_Data3N 18 LVDSA_Data3P
19 LVDSB_TX0N 20 LVDSB_TX0P
21 LVDSB_TX1N 22 LVDSB_TX1P
23 LVDSB_TX2N 24 LVDSB_TX2P
25 Ground 26 Ground
27 LVDSB_CLKN 28 LVDSB_CLKP
29 LVDSB_TX3N 30 LVDSB_TX3P
CN1: Inverter Header
This connector is for connecng to LCD for providing backlight control funcon.
Pin Assignment
1Power
2Power
3LBKLT_En
4BKLT_Ctrl
5 Ground
6 Ground

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JPANEL1: Front Panel Header
This connector includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED and Power LED connecons. It allows user
to connect the PC case’s front panel switch funcons.
Pin Assignment Funcon Pin Assignment Funcon
1VCC3_3 HDD LED 2Power LED (+) Power
LED
3FP_SATA LED 4Power LED (-)
5 Ground Reset
Buon
6Power Buon Power-On
Buon
7 Reset Control 8 Ground
9N/A N/A 10 N/A --
SPK: Chassis Speaker Header
Please connect the chassis speaker to this header.
Pin Assignment
1SPKRN
2SPKRP
3SPKLP
4SPKLN
SATA1: Serial ATA Connectors
These connectors connect to SATA hard disk drives via SATA cables.
Pin Assignment
1 Ground
2TX+
3TX-
4 Ground
5RX-
6RX+
7 Ground
SATA_PWR: SATA Power Source Connector
This connector allows you SATA power connector to the SATA hard drive.
Pin Assignment
112V
2 Ground
3 Ground
45V

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F_USB1/2: Header for USB 2.0 Ports at Front Panel
This header allows user to add addional USB ports on the PC front panel, and also can be
connected with a wide range of external peripherals.
Pin Assignment
1+5V (fused)
2USB-
3USB+
4 Ground
5NC
F_AUDIO1: Front Panel Audio Header
This header allows user to connect the chassis-mount front panel audio I/O which supports HD
and AC’97 audio standards.
HD Audio AC’97
Pin Assignment Pin Assignment
1Mic Le in 1 Mic In
2 Ground 2 Ground
3 Mic Right in 3 Mic Power
4 GPIO 4 Audio Power
5 Right line in 5 RT Line Out
6 Jack Sense 6 RT Line Out
7 Front Sense 7 Reserved
8Key 8Key
9Le line in 9 LFT Line Out
10 Jack Sense 10 LFT Line Out
Note
»  Itisrecommendedthatyouconnectahigh-denionfrontpanelaudiomoduletothisconnectorto
availofthemotherboard’shighdenionaudiocapability.
»  Pleasetrytodisablethe“FrontPanelJackDetecon”ifyouwanttouseanAC’97frontaudiooutput
cable.ThefunconcanbefoundviaO.S.AudioUlity.
5050_RGBLED1/2: RGB LED Device (5050 SMD) Header
This header providers 12V power and RGB control pins for RGB LED Device (5050 SMD).
Pin Cable Color Assignment
112V (Black) VCC12
2 G (Green) LED_GREEN
3 R (Red) LED_RED
4 B (Blue) LED_BLUE
Note
»  EnsureproperpinconnecngtoyourLEDdevice,wrongconneconmaydamageyourLEDdeviceor
motherboard.

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Chapter 3: UEFI BIOS & Soware
3.1 UEFI BIOS Setup
• The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS sengs for the
computer. The BIOS Setup program is accessed by pressing the <DEL> key aer the
Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operang system boot
begins.
• For further informaon of seng up the UEFI BIOS, please refer to the UEFI BIOS Manual
on our website.
3.2 BIOS Update
The BIOS can be updated using either of the following ulies:
• BIOSTAR BIOS-FLASHER: Using this ulity, the BIOS can be updated from a le on a hard
disk, a USB drive (a ash drive or a USB hard drive), or a CD-ROM.
• BIOSTAR BIOS Update Ulity: It enables automated updang while in the Windows
environment. Using this ulity, the BIOS can be updated from a le on a hard disk, a USB
drive (a ash drive or a USB hard drive), or a CD-ROM, or from the le locaon on the
Web.
BIOSTAR BIOS-FLASHER
Note
»  ThisulityonlyallowsstoragedevicewithFAT32/16formatandsingleparon.
»  ShungdownorresengthesystemwhileupdangtheBIOSwillleadtosystembootfailure.
Updang BIOS with BIOSTAR BIOS-FLASHER
1. Go to the website to download the latest BIOS le for the motherboard.
2. Then, copy and save the BIOS le into a USB ash (pen) drive.(Only supported FAT/FAT32
format)
3. Insert the USB pen drive that contains the BIOS le to the USB port.
4. Power on or reset the computer and then press <F12> during the POST process.
5. Aer entering the POST screen, the BIOS-
FLASHER ulity pops out. Choose <fs0> to search
for the BIOS le.

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6. Select the proper BIOS le, and a message asking
if you are sure to ash the BIOS le. Click “Yes” to
start updang BIOS.
7. A dialog pops out aer BIOS ash is completed,
asking you to restart the system. Press the <Y> key
to restart system.
8. While the system boots up and the full screen logo shows up, press <DEL> key to enter BIOS
setup.
Aer entering the BIOS setup, please go to the <Save & Exit>, using the <Restore Defaults>
funcon to load Opmized Defaults, and select <Save Changes and Reset> to restart the
computer. Then the BIOS Update is completed.
BIOS Update Ulity (through the Internet)
1. Installing BIOS Update Ulity from the DVD Driver.
2. Please make sure the system is connected to the internet before using this funcon.
3. Launch BIOS Update Ulity and click the
“Online Update” buon on the main screen.
4. An open dialog will show up to request your
agreement to start the BIOS update. Click “Yes”
to start the online update procedure.

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5. If there is a new BIOS version, the ulity will
ask you to download it. Click “Yes” to proceed.
6. Aer the download is completed, you will be
asked to program (update) the BIOS or not. Click
“Yes” to proceed.
7. Aer the updang process is nished, you
will be asked you to reboot the system. Click
“OK” to reboot.
8. While the system boots up and the full screen logo shows up, press <DEL> key to enter BIOS
setup.
Aer entering the BIOS setup, please go to the <Save & Exit>, using the <Restore Defaults>
funcon to load Opmized Defaults, and select <Save Changes> and <Reset> to restart the
computer. Then, the BIOS Update is completed.
BIOS Update Ulity (through a BIOS le)
1. Installing BIOS Update Ulity from the DVD Driver.
2. Download the proper BIOS from hp://www.biostar.com.tw/
3. Launch BIOS Update Ulity and click the “Update
BIOS” buon on the main screen.
4. A warning message will show up to request your
agreement to start the BIOS update. Click “OK” to
start the update procedure.

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5. Choose the locaon for your BIOS le in the
system. Please select the proper BIOS le, and
then click on “Open”. It will take several minutes,
please be paent.
6. Aer the BIOS Update process is nished, click
on “OK” to reboot the system.
7. While the system boots up and the full screen logo shows up, press <DEL> key to enter BIOS
setup.
Aer entering the BIOS setup, please go to the <Save & Exit>, using the <Restore Defaults>
funcon to load Opmized Defaults, and select <Save Changes and Reset> to restart the
computer. Then, the BIOS Update is completed.
Backup BIOS
Click the Backup BIOS buon on the main screen
for the backup of BIOS, and select a proper
locaon for your backup BIOS le in the system,
and click “Save”.

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3.3 Software
Installing Soware
1. Insert the Setup DVD to the opcal drive. The driver installaon program would appear if
the Auto-run funcon has been enabled.
2. Select Soware Installaon, and then click on the respecve soware tle.
3. Follow the on-screen instrucons to complete the installaon.
Launching Soware
Aer the installaon process is completed, you will see the soware icon showing on the
desktop. Double-click the icon to launch it.
Note
»  Alltheinformaonandcontentaboutfollowingsowarearesubjecttobechangedwithoutnoce.
Forbeerperformance,thesowareisbeingconnuouslyupdated.
»  Theinformaonandpicturesdescribedbelowareforyourreferenceonly.Theactualinformaon
andsengsonboardmaybeslightlydierentfromthismanual.
BIOScreen Ulity
This ulity allows you to personalize your boot logo easily. You can choose BMP as your boot
logo so as to customize your computer.
Please follow the step-by-step instrucons below to update boot logo:
• Load Image: Choose the picture as the boot logo.
• Transform: Transform the picture for BIOS and preview the result.
• Update Bios: Write the picture to BIOS Memory to complete the update.

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eHot-Line
eHot-Line is a convenient ulity that helps you to contact with our Tech-Support system. This
ulity will collect the system informaon which is useful for analyzing the problem you may
have encountered, and then send these informaon to our tech-support department to help
you x the problem.
Aer lling up this informaon, click “Send” to send
the mail out. A warning dialog would appear asking
for your conrmaon; click “Send” to conrm or “Do
Not Send” to cancel.
If you want to save this informaon to a .txt le,
click “Save As…” and then you will see a saving
dialog appears asking you to enter le name.

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Enter the le name and then click “Save”. Your
system informaon will be saved to a .txt le.
Open the saved .txt le, you will see your system
informaon including motherboard/BIOS/CPU/
video/device/OS informaon. This informaon is
also concluded in the sent mail.
Note
»  Beforeyouusethisulity,pleasesetOutlookExpressasyourdefaulte-mailclientapplicaon
program.
»  Wewillnotsharecustomer’sdatawithanyotherthirdpares,sopleasefeelfreetoprovideyour
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