
 
 
2.8.2 USB 2.0 Connector (J3, J5) .................................................19 
2.8.3 CPU Fan Power Connector (CPU_FAN1, CPU_FAN2)........20 
2.8.4 Ditigal I/O Connector (J7).....................................................20 
2.8.5 External Power Botton Connector (J10)...............................21 
2.8.6 COM1 RS-232 Port (CN6)....................................................21 
2.8.7 SATA Connector (J11, J12) .................................................22 
2.8.8 MXM Connector (CN4).........................................................22 
Chapter 3 Driver Installation .................................................................25 
3.1 Introduction...........................................................................................26 
3.2 Intel®Chipset Software Installation Utility..............................................26 
3.3 HD Audio Driver Installation..................................................................27 
3.4 LAN Driver Installation ..........................................................................27 
3.5 Intel®Management Engine Components Drivers Installation.................28 
3.6 NVIDIA®GeForce®MXM Driver Installation ..........................................28 
Chapter 4 BIOS Setup............................................................................29 
4.1 Introduction...........................................................................................30 
4.2 BIOS Setup...........................................................................................30 
4.3 Main Settings........................................................................................31 
4.4 Advanced Settings................................................................................31 
4.4.1 CPU Configuration..................................................................32 
4.4.2 Power & Performance.............................................................33 
4.4.3 PCH-FW Configuration...........................................................33 
4.4.4 ACPI Settings.........................................................................34 
4.4.5 iSmart Controller.....................................................................35 
4.4.6 NCT5523D Super IO Configuration ........................................36 
4.4.7 NCT5523D Hardware Monitor ................................................37 
4.4.8 Network Stack Configuration ..................................................37 
4.4.9 CSM Configuration.................................................................38 
4.4.10 NVMe Configuration ...............................................................38 
4.4.11 USB Configuration..................................................................39 
Appendix ......................................................................................................40 
A. I/O Port Address Map............................................................................41 
B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)...............................................................43 
C. Watchdog Timer Configuration..............................................................44