Nexite NXE-IQM57A User manual

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NXE-IQM57A MotherBoard
Hardware Document
June 11, 2012
Written by BC Yang
Revision 1.1

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Document Revision History
Released date Revision Description
March 24, 2011 1.0 Initial Release
June 11, 2012 1.1 Modified for REV.B
User’s Notice
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Contents of Table
I. Introduction
1. General Description ------------------------------------------------------------------ 4
2. Functional Block Diagram ------------------------------------------------------------ 7
II. System Overview
1. NXE-IQM57A Motherboard ------------------------------------------------------------ 8
2. Upgrade ability
2-1. Processor ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10
2-2. Memory ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10
2-3. BIOS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 10
III. Jumpers , Connectors & Ports Descriptions
1. Board Switch Settings
1-1. RTC Clear Switch Description ----------------------------------------------------- 11
1-2. Internal HDMI / DVI Switch Description ----------------------------------------- 11
2. I/O Headers & Connector Descriptions
2-1. Motherboard Internal Connectors ----------------------------------------------- 12
2-2. Motherboard Rear Port Connectors ----------------------------------------------- 17

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I. Introduction
The NXE-IQM57A motherboard offers high reliability industrial application solution. This motherboard have
featuring the Intel Mobile i series processor (1’st generation) with integrated HD Graphics controller and Intel QM57
PCH chipset. Additional H/W platform features DDR3 1066 / 800 System memory, SATA2(3Gbps) port, mSATAslot,
Giga-bit LAN based on PCI-Express x1 interface, HDMI, LVDS, PCI, Universal Serial Bus 2.0 and PCI audio
solution with HD audio CODEC. This motherboard supports to Intel Active Management Technology (iAMT) for
System Management.
1. General description
Main board
PCB size in the special form factor
- 170mm * 170mm * 1.6T (8 Layers)
Processors
Support PGA-988A Package
Support Arrandale MCP Mobile Processor
- Core i7-600, i5-500, i3-300 and Celeron P4500 mobile series processor
Integrated HD Graphics controller
- Dual display capable
Integrated Memory controller
- Support DDR3-1066/800
Main Chipset
Platform Controller Hub (PCH) : Intel 82QM57
LPC SIO Controller : ITE8781F
Ethernet PHY controller : Intel WG82577LM
HDAudioCODEC : RealTek ALC662 HD CODEC
LVDS Transmitter : Chrontel CH7308
HDMI Transmitter : Pericom PI3VDP411LS
ClockGenerator : ICS9LPR502xGLF
DC-DCSubsystem : Intersil ISL62882HRTZ (IMVP-6.5)
Memory Subsystem
System Memory
- Support for DDR3 at 1066 and 800 memory
- Support up to 8GB Maximum memory (4GB per Channel)
- Non-ECC, Unbuffered DDR3 SO-DIMMs Only
- 64-bit wide data bus per channel
- Support 1-Gb and 2-Gb DRAM Technology
- Support for x8 and x16 devices DDR3 SO-DIMM
- Support for DDR3 On-Die Termination (ODT)
Flash Memory (SPI) : programmable 64-Mb Flash memory for BIOS and AMT firmware
Integrated Graphics controller
5th-generation graphics core
Support Dynamic Video Memory technology (Intel DVMT)
Support Intel Clear Video Technology
- MPEC2 Hardware Acceleration
- WMV9/VC1 Hardware Acceleration
- AVC Hardware Acceleration
- High Quality Scaling
Integrated 12 Execution Units (EU)
Display Interface
Analog and Digital ports are supported through the Intel 5 series chipset PCH
Support 1-LVDS, 1-VGA(analog) and 2-HDMI ports
Support Up to 2-Independent display at once
Support Up to 1920 x 1080 resolution for LVDS

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Support Up to 1920 x 1200 @60Hz for HDMI (Not Tested)
Support Up to 2048 x 1536 @75Hz for VGA (Not Tested)
Intel Virtualization Technology (Intel VT)
Support VT-d
- Intel VT-d 1.0a spec.
Support VT-x
- Support by Processor core
Integrated Serial ATA Host Controller
Support Up to 2 ports
Data transfer rates up to 3.0 Gb/s (SATA II)
Integrated AHCI controller
Support RAID mode for RAID 0/1
Support SATA spec. Rev.1.0
USB Controllers
Integrated Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI) controller (USB 1.1)
Integrated Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI) controller (USB 2.0)
Support Up to 8 ports (Rear-4ports, Internal-4ports)
Support legacy Keyboard / Mouse
Ethernet Subsystem
Support 10/100/1000 Mbps
Supports IEEE802.3
PCI Express based interface connection
Automatic MDI/MDIX crossover at all speeds of operation
Super I/O Subsystem
Complies with LPC Interface spec. rev1.1
Fan Speed controller
- Provide Smart Guardian Fan speed automatic control
- CPU Fan and System Fan control
- Monitor for CPU and system Fan speed
Monitoring for CPU and system temperature
Support 4-standard serial port (Integrated 16C550 UART)
Support Watch Dog Timer
- Time resolution 1-minute or 1-second
- Support up to 65535-minutes or 65535-seconds
Audio Subsystem
RealTek ALC662 CODEC
- High Definition Audio Codec
- All DAC support independent 44.1k/48k/96kHz sample rate
- All ADC support independent 44.1k/48k/96kHz sample rate
- Software selectable boost gain (+10/+20/+30dB) for analog microphone input
Supports Line-out, Mic.-in and internal Line-out
PCI Interface Subsystem
Supports PCI Rev 2.3 spec at 33MHz
Support for 64-bit addressing on PCI using DAC protocol
PCI Express Subsystem
Support mini-PCIe x1 slot
PCI Express 2.0 spec. running at 2.5GT/s
Support for full 2.5Gb/s bandwidth in each direction