Desktop Board Features This chapter briefly describes the features of Desktop Board PD10AI. to summarizes the major features of the Desktop Board. Below Feature Summary TAC D PD10AI F ABLE ESKTOP OARD EATURES Low-profile Mini-ITX (20 millimeters [0.79 inches] x 170.18 Form Factor millimeters [6.7 inches] x 170.18 millimeters [6.7 inches])
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• Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), and System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) Nuvoton NCT6793D based subsystem, including: Hardware • Voltage sense to detect out of range power supply voltages Management • Thermal sense to detect out of range thermal values •...
Desktop Board Components Figure shows the approximate location of the major components on the top side of MiTAC Desktop Board PD10AI. Figure: MiTAC Desktop Board PD10AI Components (Top)
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TAC D PD10AI C ABLE ESKTOP OARD OMPONENTS Back Panel Connectors 12V 2-PIN DC-in M.2 Key-E SATA 7-Pin Connector Com2 RS232 Power Select SATA Power Connector SO-DIMM slot CPU Fan Header System Fan Header Chassis Front I/O Header LVDS Connector (eDP Connector at the bottom side)
Processor MITAC Desktop Board PD10AI includes a passively-cooled, Intel Apollo Lake N3350/N4200 processor with integrated graphics and memory controller. The processor is soldered to the Desktop Board and is not customer upgradeable. NOTE The board is designed to be passively cooled in a properly ventilated chassis. Chassis venting locations are recommended above the processor heatsink area for maximum heat dissipation effectiveness.
GENERAL OVERVIEW This document specifies the BIOS requirements for PD10AI Note: The BIOS specification may be changed depend on hardware design. This is based on the product specification document (PRD). HARDWARE OVERVIEW 1.1.1 - Intel Apollo Lake N4200/N3350 1.1.2 System Memory...
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Dual-Port USB2.0 Header Chassis main panel header (2x5) (Black w/multi color) BIOS Recovery Header/Jumper Audio header (front panel mic/hp) (2x5) Onboard Speaker header SATA power (15pin SATA power) 2 Serial Port Headers , configurable for power RS232 Jump for AT/ATX mode Parallel Port Header MiAPI Header co-lay with optional 1x parallel port header (2x13) Legacy IO board header...
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GPIO Pin Definition 1.1.14 BIOS programming/ Pin Name Selected Function/Net Name Comment GPIO_205 / PCIE_WAKE0_N GPI/ PCIE_WAKE0_N / M2E_WAKE_0_N 1.8V PU 10K to V_1P8_A GPIO_206 / PCIE_WAKE1_N GPI / PCIE_WAKE1_N / GLAN0_WAKE_1_N 1.8V PU 10K to V_1P8_A GPIO_207 / PCIE_WAKE2_N GPI / PCIE_WAKE2_N / X1_WAKE_2_N...
BIOS OVERVIEW AMI APTIO Core 5.011 Code Base : 1ATJS010 Support Platform : Intel Apollo Lake Support Intel GOP VBIOS : 10.0.1027(64bit) Provide BIOS Setup Utility Support Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI 2.0 or later) Support DMI 2.3.1 or later Support BIOS Boot Specification 1.01 or higher Support Plug and Play 1.0a, PCI Express 1.0a Support USB 1.1 / 2.0 / 3.0...
POST OVERVIEW When a computer is turned on, the BIOS runs a Power-On Self Test (POST). Program execution start at memory location F000:FFF0h. This address is part of ROM BIOS and contains a jump command to a series of BIOS routines that test and initialize the hardware components. POST consists of various test and initialization routines for chipset’...
The Subsystem Vendor ID is that of the board/card manufacturer. The Subsystem Device ID is assigned by the subsystem vendor. For on-brand board/system, BIOS needs to configure MiTAC SVID as manufacturer ID (to identify for DTM verification) & SSID (used project code).
Height: 0x00 (0) Number of Power Cords: 0x01 (1) Contained Element Count: 0x00 (0) Element Record Length: 0x00 (0) SKU Number (String5) - " " UTILITIES BIOS FLASH If BIOS supports multi BIOS ROM, the flash utility should support them. Vender Name Model Name Winbond...
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BIOS RELEASE BIOS REVISION D767 0 A 01 MiTAC BIOS Naming: SKU B/C 1 Sku ID; “0” for MiTAC Stage; =>Develop Stage. =>Test Stage. =>Production Stage Version number (Decimal); RELEASE COMPONENT Release BIOS ROM and Flash Utility for each BIOS release. If Flash Utility is not modified, may not release Flash Tool.
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10.2 BIOS QA TEST Must to PASS below tests before release BIOS version (correct version) BIOS Setup (including "Restore Defaults", "Discard Changes" and clear CMOS) (follow spec) S3/S4/S5 power cycling tests over 100 times (without any error) Hot Keys (function normal) Windows Device manager (no “!”) BIOS Flash (successful &...
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Standard Status Codes SEC Status Codes Status Code Description Not used Progress Codes Power on. Reset type detection (soft/hard). AP initialization before microcode loading North Bridge initialization before microcode loading South Bridge initialization before microcode loading OEM initialization before microcode loading Microcode loading AP initialization after microcode loading North Bridge initialization after microcode loading...
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0x1A Pre-memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module specific) 0x1B Pre-memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module specific) 0x1C Pre-memory South Bridge initialization (South Bridge module specific) 0x1D – 0x2A OEM pre-memory initialization codes 0x2B Memory initialization. Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data reading 0x2C Memory initialization.
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0x5A Internal CPU error 0x5B reset PPI is not available 0x5C-0x5F Reserved for future AMI error codes S3 Resume Progress Codes 0xE0 S3 Resume is stared (S3 Resume PPI is called by the DXE IPL) 0xE1 S3 Boot Script execution 0xE2 Video repost 0xE3...
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0x63 CPU DXE initialization is started 0x64 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specific) 0x65 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specific) 0x66 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specific) 0x67 CPU DXE initialization (CPU module specific) 0x68 PCI host bridge initialization 0x69 North Bridge DXE initialization is started 0x6A North Bridge DXE SMM initialization is started...
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0x9D USB Enable 0x9E – 0x9F Reserved for future AMI codes 0xA0 IDE initialization is started 0xA1 IDE Reset 0xA2 IDE Detect 0xA3 IDE Enable 0xA4 SCSI initialization is started 0xA5 SCSI Reset 0xA6 SCSI Detect 0xA7 SCSI Enable 0xA8 Setup Verifying Password 0xA9 Start of Setup...
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0xD7 No Console Input Devices are found 0xD8 Invalid password 0xD9 Error loading Boot Option (LoadImage returned error) 0xDA Boot Option is failed (StartImage returned error) 0xDB Flash update is failed 0xDC Reset protocol is not available DXE Beep Codes None ASL Status Codes Status Code Description...
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