3.5” sbc with intel atom x5/ x7/ celeron n3000/ pentium n4000 series soc (127 pages)
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USER’S MANUAL BE-0966 3.5” Single Board Computer supports Intel® Bay Trail SOC with VGA/ Audio/ 4COM/ 1LAN BE-0966...
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BE-0966 3.5” Single Board Computer COPYRIGHT NOTICE All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners. This manual is copyrighted in February 2015. You may not reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying and recording.
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FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the information for BE-0966. It also outlines the system specifications. Sections included: About This Manual System Specifications Safety Precautions Experienced users can jump to chapter 2 on page 2-1 for a quick start.
Bay Trail M N2930 2GHz SBC enhanced with VGA/ Audio/ LAN(GbE)/ 4COM, which is fully PC/AT compatible. The BE-0966 provides faster processing speed, greater expandability and can handle more tasks than before. This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set up the system.
Single Ports, supports Wake-on-LAN with ATX power Intel I210AT/IT 1000BaseT Ethernet Audio Realtek ALC888 high definition audio: with a pin-header on board Digital IO 4 in / 4 out 1 x Mini-PCIe Expansion Bus Page: 1-3 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
Always disconnect power when the system is not in use. Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices. For instance, when you connect a jumper or install any cards, a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system. Page: 1-5 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
Line-In, Line-Out & Microphone JAUDIO1 Connector DC POWER IN Connector PWR_CN1 FAN Connector FAN1 Inverter Connector INV1 LVDS Connector LVDS1 BIOS firmware update connector Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 SATA Power Connector SATA_PWR1 Battery Power Connector JBAT1 Page: 2-2 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting by shorting. You can either connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The same jumper diagrams are applied all through this manual. The figure below shows what the manual diagrams look and what they represent. Page: 2-4 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Jumper Block looks like this JUMPER SETTINGS 2 pin Jumper close(enabled) Looks like this 3 pin Jumper 2-3 pin close(enabled) Looks like this Jumper Block 1-2 pin close(enabled) Looks like this Page: 2-5 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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COM1: COM Port, fixed as RS-232 The pin assignments are as follows: COM1: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT DCD1 DSR1 RTS1 CTS1 COM1 DTR1 COM2, COM3, COM4: COM Connectors, all are fixed as RS-232 ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT COM2/ COM3/ COM4/ Page: 2-6 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-5. DISPLAY PORT DP1: Display Port, The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT LANE0+ LANE3- LANE0- CONFIG1 LANE1+ CONFIG2 AUX+ LANE1- LANE2+ AUX- HotPlugDetect LANE2- LANE3+ +3.3V Page: 2-7 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Right Side LED Green Color ON 10/100 LAN Speed Indicator Orange Color ON Giga LAN Speed Indicator No LAN Switch/ Hub Connected Left Side LED Yellow Color Blinking LAN Message Active No LAN Message Active Page: 2-8 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
USB 2.0/3.0 PORT USB3.0 Signal: Two stacked USB 3.0/2.0 Port The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT VCC5 VCC5 USBA_DM USBB_DM USBA_DP USBB_DP U3RXNDN1 U3RXNDN2 JUSB1 U3RXNDP1 U3RXNDP2 U3TXDN1 U3TXDN2 U3TXDP1 U3TXDP2 Page: 2-9 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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USB_P1 JUSB2 JUSB3: USB2.0 Connectors ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT VCC5 USB_P3 VCC5 JUSB3 USB_N2 USB_N3 USB_P2 2-10. U20 FIRMWARE UPDATE CONNECTOR JP10: U20 firmware updates connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT JP10 3.3V Page: 2-10 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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DOUT1 DIN2 DOUT2 JDIO1 DIN3 DOUT3 2-12. LPC FOR DEBUG CONNECTOR JLPC1: LPC For debug Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT CLK_PCI JLPC1 LPC_LFRAMEJ PLTRST LPC_AD0 LPC_AD3 LPC_AD2 3.3V LPC_AD1 Page: 2-11 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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JAUDIO1: Line-In, Line-Out & Microphone Connector ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT M1C_R MIC_L LINE_IN_L LINE_IN_R LINE_OUT_L LINE_OUT_R JAUDIO1 2-16. DC POWER IN CONNECTOR PWR_CN1: DC POWER IN Connector ASSIGNMENT PWR_CN1 2-17. FAN CONNECTOR FAN1: Fan Connector ASSIGNMENT FAN1 FAN IN Page: 2-15 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Note: Manufacturing default is 3.3V. 2-26. INVERTER ENABKL VOLTAGE SELECTION JP_BLEN1: Inverter ENABKL Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: SELECTION JUMPER SETTING JUMPER ILLUSTRATION 3.3V JP_BLEN1 JP_BLEN1 Note: Manufacturing default is 3.3V. Page: 2-21 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-27. PMIC POWER ON SETTING JP7: PMIC POWER ON setting The selections are as follows: SELECTION JUMPER SETTING JUMPER ILLUSTRATION PMIC POWER Open Note: Manufacturing default is open. Page: 2-22 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 3 Software Utilities 3-1. INTRODUCTION Enclosed with BE-0966 package are our driver utilities, which come in a format of CD ROM or floppy disk. Refer to the following table for driver locations: FILENAME PURPOSE (Assume that CD ROM drive is D:)
OS installation. Please follow the steps below: 1. Insert the driver disk into a CD ROM device. 2. Under Windows system, go to the directory where the Chipset driver is located. 3. Run the application with administrative privileges. ′ Page:3-3 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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3-3-2. Installation Instructions for Windows 7 1. Insert the driver disk into a CD ROM device. 2. Under Windows system, go to the directory where the USB3 driver is located. 3. Run the application with administrative privileges. ′ Page:3-4 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 3 Software Utilities 3-4. GRAPHICS DRIVER UTILITY 3-4-1. Introduction The Graphics interface embedded with our BE-0966 can support a wide range of display. You can display LCD, DP simultaneously with the same mode. (The Intel Graphics driver does not fully supports the Window 7.) 1.
Chapter 3 Software Utilities 3-5. LAN DRIVER UTILITY 3-5-1. Introduction BE-0966 is enhanced with LAN function that can support various network adapters. Installation programs for LAN drivers are listed as follows: 1. Win 7 Series For more details on Installation procedure, please refer to Readme.txt file found on LAN Driver Utility.
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3. Run the application with administrative privileges. 4. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. 5. Once the installation is completed, shut down the system and restart in order for the changes to take effect. ′ Page:3-7 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
CHAPTER BIOS SETUP This chapter shows how to set up the AMI BIOS. Sections included: Introduction Entering Setup Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save & Exit Page: 4-1...
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As long as this message is present on the screen you may press the <Del> or <ESC> key to access the Setup program. In a moment, the main menu of the Aptio Setup Utility will appear on the screen: ′ Page: 4-3 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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You may move the cursor by up/down keys to highlight the individual menu items. As you highlight each item, a brief description of the highlighted selection will appear at the bottom of the screen. ′ Page: 4-4 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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System Language English BIOS Setup language. System Date month, day, year Specifies the current date. System Time hour, minute, second Specifies the current time. cess Level No changeable options Displays the current user level. ′ Page: 4-5 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Monitor hardware status. F81866 Watchdog Sub-Manu F81866 Watchdog timer settings. CPU Configuration Sub-Menu CPU configuration parameters. IDE Configuration Sub-Menu IDE device options settings. CSM Configuration Sub-Menu CSM configuration parameters. USB Configuration Sub-Menu USB configuration parameters. ′ Page: 4-6 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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ACPI Sleep State - Suspend Disabled Specifies the ACPI sleep state. - S3 Only (Suspend to RAM) Suspend Disabled disables ACPI sleep feature. S3 allows the platform to enter Suspend to RAM mode. ′ Page: 4-7 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Serial Port 1 Configuration Sub-menu Set Parameters for COMA Serial Port 2 Configuration Sub-menu Set Parameters for COMB Serial Port 3 Configuration Sub-menu Set Parameters for COMC Serial Port 4 Configuration Sub-menu Set Parameters for COMD ′ Page: 4-8 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Device Settings No changeable options Displays current settings of serial port 1. Change Settings -IO=3F8h; IRQ=4 -IO=3F8h; Select IRQ and I/O resource for IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 the serial port 1. -IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=3E8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7 ,9,10,11,12 -IO=2E8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7 ,9,10,11,12 ′ Page: 4-9 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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-Enabled Device Settings No changeable options Displays current settings of serial port 2. Change -IO=2F8h; IRQ=3 Select IRQ and I/O resource Settings for the serial port 2. -IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=3E8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=2E8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 ′ Page: 4-10 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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-Enabled Device Settings No changeable options Displays current settings of serial port 3. Change Settings -IO=3E8h; IRQ=10 Select IRQ and I/O resource for the serial port 3. -IO=3F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=2F8h; IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=2F0h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=2E0h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 ′ Page: 4-11 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Enable or disable serial port 4. -Enabled Device Settings No changeable options Displays current settings of serial port 4. Change Settings -IO=2E8h; IRQ=5 Select IRQ and I/O resource for the serial port 4. -IO=3E8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=2E8h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=2F0h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 -IO=2E0h;IRQ=3,4,5,6,7,9,10,11,12 ′ Page: 4-12 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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No changeable options Displays voltage level of the VCC3V in supply. VSB3V No changeable options Displays voltage level of the VSB3V in supply. VBAT No changeable options Displays voltage level of the VBAT in supply. ′ Page: 4-13 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Enable WatchDog -Enabled Enable/ Disable Watchdog timer. -Disable Watchdog timer unit Select seconds or minutes -60s Count for Timer Multiple options ranging from 1 to Sets the desired value (seconds) (Seconds) for watchdog timer. ′ Page: 4-14 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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BIOS Setting Options Description/Purpose Socket 0 CPU Sub-Menu Report CPU Information Information CPU Speed No changeable options Reports the current CPU Speed 64-bit No changeable options Reports if 64-bit is supported by processor. ′ Page: 4-15 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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No changeable options Reports the minimum CPU Speed Processor Cores No changeable options Displays number of physical cores in processor. Intel HT No changeable options Reports if Intel Hyper-Threading Technology is Technology supported by processor ′ Page: 4-16 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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No changeable options Displays size of L1 Data Cache L1 Code Cache No changeable options Displays size of L1 Code Cache L2 Cache No changeable options Displays size of L2 Cache. L3 Cache No changeable options Displays size of L3 Cache. ′ Page: 4-17 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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SATA Mode - IDE Configures SATA as following: mode IDE: Set SATA operation mode to IDE. - AHCI AHCI: SATA works as AHCI (Advanced Host mode Controller Interface) mode for getting better performance. ′ Page: 4-18 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Displays the drive installed on this SATA port 0. Shows [Empty] if no drive is installed. SATA Port 1 [drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA port 1. Shows [Empty] if no drive is installed. ′ Page: 4-19 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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RT code is executed above 1MB. Boot option filter - UEFI and Legacy This option controls what kind of devices system can boot. - Legacy only - UEFI only ′ Page: 4-20 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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- Auto EHCI Hand-of - Disabled This is a workaround for OSes w/o - Enabled EHCI hand-off support. USB Mass Storage Driver - Disabled Enable/Disable USB mass storage driver Support. support. - Enabled ′ Page: 4-21 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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- Manual Host Controller. 'Auto' uses default value: for a Root port it is 100 ms, for a Hub port the delay is taken from Hub descriptor. ′ Page: 4-22 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4.5 Chipset Chipset Screen BIOS Setting Options Description/Purpose North Bridge Sub-menu Sets Parameter for (North Bridge) configuration. South Bridge Sub-menu Sets Parameter for (South Bridge) configuration. ′ Page: 4-23 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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North Bridge Screen BIOS Setting Options Description/Purpose Intel IGD Configuration Sub-menu Configure Graphic Settings. Memory Information No changeable options Displays the DRAM information on platform. Total Memory No changeable options Displays the DRAM size ′ Page: 4-24 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Power Off keeps the power off till the power button is pressed. Power On makes system power on after restores AC power to the board. Last State brings system back to the last power state before AC remove. ′ Page: 4-26 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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4.5.2.1 Chipset - South Bridge- Azalia HD Audio Azalia HD Audio Screen BIOS Setting Options Description/Purpose Audio Controller - Disabled Audio Controller Options. - Enabled DP Audio - Disabled DP Audio Options. - Enabled ′ Page: 4-27 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup 4.6 Security Security Screen BIOS Setting Options Description/Purpose Administrator Password Password can be 3-20 Specifies the administrator password. alphanumeric characters. User Password Password can be 3-20 Specifies the user password. alphanumeric characters. ′ Page: 4-28 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Enable/Disable Quiet Boot Options - Enabled Fast Boot - Disabled Enable/Disable Fast Boot Options - Enabled Boot Option #1~#n - [Drive(s)] Allows setting boot option listed in Hard Drive - Disabled BBS Priorities. ′ Page: 4-29 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup Hard Drive BBS Sub-Menu Allow user to select boot order of available Priorities drive(s) Network Drive BBS Sub-Menu Allow user to select boot order of available Priorities drive(s) ′ Page: 4-30 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
No changeable options Saves the changes in CMOS SRAM and resets. Reset Discard Changes and No changeable options Resets without saving any changes made in BIOS Reset settings. Save Changes No changeable options Saves the changes done in BIOS settings so far. ′ Page: 4-31 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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No changeable options Saves the current values as user defaults. Defaults Restore User No changeable options Loads the user defaults for BIOS settings. Defaults Boot Override -[drive(s)] Forces to boot from selected [drive(s)]. ′ Page: 4-32 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Appendix A Technical Summary BLOCK DIAGRAM Page: A-2 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 88 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 89 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 90 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 91 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 92 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 93 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System Page: A-3 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 122 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 123 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 124 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 125 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 126 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 127 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System Page: A-4 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 156 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 157 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 158 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 159 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 160 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 161 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System Page: A-5 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 189 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System IRQ 190 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller 4294967288 Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller 4294967287 Renesas Electronics USB 3.0 Host Controller 4294967286 Page: A-6 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Intel(R) I210 Gigabit Network Connection 4294967291 Intel(R) I210 Gigabit Network Connection 4294967290 Intel(R) I210 Gigabit Network Connection 4294967289 Note: These resource information were gathered using Windows 7 (the IRQ could be assigned differently depending on OS) Page: A-7 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
To exit the Extended Function Mode, writing 0xAA to the EFER is required. Once the chip exits the Extended Function Mode, it is in the normal running mode and is ready to enter the configuration mode. Page: A-13 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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;------ Select Logical Device 8 of watchdog timer -------------------------------------------- ;------ Set second as counting unit -------------------------------------------------------------- 0f5h not 08h ;------ Set timeout interval as 30seconds and start counting --------------------------------- 0f6h ;------ Exit the extended function mode -------------------------------------------------------- 0aah Page: A-14 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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System will go into the BIOS setup menu. Select [Boot] menu. Select [Hard Drive BBS Priorities], set the USB bootable device to be the boot device. Press <F4> key to save configuration and exit the BIOS setup menu. Page: A-15 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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Type and press enter to start the flash procedure. (Note that xxxx means the BIOS revision part, ex. 0P01…) During the update procedure, you will see the BIOS update process status and its Page: A-16 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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(1) Turn on the computer and press <Esc> or <Del> key during boot to enter BIOS Setup. (2) System will go into the BIOS setup menu. (3) Select [Main] menu. (4) Check Project Version Page: A-17 BE-0966 USER S MANUAL...
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