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  • Page 1 Manual COMe-bSC6 Kontron Our company network supports you worldwide with offices in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain and the USA. For more information please contact: FORTEC Elektronik AG FORTEC Elektronik AG Hauptniederlassung Büro West Lechwiesenstr. 9 Hohenstaufenring 55 86899 Landsberg am Lech 50674 Köln...
  • Page 2 COMe-bSC6 Document Revision 150 www.kontron.com...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    » Table of Contents « User Information..................6 About This Document........................6 Copyright Notice.......................... 6 Trademarks..........................6 Standards........................... 6 Warranty............................ 7 Technical Support......................... 7 Introduction..................8 Product Description........................8 Naming clarification........................8 Understanding COM Express® Functionality..................8 COM Express® Documentation......................9 COM Express® Benefits........................
  • Page 5 COMe-bSC6 / Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)....................32 boot............................ 32 M.A.R.S............................ 34 UART............................35 Fast I2C............................ 36 GPIO - General Purpose Input and Output..................37 Dual Staged Watchdog Timer......................38 4.10 Speedstep Technology......................... 39 4.11 C-States............................ 40 4.12 Hyper Threading......................... 41 4.13 VID-x............................
  • Page 6 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Setup..........................70 8.5.1 Main............................70 8.5.2 Advanced..........................72 8.5.3 Chipset............................. 96 8.5.4 Boot............................112 8.5.5 Security..........................114 8.5.6 Save & Exit..........................116...

  • Page 7: User Information

    COMe-bSC6 / User Information 1 User Information About This Document This document provides information about products from Kontron Europe GmbH and/or its subsidiaries. No warranty of suitability, purpose, or fitness is implied. While every attempt has been made to ensure that the information in this document is accurate, the information contained within is supplied “as-is”...

  • Page 8: Warranty

    COMe-bSC6 / User Information Warranty For this Kontron Europe GmbH product warranty for defects in material and workmanship exists as long as the warranty period, beginning with the date of shipment, lasts. During the warranty period, Kontron Europe GmbH will decide on its discretion if defective products are to be repaired or replaced.

  • Page 9: Introduction

    Celeron® 847E. Kontron's COMe-bSC# is available as COM Express® basic form factor (125x95mm) for Pin-out Type 2 (COMe-bSC2) and Pin-out Type 6 (COMe-bSC6). Naming clarification COM Express® defines a Computer-On-Module, or COM, with all components necessary for a bootable host computer, packaged as a super component.

  • Page 10: Com Express® Documentation

    This product manual serves as one of three principal references for a COM Express® design. It documents the specifications and features of COMe-bSC6. Additional references are available at your Kontron Support or at PICMG®: » The COM Express® Specification defines the COM Express® module form factor, pin-out, and signals. This document is available at the PICMG®...

  • Page 11: Product Specification

    The COM Express® basic sized Computer-on-Module COMe-bSC6 (CHR6) follows pin-out Type 6 and is compatible to PICMG specification COM.0 Rev 2.0. The COMe-bSC6 based on latest Huron River platform is available in different variants to cover the demand of different performance, price and power: Commercial grade ECC modules (0°C to 60°C operating)

  • Page 12: Functional Specification

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification Functional Specification Processor The 32nm Intel® 2nd Gen Core™ i7/i5/i3/Celeron® embedded (Sandy Bridge) CPU family with 31x24mm package size (FCBGA1023 socket) supports: » Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 » Intel® 64 » Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) »...
  • Page 13 COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification Intel® Core™ Core™ Core™ Core™ Core™ Core™ Celeron® Celeron® Celeron® Celeron® i7-2715QE i7-2655LE i7-2610UE i5-2515E i3-2310E i3-2340UE B810E 847E 827E 807UE # of Cores # of Threads Clock Speed 2100MHz 2200MHz 1500MHz 2500MHz 2100MHz 1300MHz 1600MHz...
  • Page 14 SATA RAID The Intel® vPro Technology including Trusted Execution Technology (TXT) and Active Management Technology (AMT) is not supported by default on COMe-bSC6. Please contact your local sales or support for custom BIOS variants supporting vPro. A test version is available on EMD Customer Section.
  • Page 15 COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification PEG Configuration The x16 PCI Express Graphics Port (PEG) is compatible to standard PCI Express devices like Ethernet or RAID controllers. The COMe-bSC6 supports following PEG Port configuration when used as PCI Express Interface: » 1×16 » 1×8 »...
  • Page 16 COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification PCI Express Configuration The COMe-bSC6 only supports x1 PCIexpress lane configuration by default. Following x2/x4 configurations are available via Management Engine Softstrap Options with a customized BIOS version. PCIe Port #0 Port #1 Port #2 Port #3...
  • Page 17 COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification Power Features Singly Supply Support 8.5V - 18V (20V@nonECC) Supply Voltage ACPI 4.0 ACPI S-States S0, S3, S4, S5 S5 Eco Mode DPST 6.0 Misc Power Management Power Consumption and Performance Full Load Power Consumption 10 - 73W...

  • Page 18: Block Diagram

    JIDA SPI Flash EEPROM USB #0 - #1 USB 3.0 (#0/#1) Variant Matrix The COMe-bSC6 is available with different PCB and featureset. The following table shows major differences of available standard modules: Product Name COMe-bSC6 ECC COMe-bSC6 ECC E1 COMe-bSC6 Part.No.

  • Page 19: Accessories

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification Accessories Product specific accessories Product Number Heatspreader and Cooling Solutions Comment 38013-0000-99-0 HSP COMe-bSC/IP thread For CPUs up to 25W TDP and commercial temperature grade usage 38013-0000-99-1 HSP COMe-bSC/IP through For CPUs up to 25W TDP and commercial temperature grade usage...

  • Page 20: Electrical Specification

    3.6.4 Power Consumption The maximum Power Consumption of the different COMe-bSC6 variants is 10 - 73W (100% CPU load on all cores; 90°C CPU temperature). Further information with detailed measurements are available in Application Note KEMAP054 available on EMD Customer...

  • Page 21: Atx Mode

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification 3.6.5 ATX Mode By connecting an ATX power supply with VCC and 5VSB, PWR_OK is set to low level and VCC is off. Press the Power Button to enable the ATX PSU setting PWR_OK to high level and powering on VCC. The ATX PSU is controlled by the PS_ON# signal which is generated by SUS_S3# via inversion.

  • Page 22: Power Control

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification Power Control Power Supply The COMe-bSC6 supports a power input from 8.5V - 18V (20V@nonECC). The supply voltage is applied through the VCC pins (VCC) of the module connector. Power Button (PWRBTN#) The power button (Pin B12) is available through the module connector described in the pinout list. To start the module via Power Button the PWRBTN# signal must be at least 50ms (50ms ≤...

  • Page 23: Environmental Specification

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification Environmental Specification 3.8.1 Temperature Specification Kontron defines following temperature grades for Computer-on-Modules in general. Please see chapter 'Product Specification' for available temperature grades for the COMe-bSC6 Temperature Specification Operating Non-operating Validated Input Voltage Commercial grade 0°C to +60°C -30°C to +85°C...

  • Page 24: Standards And Certifications

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification Standards and Certifications RoHS II The COMe-bSC6 is compliant to the directive 2011/65/EU on the Restriction of the use of certain Hazardous Substances (RoHS II) in electrical and electronic equipment Component Recognition UL 60950-1 The COM Express® basic form factor Computer-on-Modules are Recognized by Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
  • Page 25 The COM Express® basic form factor Computer-on-Modules successfully passed shock and vibration tests according to » IEC/EN 60068-2-6 (Non operating Vibration, sinusoidal, 10Hz-4000Hz, +/-0.15mm, 2g) » IEC/EN 60068-2-27 (Non operating Shock Test, half-sinusoidal, 11ms, 15g) Validated in Kontron reference housing for EMC the COMe-bSC6 follows the requirements for electromagnetic compatibility standards » EN55022...

  • Page 26: Mtbf

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification 3.10 MTBF The following MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) values were calculated using a combination of manufacturer’s test data, if the data was available, and the Telcordia (Bellcore) issue 2 calculation for the remaining parts. The calculation method used is “Telcordia Issue 2 Method 1 Case 3” in a ground benign, controlled environment (GB,GC).

  • Page 27: Mechanical Specification

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification 3.11 Mechanical Specification Dimension » 95.0 mm x 125.0 mm » Height approx. 12mm (0.4”) CAD drawings are available at EMD CustomerSection Height The COM Express® specification defines a module height of 13mm from module PCB bottom to heatspreader top: Cooling solutions provided from Kontron Europe GmbH for basic sized Computer-on-Modules are 27mm in height from module bottom to Heatsink top.

  • Page 28: Module Dimensions

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification 3.12 Module Dimensions...

  • Page 29: Thermal Management, Heatspreader And Cooling Solutions

    Thermal Management, Heatspreader and Cooling Solutions A heatspreader plate assembly is available from Kontron Europe GmbH for the COMe-bSC6. The heatspreader plate on top of this assembly is NOT a heat sink. It works as a COM Express®-standard thermal interface to use with a heat sink or external cooling devices.

  • Page 30: Onboard Fan Connector

    COMe-bSC6 / Product Specification 3.14 Onboard Fan Connector Location of the FAN Connector Specification of the FAN Connector: » Part number (Molex) J8: 53261-0371 » Mates with: 51021-0300 » Crimp terminals: 50079-8100 Pin assignment » Pin1: Tacho, Pin2: VCC, Pin3: GND...

  • Page 31: Features And Interfaces

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4 Features and Interfaces S5 Eco Mode Kontron’s new high-efficient power-off state S5 Eco enables lowest power-consumption in soft-off state – less than 1 mA compared to the regular S5 state this means a reduction by at least factor 200! In the “normal”...

  • Page 32: Lpc

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces The Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface signals are connected to the LPC Bus bridge located in the CPU or chipset. The LPC low speed interface can be used for peripheral circuits such as an external Super I/O Controller, which typically combines legacy-device support into a single IC.

  • Page 33: Serial Peripheral Interface (Spi)

    The SPI interface can only be used with a SPI flash device to boot from external BIOS on the baseboard. SPI boot The COMe-bSC6 supports boot from an external SPI Flash. It can be configured by pin A34 (BIOS_DIS#0) and pin B88 (BIOS_DIS1#) in following configuration: BIOS_DIS0#...
  • Page 34 COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces Using an external SPI flash To program an external SPI flash follow these steps: » Connect a SPI flash with correct size (similar to BIOS ROM file size) to the module SPI interface » Open pin A34 and B88 to boot from the module BIOS »...

  • Page 35: M.a.r.s

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces M.A.R.S. The Smart Battery implementation for Kontron Computer-on-Modules called Mobile Application for Rechargeable Systems is a BIOS extension for external Smart Battery Manager or Charger. It includes support for SMBus charger/selector (e.g. Linear Technology LTC1760 Dual Smart Battery System Manager) and provides ACPI compatibility to report battery information to the Operating System.

  • Page 36: Uart

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces UART The COMe-bSC6 supports up to two Serial RX/TX only Ports defined in COM Express® specification on Pins A98/A99 for UART0 and Pins A101/A102 for UART1. The implementation of the UART is compatible to 16450 and is supported by default from most operating systems.

  • Page 37: Fast I2C

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces Fast I2C The COMe-bSC6 supports a CPLD implemented LPC to I2C bridge using the WISHBONE I2C Master Core provided from opencores.org. The I2C Interface supports transfer rates up to 40kB/s and can be configured in Setup Specification for external I2C: »...

  • Page 38: Gpio - General Purpose Input And Output

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces GPIO - General Purpose Input and Output The COMe-bSC6 offers 4 General Purpose Input (GPI) pins and 4 General Purpose Output (GPO) pins. On a 3.3V level digital in- and outputs are available. Signal Description...

  • Page 39: Dual Staged Watchdog Timer

    “feeding the watchdog” or “triggering the watchdog”). The intention is to bring the system back from the nonresponsive state into normal operation. The COMe-bSC6 offers a watchdog which works with two stages that can be programmed independently and used one by one.

  • Page 40: Speedstep Technology

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4.10 Speedstep Technology The Intel® processors offer the Intel® Enhanced SpeedStep™ technology that automatically switches between maximum performance mode and battery-optimized mode, depending on the needs of the application being run. It enables you to adapt high performance computing on your applications.

  • Page 41: C-States

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4.11 C-States New generation platforms include power saving features like SuperLFM, EIST (P-States) or C-States in O/S idle mode. Activated C-States are able to dramatically decrease power consumption in idle mode by reducing the Core Voltage or switching of parts of the CPU Core, the Core Clocks or the CPU Cache.

  • Page 42: Hyper Threading

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4.12 Hyper Threading Hyper Threading (officially termed Hyper Threading Technology or HTT) is an Intel®-proprietary technology used to improve parallelization of computations performed on PC´s. Hyper-Threading works by duplicating certain sections of the processor—those that store the architectural state but not duplicating the main execution resources. This allows a Hyper- Threading equipped processor to pretend to be two “logical”...

  • Page 43: Vid-X

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4.13 VID-x The processor implements the VID-x feature for improved control of core voltage levels when the processor enters a reduced power consumption state. VID-x applies only when the processor is in the Intel Dynamic Acceleration Technology performance state and one or more cores are in low-power state (i.e., CC3/CC4/CC6).

  • Page 44: Intel® Turbo Boost Technology And Avx

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4.14 Intel® Turbo Boost Technology and AVX For applications that are particularly power-hungry, the new processors provide enhanced Intel® Turbo Boost technology. This automatically shifts processor cores and processor graphics resources to accelerate performance, tailoring a workload to give users an immediate performance boost for their applications whenever needed.

  • Page 45: Display Configuration

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4.15 Display Configuration The chapter describes possible display configurations and supported features for the integrated Intel® HD/HD3000 (Gen6) graphics. Dual Display Configurations in O/S Display LVDS fix LVDS DID LVDS2DVI DP/eDP DP2DVI DP2HDMI DP2CRT SDVO2LVDS SDVO2DVI...
  • Page 46 COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces Dual Display configurations in Setup and POST Display LVDS fix LVDS DID LVDS2DVI DP/eDP DP2DVI DP2HDMI DP2CRT SDVO2LVDS SDVO2DVI SDVO2CRT Twin LVDS fix LVDS DID Twin LVDS2DVI DP2DVI DP2HDMI DP2CRT SDVO2LVDS SDVO2DVI SDVO2CRT SDVO2DVI: only supported if BIOS DDI1 is enabled and set to SDVO - DVI 1.0 or SDVO - DVI-I »...
  • Page 47 COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces eDP - embedded Display Port Intel® 6 & 7-Series Chipset based Computer-on-modules support the embedded Display Port shared on Digital Display Interface DDI3. To enable the eDP, LVDS must be switched off by hardware strap option. This feature is implemented in COMe-bSC2 (starting with hardware revision CE 2.x.x) and COMe-bIP2/6 by external strap option on the carrier board.
  • Page 48 COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces DDI Design Consideration » For sufficient signal quality baseboard designs with long signal lanes or impedance leaps may require an Equalicer or Redriver for the digital display interfaces » DDI hot-plug detection is high active »...

  • Page 49: Hybrid Graphics / Multi-Monitor

    4.16 Hybrid Graphics / Multi-monitor The COMe-bSC6 supports Hybrid Multi-monitor function which is one form of Intel's Hybrid Graphics where integrated graphics (in Chipset or CPU) is available to operate simultaneously with external PEG; PCIe or PCI graphics. This feature enables concurrent function of Intel's integrated Graphics Processing Unit (GPU/iGFX) along with a discrete GPU solution, allowing for operability of greater than two independently-driven displays.

  • Page 50: Intel® Vpro™ Technology

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4.17 Intel® vPro™ technology Kontron and Intel® are addressing the security and manageability challenges facing embedded systems today with the implementation of Intel® vPro™ technology to enable: » System integrity » Secure isolation » Remote systems...

  • Page 51: Acpi Suspend Modes And Resume Events

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4.18 ACPI Suspend Modes and Resume Events The COMe-bSC6 supports the S-states S0, S3, S4, S5. S5eco Support: YES The following events resume the system from S3: » USB Keyboard (1) » USB Mouse (1) »...

  • Page 52: Usb

    COMe-bSC6 / Features and Interfaces 4.19 The COMe-bSC6 is available in different variants affecting the USB routing: COMe-bSC6 ECC w/QM67 COMe-bSC6 ECC with HM65 COMe-bSC6 Part.No. 38014-xxxx-xx-x 38014-xxxx-xx-x 38023-xxxx-xx-x COMe USB#0 USB0 from EHCI1 USB0 from EHCI1 USB0 from EHCI1...

  • Page 53: System Resources

    COMe-bSC6 / System Resources 5 System Resources Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines IRQ # Used For Available Comment Timer0 Keyboard Cascade COM2 Type2: External SIO COM2, Type6: onboard COM2 COM1 Type2: External SIO COM1, Type6: onboard COM1 COM3 Note(4) Type2: not used, Type6: External SIO COM1...

  • Page 54: Memory Area

    COMe-bSC6 / System Resources Memory Area The first 640 kB of DRAM are used as main memory. Using DOS, you can address 1 MB of memory directly. Memory area above 1 MB (high memory, extended memory) is accessed under DOS via special drivers such as HIMEM.SYS and EMM386.EXE, which are part of the operating system.

  • Page 55: Peripheral Component Interconnect (Pci) Devices

    COMe-bSC6 / System Resources Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Devices All devices follow the Peripheral Component Interconnect 2.3 (PCI 2.3) respectivily the PCI Express Base 1.0a specification. The BIOS and OS control memory and I/O resources. Please see the PCI 2.3 specification for details.

  • Page 56: System Management (Sm) Bus

    COMe-bSC6 / System Resources System Management (SM) Bus The 8-bit SMBus addresses uses the LSB (Bit 0) for the direction. Bit0 = 0 defines the write address, Bit0 = 1 defines the read address for the device. The 8-bit addresses listed below shows the write adress for all devices. 7-bit SMBus adresses shows the device address without Bit0.

  • Page 57: Connectors

    COMe-bSC6 / Connectors 6 Connectors The pin-outs for Interface Connectors X1A and X1B are documented for convenient reference. Please see the COM Express® Specification and COM Express® Design Guide for detailed, design-level information. Connector Location...

  • Page 58: Pinout List

    COMe-bSC6 / Pinout List 7 Pinout List General Signal Description Type Description I/O-3,3 Bi-directional 3,3 V IO-Signal Bi-dir. 3,3V I/O (5V Tolerance) I/O-5T Bi-directional 5V I/O-Signal I/O-5 3,3V Input I-3,3 I/OD Bi-directional Input/Output Open Drain I-5T 3,3V Input (5V Tolerance)

  • Page 59: Connector X1A Row A

    COMe-bSC6 / Pinout List Connector X1A Row A Signal Description Type Termination Comment Power Ground GBE0_MDI3- GBE0_MDI3_N / Ethernet Receive Data - DP-I GBE0_MDI3+ GBE0_MDI3_P / Ethernet Receive Data - DP-I GBE0_LINK100# GBE0_LINK100# / Ethernet Speed LED O-3,3 GBE0_LINK1000# GBE0_LINK1000# / Ethernet Speed LED...
  • Page 60 COMe-bSC6 / Pinout List PCIE_TX1- PCI Express lane 1 - Transmit DP-O Power Ground GPI2 EXT_GPI2 / General Purpose Input 2 I-3,3 PU 10k 3,3V (S0) PCIE_TX0+ PCI Express lane 0 + Transmit DP-O PCIE_TX0- PCI Express lane 0 - Transmit...

  • Page 61: Connector X1A Row B

    COMe-bSC6 / Pinout List Connector X1A Row B Signal Description Type Termination Comment Power Ground PWR GBE0_ACT GBE0_ACT# / Ethernet Activity LED LPC_FRAME# LPC_FRAME# / LPC Frame Indicator O-3,3 LPC_AD0 LPC_AD0 / LPC Adress & DATA Bus I/O-3,3 int. PU 20k in PCH LPC_AD1 LPC_AD1 / LPC Adress &...
  • Page 62 COMe-bSC6 / Pinout List PCIE_RX1- PCI Express lane 1 - receive DP-I WAKE0# PCIE_WAKE# I/O-3,3 PU 10k 3,3V (S5) WAKE1# WAKE1# I-3,3 PU 10k 3,3V (S5) PCIE_RX0+ PCI Express lane 0 + receive DP-I PCIE_RX0- PCI Express lane 0 - receive...

  • Page 63: Connector X1B Row C

    COMe-bSC6 / Pinout List Connector X1B Row C Signal Description Type Termination Comment Power Ground Power Ground USB_SSRX0- USB Super Speed Receive - (0) DP-I USB_SSRX0+ USB Super Speed Receive + (0) DP-I Power Ground USB_SSRX1- USB Super Speed Receive - (1)
  • Page 64 COMe-bSC6 / Pinout List PEG_RX4+ PCIexpress Graphics receive + (4) DP-I PEG_RX4- PCIexpress Graphics receive - (4) DP-I RSVD n.c. PEG_RX5+ PCIexpress Graphics receive + (5) DP-I PEG_RX5- PCIexpress Graphics receive - (5) DP-I Power Ground PEG_RX6+ PCIexpress Graphics receive + (6)

  • Page 65: Connector X1B Row D

    COMe-bSC6 / Pinout List Connector X1B Row D Signal Description Type Termination Comment Power Ground Power Ground USB_SSTX0- USB Super Speed Transmit - (0) DP-O USB_SSTX0+ USB Super Speed Transmit + (0) DP-O Power Ground USB_SSTX1- USB Super Speed Transmit - (1)
  • Page 66 COMe-bSC6 / Pinout List PEG_TX4+ PCIexpress Graphics Transmit + (4) DP-O PEG_TX4- PCIexpress Graphics Transmit - (4) DP-O Power Ground PEG_TX5+ PCIexpress Graphics Transmit + (5) DP-O PEG_TX5- PCIexpress Graphics Transmit - (5) DP-O Power Ground PEG_TX6+ PCIexpress Graphics Transmit + (6)

  • Page 67: Bios Operation

    COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation 8 BIOS Operation The module is equipped with AMI® Aptio, which is located in an onboard SPI serial flash memory. Determining the BIOS Version The AMI® Aptio version is displayed in the main menu of the setup utility.
  • Page 68 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Backup the BIOS / Create a BIOS with custom defaults: » Change your BIOS settings according your needs » Save and Exit Setup with option “Save as User Defaults”. Your customized settings are now stored inside the flash in a second area additional to the manufacturer defaults »...

  • Page 69: Setup Guide

    COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Setup Guide The Aptio Setup Utility changes system behavior by modifying the Firmware configuration. The setup program uses a number of menus to make changes and turn features on or off. Functional keystrokes in POST: Function...
  • Page 70 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Item Specific Help Window The Help window on the right side of each menu displays the Help text for the selected item. It updates as you move the cursor to each field. General Help Window Pressing <F1> on a menu brings up the General Help window that describes the legend keys and their alternates. Press...

  • Page 71: Bios Setup

    COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation BIOS Setup 8.5.1 Main Feature Options Description System Language English Choose the system default language System Date [mm/dd/yyyy] Set the Date. Use 'Tab' to switch between Date elements System Time [hh:mm:ss] Set the Time. Use 'Tab' to switch between Time...
  • Page 72 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Platform Information...

  • Page 73: Advanced

    COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation 8.5.2 Advanced...
  • Page 74 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation PCI Subsystem Settings Feature Options Description PCI ROM Priority Legacy ROM In case of multiple Option ROMs (Legacy and EFI EFI Compatible ROM Compatible), specifies what PCI Option ROM to launch PCI Latency Timer 32 … 248 PCI Bus Clocks...
  • Page 75 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation ACPI Settings Feature Options Description Enable ACPI Auto Congiguration Disabled Enables or Disables BIOS ACPI Auto Configuration Enabled Enable Hibernation Disabled Enables or Disables System ability to Hibernate (OS/S4 Enabled Sleep State) ACPI Sleep State Suspend Disabled...
  • Page 76 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Trusted Computing Feature Options Description TPM Support Disable Enables or Disables TPM support. O.S. will not show Enable Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available TPM State Enable/Disable Security Device. Note: Your Computer...
  • Page 77 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation CPU Configuration Feature Options Description Hyper-Threading Disabled Enables/Disables the Intel® Hyper Threading Enabled Technology HTT supported by Core i7/i5 Active Proc Cores Number of cores to enable in each processors package Execute Disable Bit Disabled XD can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer...
  • Page 78 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation CPU Information...
  • Page 79 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation CPU PPM Configuration Feature Options Description CPU DTS Disabled Enable/Disable CPU DTS SMI. If disabled, ACPI can't Enabled provide current temperature and passive cooling is not possible EIST Disabled Enable/Disable the Intel Speedstep Technology Enabled Turbo Mode Disabled Enables/Disables the Intel Processor Turbo Mode 2.0...
  • Page 80 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Miscellaneous Feature Options Description S5 Eco Disabled Reduce supply current in Soft Off State S5 to less than Enabled 1mA. If enabled, power button is the only wakeup source in S5. See chapter S5 Eco for more details Reset Button Behavior Select the behavior of Reset Button.
  • Page 81 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Watchdog Feature Options Description Auto-reload Enable automatic reload of watchdog timers on timeout Disabled Enabled Global Lock Disabled If set to enabled, all Watchdog registers (except Enabled WD_KICK) become read only until the board is reset...
  • Page 82 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Smart Battery Configuration Feature Options Description M.A.R.S. Disabled Preset M.A.R.S. Smart Battery System mode. System AUTO must be restarted to reflect mode changes Charger Manager...
  • Page 83 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Battery Information...
  • Page 84 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Generic LPC Decode Ranges Feature Options Description Generic LPC Decode 1 Disabled Enable generic LPC decode range Enabled - Base Address 0100h Base address of the generic decode range. Valid between 0100h - FFF0h. Must be 8-byte alligned - Length Length of the generic decode range.
  • Page 85 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Thermal Configuration Feature Options Description Critical Trip Point This value controls the temperature of the ACPI Critical 15°C Trip Point - the point in which the OS will shut the system off. Note: 100°C is the Plan Of Record (POR) for …...
  • Page 86 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Passive Cooling...
  • Page 87 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation The ACPI OS assesses the optimum CPU performance change necessary to lower the temperature using the following equation ΔP[%] = TC1(Tn-Tn-1) + TC2(Tn-Tt) ΔP is the performance delta, Tt is the target temperature = passive cooling trip point. The two coefficients TC1 and TC2 and the sampling period TSP are hardware dependent constants the end user must supply.
  • Page 88 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation PCH-FW Configuration...
  • Page 89 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation USB Configuration Feature Options Description Legacy USB Support Enabled Enables Legacy USB support. AUTO option disables Disabled legacy support if no USB devices are connected. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for AUTO EFI applications.
  • Page 90 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Module COM Port Configuration...
  • Page 91 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Serial Port 3 Configuration Feature Options Description Serial Port Disabled Enable or Disable COMe Serial Port 0 (COM3) Enabled...
  • Page 92 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Serial Port 4 Configuration Feature Options Description Serial Port Disabled Enable or Disable COMe Serial Port 1 (COM4) Enabled...
  • Page 93 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation H/W Monitor Hardware Monitor measurements and configuration for the onboard Analog Devices ADT7490. Feature Value/Options Description xx°C Shows the calculated temperature of Tcasemax - Digital Thermal Sensor xx°C Shows the measured temperature of the CPU Diode with onboard HWM xx°C...
  • Page 94 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Serial Port Console Redirection Feature Options Description Console Redirection Disabled Enable/Disable Serial Port COM0 Console Redirection Enabled Console Redirection Disabled Enable/Disable Serial Port COM1 Console Redirection Enabled Console Redirection Enable/Disable Serial Port COM2 Console Redirection Disabled...
  • Page 95 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Console Redirection Settings Feature Options Description Terminal Type VT100 VT100: ASCII char set. VT100+ VT100+: Extends VT100 to support color, function keys, VT_UTF8 etc. VT-UTF8: Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode chars ANSI onto 1 or more bytes ANSI: Extended ASCII char set.
  • Page 96 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Intel ICC Feature Options Description Use Wdog Timer w/ ICC Disabled Enable Watchdog Timer operation for ICC. If enabled, Enabled Watchdog Timer will be started after ICC-related changes. This timer detects platform instability caused by wrong clock settings...

  • Page 97: Chipset

    COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation 8.5.3 Chipset...
  • Page 98 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation SystemAgent Configuration Feature Options Description VT-d Disabled Check to enable Intel® Virtualization Technology for Enabled Directed I/O (VT-d) Capability function for SA...
  • Page 99 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Graphics Configuration Feature Options Description Gfx Turbo IMON Curr Graphics turbo IMON current values supported (14-31) Primary Display Select which of IGFX/PEG/PCI Graphics device should be Auto Primary Display IGFX Internal Graphics Auto Keep IGFX enabled based on the setup options...
  • Page 100 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation LCD Control Feature Options Description Prim IGFX Boot Disp Select the Integrated Graphics Video Device which will Auto be activated during POST. This has no effect if external graphics devices are present LVDS EFP 1 EFP 2...
  • Page 101 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation For SDVO2DVI solutions select 'SDVO - DVI 1.0' or 'SDVO - DVI-I'. For SDVO2CRT select 'SDVO - DVI-I'.
  • Page 102 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation SystemAgent PCIe Configuration Feature Options Description PEG0 - Gen X Auto Configure PEG0 B0:D1:F0 Gen1-Gen2 Gen1 Gen2 PEG1 - Gen X Auto Configure PEG1 B0:D1:F1 Gen1-Gen2 Gen1 Gen2 PEG2 - Gen X Auto Configure PEG2 B0:D1:F2 Gen1-Gen2...
  • Page 103 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Memory Configuration Feature Options Description DIMM Profile Select DIMM timing profile that should be used Default DIMM profile XMP profile 1 XMP Profile 2 Memory Frequency Maximum Memory Frequency Selections in MHz Auto 1067 1333 1600...
  • Page 104 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation GT - Power Management Control Feature Options Description RC6 (Render Standby) Disabled Check to enable render standby support Enabled...
  • Page 105 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation PCH-IO Configuration Feature Options Description Launch Storage OpROM Disabled Enable or Disable Boot Option for Legacy Mass Storage Enabled Devices with Option ROM CLKRUN# logic Disabled Enable the CLKRUN# logic to stop the PCI clocks Enabled...
  • Page 106 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation LAN Configuration Feature Options Description PCH LAN Controller Enable/Disable onboard NIC Enabled Disabled Launch PXE OpROM Disabled Enable/Disable Boot Option for Legacy Network Devices Enabled Wake on LAN Enable/Disable integrated LAN to wake the system Disabled...
  • Page 107 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation SATA Configuration Feature Options Description SATA Controller Enable/Disable SATA Device Enabled Disabled SATA Mode Selection Determines how SATA controller(s) operate AHCI RAID SATA Test mode Disabled Enable or disable Test Mode Enabled Delay of the OROM UI Splash Screen...
  • Page 108 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Serial ATA Port 0/1/2/3 Configuration Feature Options Description PORT 0 Enabled Enable or Disable SATA Port PORT 1 Disabled PORT 2 PORT 3 Hot Plug Disabled Designates this port as Hot Pluggable Enabled External SATA Disabled...
  • Page 109 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation HDA Configuration Feature Options Description High Definition Audio Disabled Control Detection of the High definition audio (Azalia) Enabled device. Disabled = HDaudio will be unconditionally disabled. Enabled = HDaudio will be unconditionally Auto enabled. Auto = HDaudio will be enabled if present,...
  • Page 110 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation USB Configuration Feature Options Description EHCI1 Control the USB EHCI (USB 2.0) functions. One EHCI Enabled Disabled controller must always be enabled EHCI2 Enabled Control the USB EHCI (USB 2.0) functions. One EHCI Disabled controller must always be enabled...
  • Page 111 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation PCI Express Configuration Feature Options Description PCIe Clock Gating Disabled Enable or Disable PCI Express Clock Gating for each root Enabled port DMI Link ASPM Control Disabled Controls Active State Power Management on both NB side and SB side of the DMI Link...
  • Page 112 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation PCI Express Root Port 0/1/2/3/4/5 Feature Options Description PCI Express Root Port Disabled Control the PCI Express Root Port Enabled Automatic ASPM Disabled Automatically enable ASPM based on reported capabilities and known issues L0sL1 Auto Enable or Disable PCI Express Unsupported Request...

  • Page 113: Boot

    COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation 8.5.4 Boot Feature Options Description Setup Prompt Timeout Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535 (0xFFFF) means idefinite waiting. 0 means no wait (not recommended) Bootup NumLock State Select the keyboard NumLock state...
  • Page 114 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Boot Option Priority By default, AMI APTIO uses following boot priority if at least one device of a group is connected: » Boot Option #1: Prio 1 Hard Disk » Boot Option #2: Built-in EFI Shell »...

  • Page 115: Security

    COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation 8.5.5 Security Feature Options Description Set Administrator Password Set the Administrator Password for Setup Access User Password Set User Password HDDx Set HDD Password...
  • Page 116 COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation Set HDD Password Feature Options Description Set User Password Set HDD User Password. Advisable to Power Cycle System after Setting Hard Disk Passwords Set Master Password Set HDD Master Password. Advisable to Power Cycle System after Setting Hard Disk Passwords...

  • Page 117: Save & Exit

    COMe-bSC6 / BIOS Operation 8.5.6 Save & Exit Feature Options Description Save Changes and Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes Discard Changes and Exit Exit system setup without saving any changes Save Changes and Reset Reset system after saving the changes...
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  • Page 119 Our company network supports you worldwide with offices in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain and the USA. For more information please contact: FORTEC Elektronik AG FORTEC Elektronik AG Hauptniederlassung Büro West Lechwiesenstr. 9 Hohenstaufenring 55 86899 Landsberg am Lech 50674 Köln Telefon: +49 (0) 8191 91172-0 Telefon:...

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