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ESM-KBLU 7th Gen Intel® Core™ SoC ULT Processor i7/i5/i3 COMe Type6 Compact Module User’s Manual Ed – 19 March 2018 Copyright Notice Copyright 2018 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Part No. E2047289400R...
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ESM-KBLU User’s Manual these products are free from patent, copyright, or mask work right infringement, unless otherwise specified. Applications that are described in this manual are for illustration purposes only. We make no representation or warranty that such application will be suitable for the specified use without further testing or modification.
1.2 Packing List Before you begin installing your single board, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: 1 x ESM-KBLU 7th Generation Intel® Core™ and Celeron® Processors COMe Type6 Compact Module 1 x Driver/Utility DVD-ROM ...
We strongly recommend that you study this manual carefully before attempting to set up ESM-KBLU series or change the standard configurations. Whilst all the necessary information is available in this manual we would recommend that unless you are confident, you contact your supplier for guidance.
3 x SATAIII, LPC, I²C,SPI, SMBus 8 x USB 2.0, 4 x USB 3.0 GPIO WDG/ I²C (SOC)/UART X2(2-wire) /HW monitor/FAN/ 8bit GPIO(NCT5655) Display Chipset Intel® Kaby Lake Processor integrated Graphics VGA Resolution Supports up to 1920 x1200@60Hz (Chrontel® 7517A) 10 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
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0% ~ 90% relative humidity, non-condensing Size (L x W) 95 mm x 95 mm Weight 0.44lbs(0.2kg) Windows® 10 Enterprise (64-bit) OS Support Linux (Kernel>4.7) (64-bit) WinCE: doesn’t support Note: Specifications are subject to change without notice. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 11...
ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 1.6 Architecture Overview—Block Diagram The following block diagram shows the architecture and main components of ESM-KBLU. 12 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
6. Enter the BIOS setup by pressing the delete key during boot up. Use the "Save & Exit \ Restore Defaults" feature. 7. If TFT panel display is to be utilized, make sure the panel voltage is correctly set before connecting the display cable and turning on the power. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 15...
ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 2.2.1 Main Memory ESM-KBLU provides two 260-pin SODIMM socket, supports up to 32GB DDR4 2133 SDRAM SODIMM Make sure to unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to board and components.
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(2) Static electricity can damage the electronic components of the computer or optional boards. Before proceeding, ensure that you are discharged of static electricity by briefly touching a grounded metal object. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 17...
ATX mode *Default 2.4.1.1 Signal Description –AT/ATX mode selection AT/ATX mode Description AT mode Auto-power on, no need to press Power button to enable power on/off ATX mode Press the power button to enable power on/off ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 19...
Management Interrupt) or to wake the system. SUS_STAT# Indicates imminent suspend operation. PWR_OK Power OK from main power supply SYS_RESET# Reset button input. Active low input. WAKE0# PCI Express wake up signal. WAKE1# General purpose wake up signal. 26 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
I2C0_CLK General purpose I2C port clock output. I2C0_DATA General purpose I2C port data I/O line. 2.4.2.1.14 COM.0 Pins Signals Signal Signal Description SER0/1_TX TTL level outputs from the Module. SER0/1_RX TTL level inputs from the Module. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 27...
DP AUX+function if DDI[1:3]_DDC_AUX_SEL is no connect DDI[1:3]_CTRLCLK_AUX+ HDMI/DVI 12C CTRLCLK if DDI[1:3]_DDC_AUX_SEL is pulled high DP AUX-function if DDI[1:3]_DDC_AUX_SEL is no connect DDI[1:3]_CTRLDATA_AUX- HDMI/DVI 12C CTRLDATA if DDI[1:3]_DDC_AUX_SEL is pulled high DDI[1:3]_HPD Digital Display Interface Hot-Plug Detect 32 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
If the message disappears before you respond and you still wish to enter Setup, restart the system to try again by turning it OFF then ON or pressing the "RESET" button on the system case. You may also restart by simultaneously pressing <Ctrl>, <Alt>, and <Delete> keys. 34 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Note: Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another. To Display a Sub Menu Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the sub menu you want. Then press <Enter>. A “” pointer marks all sub menus. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 35...
<Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. 3.6.1 Main Menu This section allows you to record some basic hardware configurations in your computer and set the system clock. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 37...
Use the system date option to set the system date. Manually enter the day, month and year. 3.6.1.3 System Time Use the system time option to set the system time. Manually enter the hours, minutes and seconds. 38 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
3.6.2.1 CPU Configuration Use the CPU configuration menu to view detailed CPU specification and configure the CPU. Item Options Description Disabled[Default] Enable/Disable moving of DRAM contents to PRM C6DRAM Enabled memory when CPU is in C6 state. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 39...
Number of cores to enable in each processor Active Processor Cores package. Enabled for Windows XP and Linux (OS optimized Disabled, for Hyper- Threading Technology) and Disabled for Hyper-Threading Enabled[Default] other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper- Threading Technology). 3.6.2.2 Power & Performance 40 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
EMTTM enabled too). AUTO means enabled, unless Disabled max turbo ratio is bigger than 16 – SKL a0 W/A. Enabled[Default], Enable/Disable CPU Power Management. Allows CPU C States Disabled to go to C states when it’s not 100292171224tilized. 3.6.2.2.1.1 View/Configure Turbo Options ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 41...
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Enable/Disable Energy Efficient Turbo Feature. This feature will opportunistically lower the turbo Disabled, frequency to increase efficiency. Recommended Energy Efficient Turbo Enabled[Default] only to disable in overclocking situations where turbo frequency must remain constant. Otherwise, leave enabled. 42 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
When Disabled ME will not be unconfigured on ME Unconfig on RTC Clear Enabled[Default] RTC Clear. 3.6.2.3.1 AMT Configuration Item Option Description Disabled, ASF support Enable/Disable Alert Standard Format support. Enabled[Default] Disabled[Default], USB Provisioning of AMT Enable/Disable of AMT USB Provisioning. Enabled 44 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
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ME Confirmation Enabled unconfiguration. Disabled[Default], OEMFlag Bit 14: Enable OEM debug menu in MEBx OED Debug Menu Enable Enabled MEBx. Disabled[Default], OEMFlag Bit 15: Unconfigure ME with resetting Unconfigure ME Enabled MEBx password to default. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 45...
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3.6.2.3.1.2 MEBx Resolution Settings Item Description Auto[Default], Non-UI Mode Resolution 80x25 Resolution for non-UI text mode. 100x31 Auto[Default], UI Mode Resolution 80x25 Resolution for UI text mode. 100x31 Auto[Default], 640x480 Graphics Mode Resolution Resolution for graphics mode. 800x600 1024x768 46 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Selects TPM device: PTT or dTPM. PTT – Enables PTT in SkuMgr dTPM 1.2 – Disables dTPM[Default], TPM Device Selection PTT in SkuMgr Warning! PTT/dTPM will be disabled and all data saved on it will be lost. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 47...
3.6.2.4 Trusted Computing Item Options Description Enables or Disables BIOS support for security device. Disable, Security Device Support O.S. will not show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol Enable[Default] and INT1A interface will not be available. 3.6.2.5 APCI Settings 48 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
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Disabled[Default], Wake Up By Ring System wake up by ring (from S3~S5). Enabled Disabled[Default], 30 sec 40 sec 50 sec Watch Dog Select Watch Dog Timer (WDT) Mode. 1 min 2 min 10 min 30 min ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 49...
Please refer to 3.6.2.6.1~ 3.6.2.6.3 for more information. Item Description Serial Port 1 Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 1 (COMA). Serial Port 2 Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 2 (COMB). Parallel Port Configuration Set Parameters of Parallel Port (LPT/LPTE). 50 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
3.6.2.6.1 Serial Port 1 Configuration Item Option Description Enabled[Default], Serial Port Enable or Disable Serial Port (COM). Disabled 3.6.2.6.2 Serial Port 2 Configuration Item Option Description Enabled[Default], Serial Port Enable or Disable Serial Port (COM). Disabled ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 51...
Enable or Disable Parallel Port Parallel Port Disabled (LPT/LPTE). STD Printer Mode[Default] EPP-1.9 and SPP Mode EPP-1.7 and SPP Mode Device Mode Change the Printer Port mode. ECP Mode ECP and EPP 1.9 Mode ECP and EPP 1.7 Mode 52 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 3.6.2.7 NCT6106D HW Monitor 3.6.2.8 IT8528SEC Super IO Configuration You can use this item to set up or change the IT8528SEC Super IO configuration for serial ports. Please refer to 3.6.2.8.1~ 3.6.2.8.2 for more information. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 53...
ESM-KBLU User’s Manual Item Option Description Enabled[Default], Serial Port Enable or Disable Serial Port (COM). Disabled 3.6.2.9 H/W Monitor Item Options Description Enabled, Smart Fan Function Enables or Disables Smart Fan. Disabled[Default] 3.6.2.10 S5 RTC Wake Settings ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 55...
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Wake up hour 0-23 3pm. Select 0-23 For example enter 3 for 3am and 15 for Wake up minute 0-23 3pm. Select 0-23 For example enter 3 for 3am and 15 for Wake up second 0-23 3pm. 56 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Select Fixed Time, system will wake on the Wake system from S5 Fixed Time hr::min::sec specified. Select Dynamic Time, System Dynamic Time[Default] will wake on the current time + Increase minute(s). Wake up minute increase 1-5. 3.6.2.11 Serial Port Console Redirection ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 57...
Disabled[Default], Console Redirection Console Redirection Enable or Disable. Enabled 3.6.2.11.1 Legacy Console Redirection Settings Item Option Description Select a COM port to display redirection of Legacy Serial Redirection Port COM0[Default] Legacy OS and Legacy OPROM Messages. 58 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Stop bits indicate the end of a serial data packet. 1[Default] (A start bit indicates the beginning). The standard Stop Bits setting is 1 stop bit. Communication with slow devices may require more than 1 stop bit. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 59...
Legacy console redirection is disabled Redirection After BIOS Always Enable[Default] before booting to Legacy OS. Default value is POST BootLoader Always Enable which means Legacy console Redirection is enabled for Legacy OS. 3.6.2.11.3 Console Redirection Settings 60 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Hardware RTS/CTS the data flow. Once the buffers are empty, a ‘start’ signal can be sent to re-start the flow. Software Xon/Xoff Hardware flow control uses two wires to send start/stop signals. 3.6.2.12 Intel TXT Configuration ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 61...
Wait time to press ESC key to abort the PXE boot. Number of times presence of media will be Media detect count checked. 3.6.2.14 CSM Configuration Item Options Description Enabled CSM Support Enable/Disable CSM Support. Disabled[Default] ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 63...
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Legacy[Default] Do not launch Controls the execution of UEFI and Legacy Video UEFI Video OpROM. Legacy[Default] Do not launch Determines OpROM execution policy for Other PCI devices UEFI devices other than Network, Storage, or Legacy[Default] Vide. 64 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
3.6.2.16 USB Configuration The USB Configuration menu helps read USB information and configures USB settings. Item Options Description Enabled[Default] Enables Legacy USB support. AUTO option Legacy USB Support Disabled disables legacy support if no USB devices are ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 65...
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Mass storage device emulation type. ‘AUTO’ Auto[Default] Floppy enumerates devices according to their media Mass Storage Devices Forced FDD format. Optical drives are emulated as ‘CDROM’, drives with no media will be Hard Disk CD-ROM emulated according to a drive type. 66 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Select DVMT 5.0 Pre-Allocated (Fixed) Graphics DVMT Pre-Allocated Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device. 32M/F7 256M[Default] Select DVMT 5.0 Total Graphics Memory size DVMT Total Gfx Mem 128M used by the Internal Graphics Device. 68 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Enable or disable integrated LAN to wake Wake on LAN Enable Enabled[Default] the system. Quiet Serial IRQ Mode Configure Serial IRQ Mode. Continuous[Default] LPC Bus[Default] Port 80h Redirection Control where the Port 80h cycles are sent. PCIE Bus 70 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
3.6.3.2.1.1 PCI Express Root Port1 Item Option Description Enabled[Default], PCI Express Root Port 1 Control the PCI Express Root Port. Disabled Unknown Identify the SATA Topology if it is Default or Topology ISATA or Flex or DirectConnect or M2. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 71...
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Option Description Enabled[Default], PCI Express Root Port 2 Control the PCI Express Root Port. Disabled Unknown x1[Default], Identify the SATA Topology if it is Default or Topology ISATA or Flex or DirectConnect or M2. Sata Express 72 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
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Option Description Enabled[Default], PCI Express Root Port 3 Control the PCI Express Root Port. Disabled Unknown x1[Default], Identify the SATA Topology if it is Default or Topology ISATA or Flex or DirectConnect or M2. Sata Express ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 73...
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Identify the SATA Topology if it is Default or Topology ISATA or Flex or DirectConnect or M2. Sata Express Set the ASPM Level: Force L0s – Force all Auto, ASPM links to L0s State AUTO – BIOS auto L0sL1 74 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
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Topology ISATA or Flex or DirectConnect or M2. Sata Express Auto, Set the ASPM Level: Force L0s – Force all L0sL1 links to L0s State AUTO – BIOS auto ASPM configure DISABLE – Disables ASPM. Disabled[Default] ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 75...
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Sata Express Auto, Set the ASPM Level: Force L0s – Force all L0sL1 links to L0s State AUTO – BIOS auto ASPM configure DISABLE – Disables ASPM. Disabled[Default] Disabled[Default], L1 Substates PCI Express L1 Substates settings. L1.1 76 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Identify the SATA port is connected to Solid SATA Device Type Solid State Drive State Drive or Hard Disk Drive. Unknown[Default] ISATA Identify the SATA Topology if it is Default or Topology Direct Connect ISATA or Flex or DirectConnect or M2. Flex ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 77...
SATA Device Type Solid State Drive State Drive or Hard Disk Drive. Unknown[Default] ISATA Identify the SATA Topology if it is Default or Topology Direct Connect ISATA or Flex or DirectConnect or M2. Flex 3.6.3.2.3 USB Configuration 78 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Description Control Detection of the HD-Audio device. Disable = HDA Disabled will be unconditionally disabled Enabled = HDA will be HD Audio Enabled unconditionally enabled Auto = HDA will be enabled if Auto[Default], present, disabled otherwise. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 79...
Disabled[Default] Attempt Secure Boot User mode with enrolled Platform Key(PK) 2.CSM Enabled function is disabled. Secure Boot mode selector: Standard/Custom. In Standard Secure Boot Mode Custom mode Secure Boot Variables can be Custom[Default] configured without authentication. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 81...
Any changes made to BIOS settings during this session of the BIOS setup program are discarded. The setup program then exits and reboots the controller. 3.6.6.3 Restore Defaults This option restores all BIOS settings to the factory default. This option is useful if the ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 83...
ESM-KBLU User’s Manual controller exhibits unpredictable behavior due to an incorrect or inappropriate BIOS setting. 3.6.6.4 Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device Attempts to Launch EFI Shell application (Shellx64.efi) from one of the available filesystem devices. 84 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 4. Drivers Installation Note: Installation procedures and screen shots in this section are for your reference and may not be exactly the same as shown on your screen. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 85...
Windows 10 operation system. If the warning message appears while the installation Step 3. Click Install. process, click Continue to go on. Step 4. Installing. Step1. Click Next. Step 5. Complete setup. Step 2. Click Accept. 86 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
If the warning message Step 3. Click Next. appears while the installation process, click Continue to go on. Step1. Click Next to start installation. Step 4. Installing. Step 2. Click Next. Step 5. Click Finish to complete setup. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 91...
Note: The installation procedures and screen shots in this section are based on Windows 10 operation system. Step 3. Click Next. Step 1. Click Next to continue installation. Step 4. Click Next. Step 2. Click Next. Step 5. Installing. 92 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
/Driver_Audio/Realtek/ALC892/ESM-KBLU_Audio Note: The installation procedures and screen shots in this section are based on Windows 10 operation system. Step 3. Click Finish to complete setup. Step 1. Click Next to continue installation. Step 2. Installing. 94 ESM-KBLU User’s Manual...
Note: The installation procedures and screen shots in this section are based on Windows 10 operation system. Step 3. Click Next. Step 1. Click Next to continue installation. Step 4. Click Next. Step 2. Click Next. Step 5. Click Next. ESM-KBLU User’s Manual 95...