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Preface Rugged E3 l User’s Manual Safety Precautions Before installing and using the equipment, please read the following precautions: Put this equipment on a reliable surface during installation. Dropping it or letting it fall could cause damage. The power outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.
Preface Rugged E3 l User’s Manual Technical Support and Assistance 1. Visit the Tangent Inc. website at www.tangent.com where you can find the latest information about the product. 2. Contact your distributor, our technical support team or sales representative for technical support if you need additional assistance.
® G3900TE (2.3GHz, Dual Core) Desktop processor, Rugged E3 is an extreme features integration, outstanding system performance, versatile I/O connections, and rugged reliability fanless embedded systems. It offers dramatically enhanced CPU and graphics performance, wide power and feature scalability, and advanced features, modularize expansion I/O, rich connectivity interfaces, wide range (9~48V) DC power input, and high reliability even operating in temperature extremes (-25 °...
Rugged E3 l User’s Manual Chapter 1: Product Introductions 1.3 System I/O 1.3.1 Rugged E3 Front Panel Universal I/O Bracket ATX power on/off switch Used to customized I/O output Press to power-on or power-off the system HDD port Reset switch Removable 2.5"...
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Chapter 1: Product Introductions Rugged E3 l User’s Manual Rear Panel DisplayPort DC IN Used to connect a DisplayPort monitor Used to plug a DC power input with terminal block USB 3.0 port Used to connect USB 3.0/2.0/1.1 device Speaker-out...
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Rugged E3 l User’s Manual Chapter 2: Switches and Connectors PWR_LED1: Power LED Status Definition POWER LED+ POWER LED- HDD_LED1: HDD Access LED Status Definition HDD LED+ HDD LED- WDT_LED1: Watchdog LED Status Definition WATCHDOG LED+ WATCHDOG LED- GPIO_LED1: GPIO LED Status...
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.1 BIOS Introduction The system BIOS software is stored on EEPROM. The BIOS provides an interface to modify the configuration. When the battery is removed, all the parameters will be reset.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.2 Main Setup Press <Del> to enter BIOS CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (as shown below) will appears on the screen. Use arrow keys to move among the items and press <Enter> to accept or enter a sub-menu.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.3 Advanced Setup This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. 3.3.1 ACPI Settings ■ Enable ACPI Auto Configuration...
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.3.2 AMT Configuration Intel Active Management Technology (AMT) is hardware-based technology for remotely managing and securing PCs out-of-band. ■ Intel AMT This item allows users to enable or disable Intel AMT BIOS extension.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.3.3 NCT6106D Super IO Configuration ■ Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port This item will allow users to enable or disable serial port. Change Settings This setting is used to change the address & IRQ settings of the specified serial port.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual Serial Port This item will allow users to enable or disable serial port. Change Settings This setting is used to change the address & IRQ settings of the specified serial port.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual ■ Serial Port 4 Configuration Serial Port This item will allow users to enable or disable serial port. Change Settings This setting is used to change the address & IRQ settings of the specified serial port.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.3.5 Serial Port Console Redirection ■ Console Redirection This item allows users to enable or disable console redirection. 3.3.6 CPU Configuration ■ Hyper-Threading This item allows you to enable or disable the Intel Hyper-Threading Technology.
Rugged E3 l User’s Manual Chapter 4: BIOS Setup ■ CPU C states This item allows you to set the power saving of the CPU states. Enhanced C State This item allows your CPU reduce power consumption ■ Package C State limit Select Auto for the AMI BIOS to automatically set the limit on the C-State package register.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.3.9 CSM Configuration ■ CSM Support This item allows you to enable or disable CSM support. ■ GateA20 Active This item allows you to select <Upon Request> or <Always>. Upon Request: GA20 can be disabled using BIOS services.
Rugged E3 l User’s Manual Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 3.3.10 USB Configuration ■ Legacy USB Support This item allows you to select <Enabled>, <Disabled> or <Auto>. Enabled: To enable legacy USB support. Disabled: To keep USB devices available only for EFI specification, Auto: To disable legacy support if no USB devices are connected.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.4 Chipset This section allows you to configure and improve your system and allows you to set up some system features according to your preference. 3.4.1 System Agent (SA) Configuration ■...
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual ■ Graphic Configuration Detect Non-Compliance Device Detect Non-Compliance PCI Express Device. If enable, it will take more time at POST time. GTT Size This item allows you to change the GTT size.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.4.2 PCH-IO Configuration This section allows you to configure the chipset. ■ PCI Express Configuration...
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual PCI Express Root Port 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 PCI Express Port 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 This item allows you to enable or disable PCI Express Port 1 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 /8 / 9 in the chipset.
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual ■ HD Audio Configuration HD Audio Control detection of the HD-Audio device. This item allows you to select <Enabled>, <Disabled> or <Auto>. Disabled: Azalia will be unconditionally be disabled. Enabled: Azalia will be unconditionally be enabled.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.5 Security Security menu allow users to change administrator password and user password settings. 3.5.1 Administrator Password This item allows you to set Administrator Password. 3.5.2 User Password This item allows you to set User Password.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.6 Boot This menu allows you to setup the system boot options. 3.6.1 Setup Prompt Timeout This item sets number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 3.6.2 Bootup NumLock State This item selects the keyboard NumLock state.
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Rugged E3 l User’s Manual 3.7 Save & Exit This setting allows users to configure the boot settings. 3.7.1 Save Changes and Reset This item allows user to reset the system after saving the changes. This item allows user to reset the system after saving the changes.
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