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Introduction 1.1 The Product The EmETXe-i87M2 Series is a space-conscious CPU board of 125 mm x 95 mm to take up only small footprint in your system. By the architecture of Type 6, the board has two high-performance connectors to promise stable data passing rate.
1.4 Inside the Package Before you begin installing your single board, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: 1 x EmETXe-i87M2 COM Express CPU Module 1 x Driver CD 1 x Quick Installation Guide If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your vendor immediately.
Find the drivers on CD by the following paths: Windows 7 Driver Path Chipset \EmETXe-i87M2\Chipset\Chipset_10.1.1.7 32bit: \EmETXe-i87M2\Graphic\32bit\Intel® Graphics Driver Production Version 15.40.8.4281 Graphic 64bit: \EmETXe-i87M2\Graphic\64bit\Intel® Graphics Driver Production Version 15.40.8.64.4281 32bit: \EmETXe-i87M2\Audio\32bit Audio...
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Board Overview Windows 8.1 Driver Path Chipset \EmETXe-i87M2\Chipset\Chipset_10.1.1.7 32bit: \EmETXe-i87M2\Graphic\32bit\Intel® Graphics Driver Production Version 15.40.8.4281 Graphic 64bit: \EmETXe-i87M2\Graphic\64bit\Intel® Graphics Driver Production Version 15.40.8.64.4281 32bit: \EmETXe-i87M2\Audio\32bit Audio 64bit: \EmETXe-i87M2\Audio\64bit Ethernet \EmETXe-i87M2\Ethernet\20_0_CD \EmETXe-i87M2\ME\ME9.0_5M_V9.0.13.1402 - 6 -...
Module Type 1 and 10 support single connector with two rows (220 pins). Module Type 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 support two connectors with four rows (440 pins). EmETXe-i87M2 Series is a Type-6 module. Difference between Standard Type 6 and EmETXe-i87M2 Series is listed as below: Module Type...
Board Overview 2.2 Board Dimensions The following illustration shows the dimension of EmETXe-i87M2 Series, with the measurements in width, depth, and height called out. 70.64 55.68 79.53 COM Express CD Connector COM Express AB Connector 45.35 Unit: mm Ø2.6*Ø6.5 - 9 -...
Board Overview 2.4 Connector Pin Definition Being a most commonly-used Type 6, the EmETXe-i87M2 Series features two board-to-board connectors on bottom side. Top Side BE BD BE BD 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 9 8 7 6...
1. Find the COM Express connectors on carrier board PBE-1702, which is available in Section 1.5.1 Optional Accessories on page 2. Embed EmETXe-i87M2 Series into PBE-1702 via COM Express connectors as below; that is, COM Express AB to AB and CD to CD. - 16 -...
Installation & Maintenance 3.2 Installing the Heatsink 1. Locate EmETXe-i87M2 Series mounted on PBE-1702. 2. Prepare the heatspred included in optional accessories. (See Section 1.5.1 Optional Accessories on page 5) Put heatspred on the CPU module and lock it. Make sure thermal grease in contact with CPU and chipset on CPU module.
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Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Advanced Chipset Security Boot Save & Exit BIOS Information Choose the system default Project Version EmETXe-i87M2 language. BIOS Version 1.00 Build Date and Time 12/10/2015 16:47:23 System Language [English] System Date...
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BIOS Set the system time. Use Tab to switch between Time elements. System Time The time format is: Hour: 00 to 23 ► Minute: 00 to 59 Second: 00 to 59 Key Commands BIOS Setup Utility is mainly a key-based navigation interface. Please refer to the following key command instructions for navigation process.
BIOS 4.2 Advanced The “Advanced” setting page provides you the options to configure the details of your hardware, such as ACPI, CPU, SATA, AMT, USB and Super IO. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Chipset Security Boot Save &...
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BIOS CSM Configuration See Section 4.2.9 CSM Configuration on page 30 USB Configuration See Section 4.2.10 USB Configuration on page 31 Intel(R) Ethernet See Section 4.2.11 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I218-LM Connection I218-LM on page 33 - 23 -...
BIOS 4.2.1 CPU Configuration Setting Description Enabled (default) for Windows XP and Linux (OS opti- mized for Hyper-Threading Technology) and Disabled Hyper-threading for other OS (OS not optimized or Hyper-Threading Technology). When Disabled only one thread per en- abled core is enabled. Number of cores to enable in each processor pack- Active Processor age.
BIOS 4.2.2 Trusted Computing Access this submenu to enable/disable the Trusted Computing function. Setting Description Security Device Enable/Disable (default) the TPM Support Support TPM State Enable (default) /disable Security Device Set the supported device Device Select Options: Auto (default), TPM1.2 or TPM 2.0. ►...
BIOS 4.2.5 Super IO Configuration Setting Description Serial Port 1 Configuration Serial Port 2 Configuration See below Parallel Port Configuration Sets whether the system should power on or power off when the power resumes after ac- Restore AC Power loss cidental power loss.
BIOS 4.2.7 S5 RTC Wake Settings Access this submenu to enable/disable the system to wake up on a specified time. The featured setting is: Setting Description Sets if to awake the system at a defined moment. Options available are Enabled and Disabled (default). Enable this feature to awake the system at a defined moment in time.
BIOS 4.2.8 SATA Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced SATA Controller(s) [Enabled] Console Redirection Enable or SATA Mode Selection [AHCI] Disable. SATA Controller Speed [Default] Serial ATA Port 0 Empty Software Preserve Unknown Port 0 [Enabled] Hot Plug [Disabled]...
BIOS Identify the SATA port is connected to Solid State SATA Device Type Drive or Hard Disk Drive (default). On an edge detect from 0 to 1, the PCH starts a Spin Up Device COMRESET initialization sequence to the device. Options: Enabled or Disabled (default) ►...
BIOS 4.2.10 USB Configuration Setting Description Enables (default) Legacy USB support. AUTO op- tion disables legacy support if no USB devices are Legacy USB Support connected. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications. Enable (default)/Disable USB3.0 (XHCI) Controller USB3.0 Support support.
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BIOS This is a submenu to configure the features of USB hardware delay and time-out. The featured settings are: Setting Description Use this item to set the time-out value for control, bulk, and interrupt trans- USB Transfer fers. time-out Options available are: 1 sec, 5 sec, 10 sec, 20 sec Use this item to set USB mass storage Device reset...
BIOS 4.2.11 Intel(R) Ethernet Connection I218-LM Setting Description NIC Configuration See next page. Blink LEDs (range 0-15 Blink LEDs for the specified duration (up to 15 seconds) seconds). Link Status Link Status NIC Configuration Setting Description Change link speed and duplex for current port. Link Speed Options: AutoNeg (default), 10 Mbps Half, 10 Mbps ►...
BIOS 4.3.1 Display Control Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Chipset Select the Video Display Control Device which will be activated during POST. Boot Display [VBIOS Default] This has no effect if Active LFP [Disabled] external graphics present.
BIOS 4.3.2 Memory Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Chipset Memory Information Memory RC Version 2.7.1.0 Memory Frequency 1600 Mhz Total Memory 8192 MB (DDR3) Memory Voltage 1.35v DIMM#1 8192 MB (DDR3) DIMM#2 Not Present CAS Latency (tCL) Minimum delay time CAS to RAS (tRCDmin)
BIOS 4.3.4 USB Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Chipset USB Configuration Mode of operation of xHCI controller. Auto - Enable the XHCI Mode [Enabled] xHCI controller and reroute PCH LAN Controller [Enabled] USB ports via the _OSC ACPI method call.
BIOS 4.3.5 HDAC Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Chipset Control Detection of the Azalia HDAC Configuration device. Azalia [Enabled] Disabled = Azalia will be unconditionally disabled Enabled = Azalia will be unconditionally Enabled Auto = Azalia will be enabled if present, disabled otherwise.
BIOS 4.3.6 LAN Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Chipset Select the Video LAN Configuration Device which will be activated during POST. PCH LAN Controller [Enabled] This has no effect if Wake on LAN [Enabled] external graphics present.
BIOS 4.4 Boot Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save & Exit Boot Configuration Number of seconds to wait for Bootup NumLock State [On] setup activation key. 65535 (0xFFFF) means indefinite Quiet Boot [Disabled] waiting.
BIOS 4.5 Security The Security menu sets up the administrator password. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Advanced Chipset Security Boot Save & Exit Password Description Set Adminstrator Password Minimum length Maximum length Administrator Password →←: Select Screen : Select Item Enter: Select...
BIOS 4.6 Save & Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2015 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Advanced Chipset Boot Security Save & Exit Save Changes and Exit Exit system setup after saving Discard Changes and Exit the changes. Save Changes and Reset Discard Changes and Reset Restore Defaults launch EFI Shell from filesystem device...
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Appendix Appendix A: I/O Port Address Map Each peripheral device in the system is assigned a set of I/O port addresses which also becomes the identity of the device. The following table lists the I/O port addresses used. Address Device Description 0x000003F8-0x000003FF Communications Port (COM1) 0x000002F8-0x000002FF...
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Appendix 0x00001854-0x00001857 Motherboard resources 0x000000F0-0x000000F0 Numeric data processor 0x00000000-0x0000001F PCI bus 0x00000D00-0x0000FFFF PCI bus 0x000030E0-0x000030E7 PCI Serial Port 0x00000378-0x0000037F Printer Port (LPT1) 0x00000020-0x00000021 Programmable interrupt controller 0x00000024-0x00000025 Programmable interrupt controller 0x00000028-0x00000029 Programmable interrupt controller 0x0000002C-0x0000002D Programmable interrupt controller 0x00000030-0x00000031 Programmable interrupt controller 0x00000034-0x00000035 Programmable interrupt controller 0x00000038-0x00000039...
Appendix 0xB2039000-0xB20397FF Standard AHCI 1.0 Serial ATA Controller Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Con- 0xB203B000-0xB203B3FF troller Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Con- 0xB203A000-0xB203A3FF troller 0xA0000-0xBFFFF Standard VGA Graphics Adapter 0xB1000000-0xB1FFFFFF Standard VGA Graphics Adapter 0xC0000000-0xCFFFFFFF Standard VGA Graphics Adapter 0xFED40000-0xFED44FFF Trusted Platform Module 1.2 0xB2020000-0xB202FFFF...
Appendix Appendix D: Watchdog Timer (WDT) Setting WDT is widely used for industry application to monitor the activity of CPU. Ap- plication software depends on its requirement to trigger WDT with adequate timer setting. Before WDT time out, the functional normal system will reload the WDT.
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Appendix delay(DELAY_TIME); /* Watchdog Timer Control Register */ SMB_Byte_WRITE(SMB_PORT_AD,SMB_DEVICE_ADD,0x36,0x72); int WDT_Count(void) int iData; /* Watchdog Timer Range Register */ iData = SMB_Byte_READ(SMB_PORT_AD,SMB_DEVICE_ADD,0x37); return iData; void WDT_Clear(int iCount) /* Watchdog Timer Range Register */ SMB_Byte_WRITE(SMB_PORT_AD,SMB_DEVICE_ADD,0x37,iCount); void WDT_Stop(void) /* Watchdog Timer Control Register */ SMB_Byte_WRITE(SMB_PORT_AD,SMB_DEVICE_ADD,0x36,0x52); - 51 -...
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