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Introduction 1.1 The Product The EmETXe-i90M3 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.
Before you begin installing your single board, please make sure that the following materials have been shipped: 1 x EmETXe-i90M3 COM Express CPU Module 1 x Quick Installation Guide If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your vendor immediately.
Introduction 1.5.1 Optional Accessories HS-90M0-C1 Heat sink with Fan (125x95x35mm) PBE-1705-F1 COM Express® Type 6 evaluation carrier board with SIO F71869ED module in ATX form factor CBK-03-1705-00 Cable kit 1 x SATA cable 2 x COM Flat cables 1.6 Driver(6.8A) Installation The CPU module supports Windows 10.
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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-i90M3 is a Type-6 module. Difference between Standard Type 6 and EmETXe-i90M3 is listed as below: Module Type Standard Type 6...
Board Overview 2.2 Board Dimensions The following illustration shows the dimension of EmETXe-i90M3, with the mea- surements in width, depth, and height called out. 105.00 64.24 2.7x Ø Ø Unit:mm - 9 -...
Board Overview 2.4 Connector Pin Definition Being a most commonly-used Type 6, the EmETXe-i90M3 features two board- to-board connectors on bottom side. Top Side SO-DIMM Sockets Bottom Side COM Express AB Connector COM Express CD Connector - 11 -...
Installation & Maintenance 3.1 Installing the CPU Module to Carrier Board 1. Find the heat sink included in optional accessories. (See section 1.5.1 Optional Accessories on page 5) Apply thermal grease to be in contact with CPU and chipset on CPU module. 2.
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3. Find the COM Express connectors on carrier board PBE-1705, which is available in Section 1.5.1 Optional Accessories on page 4. Mount the EmETXe-i90M3 into PBE-1705 via COM Express connectors as below; that is, COM Express AB to AB and CD to CD. CD connector AB connector 5.
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Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Chipset Security Boot Save & Exit Main Set the Date. Use Tab BIOSName EmETXe-i90M3 to Switch between Date BIOS Version 1.00 elements. Build Date and Time 01/11/2019 10:35:34 EC Version STD 1.12...
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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 4.2.1 CPU Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced CPU Configuration Enabled for Windows XP Type Intel(R) Core(TM) and Linux (OS i5-7442EQ CPU @ 2.10GHz optimized for Hyper- 0x806E9 Threading Technology) 2700 MHz Speed and Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized 32 KB x 4...
BIOS 4.2.2 PCI Subsystem Settings Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced PCI Bus Driver Version A5.01.11 Value to be programmed into PCI Latency Timer Regiser. PCI Device Common Setttings: PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clocks] PCI-X Latency Timer [64 PCI Bus Clocks] Above 4G Decoding...
BIOS 4.2.3 ACPI Settings Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced ACPI Settings Enables or Disables System ability to Enable Hibernation Hibernate (OS/S4 Sleep [Enabled] ACPI Sleep State State). This option [S3 (Suspend to RAM)] may be not effective with some OS.
BIOS 4.2.4 USB Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends, Inc. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced USB Configuration Enables Legacy USB support. AUTO option disables legacy USB Module Version support if no USB devices are connected.
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BIOS Enables/Disables (default) I/O port 60h/64h emulation support. This should be enabled for the complete USB keyboard legacy support. USB keyboard legacy support for non-USB aware Port 60/64 Emulation OSes. Options: Enabled and Disabled (default). ► USB hardware delay and time-out Use this item to set the time-out value for control, bulk, and interrupt transfers.
BIOS 4.2.5 Hardware Monitor Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends, Inc. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Pc Health Status CPU Tempreture : +37 Fan1 Speed : N/A VCORE : +0.858 V VCCDU : +1.189 V : +11.942 V...
BIOS 4.2.6 Super IO Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends, Inc. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Super IO Configuration Set Parameters of Serial Port 1 (CON1) Super IO Chip IT8528 ►...
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BIOS Serial Port 1/2/3/4 Configuration Setting Description Serial Port Enable (default) or Disable Serial Port (COM). Select an optimal setting for Super IO device. Options for Serial Port 1: ► Auto; IO=3F8h; IRQ=4 (default) ; IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 7, 12; IO=2F8h;...
BIOS 4.3 Chipset Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Advanced Boot Security Save & Exit Chipset Display Control System Agent (SA) Configuration ► LCD Control ► Memory Configuration ► Graphics Configuration ► PEG Port ConfigurationD PCH-IO Configuration ►...
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BIOS See section 4.3.1 Graphics Configuration on Graphic Configuration page 36 PEG Port Configuration Enable or Disable (default) the Root Port. Enable Root Port Options: Auto (default), Disabled and ► Enabled. Configures PEG 0:1: 0 Max Speed. Max Link Speed Options: Auto (default), Gen 1, Gen 2 ►...
BIOS 4.3.1 Graphics Configuration Setting Description If enabled, it will not scan for External Gfx Card on Skip Scaning of PEG and PCH PCIE Ports. External Gfx Card Options: Disabled (default) and Enabled. ► External Gfx Card Primary Display Configuration Select which of IGFX/PEG/PCI graphics device should Primary PEG be Primay Display or select SG for Switchable Gfx.
BIOS 4.3.2 PCI Express Configuration Setting Description PCIE1/2/3 & Enable (default) or disable PCIE1/2/3 and MC1/2. MC1/2 Disable or set the ASPM level. Force L0s will force all inks to L0s state. “Auto” will allow BIOS to auto ASPM Support configure.”Disable”...
BIOS 4.4 Security The Security menu sets up the administrator password. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Boot Main Advanced Chipset Save & Exit Security Set Administrator Password Description Password Minimum length Maximum length Administrator Password →←: Select Screen ↓↑: Select Item Enter: Select...
BIOS 4.6 Save & Exit Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2019 American Megatrends, Inc. Main Advanced Chipset Security Boot Save & Exit Exit system setup Save Options after saving the Save Changes and Exit changes. Discard Changes and Exit Default Options Restore Defaults Lauch 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 03F8-03FF Communications Port (COM1) 02F8-02FF...
Appendix Appendix C: Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ) Peripheral devices use interrupt request lines to notify CPU for the service required. The following table shows the IRQ used by the devices on board. Level Function IRQ0 System timer IRQ1 PS/2 Keyboard IRQ3 Communications Port (COM2) IRQ4...
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 outportb(0x66,0xBA); /* Enable Watch Dog */ delay(1000); outportb(0x62, WDTCount); /* Number is Watch Dog Down count number */ delay(1000); outportb(0x62, 0x00); /* Minute is 1 count unit by minute */ /* Minute is 0 count unit by second */ - 48 -...
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