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For continuing product improve- ment, Shuttle® Inc. reserves the right to revise the manual or make changes to the speci- fications of this product at any time without notice and obligation to any person or entity regarding such change.
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Read the following precautions before setting up a Shuttle XPC. CAUTION Incorrectly replacing the battery may damage this computer. Replace only with the same or equivalent as recommended by Shuttle. Disposal of used batteries according to the manufacturer's instructions. Laser compliance statement The optical disc drive in this server is a laser product.
Driver and Software Installation Motherboard Driver DVD The DVD contents attached in SZ270R8 Series motherboard are subject to change without notice. The Motherboard Driver DVD contains all the motherboard drivers necessary to ® optimize the performance of this Shuttle Xvision in a Windows OS.
Appendix Starting BIOS AMIBIOS has been integrated into many motherboards for over a decade. In the past, people often referred to the AMIBIOS setup menu as BIOS, BIOS setup, or CMOS setup. American Megatrends refers to this setup as BIOS. Specifically, it is the name of the AMIBIOS BIOS setup utility.
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AMIBIOS has default text messages built into it. The motherboard manufacture retains the option to include, leave out, or change any of these text messages. They can also add their own text messages. Because of this, many screen shots in this manual are different from your BIOS setup screen. The BIOS setup/utility uses a key-based navigation system called hot keys.
Main Setup When you first enter the BIOS Setup Utility, you will enter the Main setup screen. You can always return to the Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab. There are two Main Setup options. They are described in this section. The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below.
Advanced Select the Advanced tab from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS Setup screen. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as CPU Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
Hardware Health Configuration FAN1 Speed Control This item allows you to set FAN1 Speed. The choice: Smart Fan Mode, Ultra-Low Speed, Low Speed, Mid Speed, Full Speed. FAN2 Speed Control This item allows you to set FAN2 Speed ...
CPU Configuration You can use this screen to select options for the CPU Configuration Settings. Use the up and down <Arrow> keys to select an item. Use the <Plus> and <Minus> keys to change the value of the selected option. A description of the selected item appears on the right side of the screen.
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Intel(R) V. T. When enable, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by vanderpool Technology. The choice: Enabled , Disabled. CPU support, item appear. Active Processor Cores This item allows you to determine how many cores to be enabled. ...
SATA Configuration SATA Mode Selection This item allows you to set the SATA Mode. The choice: AHCI or RAID. Hot Plug This item allows you to enable or disable Hot Plug capability. The choice: Enabled , Disabled.
Onboard Device Configuration CN3 PCIe/SATA Select This item allows you to select PCIe/SATA interface for M.2 slot(CN3). The choice: PCIe, SATA. PCIeX16 Speed This item allows user to select PCIeX16 Speed. The choice: Auto, Gen1, Gen2, Gen3. High Definition Audio This item allows you to enable or disable system High Definition Audio.
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Initiate Graphic Adapter Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. Set Initiate Graphic Adapter to "Switchable" and enable Multi-Monitor feature. The choice: PCIE, onboard, Switchable. IGD Memory Size Select Allows you to select the size of system memory used by the internal graphics device.
Power Management Configuration Wake Up by USB (S3) This item allows you to enable or disable system wake up by USB (S3). The choice: Enabled , Disabled. EuP Function This item allows you to enable or disable system EuP function in S4/S5. ...
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Wake Up by LAN This item allows you to enable or disable system wake on by onboard LAN chip. The choice: Enabled , Disabled. PowerOn by RTC Alarm When enabled, System will wake on the hr::min::sec specified. The choice: Enabled , Disabled.
Shuttle Tuning CPU OC Function This item allows you to enable or disable CPU OC function. This item appears with overclockable CPU. The choice: Enabled , Disabled. BCLK Frequency This item allows you to adjust BCLK frequency. 10000 means 100MHz.
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Power Limit 1 This item allows you to limit the long duration power limit. 100000 means 100W. The choice: 0 ~ 4095875. Power Limit 1 Time Window This item allows you to select the MAX time for overriding the long duration power limit.
Security Select the Security tab from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Security BIOS Setup screen. You can display an Security BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow> keys. All Security BIOS Setup options are described in this section. The Security Setup screen is shown below.
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Change Supervisor Password Select Change Supervisor Password from the Security Setup menu and press <Enter>. Enter New Password: Type the password and press <Enter>. The screen does not display the characters entered. Retype the password as prompted and press <Enter>. If the password confirmation is incorrect, an error message appears.
Boot Select the Boot tab from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Boot BIOS Setup screen. You can select any of the items in the left frame of the screen, such as Boot Settings Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. You can display an Boot BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
Save & Exit Select the Exit tab from the BIOS setup screen to enter the Exit BIOS Setup screen. You can display an Exit BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow> keys. All Exit BIOS Setup options are described in this section. The Exit BIOS Setup screen is shown below.
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Save Changes and Exit When you have completed the system configuration changes, select this option to leave BIOS Setup and reboot the computer so the new system configuration parameters can take effect. Select "Save Changes and Exit" from the Exit menu and press <Enter>. Save Configuration Changes and Exit Now? [Ok] [Cancel] appears in the window.