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This manual is released by Vecow Co., Ltd. for reference purpose only. All product offerings and specifications are subject to change without prior notice. It does not represent commitment of Vecow Co., Ltd. Vecow shall not be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use of the product or documentation or any infringements upon the rights of third parties, which may result from such use.
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Order Information Part Number Description RCS-9000, 2 GigE LAN, 1 PCIe x8, 3 PCIe x4, 4 COM, 7 USB 3.0, RCS-9440 3 SIM, Isolated DIO RCS-9000 w/65W CPU, 2 GigE LAN, 1 PCIe x8, 3 PCIe x4, RCS-9440H 4 COM, 7 USB 3.0, 3 SIM, Isolated DIO...
Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview 1.2 Features 1.3 Product Specification 1.3.1 Specifications of RCS-9440 1.3.2 Specifications of RCS-9440H 1.3.3 Specifications of RCS-9422 1.3.4 Specifications of RCS-9422H 1.3.5 Specifications of RCS-9404 1.3.6 Specifications of RCS-9404H 1.3.7 Specifications of RCS-9440R 1.3.8 Specifications of RCS-9440RH 1.3.9 Specifications of RCS-9422R 1.3.10 Specifications of RCS-9422RH...
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1.5.7 Dimensions of RCS-9400F 1.5.8 Dimensions of RCS-9400FH 1.5.9 Dimensions of RCS-9400FR 1.5.10 Dimensions of RCS-9400FHR CHAPTER 2 GETTING TO KNOW YOUR RCS-9000 2.1 Packing List 2.2 Front Panel I/O Functions 2.3 Main Board Expansion Connectors 2.4 Main Board Jumper Settings 2.5 Ignition Control...
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CHAPTER 4 BIOS AND DRIVER SETTING 4.1 BIOS Settings 4.2 Main Menu 4.3 Advanced Function 4.4 Chipset Functions 4.5 Security 4.6 Boot 4.7 Save & Exit APPENDIX A : Isolated DIO Guide APPENDIX B : Software Functions APPENDIX C : RAID Installation Guide APPENDIX D1 : Power Consumption D2 : Power Consumption with GTX-1080...
GENERAL INTRODUCTION 1.1 Overview RCS-9000 is a high performance and flexible fan-less robust computing system ® for Industry 4.0 applications. LGA1151 socket supports workstation-grade Intel ® ® Xeon /Core™ i7/i5/i3 Processor (Kaby Lake/Skylake) running with Intel C236 chipset and supports dual channel DDR4 2133MHz up to 32GB memory. RCS- 9000 enables outstanding CPU performance, with enhanced power productivity ®...
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Graphics ® Graphics Processor Intel HD Graphics 630/530 Interface • DVI-I : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DVI-D : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DisplayPort : Up to 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz Storage SATA 4 SATA III (6Gbps) support software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 mSATA...
Others Optional Infineon SLB9665 supports TPM 2.0, LPC interface Watchdog Timer Reset : 1 to 255 sec./min. per step Smart Management Wake on LAN, PXE supported HW Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltages. Auto throttling control when CPU overheats. Software Support Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Linux Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, or Linux Kernel 3.0 above...
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4 PCI Slot Graphics ® Graphics Processor Intel HD Graphics 630/530 Interface • DVI-I : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DVI-D : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DisplayPort : Up to 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz Storage SATA 4 SATA III (6Gbps) support software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10...
Others Optional Infineon SLB9665 supports TPM 2.0, LPC interface Watchdog Timer Reset : 1 to 255 sec./min. per step Smart Management Wake on LAN, PXE supported HW Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltages. Auto throttling control when CPU overheats. Software Support Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Linux Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, or Linux Kernel 3.0 above...
Others Optional Infineon SLB9665 supports TPM 2.0, LPC interface Watchdog Timer Reset : 1 to 255 sec./min. per step Smart Management Wake on LAN, PXE supported HW Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltages. Auto throttling control when CPU overheats. Software Support Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Linux Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, or Linux Kernel 3.0 above...
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PCIe 2 PCIe x8 Slot Graphics ® Graphics Processor Intel HD Graphics 630/530 Interface • DVI-I : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DVI-D : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DisplayPort : Up to 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz Storage SATA 4 SATA III (6Gbps) support software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10...
Others Optional Infineon SLB9665 supports TPM 2.0, LPC interface Watchdog Timer Reset : 1 to 255 sec./min. per step Smart Management Wake on LAN, PXE supported HW Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltages. Auto throttling control when CPU overheats. Software Support Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Linux Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, or Linux Kernel 3.0 above...
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PCIe 1 PCIe x16 Slot 1 PCI Slot Graphics ® Graphics Processor Intel HD Graphics 630/530 Interface • DVI-I : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DVI-D : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DisplayPort : Up to 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz Storage SATA 4 SATA III (6Gbps) support software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10...
Others Optional Infineon SLB9665 supports TPM 2.0, LPC interface Watchdog Timer Reset : 1 to 255 sec./min. per step Smart Management Wake on LAN, PXE supported HW Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltages. Auto throttling control when CPU overheats. Software Support Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Linux Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, or Linux Kernel 3.0 above...
Others Optional Infineon SLB9665 supports TPM 2.0, LPC interface Watchdog Timer Reset : 1 to 255 sec./min. per step Smart Management Wake on LAN, PXE supported HW Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltages. Auto throttling control when CPU overheats. Software Support Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Linux Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, or Linux Kernel 3.0 above...
Others Optional Infineon SLB9665 supports TPM 2.0, LPC interface Watchdog Timer Reset : 1 to 255 sec./min. per step Smart Management Wake on LAN, PXE supported HW Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltages. Auto throttling control when CPU overheats. Software Support Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Linux Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, or Linux Kernel 3.0 above...
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PCIe • 1 PCIe x16 Slot • 2 PCI Slot Graphics ® Graphics Processor Intel HD Graphics 630/530 Interface • DVI-I : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DVI-D : Up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60Hz • DisplayPort : Up to 4096 x 2304 @ 60Hz Storage SATA 4 SATA III (6Gbps) support software RAID 0, 1, 5, 10...
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Others Optional Infineon SLB9665 supports TPM 2.0, LPC interface Watchdog Timer Reset : 1 to 255 sec./min. per step Smart Management Wake on LAN, PXE supported HW Monitor Monitoring temperature, voltages. Auto throttling control when CPU overheats. Software Support Microsoft Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 Linux Fedora 13, Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, or Linux Kernel 3.0 above...
2.1 Packing List Item Description RCS-9000 Fanless Robust Computing System (According to the configuration you order, the RCS-9000 series may contain SSD/HDD and DDR4 SO-DIMM. Please verify these items if necessary.) RCS-9200 Series Accessory box, which contains ● Vecow Drivers & Utilities DVD ●...
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RCS-9400F Series Accessory box, which contains ● Vecow Drivers & Utilities DVD ● Wall-mounting bracket ● F#6-32x6 screw for wall-mounting bracket ● PH-M2.5x6 screw for Mini PCIe Slot ● PH-M4x16.5 for Din Rail ● M3x11 Spring screws for CPU ● Terminal block plug pitch 2.54mm 2x10pin ●...
2.2 Front Panel I/O Functions In Vecow’s RCS-9000 series family, all I/O connectors are located on the front panel. Most of the general connections to the computer device, such as audio, USB, DVI-I, DVI-D, DisplayPort, and any additional storage, are placed on the front panel.
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S3, S5 Suspend to RAM, System off with standby power To power on RCS-9000, press the power button which will light the blue LED. To power off RCS-9000, you can either command shutdown by OS operation or simply press the power button. If system error appears, press and hold the power button for four seconds to shut down the machine directly.
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There are six USB 3.0 connections available, supporting up to 5GB per second data rates on the front side of the RCS-9000. It is also compliant with the requirements of super speed (SS), high speed (HS), full speed (FS), and low speed (LS).
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There are two 8-pin RJ-45 jacks supporting 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet ® connections on the front side of RCS-9000. LAN 1 is powered by Intel I219LMLM Ethernet engine, and LAN 2 is powered by Intel I210 Ethernet engine. When LAN 1 works in normal status, iAMT 11.0 function is enabled.
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DC-IN | LAN 2 | LAN 1 DVI-D COM 1 DVI-I On | Off COM 2 RCS-9000 supports 6V to 36V DC power input. Pin No. Definition Pin No. Definition Earth GND 2.2.13 Remote Power On/Off Switch COM 4 COM 3...
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Isolated GPI input circuit in SINK mode (NPN) is illustrated as follows: GPI SOURCE Mode Digital GPI input signal circuit in SOURCE mode (PNP) is illustrated as follows: GPO SINK Mode Digital GPO output circuit in SINK mode (NPN) is illustrated as follows: GETTING TO KNOW YOUR RCS-9000...
2.3 Main Board Expansion Connectors 2.3.1 Front View of RCS-9000 Main Board With Connector Location CN12 SATA2 SATA1 CN20 BAT1 CN36 SATA3 SATA4 FAN1 CN15 MPCIE1 FAN2 JUSB1 mSATA BIOS MPCIE2 CN39 MPCIE3 2.3.2 Rear View of RCS-9000 Main Board With Connector Location...
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2.3.3 CN12 : GPIO CN12 The RCS-9000 offers sixteen programmable I/O within TTL 5V tolerance. If the GPIO is logic high, it indicates that the mapping on SIO GPIO pin is logic high level. If the GPIO is logic low, it indicates that the mapping on SIO GPIO pin is logic low level.
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2.3.5 BAT1 : Battery BAT1 The RCS-9000’s real-time clock is powered by a lithium battery. It is equipped with Panasonic BR2032 190mAh lithium battery. It is recommended that you do not replace the lithium battery on your own. If the battery needs to be changed, please contact the Vecow RMA service team.
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CN20 CN36 The RCS-9000 is also equipped with two SATA power connectors. It supports 5V (Up to 3A) and 12V (Up to 3A) currents to the hard drive or SSD. The pin assignments of CN20 and CN36 are listed in the following table: Pin No.
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2.3.11 CN15 : Internal Dual Port USB 3.0 CN15 The RCS-9000 main board provides one expansion USB port using plug- and-play for Dongle Key or LCD touch panel. The USB interface supports 5G transfer rate which complies with high speed USB specification Rev. 3.0. The USB interface is accessed through one standard USB 3.0 connector.
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2.3.12 JUSB1 : Internal Dual Port USB 2.0 JUSB1 The RCS-9000 main board provides up to two expansion USB ports using plug-and-play for Dongle Key or LCD touch panel. The USB interface supports 480Mbps transfer rate which complies with high speed USB specification Rev.
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2.3.15 CN9 : CFast The RCS-9000 system comes with a CFast socket on the front panel for Type-I/ Type-II compact flash card. It is implemented by a SATA III Port from C236 PCH. Be sure to disconnect the power source and unscrew the CFast socket cover before installing a CFast card.
1, 2, and 3. In this case you would connect either pins 1 and 2 or 2 and 3. The figure below is the top view of the RCS-9000 main board. It shows the location of the jumpers.
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Definition USB3.0 and USB2.0 Wake Up Disable USB3.0 and USB2.0 Wake Up Enable (Default) 2.4.6 JP3 Pin Header Pin No. Definition Disable Flash Descriptor Security (override) Enable security measures defined in the Flash Descriptor. (Default) GETTING TO KNOW YOUR RCS-9000...
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2.5.2 Adjust Ignition Control Modes The RCS-9000 series provide sixteen modes of different power on/off delay periods adjustable via rotary switch. The default rotary switch is set to 0 in ATX/ AT power mode. The modes are listed in the following table:...
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Note: 1. DC power source and IGN share the same ground. 2. RCS-9000 supports 6V~36V wide range DC power input in ATX/AT mode. In Ignition mode, the input voltage is fixed to 12V/24V for car battery scenario. 3. For proper ignition control, the power button setting should be “Power down”...
SYSTEM SETUP 3.1 How to Open Your RCS-9000/9000F 3.1.1 How to Open Your RCS-9000 Step 1 Remove two F-6-32x6 screws (circled in red) and four F-M3x4 screws (circled in yellow) on the top cover. Step 2 Take off the top cover.
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Step 5 Remove com ports eight #4-40 (red) and one KHS-632x8 (yellow) screw on the front panel. Step 6 Remove six F-632x6 screws. Step 7 Take off the front panel, power cable, and SATA cable. HARDWARE INSTALLATION...
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Step 3 Remove two (red), three (yellow), three (blue) and two (green) F-M3x4L screws. Take off the bottom. Step 4 Remove Riser Card PH-M3 screws. HARDWARE INSTALLATION...
3.2 Installing CPU Step 1 Remove five M3x11 spring screws (red) and five PH M3x6L screws(yellow). Step 2 Open the CPU slot. Step 3 Push the slot key. HARDWARE INSTALLATION...
3.3 Installing DDR4 SO-DIMM Modules Step 1 Install DDR4 RAM module into SO-DIMM slot. Step 2 Make sure the RAM module is locked by the memory slots (red). HARDWARE INSTALLATION...
3.5 Installing Antenna Cable Step 1 Check antenna cable and washers. Step 2 Remove one rubber cork from the rear panel (pick the location you want). HARDWARE INSTALLATION...
3.9 Installing SSD/HDD 3.9.1 External SSD/HDD (For RCS-9440R/RCS-9422R/RCS-9404R/ RCS-9440RH/RCS-9422RH/RCS-9404RH) Step 1 Trigger and open SSD/HDD tray. SATA 4 SATA 3 SATA 2 SATA 1 Step 2 Insert 2.5” SSD/HDD into Step 3 Push back and close the the tray. SSD/HDD tray. HARDWARE INSTALLATION...
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Step 3 Turn system to the side. Step 4 Remove four F-M3x4L and take bracket. Step 5 Remove four F-M3x4L screws with riser card bracket. HARDWARE INSTALLATION...
BIOS AND DRIVER SETTING 4.1 BIOS Settings BIOS provides an interface for users to check and change system configuration. The BIOS setup program is accessed by pressing the <Del> key when POST display output is shown. Figure 4-1: Entering Setup Screen BIOS AND DRIVER SETTING...
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4.3.1 CPU Configuration Figure 4-3-1: CPU Configuration Hardware Prefetcher To turn on/off the MLC streamer prefetcher. Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch To turn on/off prefetching of adjacent cache lines. Intel (VMX) Virtualization Technology When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology.
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4.3.2.2 GT – Power Management Control Figure 4-3-2-2: GT – Power Management Control RC6 (Render Standby) Check to enable render standby support. Maximum GT frequency Maximum GT frequency limited by the user. Choose between 350MHz (RPN) and 1150MHz (RP0). Value beyond the range will be clopped to min/max supported by SKU 4.3.3 PCH-FW Configuration Figure 4-3-3: PCH-FW Settings...
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4.3.7 IT8786 Super IO Configuration Figure 4-3-7: IT8786 Super IO Configuration 4.3.7.1 Serial Port X Configuration Figure 4-3-7-1: Serial Port X Configuration Serial Port 1 to port 4 Configuration Options for Serial Port 1 to Serial Port 4. Entering the corresponding Port option then end user can change the settings such as I/O resource and UART mode (High Speed Serial Port is Port 1 only).
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CSM Support Enable/disable CSM support GateA20 Active UPON REQUEST-GA20 can be disabled using BIOS services. ALWAYS - do not allow GA20 to be disabled; this option is useful when any RT code is executed above 1MB. Option ROM Messages Set display mode for option ROM. INT19 Trap Response BIOS reaction on INT19 trapping by Option ROM: IMMEDIATE - execute the trap right away;...
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Aperture Size Select the Aperture Size. Note: Above 4GB MMIO BIOS assignment is automatically enabled when selecting 2048MB aperture. To use this feature, please disable CSM Support. DVMT Pre-Allocated Select DVMT 5.0 Pre-Allocated (Fixed) Graphics Memory size used by the Internal Graphics Device.
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4.4.2.2 SATA and RST Configuration Figure 4-4-2-2: SATA And RST Settings SATA Controller(s) Enable or disable SATA Device. SATA Mode Selection Determines how SATA controller(s) operate. Software Feature Mask Configuration RAID OROM/RST driver will refer to the SWFM configuration to enable or disable the storage features.
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4.5.1 HDD Security Configuration Figure 4-5-1: HDD Security Settings Set User Password Set HDD user password. *** Advisable to power cycle system after setting hard disk passwords *** Discard or save changes option in setup does not have any impact on HDD when password is set or removed.
4.7 Save & Exit Figure 4-7: Bios Save and Exit Menu Save Changes and Exit Exit system setup after saving the changes. Discard Changes and Exit Exit system setup without saving any changes. Save Changes and Reset Reset the system after saving the changes. Discard Changes and Reset Reset system setup without saving any changes.
APPENDIX A : Isolated DIO Guide A.1 Function Description The RCS-9000 offers two 16-bit isolated DIO 20-pin terminal block connector, a 16-bit GPIO 26-pin internal connector, and a watchdog timer. Isolated DIO pins are fixed by Hardware design that cannot change in/out direction in runtime process.
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GPIO definition is shown below: Pin No. Description Pin No. Description GPIO 15 GPIO 7 GPIO 14 GPIO 6 GPIO 13 GPIO 5 GPIO 12 GPIO 4 GPIO 11 GPIO 3 GPIO 10 GPIO 2 GPIO 9 GPIO 1 GPIO 8 GPIO 0 A.2 Isolated DIO Signal Circuit DI signal circuit in SINK mode (NPN) is illustrated as follows.
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Runtime folder include head file for software developer or System Integration. Sample folder include sample program, driver library, and API library. Source folder include sample program source code that compile on Visual Studio 2008. A.4 Sample Execute DIO demo tool (RCS9K.exe). Sample RCS9K.exe, as shown below: DIO1 / DIO2 group: Isolate check button:...
APPENDIX B : Software Functions B.1 Driver API Guide In Runtime folder, on RCS9K2.h: _DLL_IMPORT_ definition is used on LoadLibrary API for RCS9K.dll. RCS9K_EXPORTS definition is used on RCS9K.dll building. Otherwise, that is used to compile with RCS9K.lib BOOL Initial(BYTE Isolate_Type, BYTE DIO_NPN) Initial machine for DIO, watchdog timer, and POE Isolate_Type: DIO type 1: Isolated DIO;...
Please select SATA device to RAID mode on BIOS menu. Advanced → SATA Configuration → SATA Mode Selection C.2 OS Installation RCS-9000 is featured with six SATA, including four internal SATA, one mSATA and one CFast. You can select one of the SATA ports for OS installation We used CFast card for Windows 10 OS installation as an example.
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C.6 To Create RAID Volume on “Rapid Storage Technology” Software RCS-9000 is featured with six SATA HDDs for RAID volume, so there are three options for choose on this page. Let’s take RAID 1 as an example, please select ”RAID 1”.
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C.9 Recovery and Auto Re-build When Use the SAME RAID HDD C.10 Recovery and Auto Re-build When Use DIFFERENT RAID HDD A warning will pop-up to ask you if the disk is not a member of the original RAID volume. If you press “Rebuild”, it will replace the broken SATA HDD to the last SATA HDD of RAID volume.
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™ D.1-1 Core i7-6700, 3.40GHz (8M Cache, 65W) Power on and boot to Win 8.1 64-bit Idle status CPU usage Run 100% CPU usage Sleep Mode less 3% without 3D Power Input Current Consumption Current Consumption Current Consumption i7-6700 0.871A 05.23W 2.780A 16.68W...
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™ D.2-1 Core i7-7700, 3.60GHz (8M Cache, 65W) Power on and boot to Win10 64bit Idle Status : Standby Mode CPU usage less 3% Power Input Current Consumption Current Consumption Core™ i7- 0.448A 06.72W 1.623A 24.35W 7700 Core™ i7- 0.312A 07.49W 1.073A 25.75W...
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Step 3 Click on “dTPM” (TPM Device Selection) Step 4 Please save the BIOS settings by pressing F4. Please press Enter when the pop-up window which asks “Save configuration and exit?” appears. The computer will then restart. Appendix G...