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PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Technical Support PORTWELL technicians and engineers are committed to providing the best possible technical support for our customers so that our products can be easily used and implemented. We request that you first visit our website at http://www.PORTWELL.com.tw/support/...
Portwell's PCOM-B701GT features four 10GbE KR, one GbE, DDR4 ECC/non-ECC memory support, and Gen3 PCIe supporting high speed I/O card. It is compatible with Type 7 carrier board. In addition, Portwell's PCOM-B701GT Type 7 COM Express module also supports a wide -40°C~85°C industrial temperature range (selected SKUs).
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Hardware Monitors ➢ ITE series Embedded Controller, Voltage, Fan and Temperature Power Management ➢ ACPI 4.0 Environment ➢ Operating Temperature 0°C ~60°C Extended : -40°C ~+85°C (Processor dependent) ➢ Storage Temperature -40°C ~+85°C ➢...
Denverton platform. For operation system support, please follow the intel release. Portwell does not endorse/validate/support any specific Linux distribution or entity mentioned on this list. Portwell recommends customers to work with Linux vendors/open source communities to find feature list and support model. Windows...
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide 3.6 3 SODIMM socket design PCOM-B701GT has designed additional Memory SODIMM socket at the bottom, which supports up to DDR4 up to 96GB capacities. Before inserting the DDR4 SODIMM memory, please refer to the below SODIMM arrangement and note that there are 2 SODIMM sockets of channel 1, the CH1 SODIMM2 (the button one) works only if CH1 SDDIMM1 (the top one) is inserted.
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide 5 Signal Descriptions and Pin out Tables Signal Tables Terminology Descriptions Input to the Module Output from the Module Bi-direction input / output signal Open Drain output CMOS Logic input or output. Input thresholds and output levels shall be 80% of supply rail for high side and 20% of the relevant supply rail for low side.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide #Note : Reserved / Not connected pins are highlighted as gray color. Signal Description Type Power / Tolerance PU / PD Note GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0: GBE0_MDI3- Media Dependent Interface Analog 3.3V max Suspend...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0: GBE0_MDI1+ Media Dependent Interface Analog 3.3V max Suspend Differential Pairs GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0: GBE0_MDI0- Media Dependent Interface Analog 3.3V max Suspend Differential Pairs Gigabit Ethernet Controller 0:...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Serial ATA or SAS Channel 0 SATA0_RX- SATA AC coupled on Module receive differential pair. GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX15+ PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX15- PCIE...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide RSVD Reserved Pin RSVD Reserved Pin Selection straps to determine the BIOS boot device.The Carrier PU 10K BIOS_DIS0# should only float these or pull CMOS ohm to 3.3V them low. Shared pin with ESPI_SAFS...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide USB over-current sense, USB channels 2 and 3. A pull-up for this PU 10K USB_2_3_OC# line shallbe present on the CMOS 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V ohm to Module. Do not pull this line high...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX5- PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs General purpose input pins. Pulled PU 10k GPI0 CMOS 3.3V / 3.3V high internally on the Module. ohm to 3.3V PCI Express Differential Transmit...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide General purpose input pins. Pulled PU 10k GPI2 CMOS 3.3V / 3.3V high internally on the Module. ohm to 3.3V PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX0+ PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Transmit...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX11- PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs NCSI Transmit Enable PD 270 NCSI_TX_EN (PD 10K on Carrier when NC-SI is 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V not used on Carrier) General purpose input pins. Pulled...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide General purpose output pins. GPO0 Upon a hardware reset, these CMOS 3.3V / 3.3V outputs should be low. SPI_CLK Clock from Module to Carrier SPI CMOS 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V Data out from Module to Carrier...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide LID button. Low active signal used PU 47K to A103 LID# by the ACPI operating system for CMOS 3.3V Suspend / 12V 3VSB a LID switch. Primary power input: +12V A104 VCC_12V +12V nominal.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide LPC multiplexed address, LPC_AD1 command and data bus / Shared CMOS 3.3V / 3.3V pin with ESPI IO LPC multiplexed address, LPC_AD2 command and data bus / Shared CMOS 3.3V / 3.3V pin with ESPI IO...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide System Management Bus Alert – active low input can be used to PU 4.7k SMB_ALERT# generate an SMI# (System CMOS 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V ohm to Management Interrupt) or to wake 3VSB the system.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide other configurable devices time to be programmed. PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX14+ PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX14- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs Output indicating that a watchdog CMOS 3.3V / 3.3V...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX12+ PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX12- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) USB differential pairs, channels 3. USB3- All USB ports except USB7, if 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide This signal is used by the Carrier to indicate the operating mode of the LPC/eSPI bus. If pulled down by the Carrier LPC mode is selected. If pulled up or left ESPI_EN CMOS floating, eSPI is selected if available.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Reset output from Module to Carrier Board. Active low. Issued by Module chipset and mayresult from a low SYS_RESET#input, a PU 1k ohm CB_RESET# low PWR_OKinput, a CMOS 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V to 3VSB...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX3- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX2+ PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX2- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs General purpose output pins.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX8+ PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX8- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX9+ PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Standby power input: +5.0V VCC_5V_SBY +5.0V nominal. Selection straps to determine the BIOS boot device.The Carrier PU 10k BIOS_DIS1# should only float these or pull CMOS ohm to 3.3V them low / Shared pin with...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide NC-SI Transmit Data (from BMC to NC). PU 10K to NCSI_TXD0 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V (PD 10K on Carrier when NC-SI is 1.05V not used on Carrier) Chip select for Carrier Board SPI -...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Primary power input: +12V B107 VCC_12V +12V nominal. Primary power input: +12V B108 VCC_12V +12V nominal. Primary power input: +12V B109 VCC_12V +12V nominal. B110 GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) Additional transmit signal USB_SSRX0- differential pairs for the...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Additional transmit signal USB_SSRX2+ differential pairs for the PCIE AC coupled off Module SuperSpeed USB data path. GND(FIXED) Additional transmit signal USB_SSRX3- differential pairs for the PCIE AC coupled off Module SuperSpeed USB data path.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Software-Definable Pins. Can also 10G_SDP2 be used for IEEE1588 support 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V such as a 1pps signal PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX6+ PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide I2C data signal of the 2-wire management interface used by the 10G_SFP_SDA3 10GbE controller to access the 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V management registers of an external Optical SFP Module I2C data signal of the 2-wire...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide I2C data signal of the 2-wire management interface used by the PU 4.7K to 10G_SFP_SDA1 10GbE controller to access the 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V 3VSB management registers of an external Optical SFP Module I2C data signal of the 2-wire management interface used by the PU 4.7K to...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide MDIO Mode: Management Data I/O interface mode clock signal for 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V serial data transfers between the MAC and an external PHY. C46 10G_PHY_MDC_SCL0 I2C Mode: I2C clock signal, of the 2-wire management interface used 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX17- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs The TYPE pins indicate to the Carrier Board the Pin-out Type TYPE1# that is implemented on the Module. PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX18+...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX21- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX22+ PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX22- PCIE AC coupled off Module...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX26- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX27+ PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Receive PCIE_RX27- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs GND(FIXED)
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Receive C102 PCIE_RX31- PCIE AC coupled off Module Pairs C103 Primary power input: +12V C104 VCC_12V +12V nominal. Primary power input: +12V C105 VCC_12V +12V nominal. Primary power input: +12V C106...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Additional transmit signal USB_SSTX1- differential pairs for the PCIE AC coupled on Module SuperSpeed USB data path. Additional transmit signal USB_SSTX1+ differential pairs for the PCIE AC coupled on Module SuperSpeed USB data path.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide I2C Mode: I2C data signal, of the 2-wire management interface used 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V for serial data transfers between the MAC and an external PHY. MDIO Mode: Management Data I/O interface mode data signal for 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Interrupt pin from copper PHY or 10G_INT3 optical SFP Module to the 10GbE 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V controller 10GBASE-KR ports, transmit AC coupled on 10G_KR_TX3+ output differential pairs. Carrier 10GBASE-KR ports, transmit AC coupled on 10G_KR_TX3- output differential pairs.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Phy mode select pin: If high Phy2 and Phy3 are configured by MDIO. If low Phy2 and Phy3 are 10G_PHY_SEL_23 configured by I2C. For MDIO 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V mode, this pin should be left not connected on the Carrier.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Software-Definable Pins. Can also PU 1K to 10G_SDP1 be used for IEEE1588 support 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V 3VSB such as a 1pps signal GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) 10GBASE-KR ports, transmit AC coupled on 10G_KR_TX1+ output differential pairs.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Interrupt pin from copper PHY or 10G_INT1 optical SFP Module to the 10GbE 3.3V Suspend / 3.3V controller 10GBASE-KR ports, transmit AC coupled on 10G_KR_TX0+ output differential pairs. Carrier 10GBASE-KR ports, transmit AC coupled on 10G_KR_TX0- output differential pairs.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX19+ PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX19- PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs RSVD Reserved Pin RSVD Reserved Pin PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX20+ PCIE...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX24+ PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX24- PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs GND(FIXED) GND(FIXED) PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX25+ PCIE AC coupled on Module...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX29+ PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX29- PCIE AC coupled on Module Pairs RSVD Reserved Pin PCI Express Differential Transmit PCIE_TX30+ PCIE AC coupled on Module...
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide 6 BIOS Setup Items PCOM-B701GT is equipped with the AMI BIOS stored in Flash ROM. These BIOS has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration easily. This type of information is stored in CMOS RAM so that it is retained during power-off periods.
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide 6.1 Entering Setup -- Launch System Setup Power on the computer and the system will start POST (Power On Self Test) process. When the message below appears on the screen, press <Del> key will enter BIOS setup screen.
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide 6.2 Main Figure 14 BIOS MAIN Feature Description Options The date format is <Day>, <Month> <Date> <Year>. Use [+] or [-] to configure System Date system Date. The time format is <Hour> <Minute> <Second>. Use [+] or [-] to configure system System Time Time.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Feature Description Options Enable / Disable EIST. GV3 and TM1 must be enabled for TM2 to be available. ★Enabled, Disabled EIST (GV3) GV3 must be enabled for Turbo. Auto – Enable for B0 CPU...
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide SATA Figure 18 BIOS SATA Feature Description Options Indicates the maximum speed the SATA controller can ★Gen3, Default, Gen1, Gen2 SATA Controller speed support. Enables / Disables SATA Controller port if supported by ★Enabled , Disabled Enable / disable port current cpu SKU.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Feature Description Options Enables Legacy USB support. AUTO option disables legacy ★Enabled , Disabled, Auto Legacy USB Support support if no USB devices are connected. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI application This is a workaround for OSes without XHCI hand-off support.
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Power control Figure 20 BIOS Power Control Feature Description Options ★Always OFF, Control SIO Power Loss Function, ON is always ON, OFF is Always ON, Power Loss Function always OFF, Last State Last state will depends on last power state.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Feature Description Options Enables or Disables BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not ★Enabled, Disabled Security Device Support show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A Interface will not be available. ★Enabled, Disabled...
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Super IO Figure 22 BIOS Super IO Feature Description Options ★Enabled, Disabled Module Serial Port Enable or Disable Serial Port (COM) ★Disabled, Enabled Watch Dog Timer Enable/Disable Watch Dog Timer ★Second, Minute Select Timer count unit of WDT Timer Unit ★20...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Feature Description Options Emulation: ANSI: Extended ASCII char set. VT100: ASCII char ★VT100+, VT100, ANSI, set. VT100+: Extends VT100 to support color , function keys, etc. Terminal Type VT-UTF8: Uses UTF8 encoding to map Unicode chars onto 1 or VT-UTF8 more bytes.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Feature Description Options Change this to enable or disable all features of ★Enabled, Disabled Smbios Event Log Smbios Event Logging during boot. Choose options for erasing Smbios Event Log. ★No, Yes Next reset, Yes Every reset...
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide 6.5 Security Figure 28 BIOS Security Feature Description Options [Setup] check password when enter setup screen. [Power on] check ★Setup, Power On Password Check Mode password on every time system power on. Administrator Password Set Administrator Password...
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Feature Description Options Secure Boot activated when Platform Key(PK) is enrolled, System Enabled, ★Disabled Enable Secure Boot mode is User / Deployed, and CSM function is disabled Secure Boot mode selector: Standard / Custom.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Feature Description Options Allow to provision factory default Secure Boot Keys when Enabled, ★Disabled Provision Factory Def System is in Setup Mode. Force system to setup mode – delete all Secure Boot Key Reset to Setup Mode databases Allow the image to run in Secure Boot mode.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide Feature Description Options Number of seconds to wait for setup activation key. 65535(0xFFFF) ★3 Setup Prompt Timeout means indefinite waiting. ★On, Off Bootup NumLock State Select the keyboard NumLock state ★Disabled, Enabled Full Screen LOGO Enables or disables Quiet Boot option and Full screen Logo.
COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide 6.6 Save & Exit Figure 33 BIOS SAVE & EXIT Feature Description Options Save Changes and Reset Reset the system after saving the changes. Discard Changes and Reset Reset system setup without saving any changes.
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COM Express™ PORTWELL PCOM-B701GT User's Guide 11 Industry Specifications The list below provides links to industry specifications that apply to PORTWELL modules. Low Pin Count Interface Specification, Revision 1.0 (LPC) http://www.intel.com/design/chipsets/industry/lpc.htm Universal Serial Bus (USB) Specification, Revision 2.0 http://www.usb.org/home PCI Specification, Revision 2.3 https://www.pcisig.com/specifications...
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