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User Manual EIS-S232 Fanless Embedded Box PC...
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There is an English user manual included as a PDF file on the CD. Please disregard the Chinese hard copy user manual if the product is not to be sold and/or installed in China. Part No. 2006S23210 Edition 1 Printed in China March 2024 EIS-S232 User Manual...
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No part of this manual may be reproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of Advantech Co., Ltd. The information provided in this manual is intended to be accurate and reliable.
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Product Warranty (2 years) Advantech warrants the original purchaser that each of its products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship for two years from the date of purchase. This warranty does not apply to any products that have been repaired or altered by persons other than repair personnel authorized by Advantech, or products that have been subject to misuse, abuse, accident, or improper installation.
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Technical Support and Assistance Visit the Advantech website at www.advantech.com/support to obtain the latest product information. Contact your distributor, sales representative, or Advantech's customer service center for technical support if you need additional assistance. Please have the following information ready before calling: –...
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Power cable 3-pin 183cm, USA type 1702002605 Power cable 3-pin 183cm, EU type 1702031801 Power cable 3-pin 183cm, UK type 1700000237 Power cable, 3-Pin 183cm, PSE type AMK-A0035 2 x internal HDD bays kit (Max Height 15mm) EIS-S232 User Manual...
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12-36V S232- I3-10100E Optional Optional 2 2 PCI 01DS281 Expansion riser card maximum load: 30W. Please return to the authorized dealer for any installation, replacement, repair, update or service. Note! CPU/Memory/Storage and operating system bundled by request. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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The equipment should only be installed in a restricted access areas. DISCLAIMER: These instructions are provided according to IEC 704-1 stan- dards. Advantech disclaims all responsibility for the accuracy of any statements contained herein. Use a power cord connected to a socket-outlet with a grounded connection.
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This product is intended to be supplied by a UL Listed power supply suitable for use at minimum Tma 60° C (140° F) whose output meets ES1 (or SELV) and output is rated: 12-36Vdc, 16-6.3A. Please contact Advantech for further infor- mation.
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L'équipement ne doit être installé que dans une zone d'accès restreint. AVERTISSEMENT: Cet ensemble d'instructions est donné conformément à la norme CEI 704-1. Advantech décline toute responsabilité quant à l'exactitude des déclarations contenues dans ce. Au moyen d'un cordon d'alimentation connecté à une prise de courant avec mise à...
Table 2.6: JSETCOM3 (J1) COM3 RI Power Setting....14 Connectors....................15 2.3.1 EIS-S232 External I/O Locations ..........15 Figure 2.3 EIS-S232 Front and Rear I/O Connector Diagram ... 15 Figure 2.4 COM Connector............15 Table 2.7: COM Connector Pin Assignments......15 Table 2.8: COM Connector Pin Assignments......16 Figure 2.5 Ethernet Connector ..........
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3.2.6 Save & Exit ................. 92 Appendix A Watchdog Timer Sample Code ..93 EC Watchdog Timer Sample Code ............94 Appendix B Fixing the LAN Order......95 Problem Statement ................. 96 Addressing the LAN Order..............96 EIS-S232 User Manual...
A0035). Rugged Multi-Functional Design EIS-S232 adopts an advanced thermal design for its desktop processor solution. All models are fanless, and feature various quality features. These include wide operat- ing temperatures (-20 ~ 60° C/-4 ~ 140° F), diverse expandability options, and struc- tural strengthening.
– 1 x Full size MiniPCIe (support mSATA and 1 with SIM) – 1 x M.2 (E key for Wi-Fi, suggested installation at Advantech manufacturing) – Add-on Card Slot: 2x PCI + 1x PCIe x16 – 1 x iDoor Module TPM: TPM2.0 (Optional)
Wake-up from sleep states S3 – Maximum 500mA for each USB port Power Management ® Intel W480E Chip Supports: – ACPI – ACPI-defined power states (processor driven C states) – ACPI Power Management Timer – SMI# generation EIS-S232 User Manual...
TPM: TPM 2.0 1.3.2 SUSI 4.0 SUSI API DIO 16-bit programmable DIO Watchdog Timer Multi-level WDT (set by Advantech iManager) Programmable 1-255 sec/min Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature/input Current/input Voltage System Information Running HR/Boot record ...
Minimum Power Input: 12 ~ 36 V Operating Environment Specifications 1.6.1 Operating Temperature With extended peripherals: -20 ~ 60° C (-4 ~ 140° F) with 0.7m/s air flow 1.6.2 Relative Humidity 95% @ 40° C (104° F) (non-condensing) EIS-S232 User Manual...
2.2.1 Jumper Description You may configure EIS-S232 to match the needs of your application by setting jump- ers. A jumper is a metal bridge used to close an electric circuit. It consists of two metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them.
Clear CMOS 2.2.4.3 MINI PCIE Power Setting for MPWR_SEL1 Table 2.4: MPWR_SEL1 Power Setting Part Number 1653003101 Footprint HD_3x1P_79_D Description PIN HEADER 3x1P 2.0mm 180D(M) DIP 2000-13 WS Setting Function (1-2) 3.3V (Default) (2-3) 3.8V for 5G module EIS-S232 User Manual...
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COM3 RI Power Setting JSETCOM3 (J1) on AMO-I028 Card Table 2.6: JSETCOM3 (J1) COM3 RI Power Setting JSETCOM3 (J1) COM3 RI Power Setting Part Number 1653003201 Footprint HD_3x2P_79_D Description PIN HEADER 3x2P 2.0mm 180D(M) DIP 21N22050 Setting Function (1-2) Normal (default) (3-4) (5-6) +12V EIS-S232 User Manual...
COM Connector EIS-S232 provides up to 6 D-sub 9-pin connectors, which offers RS-232/422/485 serial communication interface ports. The default setting is RS-232, the mode RS- 422/485 of EIS-S232 COM3/4/5/6 can be supported via the BIOS settings. COM1/2 supports RS-232. COM3~COM6 ...
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2.3.1.2 Ethernet Connector (LAN) EIS-S232 is equipped with up to 2 x Ethernet controllers that are fully compliant with IEEE 802.3u 10/100/1000 Mbps CSMA/CD standards. These Ethernet ports provides a standard RJ-45 jack connector with LED indicators on the front side to show its Active/Link status (Green LED) and Speed status (Green/Orange LED).
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Hot Plug Detect 2.3.1.4 VGA Connector EIS-S232 provides an integrated 15-pin female VGA digital video interface, which supports up to 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz. Please refer to Table 2.6 for its pin assign- ments. Figure 2.7 VGA Connector Table 2.11: VGA Connector Pin Assignments...
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2.3.1.6 Power On/Off Button EIS-S232 has a Power On/Off button with LED indicators on the front side that show “On” (Green LED) and “Off/Suspend” statuses (Orange LED). The Power button sup- ports dual functions: Soft Power -On/Off (Instant off or Delay 4 Seconds then off), and Suspend.
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2.3.1.9 USB3.2 Gen2 and Gen1 EIS-S232 supports 4 x USB 3.2 (Gen2,10G),2 x USB 3.2 (Gen1, 5G), and 2 x Inde- pendent USB 3.2 (Gen1, 5G) interfaces The USB interfaces complies with USB UHCI, Rev. 3.0 standards. Please refer to Table 2.5 for its pin assignments. USB 3.2 Gen1/2 connectors contain legacy pins to interface with USB 2.0 devices, and a new...
Installation 2.4.1 CPU/Memory Installation EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Unscrew the 4 screws on the top cover, and remove the top cover. Install the CPU (LGA1151) and memory into the system. Replace the top cover. EIS-S232 User Manual...
External HDD/SSD Installation Unscrew 2 x screws on hard drive bay. Install HDD/SSD with 4 x screws on the HDD/SSD tray. Push back the hard drive bay into the system and use the same screws to affix. EIS-S232 User Manual...
Retirez le kit de montage et les 4 vis (M4x6L) de la boîte d'accessoires. Screw one of the 2 screws (M4x6L) on left and right side and fix the system hor- izontally. Vissez chaque 2 vis (M4x6L) sur les côtés gauche et droit et fixez le système horizontalement. EIS-S232 User Manual...
Paste the 30 x 30 x 0.2 mm (1.18 x 1.18 x 007 in) thermal pad to the CPU (as illustrated above). Paste the 46 x 46 x 1 mm (1.8 x 1.8 x 03 in) piece to the Copper block (as illus- trated below). EIS-S232 User Manual...
AMIBIOS has been integrated into motherboards for over two decades. With the AMIBIOS Setup program, users can modify BIOS settings and control various sys- tem features. This chapter describes the basic navigation of the EIS-S232 BIOS setup screens. AMI's BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configuration.
BIOS supports your CPU. If there is no number assigned to the patch code, please contact an Advantech application engineer to obtain an up-to-date patch code file. This will ensure that your CPU‘s system status is valid.
3.2.2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup Select the Advanced tab from the EIS-S232 setup screen to enter the Advanced BIOS Setup screen. Users can select any item in the left frame of the screen, such as CPU Configuration, to go to the sub menu for that item. Users can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow>...
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CNVi Mode This option configures connectivity. Discrete Bluetooth Module SerialIo UART0 needs to be enabled to select BT module. Advanced settings Configure ACPI objects for wireless devices. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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WWAN Configuration WWAN Device Enable or Disable M.2 WWAN Device. 3.2.2.2 CPU Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Number of cores to enable in each processor package. Hyper-Threading Enable or Disable Hyper-Threading technology. BIST Enable/Disable BIST (Built-In Self Test) on reset AP threads Idle Manner AP threads Idle manner for waiting signal to run. MachineCheck Enable/disable Machine Check. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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FCLK frequency can take values of 400MHz, 800MHz and 1GHz.(1GHz not supported for ULT/ULX SKUs) Voltage Optimization Auto: This option will honor the silicon default values. ENABLE - Mobile SKU's. DISABLE - Rest of all SKUs other than mobile. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Enable/disable usage of SMM_DELAYED MSR for MP sync in SMI. SMM Use Block Indication Enable/disable usage of SMM_BLOCKED MSR for MP sync in SMI. DGR+NR11/NR10 Support Select DGR with Nifty Rock11 or Nifty Rock10 feature. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.3 Power & Performance – CPU Power Management Control EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Enable/disable platform power limit 2 programming. Platform PL2 Power Platform power limit 2 power in milliwatts. Power Limit 4 Override Enable/disable power limit 4 override. Power Limit 4 Power limit 4 in milliwatts. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Power Limit 4 Lock Power Limit 4 MSR 601h Lock. When enabled PL4 configurations are locked during OS. When disabled PL4 configuration can be changed during OS. C states Enable/disable CPU Power Management. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Min = Max Non-Turbo Ratio. Max = fused turbo ratio, or 255 if CPU is unlocked for overclocking. Energy Efficient Turbo Enable/disable Energy Efficient Turbo feature. This feature will opportunistically lower the turbo frequency to increase efficiency. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Number of P states Sets the number of custom P-states. At least 2 states must be present. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Specify the duty cycle in percentage that the CPU is required to maintain over the configured time window. Range is 0-100. Power Limit 3 Lock Power Limit 3 MSR 615h Lock. When enabled PL3 configurations are locked during OS. When disabled PL3 configuration can be changed during OS. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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RC6 (Render Standby) Check to enable render standby support. Maximum GT frequency Maximum GT frequency limited by the user. Disable Turbo GT frequency Enabled: Disables Turbo GT frequency. Disabled: GT frequency is not limited. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.4 PCH-FW Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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When disabled AMT BIOS features are no longer supported and user is no lon- ger able to access MEBx setup. ME Unconfig on RTC Clear When disabled ME will not be unconfigured on RTC Clear. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Me FW Image Re-Flash Enable/Disable Me FW Image Re-Flash function. FW Update Enable/Disable ME FW Update function. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Hide Unconfigure ME confirmation prompt when attempting ME unconfigura- tion. MEBx OEM Debug Menu Enable: OEMFlag Bit 14 Enable OEM debug menu in MEBx. Unconfigure ME: OEMFlag Bit 15 Unconfigure ME with resetting MEBx password to default. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.5 Trusted Computing EIS-S232 User Manual...
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TPM 1.2 will restrict support to TPM 1.2 devices, TPM 2.0 will restrict support to TPM 2.0 devices, Auto will support both with the default set to TPM 2.0 devices if not found, TPM 1.2 devices will be enumerated. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.6 ACPI Settings EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Enable or disable system ability to hibernate (OS/S4 sleep state). ACPI Sleep State Select the highest ACPI sleep state the system will enter when the SUSPEND button is pressed. S3 Video Repost Enable or disable S3 Video Repost. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.7 Embedded Controller Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Power Saving Mode Select Power Saving Mode. Deep Sleep delay time Set delay time for Deep Sleep mode. Watch Dog Timer Enabled or disabled Watch Dog Timer function. (Starts before OS boots and stops by itself). EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Digital I/O Pin 1~16 Configure Digital I/O Pin. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.8 NCT61260 Super I/O Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Serial Port Enable or disable Serial Port. Change Settings Select an optimal settings for super IO device. COM3~6 Mode COM mode select. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.9 NCT7802Y HW Monitor EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Input the system smart fan IV DC/PWM 3 Value. FAN Temperature 4 Input the system smart fan IV Temperature 4. FAN DC/PWM 4 Input the system smart fan IV DC/PWM 4 Value. FAN Critical Temperature Input the system smart IV Critical Temperature. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.10 S5 RTC Wake Settings Wake system from Sleep Enable or disable system wake on alarm event. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.11 AmiSetupNvlock RunTimeVariable Protection Support Enable/disable the RunTimeVariable Protection Support. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.12 Serial Port Console Redirection Console Redirection Console Redirection enable or disable. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.13 Intel TXT Information EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.14 USB Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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The time-out value for control, bulk, and interrupt transfers. Device reset time-out USB mass storage device start unit command time-out. Device power-up delay Maximum time the device will take before it properly reports itself to the host controller. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.15 Network Stack Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Enable/disable IPv6 HTTP boot support. PXE boot wait time Wait time in seconds to press ESC key to abort the PXE boot. Media detect count Number of times the presence of media will be checked. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.16 CSM Configuration CSM Support Enable/disable CSM Support. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.2.17 NVMe Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
3.2.3 Chipset Configuration Select the Chipset tab from the EIS-S232 setup screen to enter the Chipset BIOS Setup screen. You can display a Chipset BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the <Arrow> keys. All Plug and Play BIOS Setup options are described in this sec- tion.
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Memory Configuration Options VT-d VT-d capability. Above 4GB MMIO BIOS assignment Enable/disable above 4GB MemoryMappedIO BIOS assignment. This is enabled automatically when aperture size is set to 2048MB. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Maximum Memory Frequency selections in Mhz. Max TOLUD Maximum Value of TOLUD. Dynamic assignment would adjust TOLUD automat- ically based on largest MMIO length of installed graphic controller. Fast Boot Enable/disable fast path through the MRC. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Graphics Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Select DVMT 5.0 Pre-Allocated (fixed) graphics memory size used by the inter- nal graphics device. DVMT Total Gfx Mem Select DVMT5.0 total graphic memory size used by the internal graphics device. PM Support Enable/disable PM support. PAVP Enable/disable PAVP. PEG Port Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Set the physical slot number attached to this port. Program PCIe ASPM after OpROM Enabled: PCIe ASPM will be programmed after OpROM. PCIe Spread Spectrum Clocking Allows disabling Spread Spectrum Clocking for compliance testing. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Detect Non-Compliance Device Detect Non-Compliance PCI Express device in PEG. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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3.2.3.2 PCH-IO Configuration LAN1 Controller Enable/disable onboard NIC. Wake on LAN Enable Enable/disable integrated LAN to wake the system. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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PCIe-USB Glitch W/A PCIe-USB Glitch W/A for bad USB device(s) connected behind PCIE/PEG port. PCIe function swap When disabled, prevents PCIE rootport function swap. If any function other than 0th is enabled, 0th will become visible. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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PCH-PCI Express Root Port control the PCI Express Root Port. ASPM- Sets the ASPM Level. L1 Substates PCI Express L1 Substates settings. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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PCIe Speed- Configure PCIe Speed. Detect Timeout The number of milliseconds reference code will wait for link to exit detection state for enabled ports before assuming there is no device and potentially dis- abling the port. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Detect Non-Compliance Device Detects Non-Compliance PCI Express device. If enabled, it will take more time at POST time. SATA and RST Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Otherwise all drives will not spin up at boot. SATA Device Type Identifies if the SATA port is connected to a Solid State Drive or Hard Disk Drive. DITO Configuration- Enable/disable DITO configuration. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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HDD Unlock If enabled, indicates that the HDD password unlock in the OS is enabled. LED Locate If enabled, indicates that the LED/SGPIO hardware is attached and ping to locate feature is enabled on the OS. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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USB Configuration XHCI Compliance Mode Option to enable Compliance Mode. Default is to disable Compliance Mode. xDCI Support Enable/disable xDCI (USB OTG device). EIS-S232 User Manual...
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USB Port Disable Override Selectively enable/disable the corresponding USB port from reporting a Device Connection to the controller. USB Port Power Enable/disable USB ports power in S4/S5. Security Configuration EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Enable/disable the PCH BIOS Lock enable feature. Required to be enabled to ensure SMM protection of flash. Force unlock on all GPIO pads If enabled BIOS will force all GPIO pads to be in unlocked state. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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HD Audio Configuration HD Audio Controls detection of the HD-Audio device. EIS-S232 User Manual...
3.2.4 Security Administrator Password Set Administrator Password. User Password Set User Password. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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Secure Boot feature is active if secure boot is enabled, Platform Key (PK) is enrolled and the system is in user mode. The mode change requires platform reset. Secure Boot Mode Secure Boot mode options: standard or custom. EIS-S232 User Manual...
Quiet Boot Enables or disables Quiet Boot option. Fast Boot Enables or disables boot with initialization of a minimal set of devices required to launch active boot option. Has no effect for BBS boot options. EIS-S232 User Manual...
Restore Defaults Restore/load default values for all the setup options. Save as User Defaults Save the changes done so far as user defaults. Restore User Defaults Restore the user defaults to all the setup options. EIS-S232 User Manual...
You have to disable LAN2 which is I210 LAN chip in the first BIOS screen. Then install the Win 10 OS. After installing the LAN driver, the order will match the sign on the cabinet. Disable the LAN2 controller in BIOS.(BIOS→Chipset→PCH-IO configuration 2 con- troller = Disabled). EIS-S232 User Manual...
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After installing the LAN driver, I219 will be recognized. Enable LAN2 controller in BIOS. Finally, enter the OS to make sure the LAN order matches the sign on the cabinet. I219 will become the first LAN order. EIS-S232 User Manual...
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