E CN - 680 A - H 6 1 E m be dde d S y s t e m
Embedded System with 2nd Gen Intel® Core™
,
IEI Technology Corp.
ECN-680A-H61
i7 /i5/i3 Des kt op Proces sor s , Dua l DVI, HDMI, GbE,
Two USB 3.0, Four USB 2.0, Four COM and R oHS Compliant
User Manual
ECN-680A-H61 Embedded System
Revision
Date Version Changes
4 July 2013 1.03 Modified Table 3-3: RS-422/485 Serial Port Pinouts (COM4)
21 September 2012 1.02 Remove light fanless function
3 September 2 012 1.01 Updated for I/O change (add one COM connector)
6 June 2012 1.00 Initial release
ECN-680A-H61 Embedded System
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Ta b le of Contents
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 OVERVIEW .................................................................................................................. 2
1.2 MODEL VARIATIONS ................................................................................................... 2
1.3 FEATURES ................................................................................................................... 3
1.4 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................... 3
1.5 FRONT PANEL ............................................................................................................. 5
1.5.1 LED Indicators ................................................................................................... 6
1.6 REAR PANEL ............................................................................................................... 7
1.7 DIMENSIONS ............................................................................................................... 9
2 UNPACKING ............................................................................................................... 10
2.1 ANTI -STATIC PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................................... 11
2.2 UNPACKING P RECAUTIONS ........................................................................................ 11
2.3 UNPACKING C HECKLIST ........................................................................................... 12
3 INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................... 14
3.1 INSTALLATION P RECAUTIONS ................................................................................... 15
3.2 INST ALLATION AND C ONFIGURATION S TEPS ............................................................. 15
3.3 MEMORY M ODULE I NSTALLATION ........................................................................... 16
3.4 CPU INSTALLATION ................................................................................................. 18
3.5 HARD DISK DRIVE (HDD) INSTALLATION ................................................................ 21
3.6 WI -FI ANTENNA INSTALLATION (W I-F I M ODEL O NLY) ............................................ 24
3.7 AT/ATX MODE SELECTION ...................................................................................... 24
3.7.1 AT Power Mode ................................................................................................ 25
3.7.2 ATX Power Mode ............................................................................................. 25
3.8 RESET THE SYSTEM .................................................................................................. 26
3.9 POWERING ON /OFF THE SYSTEM ............................................................................. 26
3.10 MOUNT THE SYSTEM .............................................................................................. 27
3.10.1 Mounting the System with Mounting Brackets ............................................... 28
3.11 EXTERNAL P ERIPHERAL I NTERFACE C ONNECTORS ................................................. 29
3.11.1 Audio Connector ............................................................................................ 31
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3.11.2 DVI Display Device Connection .................................................................... 32
3.11.3 HDMI Device Connection .............................................................................. 33
3.11.4 LAN Connection ............................................................................................. 33
3.11.5 DB-9 Serial Port Connection ......................................................................... 34
3.11.6 RJ-45 Serial Port Connection ........................................................................ 36
3.11.7 USB Device Connection ................................................................................. 38
4 SYSTEM MOTHERBOARD ..................................................................................... 40
4.1 OVERVIEW ................................................................................................................ 41
4.1.1 Layout .............................................................................................................. 41
4.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ..................................................................... 42
4.2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS ...................................................................... 43
4.2.1 Battery Connector ............................................................................................ 43
4.2.2 Fan Connector (CPU) ...................................................................................... 44
4.2.3 LED Module Connector ................................................................................... 45
4.2.4 Logo LED Connectors ..................................................................................... 46
4.2.5 PCIe Mini Card Slot ........................................................................................ 47
4.2.6 RS-232 Serial Port Connectors ........................................................................ 49
4.2.7 RS-422/485 Serial Port Connector .................................................................. 50
4.2.8 SATA Drive Connectors ................................................................................... 51
4.2.9 SATA Power Connectors .................................................................................. 52
4.2.10 SMBus Connector .......................................................................................... 52
4.2.11 SO-DIMM Connector ..................................................................................... 53
4.2.12 Speaker Connector ......................................................................................... 54
4.2.13 SPI Flash Connector ...................................................................................... 55
4.2.14 SPI Flash Connector (EC) ............................................................................. 56
4.2.15 K Type Thermocouple Connectors ................................................................. 56
4.2.16 USB 2.0 Connectors ....................................................................................... 57
4.3 JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 58
4.3.1 Clear CMOS ..................................................................................................... 59
5 BIOS .............................................................................................................................. 60
5.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 61
5.1.1 Starting Setup ................................................................................................... 61
5.1.2 Using Setup ...................................................................................................... 61
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5.1.3 Getting Help ..................................................................................................... 62
5.1.4 Unable to Reboot after Configuration Changes .............................................. 62
5.1.5 BIOS Menu Bar ................................................................................................ 62
5.2 MAIN ........................................................................................................................ 63
5.3 ADVANCED ............................................................................................................... 64
5.3.1 ACPI Configuration ......................................................................................... 65
5.3.2 RTC Wake Settings ........................................................................................... 66
5.3.3 T rusted Computing ........................................................................................... 67
5.3.4 CPU Configuration .......................................................................................... 68
5.3.4.1 CPU Information ....................................................................................... 69
5.3.5 SATA Configuration ......................................................................................... 70
5.3.6 USB Configuration ........................................................................................... 71
5.3.7 F81866 Super IO Configuration ...................................................................... 72
5.3.7.1 Serial Port n Configuration ....................................................................... 73
5.3.8 H/W Monitor .................................................................................................... 77
5.3.9 Serial Port Console Redirection ...................................................................... 77
5.3.9.1 Console Redirection Settings .................................................................... 78
5.4 I EI FEATURE ............................................................................................................. 80
5.5 CHIPSET ................................................................................................................... 81
5.5.1 Northbridge Configuration .............................................................................. 82
5.5.2 Southbridge Configuration .............................................................................. 83
5.5.3 Intel IGD SWSCI OpRegion ............................................................................. 85
5.6 BOOT ........................................................................................................................ 86
5.7 SECURITY ................................................................................................................. 88
5.7.1 HDD Security Configuration ........................................................................... 89
5.8 EXIT ......................................................................................................................... 90
6 SOFTWARE DRIVERS .............................................................................................. 92
6.1 AVAILABLE S OFTWARE D RIVERS .............................................................................. 93
6.2 STARTING THE D RIVER P ROGRAM ............................................................................ 93
6.3 CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................... 94
6.4 GRAPHICS DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................ 98
6.5 LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION .................................................................................. 102
6.6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................... 106
6.7 WI -FI DRIVER INSTALLATION ................................................................................. 108
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6.8 USB 3.0 DRIVER INSTALLATION.............................................................................. 112
6.9 TPM DRIVER INSTALLATION ................................................................................... 114
6.10 I SMM DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................... 117
A SAFETY PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................................... 121
A.1 S AFETY P RECAUTIONS .......................................................................................... 122
A.1.1 General Safety Precautions ........................................................................... 122
A.1.2 CPU T empe ratur e Warning ........................................................................... 123
A.1.3 Anti-static Precautions .................................................................................. 123
A.1.4 Product Disposal ........................................................................................... 124
A.2 M AINTENANCE AND C LEANING P RECAUTIONS ...................................................... 124
A.2.1 Maintenance and Cleaning ............................................................................ 124
A.2.2 Cleaning T ools ............................................................................................... 125
B BIOS MENU OPTIONS ........................................................................................... 126
C ONE KEY RECOVERY ........................................................................................... 129
C.1 ONE KEY RECOVERY INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 130
C.1.1 System Requirement ...................................................................................... 131
C.1.2 Supported Operating System ......................................................................... 132
C.2 SETUP PROCEDURE FOR WINDOWS ........................................................................ 133
C.2.1 Hardware and BIOS Setup ............................................................................ 134
C.2.2 Create Partitions ........................................................................................... 134
C.2.3 Install Operating System, Drivers and Applications ..................................... 138
C.2.4 Building the Recovery Partition .................................................................... 139
C.2.5 Create Factory Default Image ...................................................................... 141
C.3 AUTO R ECOVERY S ETUP P ROCEDURE .................................................................... 146
C.4 SETUP PROCEDURE FOR LINUX .............................................................................. 150
C.5 RECOVERY TOOL F UNCTIONS ................................................................................ 154
C.5.1 Factory Restore ............................................................................................. 155
C.5.2 Backup System ............................................................................................... 156
C.5.3 Restore Your Last Backup .............................................................................. 157
C.5.4 Manual .......................................................................................................... 158
C.6 RESTORE SYSTEMS FROM A LINUX SERVER THROUGH LAN .................................. 159
C.6.1 Configure DHCP Server Settings .................................................................. 160
C.6.2 Configure TFTP Settings ............................................................................... 161
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C.6.3 Configure One Key Recovery Server Settings ............................................... 162
C.6.4 Start the DHCP, TFTP and HTTP ................................................................. 163
C.6.5 Create Shared Directory ................................................................................ 163
C.6.6 Setup a Client System for Auto Recovery ...................................................... 164
C.7 OTHER INFORMATION ............................................................................................ 167
C.7.1 Using AHCI Mode or ALi M5283 / VIA VT6421A Contr oller ...................... 167
C.7.2 System Memory Requirement ........................................................................ 169
D WATCHDOG TIMER .............................................................................................. 170
E HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ....................................................... 173
E.1 H AZARDOUS M ATERIALS D ISCLOSURE T ABLE FOR IPB P RODUCTS C ER TIFIED AS
RO HS COMPLIANT UNDER 2002/95/EC WITHOUT MERCURY ..................................... 174