I MB - H 610 M i c r o - A T X M ot he r boa r d
Micro ATX Motherboard supports LGA1155 Intel® Core™
Rev. 1.01 –March 31, 2012
IEI Technology Corp.
IMB-H610
i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® CPU per Inte l® H61, DDR 3, VG A/DVI-D,
dual Realtek P CIe Gb E , US B 2.0, COM, S ATA 3Gb/s,
HD Audio and RoHS
User Manual
IMB-H610 Micro-ATX Motherboard
Date Version Changes
March 31, 201 2 1.01 Update Section 2.4: Optional Items
October 14, 2011 1.00 Initial release
Revision
IMB-H610 Micro-ATX Motherboard
Copyright
COP YRIGHT NOTICE
The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to
improve reliabilit y, design a nd functi on and d oes not r epresent a com mitm ent on the part
of the manufacturer.
In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or
consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or
documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright. All rights are
reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical, e lectronic, or
other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer.
TRADEMARKS
All registered tradem ark s and produc t nam es ment ioned here in are us ed for identif icatio n
purposes only and m ay be trademarks and/or registe red trademarks of their respecti ve
owners.
IMB-H610 Micro-ATX Motherboard
Table of Conte nts
1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 1
1.1 INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................... 2
1.2 MODEL VARIATIONS ................................................................................................... 2
1.3 BENEFITS ................................................................................................................... 3
1.4 FEATURES ................................................................................................................... 3
1.5 CONNECTORS ............................................................................................................. 4
1.6 DIMENSIONS ............................................................................................................... 5
1.7 DATA FLOW ................................................................................................................ 6
1.8 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS ...................................................................................... 7
2 PACKING LIST ............................................................................................................. 9
2.1 ANTI -STATIC PRECAUTIONS ...................................................................................... 10
2.2 UNPACKING P RECAUTIONS ....................................................................................... 10
2.3 PACKING L IST ............................................................................................................ 11
2.4 OPTIONAL ITEMS ...................................................................................................... 12
3 CONNECTORS ........................................................................................................... 14
3.1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS ..................................................................... 15
3.1.1 IMB-H610 Layout ............................................................................................ 15
3.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ..................................................................... 16
3.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors ............................................................... 17
3.2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS ...................................................................... 17
3.2.1 ATX Power Connector ..................................................................................... 17
3.2.2 Battery Connector ............................................................................................ 18
3.2.3 CPU Fan Connector ........................................................................................ 19
3.2.4 CPU Power Connector .................................................................................... 20
3.2.5 DDR3 DIMM Slots ........................................................................................... 21
3.2.6 Debug Port Connector ..................................................................................... 22
3.2.7 Digital I/O Connector ...................................................................................... 23
3.2.8 Front Panel Audio Connector .......................................................................... 24
3.2.9 Front Panel Connector .................................................................................... 25
IMB-H610 Micro-ATX Motherboard
3.2.10 I2C Connector ................................................................................................ 26
3.2.11 PCIe Power Connector .................................................................................. 27
3.2.12 PCIe x16 Slot ................................................................................................. 28
3.2.13 PCIe x1 Slots .................................................................................................. 29
3.2.14 SATA 3Gb/s Drive Connectors ....................................................................... 30
3.2.15 Serial Port Connector, RS-422/485 ................................................................ 31
3.2.16 Serial Port Connectors, RS-232 ..................................................................... 31
3.2.17 SMBus Connector .......................................................................................... 33
3.2.18 SPI Connector ................................................................................................ 34
3.2.19 System Fan Connector ................................................................................... 35
3.2.20 TPM Connector .............................................................................................. 36
3.2.21 USB Connectors ............................................................................................. 37
3.3 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR PANEL ......................................... 39
3.3.1 Audio Connector .............................................................................................. 39
3.3.2 Ethernet and USB Connectors ......................................................................... 41
3.3.3 Keyboard/Mouse Connector ............................................................................ 42
3.3.4 RS-232 Serial Port Connectors ........................................................................ 43
3.3.5 VGA and DVI Connector ................................................................................. 43
4 INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................... 46
4.1 ANTI -STATIC PRECAUTIONS ...................................................................................... 47
4.2 INSTALLATION C ONSIDERATIONS .............................................................................. 47
4.3 BASIC INSTALLATION ............................................................................................... 49
4.3.1 Socket LGA1155 CPU Installation .................................................................. 49
4.3.2 Cooling Kit Installation ................................................................................... 52
4.3.3 DIMM Installation ........................................................................................... 54
4.4 JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 55
4.4.1 AT/ATX Power Select Jumper .......................................................................... 55
4.4.2 Clear CMOS Jumper ........................................................................................ 56
4.4.3 USB Power Select Jumpers .............................................................................. 57
4.5 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTIONS ........................................................ 58
4.5.1 SATA Drive Connection ................................................................................... 58
4.6 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTION ................................................... 60
4.6.1 Audio Connection ............................................................................................. 60
4.6.2 DVI Display Device Connection ...................................................................... 61
IMB-H610 Micro-ATX Motherboard
4.6.3 LAN Connection ............................................................................................... 62
4.6.4 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connection ........................................................... 63
4.6.5 Serial Device Connection ................................................................................ 64
4.6.6 USB Connection ............................................................................................... 65
4.6.7 VGA Monitor Connection ................................................................................ 66
5 BIOS .............................................................................................................................. 68
5.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 69
5.1.1 Starting Setup ................................................................................................... 69
5.1.2 Using Setup ...................................................................................................... 69
5.1.3 Getting Help ..................................................................................................... 70
5.1.4 Unable to Reboot after Configuration Changes .............................................. 70
5.1.5 BIOS Menu Bar ................................................................................................ 70
5.2 MAIN ........................................................................................................................ 71
5.3 ADVANCED ............................................................................................................... 72
5.3.1 ACPI Settings ................................................................................................... 73
5.3.2 Trusted Computing ........................................................................................... 74
5.3.3 CPU Configuration .......................................................................................... 75
5.3.3.1 CPU Information ....................................................................................... 76
5.3.4 SATA Configuration ......................................................................................... 78
5.3.5 Intel TXT(LT) Configuration ............................................................................ 79
5.3.6 USB Configuration ........................................................................................... 80
5.3.7 Super IO Configuration ................................................................................... 82
5.3.7.1 Serial Port n Configuration ....................................................................... 83
5.3.8 H/W Monitor .................................................................................................... 88
5.3.8.1 FAN 1 Configuration ................................................................................ 90
5.3.8.2 FAN 2 Configuration ................................................................................ 91
5.3.9 Secondary Super IO Configuration ................................................................. 93
5.3.9.1 Serial Port 7 Configuration ....................................................................... 94
5.3.9.2 Serial Port 8 Configuration ....................................................................... 95
5.3.9.3 Serial Port 9 Configuration ....................................................................... 96
5.3.9.4 Serial Port 10 Configuration ..................................................................... 97
5.3.10 Serial Port Console Redirection .................................................................... 98
5.3.11 IEI Feature ................................................................................................... 100
5.4 CHIPSET ................................................................................................................. 101
IMB-H610 Micro-ATX Motherboard
5.4.1 Northbridge Configuration ............................................................................ 103
5.4.2 Southbridge Configuration ............................................................................ 105
5.4.3 Integrated Graphics ....................................................................................... 109
5.4.4 ME Subsystem ................................................................................................. 111
5.5 BOOT ....................................................................................................................... 112
5.6 SECURITY ................................................................................................................ 113
5.7 SAVE & EXIT ........................................................................................................... 114
6 SOFTWARE DRIVERS ............................................................................................. 116
6.1 AVAILABLE S O FTWARE D RIVERS ............................................................................. 117
6.2 SOFTWARE I NSTALLATION ....................................................................................... 117
6.3 CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION .............................................................................. 119
6.4 GRAPHICS DRIVER INSTALLATION .......................................................................... 123
6.5 LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION .................................................................................. 125
6.6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................... 128
A BIOS OPTIONS ........................................................................................................ 130
B ONE KEY RECOVERY ........................................................................................... 134
B.1 O NE K EY R ECOVERY I NTRODUCTION .................................................................... 135
B.1.1 System Requirement ....................................................................................... 136
B.1.2 Supported Operating System ......................................................................... 137
B.2 S ETUP P R OCEDURE FOR W INDOWS ........................................................................ 138
B.2.1 Hardware and BIOS Setup ............................................................................ 138
B.2.2 Create Partitions ........................................................................................... 139
B.2.3 Install Operating System, Drivers and Applications ..................................... 142
B.2.4 Build-up Recovery Partition .......................................................................... 143
B.2.5 Create Factory Default Image ....................................................................... 145
B.3 S ETUP P R OCEDURE FOR L INUX .............................................................................. 150
B.4 R ECOVERY TOOL F UNCTIONS ................................................................................ 153
B.4.1 Factory Restore ............................................................................................. 155
B.4.2 Backup System ............................................................................................... 156
B.4.3 Restore Your Last Backup .............................................................................. 157
B.4.4 Manual ........................................................................................................... 158
B.5 O THER I NFORMATION ............................................................................................ 159
B.5.1 Using AHCI Mode or ALi M5283 / VIA VT6421A Controller ....................... 159
IMB-H610 Micro-ATX Motherboard
B.5.2 System Memory Requirement ........................................................................ 161
C TERMINOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 162
D DIGITAL I/O INTERFACE ..................................................................................... 166
D.1 I NTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 167
D.2 DIO C ONNECTOR P INOUTS ................................................................................... 167
D.3 A SSEMBLY L ANGUAGE S AMPLES ........................................................................... 167
D.3.1 Enable the DIO Input Function .................................................................... 167
D.3.2 Enable the DIO Output Function .................................................................. 168
E WA TCHD OG TIMER ............................................................................................... 169
F COMPATIBILITY ..................................................................................................... 172
F.1 C OMPATIBLE O PERATING S YSTEMS ........................................................................ 173
F.2 C OMPATIBLE P ROCESSORS ...................................................................................... 173
G HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ....................................................... 174
G.1 H AZARDOUS M ATERIALS D ISCLOSURE T ABLE FOR IPB P RODUCTS C ERTIFIED AS
RO HS COMPLIANT UNDER 2002/95/EC WITHOUT MERCURY ..................................... 175