IEI Integration H612A User Manual
IMB-H612 Micro -ATX Motherboard
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Micro ATX Motherboard supports LGA1155 Intel® Core™
MODEL:
Rev. 1.01 –March 31, 2012
IEI Technology Corp.
IMB-H612
i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/Celeron® CPU per Inte l® H61, DDR 3, Dual VGA,
dual Realtek P CIe Gb E , US B 2.0, COM, S ATA 3Gb/s,
HD Audio and RoHS
User Manual
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Date Version Changes
March 31, 201 2 1.01 Update Section 2.4: Optional Items
November 30, 2011 1.00 Initial release
Revision
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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 PRECAUTIONS ....................................................................................... 10
2.3 PACKING LIST ............................................................................................................ 11
2.4 OPTIONAL ITEMS ...................................................................................................... 12
3 CONNECTORS ........................................................................................................... 14
3.1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS ..................................................................... 15
3.1.1 IMB-H612 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 Digital I/O Connector ...................................................................................... 22
3.2.7 Front Panel Audio Connector .......................................................................... 23
3.2.8 Front Panel Connector .................................................................................... 24
3.2.9 I2C Connector .................................................................................................. 25
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3.2.10 PCI Slot .......................................................................................................... 26
3.2.11 PCIe x1 Slots .................................................................................................. 27
3.2.12 SATA 3Gb/s Drive Connectors ....................................................................... 28
3.2.13 Serial Port Connector, RS-422/485 ................................................................ 29
3.2.14 Serial Port Connectors, RS-232 ..................................................................... 30
3.2.15 SMBus Connector .......................................................................................... 32
3.2.16 SPI Connector ................................................................................................ 33
3.2.17 System Fan Connector ................................................................................... 34
3.2.18 TPM Connector .............................................................................................. 35
3.2.19 USB Connectors ............................................................................................. 36
3.3 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR PANEL ......................................... 38
3.3.1 Audio Connector .............................................................................................. 38
3.3.2 Ethernet and USB Connectors ......................................................................... 40
3.3.3 Keyboard/Mouse Connector ............................................................................ 41
3.3.4 RS-232 Serial Port Connectors ........................................................................ 42
3.3.5 VGA Connectors .............................................................................................. 42
4 INSTALLATION ......................................................................................................... 44
4.1 ANTI-STATIC PRECAUTIONS ...................................................................................... 45
4.2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS .............................................................................. 45
4.3 BASIC INSTALLATION ............................................................................................... 47
4.3.1 Socket LGA1155 CPU Installation .................................................................. 47
4.3.2 Cooling Kit Installation ................................................................................... 50
4.3.3 DIMM Installation ........................................................................................... 52
4.4 JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 53
4.4.1 AT/ATX Power Select Jumper .......................................................................... 53
4.4.2 Clear CMOS Jumper ........................................................................................ 54
4.4.3 USB Power Select Jumpers .............................................................................. 55
4.5 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTIONS ........................................................ 56
4.5.1 SATA Drive Connection ................................................................................... 56
4.6 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTION ................................................... 58
4.6.1 Audio Connection ............................................................................................. 58
4.6.2 LAN Connection ............................................................................................... 59
4.6.3 PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse Connection ........................................................... 60
4.6.4 Serial Device Connection ................................................................................ 61
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4.6.5 USB Connection ............................................................................................... 62
4.6.6 VGA Monitor Connection ................................................................................ 63
5 BIOS .............................................................................................................................. 65
5.1 INTRODUCTION ......................................................................................................... 66
5.1.1 Starting Setup ................................................................................................... 66
5.1.2 Using Setup ...................................................................................................... 66
5.1.3 Getting Help ..................................................................................................... 67
5.1.4 Unable to Reboot after Configuration Changes .............................................. 67
5.1.5 BIOS Menu Bar ................................................................................................ 67
5.2 MAIN ........................................................................................................................ 68
5.3 ADVANCED ............................................................................................................... 69
5.3.1 ACPI Settings ................................................................................................... 70
5.3.2 Trusted Computing ........................................................................................... 71
5.3.3 CPU Configuration .......................................................................................... 72
5.3.3.1 CPU Information ....................................................................................... 73
5.3.4 SATA Configuration ......................................................................................... 74
5.3.5 Intel TXT(LT) Configuration ............................................................................ 75
5.3.6 USB Configuration ........................................................................................... 76
5.3.7 Super IO Configuration ................................................................................... 78
5.3.7.1 Serial Port n Configuration ....................................................................... 79
5.3.8 H/W Monitor .................................................................................................... 84
5.3.8.1 FAN 1 Configuration ................................................................................ 86
5.3.8.2 FAN 2 Configuration ................................................................................ 87
5.3.9 Secondary Super IO Configuration ................................................................. 89
5.3.9.1 Serial Port 7 Configuration ....................................................................... 90
5.3.9.2 Serial Port 8 Configuration ....................................................................... 91
5.3.9.3 Serial Port 9 Configuration ....................................................................... 92
5.3.9.4 Serial Port 10 Configuration ..................................................................... 93
5.3.10 Serial Port Console Redirection .................................................................... 94
5.3.11 IEI Feature ..................................................................................................... 96
5.4 CHIPSET ................................................................................................................... 97
5.4.1 Northbridge Configuration .............................................................................. 98
5.4.2 Southbridge Configuration ............................................................................ 100
5.4.3 Integrated Graphics ....................................................................................... 103
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5.4.4 ME Subsystem ................................................................................................ 105
5.5 BOOT ...................................................................................................................... 106
5.6 SECURITY ............................................................................................................... 107
5.7 SAVE & EXIT .......................................................................................................... 108
6 SOFTWARE DRIVERS ............................................................................................. 110
6.1 AVAILABLE SOFTWARE DRIVERS ............................................................................. 111
6.2 SOFTWARE INSTALLATION ....................................................................................... 111
6.3 CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION .............................................................................. 113
6.4 GRAPHICS DRIVER INSTALLATION ........................................................................... 117
6.5 LAN DRIVER INSTALLATION ................................................................................... 119
6.6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................... 122
A BIOS OPTIONS ........................................................................................................ 124
B ONE KEY RECOVERY ........................................................................................... 128
B.1 ONE KEY RECOVERY INTRODUCTION .................................................................... 129
B.1.1 System Requirement ....................................................................................... 130
B.1.2 Supported Operating System ......................................................................... 131
B.2 SETUP PROC EDURE FOR WINDOWS ........................................................................ 132
B.2.1 Hardware and BIOS Setup ............................................................................ 133
B.2.2 Create Partitions ........................................................................................... 133
B.2.3 Install Operating System, Drivers and Applications ..................................... 137
B.2.4 Building the Recovery Partition .................................................................... 138
B.2.5 Create Factory Default Image ....................................................................... 140
B.3 AUTO RECOVERY SETUP PROCEDURE .................................................................... 145
B.4 SETUP PROC EDURE FOR LINUX .............................................................................. 149
B.5 RECOVERY TOOL FUNCTIONS ................................................................................ 153
B.5.1 Factory Restore ............................................................................................. 154
B.5.2 Backup System ............................................................................................... 155
B.5.3 Restore Your Last Backup .............................................................................. 156
B.5.4 Manual ........................................................................................................... 157
B.6 RESTORE SYSTEMS FROM A LINUX SERVER THROUGH LAN .................................. 158
B.6.1 Configure DHCP Server Settings .................................................................. 159
B.6.2 Configure TFTP Settings ............................................................................... 160
B.6.3 Configure One Key Recovery Server Settings ............................................... 161
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B.6.4 Start the DHCP, TFTP and HTTP ................................................................. 162
B.6.5 Create Shared Directory ................................................................................ 162
B.6.6 Setup a Client System for Auto Recovery ...................................................... 164
B.7 OTHER INFORMATION ............................................................................................ 166
B.7.1 Using AHCI Mode or ALi M5283 / VIA VT6421A Controller ....................... 166
B.7.2 System Memory Requirement ........................................................................ 168
C TERMINOLOGY ..................................................................................................... 169
D DIGITAL I/O INTERFACE ..................................................................................... 173
D.1 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................... 174
D.2 DIO CONNECTOR PINOUTS ................................................................................... 174
D.3 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE SAMPLES ........................................................................... 174
D.3.1 Enable the DIO Input Function .................................................................... 174
D.3.2 Enable the DIO Output Function .................................................................. 175
E WA TCHD OG TIMER ............................................................................................... 176
F COMPATIBILITY ..................................................................................................... 179
F.1 COMPATIBLE OPERATING SYSTEMS ........................................................................ 180
F.2 COMPATIBLE PROCESSORS ...................................................................................... 180
G HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ....................................................... 181
G.1 HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE TABLE FOR IPB PRODUCTS CERTIFIED AS
ROHS COMPLIANT UNDER 2002/95/EC WITHOUT MERCURY ..................................... 182
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