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CS101-Q370/C246/H310

Chapter 2

- Hardware Installation

Graphics Interfaces

HDMI Port

The HDMI port which carries both digital audio and video signals is used to connect a LCD

monitor or digital TV that has the HDMI port.

DP++ Port

The DisplayPort is a digital display interface used to connect a display device such as a com-

puter monitor. It is used to transmit audio and video simultaneously. The interface, which is

developed by VESA, delivers higher performance features than any other digital interface.

Driver Installation

Install the graphics driver. Refer to the chapter 4 for more information.

The system board contains three display ports —

• 1 HDMI port

• 2 DP++ ports

DP++ 2

HDMI

DP++ 1

►

Rear Panel I/O Ports

Summary of Contents for CS101-C246

Page 1: ...A52100945 CS101 Q370 C246 H310 Mini ITX Industrial Motherboard User s Manual...

Page 2: ...wners FCC and DOC Statement on Class B This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to...

Page 3: ...ATA Connectors 21 SATA Serial ATA Power Connector 21 Cooling Fan Connector 22 Digital I O 22 LVDS LCD Panel 23 eDP Connector optional 24 Chassis Intrusion Connector 25 Front Panel Connector 25 Expansi...

Page 4: ...e You must take extra care in han dling them to ensure against electrostatic build up 1 To prevent electrostatic build up leave the system board in its anti static bag until you are ready to install i...

Page 5: ...r or sales representative Optional Items USB 2 0 port cable Length 200mm DB9 to IDC COM port cable Length 250mm Serial ATA data with power cable Length 300mm I O shield Thermal solution The board and...

Page 6: ...PANSION Interface Q370 C246 1 x PCIe x4 Gen 3 1 x Full size Mini PCIe PCIe x1 or mSATA by request 1 x M 2 2280 M Key for storage PCIe Gen3 x4 support NVMe 1 x M 2 2230 E Key for BT Wifi USB 2 0 PCIe x...

Page 7: ...that uses the PCI PME Power Man agement Event signal However if your system is in the Suspend mode you can power on the system only through an IRQ or DMA interrupt Wake On USB This function allows you...

Page 8: ...USB 5 6 USB 7 8 1 2 9 COM 2 1 2 9 COM 3 1 2 9 COM 1 DP 1 DP 2 USB 1 2 USB 3 4 LAN 2 DC in 4 pin Vertical Type optional DDR4_2 SODIMM DDR4_1 SODIMM USB 3 1 Gen2 for CS101 Q370 C246 USB 3 1 Gen1 for CS...

Page 9: ...5 Step 1 Features Two 260 pin SODIMM up to 32GB Dual Channel DDR4 2666MHz ECC memory supported by CS101 C246 The system board supports the following memory interface Single Channel SC Data will be acc...

Page 10: ...istinctive click and lock the card in place Inspect that the clip sits in the notch If not please pull the clips outward release and remove the card and mount it again Key Socket Top View Retention Cl...

Page 11: ...t The CPU socket must not come in contact with anything other than the CPU Avoid unnecessary exposure Remove the protective cap only when you are about to in stall the CPU CPU 6 Remove the protective...

Page 12: ...he cor rect orientation Alignment key Alignment key CPU Installing the CPU 8 Close the load plate then push the load le ver down While closing the load plate make sure the front edge of the load plate...

Page 13: ...lready has a patch of thermal paste on its underside Peel the strip that covers the paste before you place the fan heat sink on top of the CPU 2 Place the heat sink on top of the CPU The 4 spring scre...

Page 14: ...due to BIOS mis configuration it is suggested that the system be reconfigured with default values stored in the ROM BIOS To load the default values stored in the ROM BIOS please follow the steps belo...

Page 15: ...CD Inverter Power Select 2 3 On 5V 1 2 On 12V default JP9 JP9 is used to select the power level of LVDS LCD inverter connector 3 1 2 3 1 2 1 6 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2 5 3 1 6 4 2 5 3 Important Before powering...

Page 16: ...www dfi com CS101 Q370 C246 H310 Chapter 2 Hardware Installation 16 LVDS eDP Signal Select JP10 JP10 is used to select the LVDS eDP signal 2 3 On LVDS default 1 2 On eDP 1 3 2 1 3 2 Jumper Settings...

Page 17: ...a power adapter with 12V DC output voltage Using a voltage higher than the recommended one may fail to boot the system or cause damage to the system board Two types of DC in jacks can be selected duri...

Page 18: ...3 4 at the rear panel I O ports The four USB rear ports support USB 3 1 Gen 1 on CS101 H310 and USB 3 1 Gen 2 on CS101 Q370 C246 Two 10 pin USB internal connectors allow you to connect to 4 additional...

Page 19: ...t is a digital display interface used to connect a display device such as a com puter monitor It is used to transmit audio and video simultaneously The interface which is developed by VESA delivers hi...

Page 20: ...come mounted on a card edge bracket Install the card edge bracket to an available slot at the rear of the system chassis then insert the serial port cable to the COM connector Make sure the colored s...

Page 21: ...s Connect one end of the Se rial ATA data cable to a SATA connector and the other end to your Serial ATA device BIOS Setting Configure the Serial ATA drives in the Chipset menu PCH IO Configuration SA...

Page 22: ...or submenu of the BIOS will display the current speed of the cooling fan Refer to the chapter 3 for more information The 8 bit Digital I O connector provides powering on function to external devices t...

Page 23: ...3 GND 14 GND 15 LVDSA_1 16 LVDSB_1 17 LVDSA_1 18 LVDSB_1 19 GND 20 GND 21 LVDSA_0 22 LVDSB_0 23 LVDSA_0 24 LVDSB_0 25 GND 26 GND 27 LVDSA_CLK 28 LVDSB_CLK 29 LVDSA_CLK 30 LVDSB_CLK 31 GND 32 GND 33 DD...

Page 24: ...o the eDP signal Pin Function Pin Function 1 NC 21 eDP Panel PWR 2 GND 22 NC 3 eDP_Lane 3 23 GND 4 eDP_Lane 3 24 GND 5 GND 25 GND 6 eDP_Lane 2 26 GND 7 eDP_Lane 2 27 Hot Plug 8 GND 28 eDP_GND 9 eDP_La...

Page 25: ...Front Panel Connector Front Panel Connector HD LED RESET PWR LED ATX SW 2 1 11 12 HDD LED Hard Disk Drive LED Lighting of the LED indicates that the hard drive is being accessed RESET Reset Switch Th...

Page 26: ...a 22x80mm socket and standoff for a M 2 M Key module PCI Express x4 Slot Install PCI Express cards such as network cards or other cards that comply to the PCI Express specifications into the PCI Expre...

Page 27: ...ted Step 1 Insert the card into the socket at an angle while making sure the notch and key are perfectly aligned The Front Audio internal connector allows you to connect to the second line out and mic...

Page 28: ...to act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBus Connector SMBus Pin Assignment Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3V3SB 2 GND 3 SMBus_Clock 4 SMBus_DATA 5 SMBus_Alert 6 1 2 5 The LPC connector is u...

Page 29: ...ry addendum supplies power to the real time clock and CMOS memory as an auxiliary source of power when the main power is shut off Safety Measures There exists explosion hazard if the battery is incorr...

Page 30: ...uire an operating system to run After you power up the system the BIOS message appears on the screen and the memory count begins After the memory test the message Press DEL to run setup will appear on...

Page 31: ...che L2 Cache L3 Cache Number of Processors Microcode Revision Memory RC Version Total Memory Memory Frequency PCH SKU ME FW Version ME Firmware SKU System Date CS101 B191 25A 07 00 4E 20 07 00 4E 20 A...

Page 32: ...r let you set some features according to your preference RC ACPI Settings Configure power management related settings in this page Enable or disable Sys tem wake on alarm event When enabled System wil...

Page 33: ...pool Technology Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 20 1271 Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Advanced Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 Ge...

Page 34: ...onfiguration This section is used to configure Intel R Active Management Technology Parameters Please refer to the following pages ME Unconfig on RTC Clear When disabled ME will not be unconfigured on...

Page 35: ...Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit Enable Disable of AMT USB Provisioning Secure Erase Mode Select Secure Erase module behavior Simulate...

Page 36: ...e Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit OEMFlag Bit 6 Hide Unconfigure ME confirmation prompt when attempting ME uncon figuration Me FW Image Re Flash Thi...

Page 37: ...ilable Pending operation Schedule an opeartion for the security device Your computer will reboot during restart in order to change state of the security device PTN3460 Function Enabled or Disabled PTN...

Page 38: ...Second or Minute SuperIO WatchDog Timer Set SuperIO WatchDog Timer Timeout value The range is from 0 disabled to 255 Serial Port 1 2 3 4 Configuration Configure the parameters of serial port 1 COM 1 t...

Page 39: ...eed the fan will always be fixed regardless of system temperature When CPU Smart Fan Mode is set to SMART FAN IV the following fields will appear Boundary 1 to Boundary 4 Set the boundary temperatures...

Page 40: ...direction Console Redirection This field is used to enable or disable the console redirection function When console redirec tion is set to enabled console redirection settings are available as instruc...

Page 41: ...e Even Odd Mark or Space Stop Bits Select stop bits 1 bit or 2 bits Flow Control Select flow control None or Hardware RTS CTS Enables Legacy USB support AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB d...

Page 42: ...egatrends Inc Compatibility Support Module Configuration CSM Support Boot option filter Option ROM execution Network Storage Video Other PCI devices Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F...

Page 43: ...not be avail able PXE boot wait time Set the wait time in seconds to press ESC key to abort the PXE boot Use either or nu meric keys to set the value Media detect count Set the number of times the pr...

Page 44: ...n Primary Display Internal Graphics Chipset Select Screen Select Item Enter Select Change Opt F1 General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit Auto Auto Primary Display...

Page 45: ...PEG port PCI Express Configuration settings Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc Version 2 20 1271 Copyright C 2019 American Megatrends Inc PCH IO Configuration PCI Express Con...

Page 46: ...it ESC Exit Contol the PCI Express Root Port LAN2 I211 M 2 E M 2 M Mini PCIe This field is used to enable or disable the PCI express root port PCIe Speed Select the speed of the PCI Express root port...

Page 47: ...Host Control ler Interface Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration This option allows you to create RAID or Intel Rapid Storage configuration with Intel Optane system ac celeration on...

Page 48: ...General Help F2 Previous Values F9 Optimized Defaults F10 Save Exit ESC Exit System Mode This field displays whether the system is in User or Setup mode Secure Boot Enable or disable Secure Boot Plea...

Page 49: ...t Option Priorities Select the system boot order BGRT Logo It is used to enable or disable to support display logo with ACPI BGRT table Driver Option Priorities Select the driver boot order Note If Bo...

Page 50: ...l not be updated and will cease to be effective Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS you will need the new BIOS file and a flash utility Please contact techni cal support or your sales representative...

Page 51: ...nd RAID 1 Use four new drives or an existing drive and three new drives for this configuration RAID Level Min Drives Protection Description RAID 0 2 None Data striping without redundancy RAID 1 2 Sing...

Page 52: ...or down arrow keys to select the RAID level and press Enter 4 Use the up or down arrow keys to scroll through the list of hard drives and press En ter to select the drive 5 Press Enter 6 Use the up or...

Page 53: ...ur sales representatives or from the website download page at https www dfi com DownloadCenter Auto run Menu After inserting your DVD ROM into your optical drive the System Utility auto run menu may p...

Page 54: ...recognized and configured properly in the system 1 Setup is ready to install the utility Click Next 2 Read the license agreement then click Accept 3 Go through the readme docu ment for more installati...

Page 55: ...he screen will turn blank for 1 to 2 minutes while WinSAT is running before the Windows 10 desktop appears The blank screen period is the time Windows is testing the graphics perfor mance We recommend...

Page 56: ...ck Fin ish Restarting the system will al low the new software installa tion to take effect 1 Setup is ready to install the driver Click Next Intel LAN Drivers 1 Setup is ready to install the driver Cl...

Page 57: ...he installing status in the progress 4 Click Install to begin the in stallation 6 After completing installation click Finish Intel ME Drivers 1 Setup is ready to install the driver Click Next 2 Read t...

Page 58: ...Change to choose another destination folder 4 Please wait while the product is being installed 5 After completing installation click Finish Intel Serial IO Drivers 1 Setup is ready to install the dri...

Page 59: ...driver Click Next 5 Setup is now installing the driver 3 Go through the readme docu ment for system requirements and installation tips then click Next 6 Click Yes I want to restart this computer now t...

Page 60: ...Supported Software 60 Adobe Acrobat Reader 9 3 1 Click Next to install or click Change Destination Folder to select another folder 2 Click Install to begin installa tion 3 Setup is now installing the...

Page 61: ...nd power management for the storage subsystem 2 Read the license agreement and click I accept the terms in the License Agreement Then click Next 1 Setup is ready to install the utility Click Next 3 Go...

Page 62: ...www dfi com CS101 Q370 C246 H310 Chapter 5 Supported Software 62 6 Click Yes I want to restart this computer now to com plete the installation and then click Finish...

Page 63: ...of the AMI BIOS 2 In the Advanced menu select PCH FW Configuration 3 Select Enabled in the AMT BIOS Features field Configure Management Engine Technology Parameters Aptio Setup Utility Copyright C 20...

Page 64: ...s Inc Save Options Save Changes and Reset Discard Changes and Reset Restore Defaults Boot Override Save Setting to file Restore Setting from file Chipset Advanced Main Security Boot Save Exit Select S...

Page 65: ...0 Intel R ME v12 0 40 1433 Copyright C 2003 17 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved MAIN MENU MEBx Login Intel R ME General Settings Intel R AMT Enabled Intel R AMT Configuration MEBx Exit Intel R ME...

Page 66: ...assword in the space provided under Intel R ME Password then press Enter Intel R Management Engine BIOS Extension v12 0 0 0010 Intel R ME v12 0 40 1433 Copyright C 2003 17 Intel Corporation All Rights...

Page 67: ...tup And Configuration Power Control Disabled Enabled INTEL R AMT CONFIGURATION Move Highlight Enter Complete Entry Esc Discard Changes 13 In the Intel R AMT Configuration menu select SOL Storage Redir...

Page 68: ...Highlight Enter Complete Entry Esc Discard Changes 16 Select KVM Feature Selection then press Enter Select Enabled or Disabled then press Enter Intel R Management Engine BIOS Extension v12 0 0 0010 In...

Page 69: ...ay choose to use a password only during setup and configuration or to use a pass word anytime the system is being accessed Intel R Management Engine BIOS Extension v12 0 0 0010 Intel R ME v12 0 40 143...

Page 70: ...RK NAME SETTINGS Host Name Domain Name Shared Dedicated FQDN Dynamic DNS Update 24 Select Domain Name then press Enter Enter the computer s domain name then press Enter Intel R Management Engine BIOS...

Page 71: ...1433 Copyright C 2003 17 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved Move Highlight Enter Select Entry Esc Exit TCP IP SETTINGS Wired LAN IPV4 Configuration 27 Select Periodic Update Interval then press En...

Page 72: ...0 0 0 Preferred DNS Address 0 0 0 0 Alternate DNS Address 0 0 0 0 Enter Complete Entry Esc Discard Changes 32 Select Subnet Mask Address then press Enter Enter address then press Enter Intel R Manage...

Page 73: ...ight C 2003 17 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved WIRED LAN IPV4 CONFIGURATION DHCP Mode Disabled IPV4 Address 0 0 0 0 Subnet Mask Address 0 0 0 0 Default Gateway Address 0 0 0 0 Preferred DNS Addr...

Page 74: ...Current Provisioning Mode Provisioning Record Provisioning Server IPV4 IPV6 _ Provisioning Server FQDN _ RCFG TLS PKI Provisioning Mode PKI 40 In the Intel R Remote Setup And Configuration menu select...

Page 75: ...served INTEL R REMOTE CONFIGURATION Start Configuration Move Highlight Enter Select Entry Esc Exit This will activate Remote Configuration Continue Y N 44 Press Esc until you return to the Intel R Rem...

Page 76: ...t SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 SHA256 Hash Name Active Default Algorithm VeriSign Class 3 VeriSign Class 3 Go...

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