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Intel® Desktop Board 
DH77EB 

 

Technical Product Specification 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

June 2012 

Part Number:  G53909-002 

 

 

 

The Intel Desktop Board DH77EB may contain design defects or errors known as errata that may cause the product to deviate from published specifications.  
Current characterized errata are documented in the Intel Desktop Board DH77EB Specification Update. 

 

Summary of Contents for DH77EB

Page 1: ...rt Number G53909 002 The Intel Desktop Board DH77EB may contain design defects or errors known as errata that may cause the product to deviate from published specifications Current characterized errat...

Page 2: ...r other PC or embedded non PC applications or other environments such as medical industrial alarm systems test equipment etc may not be supported without further evaluation by Intel Intel Corporation...

Page 3: ...Notes 1 The AA number is found on a small label on the component side of the board 2 The H77 processor used on this AA revision consists of the following component Device Stepping S Spec Numbers Inte...

Page 4: ...Intel Desktop Board DH77EB Technical Product Specification iv...

Page 5: ...ument Contains Chapter Description 1 A description of the hardware used on Intel Desktop Board DH77EB 2 A map of the resources of the Intel Desktop Board 3 The features supported by the BIOS Setup pro...

Page 6: ...lobyte 1024 bytes Kb Kilobit 1024 bits kb s 1000 bits per second MB Megabyte 1 048 576 bytes MB s Megabytes per second Mb Megabit 1 048 576 bits Mb s Megabits per second TDP Thermal Design Power xxh A...

Page 7: ...udio Subsystem 28 1 8 1 Audio Subsystem Software 28 1 8 2 Audio Subsystem Components 28 1 9 LAN Subsystem 30 1 9 1 Intel 82579V Gigabit Ethernet Controller 30 1 9 2 LAN Subsystem Software 31 1 9 3 RJ...

Page 8: ...Language Support 68 3 6 2 Custom Splash Screen 69 3 7 BIOS Recovery 69 3 8 Boot Options 70 3 8 1 Optical Drive Boot 70 3 8 2 Network Boot 70 3 8 3 Booting Without Attached Devices 70 3 8 4 Changing t...

Page 9: ...oard Dimensions 59 15 Localized High Temperature Zones 62 16 Intel Desktop Board DH77EB China RoHS Material Self Declaration Table 88 Tables 1 Feature Summary 11 2 Components Shown in Figure 1 14 3 Su...

Page 10: ...LED 55 34 Alternate Front Panel Power Sleep LED Header 55 35 BIOS Setup Configuration Jumper Settings 58 36 Fan Header Current Capability 61 37 Thermal Considerations for Components 63 38 Tcontrol Val...

Page 11: ...1333 MHz and DDR3 1066 MHz DIMMs Support for 1 Gb 2 Gb and 4 Gb memory technology Support for up to 32 GB of system memory with four DIMMs using 4 Gb memory technology Support for non ECC memory Supp...

Page 12: ...port header Expansion Capabilities One PCI Express 3 0 x16 add in card connector Three PCI Express 2 0 x1 add in card connectors One PCI Express Full Half Mini Card slot with support for mSATA Note PC...

Page 13: ...Product Description 13 1 1 2 Board Layout Figure 1 shows the location of the major components on Intel Desktop Board DH77EB Figure 1 Major Board Components...

Page 14: ...LPC Debug connector O DIMM 4 Channel B DIMM 0 P DIMM 2 Channel B DIMM 1 Q Front fan header R Chassis intrusion header S Consumer IR receiver input header T Consumer IR emitter output header U Piezoele...

Page 15: ...Product Description 15 1 1 3 Block Diagram Figure 2 is a block diagram of the major functional areas of the board Figure 2 Block Diagram...

Page 16: ...1 3 Processor The board supports 3rd generation Intel Core processor family and 2nd generation Intel Core processor family processors Other processors may be supported in the future This board suppor...

Page 17: ...layPort if DVI I or HDMI is used concurrently with DisplayPort 1 3 1 1 1 Intel High Definition Intel HD Graphics The Intel HD graphics controller features the following 3D Features DirectX 11 2nd gene...

Page 18: ...s 16 GB s in each direction simultaneously for a total bandwidth of 32 GB s PCI Express 2 x with a raw bit rate of 5 0 GT s results in an effective bandwidth of 500 MB s each direction per lane The ma...

Page 19: ...all applicable DDR SDRAM memory specifications the board should be populated with DIMMs that support the Serial Presence Detect SPD data structure This allows the BIOS to read the SPD data and program...

Page 20: ...single channel bandwidth operation for real world applications This mode is used when only a single DIMM is installed or the memory capacities are unequal Technology and device width can vary from one...

Page 21: ...e 3 illustrates the memory channel and DIMM configuration Figure 3 Memory Channel and DIMM Configuration NOTE For best memory performance always install memory in the blue DIMM sockets if installing o...

Page 22: ...ay is divided between the processor and the PCH The processor houses the memory interface display planes and pipes while the PCH has transcoder and display interface or ports The PCH receives the disp...

Page 23: ...r 2 May require BIOS setup menu changes 1 5 2 4 High Definition Multimedia Interface HDMI The HDMI port supports standard enhanced or high definition video plus multi channel digital audio on a single...

Page 24: ...s maximum supported display resolution is 2560 x 1600 at 60 Hz refresh with a 16 10 aspect ratio WQXGA Table 6 DisplayPort Status Conditions PCI Express x16 Connector Status DisplayPort Status No add...

Page 25: ...attached to a USB port may not meet FCC Class B requirements even if no device is attached to the cable Use a shielded cable that meets the requirements for full speed devices For information about Re...

Page 26: ...hipset RAID 0 data striping RAID 1 data mirroring RAID 0 1 or RAID 10 data striping and mirroring RAID 5 distributed parity 1 5 4 2 Intel Smart Response Technology Intel Smart Response Technology is a...

Page 27: ...with Enhanced Parallel Port EPP support Consumer Infrared CIR headers Serial IRQ interface compatible with serialized IRQ support for PCI systems Intelligent power management including a programmable...

Page 28: ...Beam Forming BF technology for voice applications Windows 7 Ultimate certification Table 8 lists the supported functions of the front panel and back panel audio jacks Table 8 Audio Jack Support Audio...

Page 29: ...D Line out front speakers E Mic in side surround F S PDIF out optical Figure 4 Back Panel Audio Connectors NOTE The back panel audio line out connector is designed to power headphones or amplified spe...

Page 30: ...rmation about Refer to LAN software and drivers http downloadcenter intel com 1 9 1 Intel 82579V Gigabit Ethernet Controller The Intel 82579V Gigabit Ethernet Controller supports the following feature...

Page 31: ...own in Figure 5 Item Description A Link LED Green B Data Rate LED Green Yellow Figure 5 LAN Connector LED Locations Table 9 describes the LED states when the board is powered up and the LAN subsystem...

Page 32: ...onitoring Chassis fan speed monitoring Power monitoring of 12 V 5 V 3 3 V 3 3 Vstandby V_SM VCCP and PCH VCC SMBus interface 1 10 2 Fan Monitoring Fan monitoring can be implemented using Intel Desktop...

Page 33: ...aders Item Description A Thermal diode located on the VR zone B Thermal diode located on the processor die C Front chassis fan header D Thermal diode located on the memory zone E Processor fan header...

Page 34: ...aware driver video displays and hard disk drives Methods for achieving less than 15 watt system operation in the power on standby sleeping state A Soft off feature that enables the operating system to...

Page 35: ...essor States Device States Targeted System Power Note 1 G0 working state S0 working C0 working D0 working state Full power 30 W G1 sleeping state S3 Suspend to RAM Context saved to RAM No power D3 no...

Page 36: ...ides full ACPI support In addition software drivers and peripherals must fully support ACPI wake events 1 11 2 Hardware Support CAUTION Ensure that the power supply provides adequate 5 V standby curre...

Page 37: ...ut Refer to The location of the main power connector Figure 10 page 45 The signal names of the main power connector Table 30 page 53 1 11 2 2 Fan Headers The function operation of the fan headers is a...

Page 38: ...nology CAUTION For Instantly Available PC technology the 5 V standby line for the power supply must be capable of providing adequate 5 V standby current Failure to provide adequate standby current whe...

Page 39: ...rt When the WAKE signal on the PCI Express bus is asserted the computer wakes from an ACPI S3 S4 or S5 state 1 11 2 7 Wake from Consumer IR CIR activity wakes the computer from an ACPI S3 S4 or S5 sta...

Page 40: ...n when the computer appears to be off Figure 7 shows the location of the standby power LED CAUTION If AC power has been switched off and the standby power indicator is still lit disconnect the power c...

Page 41: ...ns include the following BIOS SPI Flash device 32 Mbit Local APIC 19 MB Direct Media Interface 40 MB PCI Express configuration space 256 MB PCH base address registers PCI Express ports up to 256 MB Me...

Page 42: ...Intel Desktop Board DH77EB Technical Product Specification 42 Figure 8 Detailed System Memory Address Map...

Page 43: ...ry 2 2 Connectors and Headers CAUTION Only the following connectors and headers have overcurrent protection back panel and front panel USB and serial The other internal connectors and headers are not...

Page 44: ...connector E DVI I connector F DisplayPort connector G LAN port H USB 3 0 ports I Rear surround J Center channel and LFE subwoofer K S PDIF out optical L Line in M Line out front speakers N Mic in sid...

Page 45: ...Technical Reference 45 2 2 2 Component side Connectors and Headers Figure 10 shows the locations of the component side connectors and headers Figure 10 Component side Connectors and Headers...

Page 46: ...H Processor fan header I LPC Debug connector J Front fan header K Chassis intrusion header L Consumer IR receiver input header M Consumer IR emitter output header N Main power connector 2 x 12 O Fron...

Page 47: ...channel 6 Port 1 SENSE_RETURN 7 SENSE_SEND Jack detection 8 Key no pin 9 Port 2 Left channel 10 Port 2 SENSE_RETURN Table 16 Front Panel Audio Header for AC 97 Audio Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1...

Page 48: ...USB2 Signal D 9 IntA_P1_D USB3 ICC Port1 D USB2 Signal D 10 ID Over Current Protection 11 IntA_P2_D USB3 ICC Port2 D USB2 Signal D 12 IntA_P2_D USB3 ICC Port2 D USB2 Signal D 13 GND Ground 14 IntA_P2...

Page 49: ...V 3 FAN_TACH 4 FAN_CONTROL Note These fan headers use Pulse Width Modulation control for fan speed Table 23 Back Panel CIR Emitter Output Header Pin Signal Name 1 Emitter out 1 2 Emitter out 2 3 Grou...

Page 50: ...FD DATASTB 3 PD0 PD0 4 FAULT FAULT 5 PD1 PD1 6 INT RESET 7 PD2 PD2 8 SLCTIN ADDRSTB 9 PD3 PD3 10 GROUND GROUND 11 PD4 PD4 12 GROUND GROUND 13 PD5 PD5 14 GROUND GROUND 15 PD6 PD6 16 GROUND GROUND 17 PD...

Page 51: ...GND 5 Reserved 6 1 5 V 7 CLKREQ 8 Reserved 9 GND 10 Reserved 11 REFCLK 12 Reserved 13 REFCLK 14 Reserved 15 GND 16 Reserved 17 Reserved 18 GND 19 Reserved 20 Reserved 21 GND 22 PERST 23 PERn0 24 3 3...

Page 52: ...r 48 1 5V 49 Reserved mSATA DA DSS 50 GND 51 Reserved mSATA Presence Detection 52 3 3 V aux Table 27 Serial Port Header Pin Signal Name Pin Signal Name 1 DCD Data Carrier Detect 2 RXD Receive Data 3 T...

Page 53: ...supply with a 2 x 10 main power cable attach that cable to the main power connector leaving pins 11 12 23 and 24 unconnected Processor core power a 2 x 2 connector This connector provides power direc...

Page 54: ...escription 1 HDD_POWER_LED Pull up resistor 750 to 5V 2 POWER_LED_MAIN Out Front panel LED main color 3 HDD_LED Out Hard disk activity LED 4 POWER_LED_ALT Out Front panel LED alt color 5 GROUND Ground...

Page 55: ...w Sleeping NOTE The colors listed in Table 32 and Table 33 are suggested colors only Actual LED colors are chassis specific 2 2 2 4 4 Power Switch Header Pins 6 and 8 can be connected to a front panel...

Page 56: ...ders Figure 12 is a connection diagram for the front panel USB 2 0 headers NOTE The 5 V DC power on the USB headers is fused Use only a front panel USB connector that conforms to the USB 2 0 specifica...

Page 57: ...aged Figure 13 shows the location of the jumper block The 3 pin jumper block determines the BIOS Setup program s mode Table 35 describes the jumper settings for the three modes normal configure and re...

Page 58: ...and passwords for booting Configure 2 3 After the POST runs Setup runs automatically The maintenance menu is displayed Note that this Configure mode is the only way to clear the BIOS CMOS settings Pr...

Page 59: ...assis Figure 14 illustrates the mechanical form factor for the board Dimensions are given in inches millimeters The outer dimensions are 9 60 inches by 9 60 inches 243 84 millimeters by 243 84 millime...

Page 60: ...mple for a high power system consisting of a supported 95 W processor see Section 1 3 on page 16 for a list of supported processors 4 GB DDR3 RAM one high end video card one hard disk drive one optica...

Page 61: ...y 5 V maximum current or 14 A in total 2 6 Thermal Considerations CAUTION A chassis with a maximum internal ambient temperature of 38 o C at the processor fan inlet is a requirement Use a processor he...

Page 62: ...nvironmental specifications in Section 2 8 CAUTION Ensure that proper airflow is maintained in the processor voltage regulator circuit Failure to do so may result in damage to the voltage regulator ci...

Page 63: ...to Thermal Design Power TDP is specified as the maximum sustainable power to be dissipated by the components When the component is dissipating less than TDP the case temperature should be below the Ma...

Page 64: ...Desktop Board DH77EB is 328 467 hours 2 8 Environmental Table 39 lists the environmental specifications for the board Table 39 Environmental Specifications Parameter Specification Temperature Non Ope...

Page 65: ...n the BIOS Setup configuration jumper is set to configure mode and the computer is powered up the BIOS compares the CPU version and the microcode version in the BIOS and reports if the two match The B...

Page 66: ...creen Moves the cursor left or right or Selects an item Moves the cursor up or down Tab Selects a field Not implemented Enter Executes command or selects the submenu F9 Load the default configuration...

Page 67: ...lication running on a non Plug and Play operating system can obtain the SMBIOS information Additional board information can be found in the BIOS under the Additional Information header under the Main...

Page 68: ...rive a flash drive or a USB hard drive or a CD ROM or from the file location on the Web Intel Flash Memory Update Utility which requires booting from DOS Using this utility the BIOS can be updated fro...

Page 69: ...ttp developer intel com design motherbd software htm 3 7 BIOS Recovery It is unlikely that anything will interrupt a BIOS update however if an interruption occurs the BIOS could be damaged Table 42 li...

Page 70: ...ion allows booting from the onboard LAN or a network add in card with a remote boot ROM installed Pressing the F12 key during POST automatically forces booting from the LAN To use this key during POST...

Page 71: ...e the settings for Fast Boot This option will allow BIOS to skip through various stages of POST and boot quickly to the last detected boot device In the Boot Menu set the hard disk drive as the first...

Page 72: ...e computer The password prompt will be displayed before the computer is booted If only the supervisor password is set the computer boots without asking for a password If both passwords are set the use...

Page 73: ...0 147 April2011 pdf for more information 3 11 BIOS Performance Features The BIOS includes the following options to provide custom performance enhancements when using 3rd generation Intel Core processo...

Page 74: ...Intel Desktop Board DH77EB Technical Product Specification 74...

Page 75: ...equency F2 Setup F10 Boot Menu Prompt One 0 5 second beep when BIOS is ready to accept keyboard input 932 Hz BIOS update in progress None Video error On off 1 0 second each two times then 2 5 second p...

Page 76: ...option ROM is found Memory error On off 1 0 second each three times then 2 5 second pause off entire pattern repeats blinks and pause until the system is powered off Thermal trip warning Each beep wil...

Page 77: ...des themselves Table 50 lists the Port 80h POST sequence NOTE In the tables listed above all POST codes and range values are listed in hexadecimal Table 48 Port 80h POST Code Ranges Range Subsystem 0x...

Page 78: ...e PEI before MRC PEI Platform driver 0x11 Set bootmode GPIO init 0x12 Early chipset register programming including graphics init 0x13 Basic PCH init discrete device init 1394 SATA 0x14 LAN init 0x15 E...

Page 79: ...SMM Init smm relocate bases 0x45 Smm relocate bases for APs 0x46 End CPU SMM Init CPU DXE Phase 0x47 CPU DXE Phase begin 0x48 Refresh memory space attributes according to MTRRs 0x49 Load the microcod...

Page 80: ...x6D BDS Step13 0x6E BDS Step14 0x6F BDS return to DXE core should not get here Keyboard PS2 or USB 0x90 Resetting keyboard 0x91 Disabling the keyboard 0x92 Detecting the presence of the keyboard 0x93...

Page 81: ...Detecting presence of a removable media IDE CDROM detection etc 0xBB Enabling configuring a removable media DXE Core 0xE4 Entered DXE phase BDS 0xE7 Waiting for user input 0xE8 Checking password 0xE9...

Page 82: ...zation 13 SMM initialization 50 Enumerating PCI buses 51 Allocating resourced to PCI bus 92 Detecting the presence of the keyboard 90 Resetting keyboard 94 Clearing keyboard input buffer 95 Keyboard S...

Page 83: ...dards Product certification markings 5 1 1 Safety Standards Intel Desktop Board DH77EB complies with the safety standards stated in Table 51 when correctly installed in a compatible host system Table...

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Page 85: ...l lead solder on the printed wiring board assembly 5 1 3 2 Recycling Considerations As part of its commitment to environmental responsibility Intel has implemented the Intel Product Recycling Program...

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Page 88: ...RoHS compliant product The China Ministry of Information Industry MII stipulates that a material Self Declaration Table SDT must be included in a product s user documentation The SDT for Intel Deskto...

Page 89: ...and Radio Waves Act South Korea CNS 13438 Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection Taiwan FCC Declaration of Conformity This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules Operation is subject to...

Page 90: ...artment of Communications Le pr sent appareil numerique n met pas de bruits radio lectriques d passant les limites applicables aux appareils num riques de la classe B prescrites dans le R glement sur...

Page 91: ...ergy Star v5 0 category B EPEAT Korea e Standby European Union Energy related Products Directive 2009 ErP Lot 6 NOTE Energy Star compliance is based at the system level not the board level Use of an I...

Page 92: ...tick mark Includes adjacent Intel supplier code number N 232 Japan VCCI Voluntary Control Council for Interference mark Korea Certification mark Includes an adjacent KCC Korean Communications Commissi...

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Page 97: ...Regulatory Compliance and Battery Disposal Information 97...

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