Technical Product Specification

Intel Desktop Board DH77DF Technical Product Specification
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1.11 Power Management .......................................................................... 38
1.11.1 ACPI .................................................................................... 38
1.11.2 Hardware Support ................................................................. 40
2 Technical Reference
2.1 Memory Resources ........................................................................... 45
2.1.1 Addressable Memory.............................................................. 45
2.1.2 Memory Map ......................................................................... 47
2.2 Connectors and Headers .................................................................... 47
2.2.1 Back Panel Connectors ........................................................... 48
2.2.2 Component-side Connectors and Headers (Top) ........................ 49
2.2.3 Component-side Connectors and Headers (Bottom) ................... 51
2.3 Jumper Block ................................................................................... 61
2.4 Mechanical Considerations ................................................................. 63
2.4.1 Form Factor .......................................................................... 63
2.5 Electrical Considerations .................................................................... 64
2.5.1 Power Supply Considerations .................................................. 64
2.5.2 Power Supervisor .................................................................. 65
2.5.3 Fan Header Current Capability ................................................ 65
2.5.4 Add-in Board Considerations ................................................... 65
2.6 Thermal Considerations ..................................................................... 66
2.7 Reliability ........................................................................................ 69
2.8 Environmental .................................................................................. 69
3 Overview of BIOS Features
3.1 Introduction ..................................................................................... 71
3.2 BIOS Flash Memory Organization ........................................................ 72
3.3 Resource Configuration ..................................................................... 72
3.3.1 PCI Express Autoconfiguration ................................................ 72
3.4 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) ................................................. 73
3.5 Legacy USB Support ......................................................................... 73
3.6 BIOS Updates .................................................................................. 74
3.6
.1 Language Support ................................................................. 74
3.6.2 Custom Splash Screen ........................................................... 75
3.7 BIOS Recovery ................................................................................. 75
3.8 Boot Options .................................................................................... 76
3.8.1 Optical Drive Boot ................................................................. 76
3.8.2 Network Boot ........................................................................ 76
3.8.3 Booting Without Attached Devices ........................................... 76
3.8.4 Changing the Default Boot Device During POST ......................... 76
3.9 Adjusting Boot Speed ........................................................................ 77
3.9.1 Peripheral Selection and Configuration ..................................... 77
3.9.2 BIOS Boot Optimizations ........................................................ 77
3.10 Hard Disk Drive Password Security Feature .......................................... 78
3.11 BIOS Security Features ..................................................................... 79
3.12 BIOS Performance Features ............................................................... 80