Technical Product Specification

Intel Desktop Board DQ67EP Technical Product Specification
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1.16 Power Management .......................................................................... 35
1.16.1 ACPI ............................................................................. 36
1.16.2 Hardware Support ................................................................. 39
2 Technical Reference
2.1 Memory Resources ........................................................................... 43
2.1.1 Addressable Memory ............................................................. 43
2.1.2 Memory Map ......................................................................... 45
2.2 Connectors and Headers .................................................................... 45
2.2.1 Back Panel Connectors ........................................................... 46
2.2.2 Component-side Connectors and Headers................................. 47
2.3 BIOS Configuration Jumper Block ....................................................... 56
2.4 Intel
®
Management Engine BIOS Extension (Intel
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MEBX) Reset Header . 57
2.5 Mechanical Considerations ................................................................. 59
2.5.1 Form Factor .......................................................................... 59
2.6 Electrical Considerations .................................................................... 60
2.6.1 Power Supply Considerations .................................................. 60
2.6.2 Fan Header Current Capability ................................................ 61
2.6.3 Add-in Board Considerations ................................................... 61
2.7 Thermal Considerations ..................................................................... 62
2.8 Reliability......................................................................................... 64
2.9 Environmental .................................................................................. 64
3 Overview of BIOS Features
3.1 Introduction ..................................................................................... 65
3.2 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) ................................................. 67
3.3 Legacy USB Support ......................................................................... 67
3.4 BIOS Updates .................................................................................. 68
3.4.1 Language Support ................................................................. 68
3.4.2 Custom Splash Screen ........................................................... 69
3.5 BIOS Recovery ................................................................................. 69
3.6 Boot Options ....................................................................................
70
3.6.1 Optical Drive Boot ................................................................. 70
3.6.2 Network Boot ........................................................................ 70
3.6.3 Booting Without Attached Devices ........................................... 70
3.6.4 Changing the Default Boot Device During POST ......................... 70
3.7 Hard Disk Drive Password Security Feature .......................................... 71
3.8 BIOS Security Features ..................................................................... 72
4 Error Messages and Beep Codes
4.1 Speaker .......................................................................................... 75
4.2 BIOS Beep Codes ............................................................................. 75
4.3 Front-panel Power LED Blink Codes ..................................................... 76
4.4 BIOS Error Messages ........................................................................ 76
4.5 Port 80h POST Codes ........................................................................ 77