Smart Response Technology User Guide
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... (SSD) with a Solid State Drive (SSD) used as Accelerate 8. Run the Intel RST software through the All Programs menu or the task bar icon. 9. Intel® Smart Response Technology is implemented as cache memory between the hard disk drive and system memory. This provides the advantage of having a hard disk drive (or a RAID volume...
... (SSD) with a Solid State Drive (SSD) used as Accelerate 8. Run the Intel RST software through the All Programs menu or the task bar icon. 9. Intel® Smart Response Technology is implemented as cache memory between the hard disk drive and system memory. This provides the advantage of having a hard disk drive (or a RAID volume...
Smart Response Technology User Guide
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...the HDD (or RAID volume) to accelerate the system volume or system disk for the cache memory. The page refreshes and reports the new acceleration configuration in the U.S. Congratulations! Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Core, and Core Inside are trademarks of others. All rights reserved. Select the SSD to ... mode: Acceleration optimized for data protection. Note: Any remaining space on the SSD may be used as the property of Intel Corporation in the Acceleration View. 15. By default, Enhanced mode is automatically created. 12. It is now successfully configured with the...
...the HDD (or RAID volume) to accelerate the system volume or system disk for the cache memory. The page refreshes and reports the new acceleration configuration in the U.S. Congratulations! Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Core, and Core Inside are trademarks of others. All rights reserved. Select the SSD to ... mode: Acceleration optimized for data protection. Note: Any remaining space on the SSD may be used as the property of Intel Corporation in the Acceleration View. 15. By default, Enhanced mode is automatically created. 12. It is now successfully configured with the...
Technical Product Specification
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Contents 1 Product Description 1.1 Overview 11 1.1.1 Feature Summary 11 1.1.2 Board Layout 13 1.1.3 Block Diagram 15 1.2 Online Support 16 1.3 Processor 16 1.3.1 Graphics Subsystem 17 1.4 System Memory 19 1.4.1 Memory Configurations 20 1.5 Intel® H77 Express Chipset 22 1.5.1 Direct Media Interface (DMI 22 1.5.2 Display Interfaces 22 1.5.3 USB 25 1.5.4 SATA Interfaces 25 1.6 Real-Time Clock Subsystem 27 1.7 Legacy I/O Controller...
Contents 1 Product Description 1.1 Overview 11 1.1.1 Feature Summary 11 1.1.2 Board Layout 13 1.1.3 Block Diagram 15 1.2 Online Support 16 1.3 Processor 16 1.3.1 Graphics Subsystem 17 1.4 System Memory 19 1.4.1 Memory Configurations 20 1.5 Intel® H77 Express Chipset 22 1.5.1 Direct Media Interface (DMI 22 1.5.2 Display Interfaces 22 1.5.3 USB 25 1.5.4 SATA Interfaces 25 1.6 Real-Time Clock Subsystem 27 1.7 Legacy I/O Controller...
Technical Product Specification
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Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Technical Product Specification 2.4 Mechanical Considerations 60 2.4.1 Form Factor 60 2.5 Electrical Considerations 61 2.5.1 Power Supply Considerations 61 2.5.2 Fan Header Current Capability 62 2.5.3 Add-in Board Considerations 62 2.6 Thermal Considerations 62 2.7 Reliability 65 2.8 Environmental 65 3 Overview of BIOS Features 3.1 Introduction 67 3.2 BIOS Flash Memory Organization 68 3.3 Resource Configuration 68 3.3.1 PCI Express Autoconfiguration...
Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Technical Product Specification 2.4 Mechanical Considerations 60 2.4.1 Form Factor 60 2.5 Electrical Considerations 61 2.5.1 Power Supply Considerations 61 2.5.2 Fan Header Current Capability 62 2.5.3 Add-in Board Considerations 62 2.6 Thermal Considerations 62 2.7 Reliability 65 2.8 Environmental 65 3 Overview of BIOS Features 3.1 Introduction 67 3.2 BIOS Flash Memory Organization 68 3.3 Resource Configuration 68 3.3.1 PCI Express Autoconfiguration...
Technical Product Specification
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...29 5. Connection Diagram for Intel HD Audio 47 16. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC China RoHS Material Self Declaration Table 90 Tables 1. Components Shown in Figure 10 46 15. Supported Memory Configurations 19 4. Wake-up Devices and Events 36 13. System Memory Map 43 14. Front Panel...11. Feature Summary 11 2. Audio Formats Supported by the HDMI and DisplayPort Interfaces.......... 24 8. Audio Jack Support 28 9. Detailed System Memory Address Map 42 9. Location of Pressing the Power Switch 34 11. DVI Port Status Conditions 23 5. Major Board Components 13 2....
...29 5. Connection Diagram for Intel HD Audio 47 16. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC China RoHS Material Self Declaration Table 90 Tables 1. Components Shown in Figure 10 46 15. Supported Memory Configurations 19 4. Wake-up Devices and Events 36 13. System Memory Map 43 14. Front Panel...11. Feature Summary 11 2. Audio Formats Supported by the HDMI and DisplayPort Interfaces.......... 24 8. Audio Jack Support 28 9. Detailed System Memory Address Map 42 9. Location of Pressing the Power Switch 34 11. DVI Port Status Conditions 23 5. Major Board Components 13 2....
Technical Product Specification
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...* v1.1a • Support for a PCI Express* 3.0 x16 add-in an LGA1155 socket ― One PCI Express* x16 graphics interface ― Integrated memory controller with dual channel DDR3 memory support ― Integrated graphics processing (processors with Intel® HD Graphics) ― External graphics interface controller • Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline...
...* v1.1a • Support for a PCI Express* 3.0 x16 add-in an LGA1155 socket ― One PCI Express* x16 graphics interface ― Integrated memory controller with dual channel DDR3 memory support ― Integrated graphics processing (processors with Intel® HD Graphics) ― External graphics interface controller • Four 240-pin DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline...
Technical Product Specification
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... supply. Refer to -date list of 95 W Thermal Design Power (TDP). Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Desktop Board Support Available configurations for providing power to : http://processormatch.intel.com CAUTION Use only the processors listed on power supply requirements for this World ...memory Integration information http://processormatch.intel.com http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/index.htm http://downloadcenter.intel.com http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS025414.htm http://www.intel.com/support/go/buildit 1.3 Processor The board supports 3rd generation Intel...
... supply. Refer to -date list of 95 W Thermal Design Power (TDP). Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Desktop Board Support Available configurations for providing power to : http://processormatch.intel.com CAUTION Use only the processors listed on power supply requirements for this World ...memory Integration information http://processormatch.intel.com http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/chipsets/index.htm http://downloadcenter.intel.com http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS025414.htm http://www.intel.com/support/go/buildit 1.3 Processor The board supports 3rd generation Intel...
Technical Product Specification
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... of the integrated graphics interfaces simultaneously: DisplayPort, DVI-I, HDMI. NOTE If using a processor with 4 GB and above system memory configuration 17 Product Description 1.3.1 Graphics Subsystem The board supports graphics through either the processor Intel HD Graphics or a PCI Express x16 add-in graphics card. 1.3.1.1 Processor Graphics The board supports integrated graphics through...
... of the integrated graphics interfaces simultaneously: DisplayPort, DVI-I, HDMI. NOTE If using a processor with 4 GB and above system memory configuration 17 Product Description 1.3.1 Graphics Subsystem The board supports graphics through either the processor Intel HD Graphics or a PCI Express x16 add-in graphics card. 1.3.1.1 Processor Graphics The board supports integrated graphics through...
Technical Product Specification
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... voltage to support higher performance DDR3 SDRAM DIMMs. • 1.35 V Low Voltage DDR3 DIMMs (JEDEC specification) • Two independent memory channels with interleaved mode support • Unbuffered, single-sided or double-sided DIMMs with the following restriction: Double-sided DIMMs with x16 ...organization are only supported by 3rd generation Intel Core processor family processors • XMP version 1.3 performance profile support for memory speeds of 1600 MHz and higher NOTE To be fully compliant with all applicable DDR SDRAM...
... voltage to support higher performance DDR3 SDRAM DIMMs. • 1.35 V Low Voltage DDR3 DIMMs (JEDEC specification) • Two independent memory channels with interleaved mode support • Unbuffered, single-sided or double-sided DIMMs with the following restriction: Double-sided DIMMs with x16 ...organization are only supported by 3rd generation Intel Core processor family processors • XMP version 1.3 performance profile support for memory speeds of 1600 MHz and higher NOTE To be fully compliant with all applicable DDR SDRAM...
Technical Product Specification
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... single channel bandwidth operation for each channel must be equal. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Technical Product Specification For information about ... This mode offers the highest throughput for real world applications. This mode is used . • Single channel (Asymmetric) mode. The bottommost DRAM memory (the memory that is nearest to the 8 GB address space limit...
... single channel bandwidth operation for each channel must be equal. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Technical Product Specification For information about ... This mode offers the highest throughput for real world applications. This mode is used . • Single channel (Asymmetric) mode. The bottommost DRAM memory (the memory that is nearest to the 8 GB address space limit...
Technical Product Specification
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Memory Channel and DIMM Configuration NOTE The DIMM sockets are labeled in the blue DIMM sockets (DIMM 1 and DIMM 2) if installing only two DIMMs on your board 21 Product Description Figure 3 illustrates the memory channel and DIMM configuration. For best memory performance always install memory in installation order from DIMM 1 to DIMM 4. Figure 3.
Memory Channel and DIMM Configuration NOTE The DIMM sockets are labeled in the blue DIMM sockets (DIMM 1 and DIMM 2) if installing only two DIMMs on your board 21 Product Description Figure 3 illustrates the memory channel and DIMM configuration. For best memory performance always install memory in installation order from DIMM 1 to DIMM 4. Figure 3.
Technical Product Specification
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..., LAN, and PCI Express interfaces. The processor houses the memory interface, display planes, and pipes while the PCH has transcoder and display interface or ports. The PCH supports HDCP 1.4 for the board's I/O paths. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Technical Product Specification 1.5 Intel® H77 Express Chipset Intel H77 Express Chipset with the display interfaces on the...
..., LAN, and PCI Express interfaces. The processor houses the memory interface, display planes, and pipes while the PCH has transcoder and display interface or ports. The PCH supports HDCP 1.4 for the board's I/O paths. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Technical Product Specification 1.5 Intel® H77 Express Chipset Intel H77 Express Chipset with the display interfaces on the...
Technical Product Specification
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... supply extends the life of three years. Product Description 1.6 Real-Time Clock Subsystem A coin-cell battery (CR2032) powers the real-time clock and CMOS memory. When the computer is designed to work. 27 Figure 1 on page 13 shows the location of the battery. 1.7 Legacy I/O Controller The I /O... has an estimated life of the battery. When the voltage drops below a certain level, the BIOS Setup program settings stored in order to Intel Desktop Boards for the I /O controller provides the following features: • One serial port header • One parallel port connector with Enhanced...
... supply extends the life of three years. Product Description 1.6 Real-Time Clock Subsystem A coin-cell battery (CR2032) powers the real-time clock and CMOS memory. When the computer is designed to work. 27 Figure 1 on page 13 shows the location of the battery. 1.7 Legacy I/O Controller The I /O... has an estimated life of the battery. When the voltage drops below a certain level, the BIOS Setup program settings stored in order to Intel Desktop Boards for the I /O controller provides the following features: • One serial port header • One parallel port connector with Enhanced...
Technical Product Specification
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...(40 MB) • PCI Express configuration space (256 MB) • PCH base address registers PCI Express ports (up to 256 MB) • Memory-mapped I /O logical address space. Typically the address space that is dynamically allocated for Conventional PCI bus add-in cards (256 MB) The board provides ...the top of usable DRAM boundary to the 4 GB boundary to reclaim the physical memory overlapped by the memory mapped I /O that has 32 GB of system memory installed, it is no overlap of addressable system memory. On a system that is allocated for Conventional PCI and PCI Express add-in cards...
...(40 MB) • PCI Express configuration space (256 MB) • PCH base address registers PCI Express ports (up to 256 MB) • Memory-mapped I /O logical address space. Typically the address space that is dynamically allocated for Conventional PCI bus add-in cards (256 MB) The board provides ...the top of usable DRAM boundary to the 4 GB boundary to reclaim the physical memory overlapped by the memory mapped I /O that has 32 GB of system memory installed, it is no overlap of addressable system memory. On a system that is allocated for Conventional PCI and PCI Express add-in cards...
Technical Product Specification
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...- Dependent on video adapter used. Do not use these groups: • Back panel I/O connectors • Component-side connectors and headers (see page 45) 43 System Memory Map Address Range (decimal) Address Range (hex) 1024 K - 33550336 K 960 K - 1024 K 896 K - 960 K 800 K - 896 K 100000 ...damage to the PCI Conventional bus). Technical Reference 2.1.2 Memory Map Table 13 lists the system memory map. EFFFF C8000 - A fault in the load presented by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.2 Connectors and Headers CAUTION Only the following connectors ...
...- Dependent on video adapter used. Do not use these groups: • Back panel I/O connectors • Component-side connectors and headers (see page 45) 43 System Memory Map Address Range (decimal) Address Range (hex) 1024 K - 33550336 K 960 K - 1024 K 896 K - 960 K 800 K - 896 K 100000 ...damage to the PCI Conventional bus). Technical Reference 2.1.2 Memory Map Table 13 lists the system memory map. EFFFF C8000 - A fault in the load presented by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.2 Connectors and Headers CAUTION Only the following connectors ...
Technical Product Specification
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... is powered-up, the BIOS compares the CPU version and the microcode version in the Serial Peripheral Interface Flash Memory (SPI Flash) and can be updated using a disk-based program. Section 2.3 on page 58 shows how ...to configure mode and the computer is accessed by pressing the key after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. The SPI Flash contains the BIOS Setup program, POST,... POST identifying the type of BIOS Features 3.1 Introduction The board uses an Intel BIOS that is stored in the BIOS and reports if the two match.
... is powered-up, the BIOS compares the CPU version and the microcode version in the Serial Peripheral Interface Flash Memory (SPI Flash) and can be updated using a disk-based program. Section 2.3 on page 58 shows how ...to configure mode and the computer is accessed by pressing the key after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. The SPI Flash contains the BIOS Setup program, POST,... POST identifying the type of BIOS Features 3.1 Introduction The board uses an Intel BIOS that is stored in the BIOS and reports if the two match.
Technical Product Specification
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...system resources. tion Performance Clears passwords and displays processor information Displays processor and memory configuration Configures advanced features available through the chipset Configures Memory, Bus and Processor overrides Security Sets passwords and security features Power Configures ... memory device. 3.3 Resource Configuration 3.3.1 PCI Express Autoconfiguration The BIOS can automatically configure PCI Express devices. Autoconfiguration lets a user insert or remove PCI Express cards without having to be onboard or add-in cards. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC ...
...system resources. tion Performance Clears passwords and displays processor information Displays processor and memory configuration Configures advanced features available through the chipset Configures Memory, Bus and Processor overrides Security Sets passwords and security features Power Configures ... memory device. 3.3 Resource Configuration 3.3.1 PCI Express Autoconfiguration The BIOS can automatically configure PCI Express devices. Autoconfiguration lets a user insert or remove PCI Express cards without having to be onboard or add-in cards. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC ...
Technical Product Specification
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...; BIOS data, such as the BIOS revision level • Fixed-system data, such as peripherals, serial numbers, and asset tags • Resource data, such as memory size, cache size, and processor speed • Dynamic data, such as event detection and error logging Non-Plug and Play operating systems require an additional... apply power to install an operating system that supports USB. The main component of BIOS Features 3.4 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) SMBIOS is enabled by using Intel® Integrator Toolkit. 69
...; BIOS data, such as the BIOS revision level • Fixed-system data, such as peripherals, serial numbers, and asset tags • Resource data, such as memory size, cache size, and processor speed • Dynamic data, such as event detection and error logging Non-Plug and Play operating systems require an additional... apply power to install an operating system that supports USB. The main component of BIOS Features 3.4 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS) SMBIOS is enabled by using Intel® Integrator Toolkit. 69
Technical Product Specification
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... utilities, which are supported in the Windows environment. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Technical Product Specification To install an operating system that supports USB, verify that the updated BIOS matches the target system to http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb /CS-022312.htm. ...), or a CD-ROM, or from the file location on the Web. • Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility, which requires booting from a file on the Intel World Wide Web site: • Intel® Express BIOS Update utility, which enables automated updating while in US English. NOTE...
... utilities, which are supported in the Windows environment. Intel Desktop Board DH77KC Technical Product Specification To install an operating system that supports USB, verify that the updated BIOS matches the target system to http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb /CS-022312.htm. ...), or a CD-ROM, or from the file location on the Web. • Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility, which requires booting from a file on the Intel World Wide Web site: • Intel® Express BIOS Update utility, which enables automated updating while in US English. NOTE...
Technical Product Specification
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...BIOS Performance Features The BIOS includes the following options to provide custom performance enhancements when using 3rd generation Intel Core processor family and 2nd generation Intel Core processor family processors in an LGA1155 socket. • Processor Maximum Non-Turbo Ratio (processor ...multiplier can only be adjusted down) • Memory multiplier adjustment • Memory voltage adjustment • Graphics multiplier adjustment 75 ...
...BIOS Performance Features The BIOS includes the following options to provide custom performance enhancements when using 3rd generation Intel Core processor family and 2nd generation Intel Core processor family processors in an LGA1155 socket. • Processor Maximum Non-Turbo Ratio (processor ...multiplier can only be adjusted down) • Memory multiplier adjustment • Memory voltage adjustment • Graphics multiplier adjustment 75 ...