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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 AEC-6876 Fanless Embedded Controller I n t e l ® Core TM i5-2510E/ Celeron ® -B810 Processor with 2 Gigabit Ethernet 4 COM, 4 USB, 1 PCI-Express[x4] DVI, HDMI, VGA AEC-68 76 Manual 1st Ed. February 2012[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 i Copyright Notice This document is copy righted, 2012. All rights are reserved. The original manufacturer reserves the right t o make improvements to the products described in t his manual at any time without notice. No part of this manual may be r eproduced, copied, translated, or transmitted in any form or by any me[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 i i Acknowledgment s  Award is a trademark of Awar d Software International, Inc.  CompactFlash ™ is a trademark of the Compact Flash Association.  Intel ® , Celeron ® and Core ™ are trademarkes of Intel ® Corporation.  Microsoft Windows ® is a registered trademark of Micro soft Corp.  PC/AT, PS/[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 iii Packing List Before you begin operating your PC, please make sure that the following materials have been shipp ed:  1 AEC-6876 Embedded Controller  1 Phoenix Power Connector  4 M3 x 4mm Screws  6 6# -32 x 10mm Screws  2 Wallmount Brackets  1 DVD-ROM for manual (in PDF format ) and Drivers If any o[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 i v Safety & W arranty 1. Read these safety instructions carefully . 2. Keep this user's manual for later referen ce. 3. Disconnect this equipment from any AC outlet before cleaning. Do not use liquid or spray detergent s for cleaning. Use a damp cloth. 4. For pluggable equipment, the po wer outlet must be ins[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 v d. The equipment doe s not work well, or you ca nnot get it to work according to the user ’s manual. e. The equipment has been d ropped and damaged. f. The equipment has obviou s signs of breakage. 15. DO NOT LEA VE THIS EQUI PMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE THE STORAGE TEMPER A TURE IS BELOW -20°C (-4°F) OR ABOVE 7[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 v i Below T able for China RoHS Requirement s 产品中有毒有害物质或元素名 称及含量 AAEON Boxer/ Industrial Sy stem 有毒有害物质或元素 部件名称 铅 (Pb) 汞 (Hg) 镉 (Cd) 六价铬 (Cr(VI)) 多溴联苯 (PBB) 多溴二苯 醚 (PBDE) 印刷电路板 及其电子组件 × ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ ?[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 v i i Contents Chapter 1 General Information 1.1 Introduct ion ................................................................ 1-2 1.2 Featur es .................................................................... 1-4 1.3 Specific ations ............................................................ 1-5 Chapter 2 Hardwa[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 viii Appendix B I/O Information B.1 I/O Addre ss Map ..................................................B-2 B.2 Memory Addr ess Map ..........................................B-4 B.3 IRQ Mappi ng Chart ..............................................B-5 B.4 DMA Channel As signment s .................................B-5 App[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 1 General Info rmation 1-1 General Chapter 1 Information[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 1 General Information 1-2 1.1 Introduction Due to the growing popularity from the IPC market, the newest Boxer series AEC-6876 has bee n introduced by AAEON. New Innovation for Entertainment Mu ltimedia Domain In this era of i nformation explosion, the advertising of con sumer products will not be conf ined to [...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 1 General Info rmation 1-3 5 g rms. With the anti-vibrati on hard drive device option, the AEC-6876 can be used in high vibration environment s. In addition, the AEC-6876 of fers low power con sumption system that while operating in ambient temperatures ranging from -10° to 55°C. The AEC-6876 is a standalone [...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 1 General Information 1-4 1.2 Features  Fanless Desi gn  Intel ® Core™ i5-2510E/ Celeron ® -B810 Processor  Intel ® QM67 Chipset  Gigabit Ethernet, RJ-45 x 2  Intel ® Integrated Graphics Engine Supports Dual Vie w by VGA, DVI, HDMI  PCI-Express[x4] Slot x 1  COM x 4[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 1 General Info rmation 1-5 1.3 Specifications  CPU Intel ® Core TM i5-2510E 2.5 GHz/ Celeron ® -B810 1.6 GHz Processor  Chipset Intel ® QM67  System Memory DDR3 SODIMM x 2, Max. 8 GB, support DDR3 1066/ 1333 VGA DB-15 x 1 DVI DVI-D x 1, support 1920 x 1080 @ 60 Hz  Display Interface HDMI HDMI x 1[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 1 General Information 1-6 Mini Card 1  Indicator Front Power LED x 1, HDD active LED x 1  Power Requirement DC-in 12V , with DC jack lockable, DC 9~30V with 3-pin terminal block  System Cooling Passive cooling  Mounting W allmount  Operating T emperature 14 o F ~ 122 o F (-10 o C ~ 50 o C)—with[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 1 General Info rmation 1-7[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2-1 Hardware Inst allation Chapter 2[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 2 2.1 Dimension A1/A2 version -- + 12V DC[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 3 A1M/A2M Version[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 4 2.2 RS-232 Box Header (COM1) Pin Signal P i n Signal 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DT R 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CT S 9 RI 2.3 RS-232/422/485 Pin Header (COM2) Pin Signal P i n Signal 1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DT R 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CT S 9 RI 2.4 RS-232 Box Header (COM3~COM 6) Pin Signal P i n Signa[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 5 7 GND 8 USBD- 9 GND 10 +5V 2.6 HDD Installation Step 1: Unfasten the two screws on the front and rear panel s[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 6 Step 2: Unfasten the six screws on the bottom lid S tep 3: Place the HDD to the HDD bracket and fasten to the bottom lid of AEC-6876[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 7 S tep 4: Fasten the scre ws on the front an d rear panels, and the brackets of AEC-6876[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 8 2.7 CFast  Card Installation S tep 1: Unfasten the scre ws on the front and rear panels, and the brackets of AEC-6876 S tep 2: Af ter installing the CFast™ Ca rd to the CFast™ Slot, you have to use the cover to fix the CFast™ Card by fastening the t wo screws CFast™ Slo[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 9 2.8 PCI-Express Card Installation Step 1: Unfasten the two screws on the front and rear panel s[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 10 Step 2: Unfasten the six screws on the bottom lid S tep 3: Install a hold-do wn bracket to fix the PCI or PCI-Express Card and make sure the PCI or PCI-Express Card installs prop erly[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 2 Hardwa re Installation 2 - 1 1 2.9 Wallmount Bracket Installation Fasten the bracket s with the appropriate screws.[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Setup 3-1 AMI Chapter 3 BIOS Setup[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 3.1 System Test and Initialization These routines test and initialize board hard ware. If the routines encounter an error during the test s, you will either hear a few short beeps or se e an error message on the screen. There are two kinds of errors: fatal and non-fat al. The system can usually continue the boot up seq[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 3 AMI BIOS Setup 3-3 3.2 AMI BIOS Setup AMI BIOS ROM has a built-in Setup program that allows users to modify the basic system configurat io n. This type of information is stored in battery-backed CMOS RA M so that it ret ains the Setup information when the power is turned of f. Entering Setup Power on the comp[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 4 Driver Installation 4 -1 Driver Chapter 4 Inst allation .[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 The AEC-6876 comes with an AutoRun DVD-ROM that contains all drivers and utilities that can he lp you to install the driv er automatically. Insert the driver DVD, the driver DVD-ti tle will auto start and show the installation guide. If not, please follow the sequ ence below to install the drivers. Follow the sequence [...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 4.1 Installation: Insert the AEC-6876 DVD-ROM in to the DVD-ROM d rive. And install the drivers from Step 1 to Step 8 in order. Step 1 – Install Chipset Driver 1. Click on the STEP 1-CHIPSET folder and sele ct the OS folder your system is 2. Double click on the infinst_autol.exe file located in each OS folder 3. Foll[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Note 2: If the OS is Windows ® XP, you have to install the driver of dotNet Framework firs t. Simply click on dotnetfx35.exe located in dotNet Framwork folder. Step 3 –Install LAN Driver 1. Click on the STEP3-LAN folder and select the OS folder your system is and then select the folder of Intel 82576LM or Realtek 81[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Step 6 – Install RAID & AHCI Driver Please refer to the Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings Step 7 – Install TPM Driver 1. Click on the STEP7-TPM folder and select the folder of OS folder your system is 2. Double click on the Setup.exe located in each OS folder 3. Follow the instructions that the window shows 4[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 2. Change User Account Control Settings to [Never notify] 3. Reboot and Administrator login. Chapter 4 Driver Installation 4 -6[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Chapter 4 Driver Installation 4 -7 4. To run patch.bat with [Run as administrator].[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A P rogra mming the W atchdog T imer A - 1 Programming the Appendix A W atchdog T i mer[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A P rogra mming the W atchdog T imer A-2 A.1 Programming AEC-6876 utilizes ITE I T8728 chipset as its watchd og timer controller. Below are the procedures to compl ete its configuration and the AAEON intial watchdog timer program is also attached based on which you can develop customized pro gram to fit your a[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A Programming the W atchdog Timer A-3 There are three steps to complete the configuration setup: (1) Enter the MB PnP Mode; (2) Modify the dat a of configurati on registers; (3) Exit the MB PnP Mode. Undesired result may occur if the MB PnP Mode is not exited normally. (1) Enter the MB PnP Mode To enter the MB[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A P rogra mming the W atchdog T imer A-4 WatchDog Timer Configuration Regis ters Configure Control (Index=02h) This register is write only. Its values are not sticky; that is to say, a hardware reset will automatically cle ar the bits, and does not require the software to cl ear them.[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A Programming the W atchdog Timer A-5 WatchDog Timer Control Registe r (Index=71h, Default=00 h) WatchDog Timer Configuration Regis ter (Index=72h, Default=00h) WatchDog Timer Time-out Value Register (Index=73h, Default=00h)[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A P rogra mming the W atchdog T imer A-6 A.2 ITE8728 Watchdog Timer Initial Program .MODEL SMALL .CODE Main: CALL Enter_Configuration_mode CALL Check_Chip mov cl, 7 call Set_Logic_Device ;time setting mov cl, 10 ; 10 Sec dec al Watch_Dog_Setting: ;Timer setting mov al, cl mov cl, 73h call Superio_Set_Reg ;Clea[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A Programming the W atchdog Timer A-7 ; game port enable mov cl, 9 call Set_Logic_Device Initial_OK: CALL Exit_Configuration_mode MOV AH,4Ch INT 21h Enter_Configuration_Mode PROC NEAR MOV SI,WORD PTR CS:[Offset Cfg_Port] MOV DX,02Eh MOV CX,04h Init_1: MOV AL,BYTE PTR CS:[SI] OUT DX,AL INC SI LOOP Init_1 RET En[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A P rogra mming the W atchdog T imer A-8 RET Exit_Configuration_Mode ENDP Check_Chip PROC NEAR MOV AL,20h CALL Read_Configuration_Data CMP AL,87h JNE Not_Initial MOV AL,21h CALL Read_Configuration_Data CMP AL,12h JNE Not_Initial Need_Initial: STC RET Not_Initial: CLC RET Check_Chip ENDP Read_Configuration_Data[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A Programming the W atchdog Timer A-9 MOV DX,WORD PTR CS:[Cfg_Port+06h] IN AL,DX RET Read_Configuration_Data ENDP Write_Configuration_Data PROC NEAR MOV DX,WORD PTR CS:[Cfg_Port+04h] OUT DX,AL XCHG AL,AH MOV DX,WORD PTR CS:[Cfg_Port+06h] OUT DX,AL RET Write_Configuration_Data ENDP Superio_Set_Reg proc near pus[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix A P rogra mming the W atchdog T imer A-10 push ax push cx xchg al,cl mov cl,07h call Superio_Set_Reg pop cx pop ax ret Set_Logic_Device endp ;Select 02Eh->Index Port, 02Fh->Data Port Cfg_Port DB 087h,001h,055h,055h DW 02Eh,02F h END Main Note: Interrupt level mapping 0Fh-Dh: not valid 0Ch: IRQ12 . . 03h:[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix B I/ O Informatio n B-1 I/O Information Appendix B[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appe ndix B I/ O Information B-2 B.1 I/O Address Map[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix B I /O I nformation B-3[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appe ndix B I/ O Information B-4 B.2 Memory Address Map[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix B I /O I nformation B-5 B.3 IRQ Mapping Chart B.4 DMA Channel Assig nments[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings C - 1 RAID & AHCI A ppendix C Settings[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings C-2 C.1 Setting RAID OS installation to setup RAID Mode S tep 1: Cop y the files below from “ Driver CD -> Raid Dri ver -> F6 Floppy - x86 ” to Disk S tep 2: Conn ect the USB Floppy (disk with RAID files) to the board[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 A p p e n d i x C R A I D & A H C I S e t t i n g s C-3 S tep 3: The setting proced ures “ In BIOS Setup Menu ” A: Adv anced -> SA T A Configuration -> SA T A Mode -> RAID Mode S tep 4: The setting proced ures “ In BIOS Setup Menu ” B: A d vanced -> Launc h S torage OpROM -> Enabled[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings C-4 S tep 5: The setting proced ures “ In BIOS Setup Menu” C: Boot -> Boot Option #1 -> DVD-ROM T ype S tep 6: The setting proced ures “ In BIOS Setup Menu” D: Save & Exit -> Save Changes and Exit[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 A p p e n d i x C R A I D & A H C I S e t t i n g s C-5 S tep 7: Press Ctrl-I to enter M AIN MENU S tep 8: Choos e “ 1.Create RAID V olume ”[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings C-6 S tep 9: RAID Level -> RAID0( S tripe) S tep 10: Cho ose “ Create V olume ”[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 A p p e n d i x C R A I D & A H C I S e t t i n g s C-7 S tep 1 1: Choose “ Y ” S tep 12: Cho ose “ 5. Exit ”[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings C-8 S tep 13: Cho ose “ Y ” S tep 14: Setup OS[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 A p p e n d i x C R A I D & A H C I S e t t i n g s C-9 S tep 15: Press “ F6 ” S tep 16: Cho ose “ S ”[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings C-10 S tep 17: Cho ose “ Intel(R) ICH8M-E/ICH9M-E/5 Series SA T A RAID Controller ” S tep 18: It will show the model number yo u select and then press “ ENTER ”[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 A p p e n d i x C R A I D & A H C I S e t t i n g s C-11 S tep 19: Setup is starting Windows[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings C-12 C.2 Setting AHCI OS installation to setup AHCI Mode S tep 1: Cop y the files below from “ Driver CD -> Raid Dri ver -> F6 Floppy - x86 ” to Disk S tep 2: Conn ect the USB Floppy (disk with RAID files) to the board[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 A p p e n d i x C R A I D & A H C I S e t t i n g s C-13 S tep 3: The setting proced ures “ In BIOS Setup Menu ” A: Adv anced -> SA T A Configurati on -> SA T A Configuration -> SA T A Mode -> A HCI Mode S tep 4: The setting proced ures “ In BIOS Setup Menu” B: Boot -> Boot Option #1 -> DV[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings C-14 S tep 5: The setting proced ures “ In BIOS Setup Menu” C: Save & Exit -> Save Changes and Exit S tep 6: Setup OS[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 A p p e n d i x C R A I D & A H C I S e t t i n g s C-15 S tep 7: Press “ F6 ” S tep 8: Choos e “ S ”[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 Appendix C RAID & AHCI Settings C-16 S tep 9: Choos e “ Intel(R) 5 Series 6 Port SA T A AHCI Controller ” tep 10: It will show the model num ber you select and th en press “ ENTER ” S[...]

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    Embedded Con troller AEC-6876 A p p e n d i x C R A I D & A H C I S e t t i n g s C-17 S tep 1 1: Setup is loadin g files[...]