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Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 1
Intel® Desktop Board D2500HN
Technical Product Specification
June 2012 Part Number: G34922-002
The Intel® Desktop Board D2500HN 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 D2500HN Specification Update.
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 3
...the Intel® Desktop Board D2500HN.
Table 1. Specification Changes or Clarifications
Date
Type of Change Description of Changes or Clarifications
June 2012
Spec Clarification
Added a Note to section 1.4 System Memory on page 18.
Errata
Current characterized errata, if any, are documented in a separate Specification Update. See http://developer.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboard/index...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 7
...Support 16 1.3 Processor 16
1.3.1 Intel® D2500 Graphics Subsystem 17 1.4 System Memory 18 1.5 Intel® NM10 Express Chipset 20
1.5.2 USB 21 1.5.3 SATA Support 21 1.6 Real-Time Clock Subsystem 22 1.7 Legacy I/O Controller 22 1.8 LAN Subsystem 23 1.8.1 LAN Subsystem Drivers 23 1.8.2 RJ-45 LAN Connector with Integrated LEDs 24 1.9 Audio Subsystem 25 1.9.1 Audio Subsystem Software...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 16
... Web site:
Intel Desktop Board D2500HN
http://www.intel.com/products/motherboard/index.htm
Desktop Board Support
http://www.intel.com/p/en_US/support?iid=hdr+support
Available configurations for the Intel http://ark.intel.com Desktop Board D2500HN
Supported processors Chipset information BIOS and driver updates Tested memory
Integration information
http://processormatch.intel.com http://www...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 21
...the front panel USB headers
Refer to Figure 9, page 39 Figure 11, page 41
1.5.3 SATA Support
The board provides two SATA interface connectors that support one device per connector.
The board's SATA controller offers independent SATA ports with a theoretical maximum transfer rate of 3.0 Gb/s on each port. One device can be installed on each port for a maximum of two SATA devices. A point-to-point...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 26
Intel Desktop Board D2500HN Technical Product Specification
1.9.1 Audio Subsystem Software
Audio software and drivers are available from Intel's World Wide Web site.
For information about Obtaining audio software and drivers
Refer to Section 1.2, page 16
1.9.2 Audio Connectors and Headers
The board contains audio connectors and headers on both the back panel and the component side of the board...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 29
... Play functions of a computer. The use of ACPI with the board requires an operating system that provides full ACPI support. ACPI features include:
• Plug and Play (including bus and device enumeration) • Power management control of individual devices, add-in boards (some add-in
boards may require an ACPI-aware driver), video displays, and hard disk drives • Methods for achieving...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 31
... that can wake the computer from specific states.
Table 9. Wake-up Devices and Events
Devices/events that wake up the system... Power switch RTC alarm LAN USB PME# signal
...from this sleep state S3, S4, S5 (Note 1) S3, S4, S5 (Note 1) S3, S4, S5 (Note 1) S3 (Note 2) S3, S4, S5 (Note 1)
Serial port PS/2 devices
S3 S3, S4, S5...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 63
...-party management software to use SMBIOS. The BIOS stores and reports the following SMBIOS information: • 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...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 64
Intel Desktop Board D2500HN Technical Product Specification
3.5 Legacy USB Support
Legacy USB support enables USB devices to be used even when the operating system's USB drivers are not yet available. Legacy USB support is used to access the BIOS Setup program, and to install an operating system that supports USB. By default, Legacy USB support is set to Enabled. Legacy USB support operates as ...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 65
... the
Windows environment. Using this utility, the BIOS can be updated from a file on a hard disk, a USB drive (a flash drive or a USB drive), or an optical drive. • Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility, which requires booting from DOS. Using this utility, the BIOS can be updated from a file on a hard disk, a USB drive (a flash drive or a USB drive), or an optical drive. • Intel®...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 66
... next defined drive.
3.7.2 Network Boot
The network can be selected as a boot device. This selection allows booting from the onboard LAN or a network add-in card with a remote boot ROM installed.
Pressing the key during POST automatically forces booting from the LAN. To use this key during POST, the User Access Level in the BIOS Setup program's Security menu must be set to Full...
Technical Product Specification for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 73
.... This code is useful for determining the point where an error occurred.
Displaying the POST codes requires a PCI bus add-in card, often called a POST card. The POST card can decode the port and display the contents on a medium such as a seven-segment display.
NOTE
The POST card must be installed in the PCI bus connector.
The following tables provide information about the POST...
Product Guide for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 3
... supported without further evaluation by Intel.
Document Organization
The chapters in this Product Guide are arranged as follows: 1 Desktop Board Features: a summary of product features 2 Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components: instructions on how to install
the Desktop Board and other hardware components 3 Updating the BIOS: a description of how to update the BIOS A BIOS Error Messages...
Product Guide for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 10
...(10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet LAN controller • Intel® BIOS • Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI),
Plug and Play, and SMBIOS
• Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) • Wake on USB, PCI, PCI Express, LAN, serial, PS/2, and front panel
For more information on Intel Desktop Board D2500HN consult the following online resources...
Product Guide for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 18
... support one device per channel. The SATA controller supports IDE and ACHI configuration and can operate in both legacy and native modes.
Expandability
The Desktop Board provides PCI bus connector. The connector can support either a single PCI add-in card or a single- or dual-slot PCI riser card.
BIOS
The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, the PCI and SATA auto...
Product Guide for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 20
... ― +5 V standby power indicator LED ― LAN Wake capabilities ― Instantly Available PC technology ― Wake from USB ― Wake from PS/2 ― PME# wakeup support ― Wake from serial port
ACPI
ACPI gives the operating system direct control over the power management and Plug and Play functions of a computer. The use of ACPI with the Desktop Board requires an operating...
Product Guide for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 37
... BIOS recovers data from a recovery diskette in the event of a failed BIOS update.
Clearing Passwords
This procedure assumes that the board is installed in the computer and the configuration jumper is set to normal mode.
1. Observe the precautions in "Before You Begin" on page 23. 2. Turn off all peripheral devices connected to the computer. Turn off the computer.
Disconnect the computer's power...
Product Guide for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 43
...; Flash Memory Update Utility and the ease of use of Windows-based installation wizards. To update the BIOS with the Intel Express BIOS Update utility: 1. Go to the Intel World Wide Web site Download Center at
http://downloadcenter.intel.com/ 2. Navigate to the D2500HN page. Click on the "BIOS Update" link and then select
the Express BIOS Update file. 3. Download the file to your hard drive. (You...
Product Guide for Intel Desktop Board D2500HN - Page 44
Intel Desktop Board D2500HN Product Guide
Updating the BIOS Using the F7 Function Key
To use this BIOS update method: 1. Download and save the Recovery BIOS (.BIO) file to a temporary directory. 2. Copy the .BIO file to a USB thumb drive. 3. Plug the thumb drive into a USB port of the target computer. 4. Shut down the target computer. 5. Enable the F7 prompt display:
a. Power the computer on. b. ...