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Intel® Desktop Board DH87MC
Technical Product Specification
May 2013 Part Number: G94453-001-001
The Intel Desktop Board DH87MC 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 DH87MC Specification Update.
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Revision History
Revision -001
Revision History
First release of the Intel® Desktop Board DH87MC Technical Product Specification
Date May 2013
This product specification applies to only the standard Intel® Desktop Board with BIOS identifier MCH8710H.86A.
INFORMATION IN THIS DOCUMENT IS PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH INTEL® PRODUCTS. NO LICENSE, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, BY ESTOPPEL OR ...
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... side of the board. 2. The H87 chipset used on this AA revision consists of the following component:
Device Intel H87 Express Chipset
Stepping C1
S-Spec Numbers SR139
Errata
Current characterized errata, if any, are documented in a separate Specification Update. See http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/motherboards/desktopmotherboards/motherboards.html?wapkw=desktop+boards for the latest...
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1.2 Online Support 16 1.3 Processor 16
1.3.1 Processor Graphics Subsystem 17 1.4 Intel® H87 Express Chipset 20
1.4.1 Direct Media Interface (DMI 20 1.5 System Memory 21
1.5.1 Memory Configurations 22 1.5.2 USB 24 1.5.3 SATA Interfaces 24 1.6 Real-Time Clock Subsystem 26 1.7 Super I/O Controller 26 1.8 Audio Subsystem 27 1.8.1 Audio Subsystem Software 27 1.8.2 Audio Subsystem...
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... 63 3.2 BIOS Flash Memory Organization 64 3.3 Resource Configuration 65
3.3.1 PCI Express Autoconfiguration 65 3.4 System Management BIOS (SMBIOS 65 3.5 Legacy USB Support 65 3.6 BIOS Updates 66
3.6.1 Language Support 66 3.6.2 Custom Splash Screen 67 3.7 BIOS Recovery 67 3.8 Boot Options 68 3.8.1 Optical Drive Boot 68 3.8.2 Network Boot 68 3.8.3 Booting Without Attached Devices 68...
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... find information about... Intel Desktop Board DH87MC Desktop Board Support Available configurations for Intel Desktop Board DH87MC
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Supported processors Chipset information
BIOS and driver updates Tested memory Integration information
http...
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...by an appropriate software application.
1.3.1.2 Digital Visual Interface (DVI-I)
The DVI-I port supports both digital and analog DVI displays. The maximum supported resolution is 1900 x 1200 @ 60Hz. The DVI port is compliant with the DVI 1.0 specification. DVI analog output can also be converted to VGA using a DVIVGA converter.
Depending on the type of add-in card installed in the PCI Express x16...
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Intel Desktop Board DH87MC Technical Product Specification
1.3.1.3 High Definition Multimedia Interface* (HDMI*)
The High-Definition Multimedia Interface (HDMI) is provided for transmitting uncompressed digital audio and video signals to television sets, projectors and other video displays. It can carry high quality multi-channel audio data and all standard and high-definition consumer ...
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... rate and resolution settings to all the active display devices connected.
• Extended Desktop is a mode with up to three display ports activated to drive the content with potentially different color depth, refresh rate, and resolution settings on each of the active display devices connected.
1.3.1.8 PCI Express Graphics
4th generation Intel Core processors support PCI Express 3.0, 2.x, and...
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... all applicable DDR SDRAM memory specifications, the board should be populated with DIMMs that support the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data structure. This allows the BIOS to read the SPD data and program the chipset to accurately configure memory settings for optimum performance. If non-SPD memory is installed, the BIOS will attempt to correctly configure the memory settings, but performance and...
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...and RAID 0 auto replace. Software components include an Option ROM for pre-boot configuration and boot functionality, a Microsoft* Windows* compatible driver, and a user interface for configuration and management of the RAID capability of the PCH.
1.5.3.2 Intel® Smart Response Technology
Intel® Smart Response Technology is a disk caching solution that can provide improved computer system...
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Product Description
1.8 Audio Subsystem
The board supports Intel HD Audio via the Realtek ALC892 audio codec. The audio subsystem supports the following features:
• Advanced jack sense for the back panel audio jacks that enables the audio codec to recognize the device that is connected to an audio port.
• Digital-to-Analog Converters (DAC) with 95 dB SNR (A-weighting) and Analog-...
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... the LAN controller • Conventional PCI bus power management
ACPI technology support
LAN wake capabilities • LAN subsystem software
For information about
Refer to
LAN software and drivers
http://downloadcenter.intel.com
1.9.1 Intel® I217V Gigabit Ethernet Controller
The Intel I217V Gigabit Ethernet Controller supports the following features:
Network Features...
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Intel Desktop Board DH87MC Technical Product Specification
Power Management Features:
• Magic Packet* wake-up enable with unique MAC address • ACPI register set and power down functionality supporting D0 and D3 states • Full wake up support (APM, ACPI) • MAC power down at Sx, DMoff with and without WoL • Auto connect battery saver at S0 no link and Sx no link...
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... Play functions of a computer. The use of ACPI with this 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...
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Intel Desktop Board DH87MC Technical Product Specification
Table 11. Power States and Targeted System Power
Global States Sleeping States
Processor States
Device States
Targeted System Power (Note 1)
G0 - working state G1 - sleeping state
G1 - sleeping state
G2/S5
S0 - working
S3 - Suspend to RAM. Context saved to RAM. S4 - Suspend to disk. Context saved to disk. S5 - Soft off. Context not ...
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...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 follows: 1. When you apply power to the computer, legacy support is...
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... the internet, USB device, hard disk drive, or other media.
Both utilities verify that the updated BIOS matches the target system to prevent accidentally installing an incompatible BIOS.
NOTE
Review the instructions distributed with the upgrade utility before attempting a BIOS update.
For information about BIOS update utilities
Refer to
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb...
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... the user presses the power button and holds it down until three short beep sounds are emitted by the board piezoelectric speaker. The BIOS will display the following prompt and wait for a keystroke: [ESC] Normal Boot [F2] Intel® Visual BIOS [F3] Disable Fast Boot [F4] BIOS Recovery [F7] Update BIOS [F10] Enter Boot Menu [F12] Network Boot
NOTE
[F3] Disable...
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... 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
In order to view POST codes on a diagnostic card inserted into a PCI slot, the BIOS must be enabled to route POST codes to the PCI slots. The default setting...