Intel D2550DC2 User manual

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Order Number: G74459-001

Revision History
Revision Re visi on H ist o ry D a t e
-001
First release of the I ntel®Desktop Board D2550DC2 Product
Guide
August 2012
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Preface
This Product Guide gives inform at ion about board layout, com ponent inst allation, and
regulat ory r equirem ent s for I n t el®Deskt op Boar d D2550DC2.
Intended Audience
The Product Guide is intended for technically qualified personnel. I t is not intended for
general audiences.
Intended Uses
All I ntel®Desk t op Boar ds ar e evaluat ed as I nf orm at ion Technology Equ ipm ent ( I .T.E.)
for use in personal com puters ( PC) for inst allat ion in hom es, offices, schools, com put er
room s, and sim ilar locat ions. The suit abilit y of t his product for ot her PC or em bedded
non-PC applications or other environm ent s, such as m edical, industrial, alarm system s,
t est equipm ent , et c. m ay not be supported wit hout furt her ev alu at ion by I ntel.
Document Organization
The chapt er s in t his Product Guide are arranged as follows:
1 Deskt op Board Features: a sum m ary of product feat ures
2 I nstalling and Replacing Desktop Board Com ponents: inst ruct ions on how t o inst all
t he Deskt op Board and ot her hardwar e com ponent s
3 Updat ing t he BI OS: a descript ion of how t o update t he BI OS
A BI OS Error Messages: inform at ion about BI OS error m essages and beep codes
B Regulatory Com pliance: safet y and EMC regulations and product cert ificat ions
Conventions
The following conventions are used in t his m anual:
CAUTION
Caut ions warn t he user about how t o prevent dam age to hardware or loss of data.
NOTE
Not es call at tent ion t o im portant inform at ion.

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Terminology
The t able below gives descript ions t o som e com m on t erm s used in the product guide.
Term Description
GB Gigabyt e ( 1,073,741,824 bytes)
GHz Gigahert z (one billion hertz)
KB Kilobyte ( 1024 bytes)
MB
Megabyt e ( 1,048,576 byt es)
Mb Megabit ( 1,048,576 bit s)
MHz Megahertz ( one m illion h er t z)

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Contents
1Desktop Board Features
Operat ing Syst em Support ................................................................................... 10
Deskt op Board Com ponent s.................................................................................. 11
Processor ........................................................................................................... 13
Sy st em Mem ory .................................................................................................. 13
Graphics Support ................................................................................................ 14
I n t eg rat ed Gr aph ics Subsy st em ..................................................................... 14
Ext ernal Graph ics ........................................................................................ 14
I n t el®NM10 Express Chipset ................................................................................ 15
Onboard Audio Subsyst em ................................................................................... 15
Legacy I nput / Out put ( I / O) Cont roller ..................................................................... 16
LAN Subsy st em ................................................................................................... 17
USB 2.0 Support ................................................................................................. 18
SATA I nt er face.................................................................................................... 18
Expandabilit y ...................................................................................................... 18
BI OS ................................................................................................................. 18
PCI / PCI Express Aut o Configurat ion ............................................................... 18
Securit y Passw ords ...................................................................................... 19
Hardw ar e Manag em ent Feat ures ........................................................................... 19
Pow er Man agem ent Feat ures ................................................................................ 19
ACPI .......................................................................................................... 20
Hardwar e Support ....................................................................................... 20
Bat t ery .............................................................................................................. 22
Real-Tim e Clock .................................................................................................. 22
2Installing and Replacing Desktop Board Components
Befor e You Begin................................................................................................. 23
I nst allat ion Precaut ions ........................................................................................ 25
Prevent Power Supply Overload ..................................................................... 25
Observ e Safet y and Reg ulat ory Requirem ent s ................................................. 25
I nst alling t he I / O Shield ....................................................................................... 26
I nst alling and Rem oving t he Desk t op Boar d............................................................ 27
I nstalling and Rem oving Mem ory .......................................................................... 28
Connect ing SATA Drives ....................................................................................... 29
I nst alling a PCI Expr ess Mini Card ......................................................................... 30
I nst alling an I nt el®Z- U130 USB Solid-St at e Driv e or Com pat ible Dev ice .................... 32
Connect ing t o t he I nt er nal Header s ....................................................................... 33
Connect ing t o t he Front Panel Audio Header.................................................... 34
Connect ing t o t he Fron t Pan el USB 2 .0 Head er s............................................... 35
Connect ing t o t he Piezoelect r ic Speak er Head er ............................................... 35
Connect ing t o t he Fron t Pan el Header ............................................................ 36
Connect ing t o t he Fr ont Panel Wireless Act ivit y LED Header .............................. 36
Connect ing a Syst em Fan ..................................................................................... 37
Connecting a Power Supply .................................................................................. 38
Set t ing t he BI OS Configurat ion Jum per .................................................................. 39
Clearing Passwords ...................................................................................... 40
Replacing t he Bat t ery .......................................................................................... 41

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3Updating the BIOS
Updat ing t he BI OS wit h t he I nt el®Expr ess BI OS Updat e Ut ilit y ................................. 47
Updating the BI OS Using the F7 Funct ion Key ......................................................... 48
Updating t he BI OS wit h t he I flash Mem or y Updat e Ut ilit y ......................................... 48
Obt aining the BI OS Updat e File ..................................................................... 48
Using t he I flash Mem or y Updat e Ut ilit y ........................................................... 49
Recov er ing t h e BI OS .................................................................................... 49
ABoard Status and Error Messages
BI OS Beep Codes ................................................................................................ 51
BI OS Fron t -panel Power LED Blink Codes ............................................................... 52
POST Error Messages........................................................................................... 52
BRegulatory Compliance
Safet y St andards ................................................................................................ 53
Batt ery Caution ........................................................................................... 53
European Union Declarat ion of Conform it y St at em ent .............................................. 54
Product Ecology St at em ent s ................................................................................. 55
Recycling Considerat ions .............................................................................. 55
China RoHS ................................................................................................ 58
EMC Regulations ................................................................................................. 59
FCC Declar at ion of Confor m it y ....................................................................... 59
Canadian Departm ent of Com m unicat ions Com pliance St at em ent ...................... 60
Japan VCCI St at em ent ................................................................................. 60
Kor ea Class B St at em ent .............................................................................. 61
Ensure Elect rom agnet ic Com pat ibilit y ( EMC) Com plian ce .................................. 61
Product Cert ifications........................................................................................... 62
Board-Level Certifications ............................................................................. 62
Chassis- and Com p onen t -Lev el Cer t ificat ions .................................................. 63
ENERGY STAR* , e-St an dby, and ErP Com pliance..................................................... 64

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Figures
1. I nt el Desk top Board D2550DC2 Com ponent s..................................................... 11
2. Back Panel Audio Connect ors .......................................................................... 16
3. LAN St at us LEDs............................................................................................ 17
4. Locat ion of t h e St andby Pow er I ndicat or ........................................................... 21
5. I nst alling t he I / O Shield ................................................................................. 26
6. Intel Deskt op Board D2550DC2 Mount ing Screw Holes ....................................... 27
7. I nst alling Syst em Mem or y .............................................................................. 28
8. Connecting the Serial ATA Cable ...................................................................... 29
9. I nst alling a PCI Expr ess Mini Card .................................................................... 31
10. I nst alling an I nt el Z-U130 USB Solid-St at e Dr ive ( or Com pat ible Dev ice) .............. 32
11. I nt ernal Headers ........................................................................................... 33
12. Locat ion of t he Syst em Fan Head er .................................................................. 37
13. Connect ing Pow er Supply Cables ..................................................................... 38
14. BI OS Configurat ion Jum per Block .................................................................... 39
15. Rem oving t he Bat tery .................................................................................... 45
16. I nt el Deskt op Board D2550DC2 China RoHS Mat erial Self Declarat ion Table .......... 58
Tables
1. Feat ure Sum m ary ............................................................................................9
2. I nt el Desk top Board D2550DC2 Com ponent s..................................................... 12
3. Audio Jack Support ........................................................................................ 15
4. LAN St at u s LEDs............................................................................................ 17
5. Front Pan el Audio Header for I nt el HD Audio ..................................................... 34
6. Front Pan el Audio Header for AC ‘97 Audio........................................................ 34
7. Front Panel USB Header ................................................................................. 35
8. Front Panel USB Header w it h I nt el Z-U130 USB Solid-St at e Driv e or
Com pat ible Device Support ............................................................................. 35
9. Piezoelect r ic Speak er Header .......................................................................... 35
10. Front Panel Header ........................................................................................ 36
11. Front Pan el Wir eless Act ivit y LED Head er .......................................................... 36
12. Jum per Sett ings for t he BI OS Set up Program Modes .......................................... 40
13. Acceptable Drives/ Media Types for BI OS Recov er y ............................................. 49
14. BI OS Beep Codes .......................................................................................... 51
15. BI OS Front -panel Pow er LED Blink Codes.......................................................... 52
16. POST Error Messages ..................................................................................... 52
17. Safet y St andards ........................................................................................... 53
18. EMC Regulations............................................................................................ 59
19. Regulat ory Com pliance Marks ......................................................................... 62
20. ENERGY STAR Requirem en ts ........................................................................... 64

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1 Desktop Board Features
This ch apt er briefly descr ibes t h e m ain feat ures of I n t el®Desktop Board D2550DC2.
Table 1 sum m arizes t he feat ures of t he Deskt op Board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor
Mini-I TX ( 170 m illim et ers [ 6.7 inches] x 170 m illim et ers [ 6.7 inches] )
Processor Passively-cooled, soldered-dow n dual-core I nt el®At om ™processor wit h
integrat ed graphics and m em ory cont roller.
Main Memory •Two 204-pin Double Dat a Rat e 3 ( DDR3) Sm all Outline Dual I nline
Mem ory Module ( SO-DI MM) sock et s wit h gold-plat ed cont act s
•Support for DDR3 1066/ 1333/ 1600 MHz SO-DI MMs
(DDR3 1333 MHz and DDR3 1600 MHz SO-DI MMs operat e at
1066 MHz only)
•
Support for up to 4 GB of syst em m em ory
Chipset
I nt el
®
NM10 Express Chipset
Integrated
Graphics
I nt el®Graphics Media Accelerator 3650 ( I n t el®GMA 3650) integrated
gr ap hics su bsy st em wit h support for digit al v ideo ( DVI ) and High
Definit ion Mult im edia I nt er face* ( HDMI * )
External Graphics
Ext ernal gr aph ics sup por t provided through t he PCI bus connect or
Audio RealTek* ALC662 audio codec for 5.1 ( 6-channel) I nt el®High
Definit ion Audio ( I nt el®HD Audio) and AC ’97 Audio. I ncluded ar e:
•Back panel audio connect or s
•Back panel S/ PDI F digit al audio connect or ( opt ical)
•Front panel microphone/ headphone header wit h support for I nt el HD
Audio or AC ’97 Audio
Expansion
Capabilities
One PCI * bus add-in card connect or
One PCI Express* Full-Mini Card slot wit h Half-Mini Card support
Peripheral
Interfaces
•Seven USB 2.0 ports:
Four back panel ports
Three front panel ports (via t wo int ernal headers; one header
supp or t s an I nt el®Z- U130 USB Solid-St at e Drive or com pat ible
device
•
Two Serial ATA ( SATA) 3 .0 Gb/ s connect or s
Hardware Monitor
Subsystem Hardware m onit oring t hrough the Winbond* W83627DH-P legacy I / O
cont roller, including:
•Rem ot e t herm al sensor
•
One 3 - pin sy st em fan header with speed control
con t inu ed

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Table 1. Feature Summary (continued)
LAN Support I n t el®82574L Gigabit ( 10/ 100/ 1000 Mb/ s) Ethernet LAN cont roller
BIOS •I nt el®BI OS
•Support for Advanced Configurat ion and Power I nt erface (ACPI ) ,
Plug and Play , and SMBI OS
Instantly Available
PC Technology
•Support for Advanced Configurat ion and Power I nt erface (ACPI )
•Wake on USB, PCI , PCI Expr ess, LAN, and front panel
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resources:
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about…
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ht t p: / / www.int el.com / product s/ m ot herboard/ index.ht m
Desktop Board Support ht t p: / / www.int el.com / p/ en_US/ support?iid= hdr+ support
Available configurat ions
for I nt el Deskt op Board
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htt p: / / ark.int el.com
Chipset inform at ion ht t p: / / w ww .in t el. com / p roduct s/ deskt op/ chipset s/ index .ht m
BI OS and driver updat es htt p: / / downloadcent er.int el.com /
I nt egrat ion inform at ion htt p: / / www.intel.com / support / go/ buildit
Operating System Support
For t he lat est infor m at ion on operat ing sy st em support refer t o t he I nt el Desk top
Board D2550DC2 web page at
ht t p: / / www.intel.com / product s/ m ot herboard/ index.ht m .