Protech Systems BA-2501 User manual

USER
MANUAL
BA-2501
ATXIntel®6th/7th Gen.CoreTM
i7/i5/i3/Pentium®/
Celeron®Processor
BA-2501 M1

BA-2501
ATX Intel®6th/7th Gen. CoreTM i7/i5/i3/
Pentium®/ Celeron®Processor
COPYRIGHT NOTICE & TRADEMARK
All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned herein are the
property of their respective owners.
This manual is copyrighted in August 2017. You may not
reproduce or transmit in any form or by any means, electronic,
or mechanical, including photocopying and recording.
DISCLAIMER
This user’s manual is meant to assist users in installing and setting up
the system. The information contained in this document is subject to
change without any notice.
CE NOTICE
This is a class A product. In a domestic environment this product may
cause radio interference in which case the user may be required to take
adequate measures.

FCC NOTICE
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for
a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These
limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful
interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial
environment. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the
instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. Operation of this equipment in a residential area is
likely to cause harmful interference in which case the user will be
required to correct the interference at his own expense.
You are cautioned that any change or modifications to the equipment
not expressly approve by the party responsible for compliance could
void your authority to operate such equipment.
CAUTION: Danger of explosion may occur when the battery
is incorrectly replaced. Replace the battery only with the
same or equivalent type recommended by the manufacturer.
Dispose of used batteries according to the manufacturer’s
instructions.
WARNING: Some internal parts of the system may have high
electrical voltage. We strongly recommend that only qualified
engineers are allowed to service and disassemble the
system. If any damages should occur on the system and are
caused by unauthorized servicing, it will not be covered by
the product warranty.

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Contents
1 Introduction ......................................................................................... 1-1
1.1 About This Manual .................................................................... 1-2
2 Getting Started .................................................................................... 2-1
2.1 Packing List ............................................................................... 2-2
2.2 BA-2501 Specifications ............................................................. 2-3
2.3 Safety Precautions .................................................................... 2-6
3 Hardware Configuration ..................................................................... 3-1
3.1 JUMPER & CONNECTOR QUICK REFERENCE TABLE ........ 3-2
3.2 COMPONENT LOCATIONS ..................................................... 3-4
3.2.1 Top View of BA-2501RA-**N ............................................. 3-4
3.2.2 Jumper Setting of BA-2501RA-**N.................................... 3-6
3.2.3 I/O View of BA-2501RA-**N .............................................. 3-7
3.3 HOW TO SET JUMPERS ......................................................... 3-8
3.4 Setting Connectors and Jumpers ............................................ 3-10
3.4.1 COM1 and COM2 PORT ................................................. 3-10
3.4.2 COM3, COM4, COM5, COM6 CONNECTOR ................. 3-11
3.4.3 COM3 and COM4 PIN9 DEFINITION SELECTION GUIDE
......................................................................................... 3-12
3.4.4 Programmable GPIO PIN HEADER ................................ 3-13
3.4.5 KEYBOARD & MOUSE PORT ........................................ 3-14
3.4.6 DVI (Digital Video Interface) PORT ................................. 3-15
3.4.7 VGA PORT ...................................................................... 3-16
3.4.8 FRONT PANEL CONNECTOR ........................................ 3-17
3.4.9 LAN & USB PORT ........................................................... 3-18

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3.4.10 LINE-IN, LINE-OUT, MIC-IN PORT ................................. 3-21
3.4.11 EMBEDDED DISPLAY PORT (EDP) CONNECTOR
(OPTION) (For C236/Q170 only) .................................... 3-22
3.4.12 FRONT PANEL AUDIO CONNECTOR ........................... 3-23
3.4.13 HARDWARE POWER FAILURE SELECTION ............... 3-24
3.4.14 FLASH DESCRIPTOR OVERRIDE SELECTION ........... 3-25
3.4.15 LAN2 ENABLE / DISABLE SELECTION......................... 3-26
3.4.16 MINI PCIE and MSATA SELECTION .............................. 3-27
3.4.17 VCCIO VOLTAGE SELECTION ...................................... 3-28
3.4.18 PCH CONFIGURATION / RECOVERY SELECTION ..... 3-29
3.4.19 CASE OPEN DETECTION SELECTION ........................ 3-30
3.4.20 MINI PCIE VOLTAGE SELECTION ................................ 3-31
3.4.21 PARALLEL PORT (LPT) CONNECTOR (For C236 SKU only)
......................................................................................... 3-32
3.4.22 I2C WAFER ..................................................................... 3-33
3.4.23 MINI PCI EXPRESS SLOT ............................................. 3-34
3.4.24 PCIE Bus ......................................................................... 3-35
3.4.25 PCI BUS CONNECTOR .................................................. 3-38
3.4.26 CPU / SYSTEM FAN CONNECTOR ............................... 3-39
3.4.27 SERIAL ATA (SATA) CONNECTOR ................................ 3-40
3.4.28 INTERNAL USB 3.0 CONNECTOR ................................ 3-42
3.4.29 INTERNAL USB 2.0 CONNECTOR ................................ 3-43
3.4.30 DISPLAY PORT CONNECTOR (OPTION) ..................... 3-44
3.4.31 SPEAKER CONNECTOR ............................................... 3-45
3.4.32 POWER INPUT CONNECTOR ....................................... 3-46
3.4.33 LPC CONNECTOR ......................................................... 3-47
3.4.34 CLEAR CMOS DATA SELECTION ................................. 3-48
4 Software Utilities ................................................................................. 4-1

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4.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 4-2
4.2 Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility .................. 4-4
4.3 Installing VGA Driver Utility ....................................................... 4-5
4.4 Installing LAN Driver Utility ........................................................ 4-6
4.5 Installing Sound Driver Utility .................................................... 4-7
4.6 Intel® Management Engine Components Installer Installation .. 4-8
4.7 Installing RAID Driver Utility (Only for C236/Q170, Optional) ... 4-9
4.8 Installing Intel® F6 Floppy Disk Driver Utility ........................... 4-11
4.9 Installing Intel® Serial I/O Driver Utility .................................... 4-11
4.10 Installing Intel® USB 3.0 eXtensible Host Controller Utility ..... 4-12
5 BIOS SETUP ........................................................................................ 5-1
5.1 Introduction ................................................................................ 5-2
5.2 Accessing Setup Utility .............................................................. 5-3
5.3 Main ........................................................................................... 5-6
5.4 Advanced .................................................................................. 5-8
5.4.1 Advanced – CPU Configuration ........................................ 5-9
5.4.2 Advanced - SATA Configuration ...................................... 5-10
5.4.3 Advanced – PCH-FW Configuration ................................ 5-11
5.4.4 Advanced – Trusted Computing (option) ......................... 5-12
5.4.5 Advanced – ACPI Settings .............................................. 5-14
5.4.6 Advanced – F81866 Super IO Configuration .................. 5-15
F81866 Super IO Configuration – Serial Port 1 Configuration .... 5-16
F81866 Super IO Configuration – Serial Port 2 Configuration .... 5-17
F81866 Super IO Configuration – Serial Port 3 Configuration (For
C236/Q170 Only) ......................................................................... 5-18

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F81866 Super IO Configuration – Serial Port 4 Configuration (For
C236/Q170 Only) ......................................................................... 5-19
F81866 Super IO Configuration – Serial Port 5 Configuration (For
C236 Only) .................................................................................. 5-20
F81866 Super IO Configuration – Serial Port 6 Configuration (For
C236 Only) .................................................................................. 5-21
F81866 Super IO Configuration – Parallel Port Configuration (For
C236/Q170 Only) ......................................................................... 5-22
5.4.7 Advanced – Hardware Monitor ........................................ 5-23
Smart Fan Mode Configuration ................................................... 5-25
5.4.8 Advanced – F81866 Watchdog ....................................... 5-26
5.4.9 Advanced – S5 RTC Wake Settings ................................ 5-27
5.4.10 Advanced – Network Stack Configuration ....................... 5-30
5.4.11 Advanced – USB Configuration ....................................... 5-31
5.5 Chipset .................................................................................... 5-32
5.5.1 Chipset – System Agent (SA) Configuration ................... 5-33
System Agent (SA) Configuration – Memory Configuration ........ 5-34
System Agent (SA) Configuration – Graphics Configuration ....... 5-35
System Agent (SA) Configuration – Graphics Configuration – LCD
Control ......................................................................................... 5-36
System Agent (SA) Configuration – PEG Port Configuration ...... 5-37
5.5.2 Chipset – PCH IO Configuratioin ..................................... 5-38
PCH-IO Configuration – PCI Express Configuration ................... 5-39
PCH-IO Configuration – PCI Express Configuration – PCI Express
x4 slot .......................................................................................... 5-40
PCH-IO Configuration – PCI Express Configuration – Mini PCI
Express Port Configuration ......................................................... 5-41
5.6 Security ................................................................................... 5-43

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5.7 Boot ......................................................................................... 5-45
5.7.1 Boot – CSM Configuration ............................................... 5-46
5.8 Save & Exit .............................................................................. 5-48
Appendix A Technical Summary ................................................ A-1
BA-2501 Block Diagram ...........................................................................A-2
Interrupt Map ............................................................................................A-3
I/O MAP ....................................................................................................A-8
Memory Map ........................................................................................... A-11
DMA Map ................................................................................................A-13
Configuring WatchDog Timer .................................................................A-14
Flash BIOS Update .................................................................................A-16

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Revision History
The revision history of BA-2501 User Manual is described below:
Version No.
Revision History
Date
1.0
Initial Release
08/01/2017

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1Introduction
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