Intel DH61AG User Manual

Intel Desktop Board DH61AG Technical Product Specification
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3.9 Adjusting Boot Speed
These factors affect system boot speed:
• Selecting and configuring peripherals properly
• Optimized BIOS boot parameters
• Enabling the new Fast Boot feature
3.9.1 Peripheral Selection and Configuration
The following techniques help improve system boot speed:
• Choose a hard drive with parameters such as “power-up to data ready” in less than
eight seconds that minimizes hard drive startup delays.
• Select a CD-ROM drive with a fast initialization rate. This rate can influence POST
execution time.
• Eliminate unnecessary add-in adapter features, such as logo displays, screen
repaints, or mode changes in POST. These features may add time to the boot
process.
• Try different monitors. Some monitors initialize and communicate with the BIOS
more quickly, which enables the system to boot more quickly.
3.9.2 BIOS Boot Optimizations
Use of the following BIOS Setup program settings reduces the POST execution time.
• In the Boot Menu, set the hard disk drive as the first boot device. As a result, the
POST does not first seek a diskette drive, which saves about one second from the
POST execution time.
• In the Peripheral Configuration submenu, disable the LAN device if it will not be
used. This can reduce up to four seconds of option ROM boot time.
NOTE
It is possible to optimize the boot process to the point where the system boots so
quickly that the Intel logo screen (or a custom logo splash screen) will not be seen.
Monitors and hard disk drives with minimum initialization times can also contribute to
a boot time that might be so fast that necessary logo screens and POST messages
cannot be seen.
This boot time may be so fast that some drives might be not be initialized at all. If
this condition should occur, it is possible to introduce a programmable delay ranging
from zero to 30 seconds by 5 second increments (using the Hard Disk Pre-Delay
feature of the Advanced Menu in the Drive Configuration Submenu of the BIOS Setup
program).

Intel DH61AG Specifications

General

ECC	No
Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Number of memory slots	2
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	16.6 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	800, 1066, 1333 MHz
Product family	Desktop board
Product series	Intel desktop board with Intel H61 Express
Processor socket	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Product codename	-
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Compatible processor series	Intel Core i3, Intel Core i5, Intel Core i7
Maximum internal memory supported by processor	16 GB
USB 2.0 connectors	3
S/PDIF out connector	1
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	0
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Component for	Nettop
Market segment	Desktop
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	Intel® H61
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	mini ITX
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II
Parallel processing technology support	Not supported
PCI Express slots version	2.0
Storage temperature (T-T)	-20 - 70 °C
Operating temperature (T-T)	0 - 55 °C
LAN controller	Intel® 82579V
Networking features	10/100/1000 Mbit/sec
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	EFI
ACPI version	3.0b
BIOS memory size	32 Mbit
Status	Discontinued
Form factor	Thin Mini-ITX
Last change	63903513
Born on date	Q2'11
Product name	Intel Desktop Board DH61AG
USB ports quantity	12
Sustainability certificates	ENERGY STAR
Supported RAID configuration	N/A
Audio channels	8.2
Graphics output	LVDS eDP HDMI DVI-I
Motherboard ARK ID	54875
Discrete graphics card model	None
Export Control Classification Number (ECCN)	5A992C
Commodity Classification Automated Tracking System (CCATS)	G400445
Harmonized System (HS) code	8473301180

Weight and Dimensions

Width	172 mm