
User's Manual l TQMxE40C1.UM.0100 l © 2021, TQ-Systems GmbH Page ii
4. MECHANICS ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 29
4.1 TQMxE40C1 Dimensions ................................................................................................................................................................ 29
4.2 Heat Spreader .................................................................................................................................................................................... 30
4.3 Mechanical and Thermal Considerations.................................................................................................................................. 30
4.4 Protection against External Effects.............................................................................................................................................. 30
4.5 Label placement................................................................................................................................................................................ 31
5. SOFTWARE .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
5.1 System Resources ............................................................................................................................................................................. 32
5.1.1 I2C Bus Devices................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
5.1.2 SMBus Devices................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
5.1.3 Memory Mapping ............................................................................................................................................................................. 32
5.1.4 Interrupt Mapping............................................................................................................................................................................ 32
5.2 Operating Systems ........................................................................................................................................................................... 32
5.2.1 Supported Operating Systems ..................................................................................................................................................... 32
5.2.2 Driver Download............................................................................................................................................................................... 32
5.3 TQ-Systems Embedded Application Programming Interface (EAPI) ................................................................................ 32
5.4 Software Tools ................................................................................................................................................................................... 32
6. BIOS....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
6.1 Continue Boot Process.................................................................................................................................................................... 33
6.2 Boot Manager .................................................................................................................................................................................... 33
6.3 Device Manager ................................................................................................................................................................................ 34
6.3.1 Driver Health Manager.................................................................................................................................................................... 34
6.3.2 Network Device List ......................................................................................................................................................................... 34
6.4 Boot From File.................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
6.5 Administer Secure Boot .................................................................................................................................................................. 34
6.6 Setup Utility........................................................................................................................................................................................ 35
6.6.1 Main ...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 35
6.6.2 Advanced ............................................................................................................................................................................................ 35
6.6.2.1.1 Boot Configuration........................................................................................................................................................................... 36
6.6.2.1.2 USB Configuration............................................................................................................................................................................ 36
6.6.2.1.3 Chipset Configuration ..................................................................................................................................................................... 36
6.6.2.1.4 ACPI Table/Features Control ......................................................................................................................................................... 36
6.6.2.1.5 RC Advanced Menu.......................................................................................................................................................................... 36
6.6.2.1.6 ACPI Settings...................................................................................................................................................................................... 37
6.6.2.1.7 CPU Configuration............................................................................................................................................................................ 37
6.6.2.1.8 Power & Performance...................................................................................................................................................................... 38
6.6.2.1.9 Intel® Time Coordinated Computing.......................................................................................................................................... 40
6.6.2.1.10 Memory Configuration.................................................................................................................................................................... 41
6.6.2.1.11 System Agent (SA) Configuration................................................................................................................................................ 41
6.6.2.1.12 PCH-IO Configuration...................................................................................................................................................................... 43
6.6.2.1.13 PCH-FW Configuration.................................................................................................................................................................... 47
6.6.2.1.14 Thermal Configuration.................................................................................................................................................................... 48
6.6.2.1.15 Platform Settings .............................................................................................................................................................................. 48
6.6.2.1.16 SIO TQMx86 ........................................................................................................................................................................................ 49
6.6.2.1.17 Console Redirection......................................................................................................................................................................... 50
6.6.2.1.18 H2OUVE Configuration ................................................................................................................................................................... 50
6.6.2.1.19 SIO F81214E........................................................................................................................................................................................ 51
6.6.2.1.20 NVM Express Information............................................................................................................................................................... 51
6.6.3 Security ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 51
6.6.4 Power.................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
6.6.5 Boot....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 52
6.6.6 Exit......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 53
6.7 BIOS Update ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 53
6.7.1 Step 1: Preparing USB Stick............................................................................................................................................................ 53
6.7.2 Step 2: Preparing Management Engine (ME) FW for update .............................................................................................. 53
6.7.3 Step 3a: Updating uEFI BIOS via EFI Shell.................................................................................................................................. 55
6.7.4 Step 3b: Updating uEFI BIOS via Windows Operating System ........................................................................................... 56
6.7.5 Step 4: BIOS update check on the TQMxE40C1 Module....................................................................................................... 56
7. SAFETY REQUIREMENTS AND PROTECTIVE REGULATIONS.................................................................................................. 58
7.1 EMC ....................................................................................................................................................................................................... 58
7.2 ESD ........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 58
7.3 Shock & Vibration ............................................................................................................................................................................. 58
7.4 Operational Safety and Personal Security................................................................................................................................. 58
7.5 Reliability and Service Life.............................................................................................................................................................. 58
8. ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ........................................................................................................................................................ 59