Embedded module TQMxE40M Documentation


Take screenshot from BIOS or UEFI shell

Take a screenshot from the BIOS

  1. Connect a USB stick (FAT32 formatted) to the mainboard
  2. Boot the system into the BIOS menu and move to the desired BIOS screen
  3. Press <F11> to take a screenshot of the actual screen
  4. Select the desired storage device in the pop-up window and press <Enter>
The file will be stored as YYYYMMDDhhmmss.BMP

Take a screenshot from the UEFI shell

  • Connect a USB stick (FAT32 formatted) to the mainboard
  • Boot the System into the UEFI shell
  • Press <F11> to take a screenshot of the actual screen
  • Select the desired storage device in the pop-up window and press <Enter>
The file will be stored as YYYYMMDDhhmmss.BMP

BIOS/UEFI Configuration

Activate eMMC

To activate or deactivate eMMC Support apply the following settings:

1. Boot the system into the BIOS menu
2. Set up 'SCS/SCC Configuration' option in the BIOS Menu accordingly:

 BIOS Frontpage > Setup Utility > Advanced (Tab) > RC Advanced Menu > PCH-IO Configuration > SCS Configuration > eMMC 5.1 Controller = <Enabled>

3. Press <F10> to save the settings and reboot the system

Toggle module configuration between GPIO and SD card

The module can be configured either on GPIOs or on SD card. The same pins are used for both functions.
Only one function can be used at a time.

Activate SD-Card:

1. Boot the system into the BIOS menu
2. Set up 'SD-Card Controller' option in the BIOS Menu accordingly:

 BIOS Frontpage > Setup Utility > Advanced (Tab) > RC Advanced Menu > PCH-IO Configuration > SCS Configuration > eMMC 5.1 Controller = <Enabled>
 BIOS Frontpage > Setup Utility > Advanced (Tab) > RC Advanced Menu > PCH-IO Configuration > SCS Configuration > SDCard 3.0 Controller = <Enabled>

3. Set up 'GPIO/SD-Card Configuration' option in the BIOS Menu accordingly:

 BIOS Frontpage > Setup Utility > Advanced (Tab) > SIO TQMx86 > GPIO/SD-Card configuration = <SD-Card Interface>

4. Press <F10> to save the settings and reboot the system


Activate GPIOs:

1. Boot the system into the BIOS menu
2. Set up 'SD-Card Controller' option in the BIOS Menu accordingly:

 BIOS Frontpage > Setup Utility > Advanced (Tab) > RC Advanced Menu > PCH-IO Configuration > SCS Configuration > SDCard 3.0 Controller = <Disabled>

3. Set up 'GPIO/SD-Card Configuration' option in the BIOS Menu accordingly:

 BIOS Frontpage > Setup Utility > Advanced (Tab) > SIO TQMx86 > GPIO/SD-Card configuration = <GPIO Interface>

4. Press <F10> to save the settings and reboot the system

  • Last modified: 2022/08/04 15:02