- Chassis
Slim X-type chassis, colour: black or white
Dimensions: 238 x 200 x 72 mm (LWH) = 3.5 litres
Weight: 2.2 kg net, 3.5 kg gross
Open front - without covers for optical drive and front panel connectors
Hole for Kensington Lock at the back panel
Operation position horizontal or even vertical with the optional stand PS01 - Storage bays
1x for optical drive (ODD) in slimline format with 12.7 mm height
2x 6.35cm/2.5" for hard disk or SSD (max. height: 9.5 mm, upper bay: 12.7 mm)
Two pre-installed SATA cables (ODD, HDD) and mounting screws included - Operation System
This system comes without operating system.
It is compatible with Windows 8 / 8.1, Windows 7, Linux - Mainboard / Chipset / BIOS
Mini-ITX form factor 17 x 17 cm, 8 layer design
Chipset: Intel® H81 Chipset
(Intel DH82H81 PCH, code name "Lynx Point")
AMI BIOS in 8 Mbit EEPROM with SPI interface
All capacitors are high quality solid capacitors
Supports hardware monitoring and watch dog functionality
Supports Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI)
Supports power on after power failure [1] - Power Adapter
External 90 W power adapter (fanless)
Input: 100~240 V AC, 50/60 Hz
Output: 19 V DC, 4.74 A, max. 90 W
DC Connector: 5.5/2.5mm (outer/inner diameter) - Processor support
Socket LGA 1150 (H3) supports the fourth generation of
Intel Core i7 / i5 / i3 / Pentium processors
Maximum processor power consumption (TDP) supported: 65W
Codename "Haswell", 22nm process technology, up to 8 MB of L3 Cache
Supports the new generation of "Haswell Refresh" processors
Not compatible with older Socket LGA 1155 processors.
Does not support the unlock-function of Intel K-Series processors.
The processor integrates PCI-Express, memory controller
and the graphics engine on the same die (depending on processor used)
Please refer to the support list for detailed processor support information at global.shuttle.com. - Processor heat-pipe cooling
Processor cooling with heat-pipe technology and two fans (6cm) - Memory support
2x SO-DIMM slots with 204 pins
Supports DDR3-1333/1600 SDRAM memory (PC3-10600/12800)
The maximum memory clock rate depends on the processor type.
Supports Dual Channel mode
Supports max. 8 GB per DIMM, maximum total size of 16 GB
Supports two unbuffered DIMM modules of 1.5V - Integrated Graphics
The features of the integrated graphics function
depend on the processor used. [3]
Supports Dual-Independent-Display at Full HD 1080p resolution
Supports Blu-ray (BD) playback with HDCP
Supports 4K Ultra HD resolution at 3840 x 2160 via DisplayPort (2160p/60Hz) and HDMI (2160p/30Hz) [6]
HDMI and DisplayPorts support HD video plus multi-channel digital audio via a single cable
Optional D-Sub/VGA connector [2] - 5.1-channel audio
Audio Realtek® ALC 662 5.1-channel High-Definition Audio
Three analog audio connectors (3.5mm) at the back panel:
1) Front line-out (head-phone)
2) Rear Surround line-out (shared with microphone input)
3) Center line-out (shared with line-in)
Digital audio output is provided via HDMI and DisplayPort - Dual Gigabit LAN Controller
Dual Realtek 8111G Ethernet network controller (Gigabit)
Supports 10 / 100 / 1.000 MBit/s operation
Two RJ45 ports (dual network) support Teaming [4]
Supports WAKE ON LAN (WOL)
Supports network boot by Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) - Mini PCIe Slots
Features two Mini PCI Express expansion slots:
1) half size, supports PCIe 2.0 and USB 2.0, e.g. for WLAN cards [5]
2) full size, supports PCIe 2.0, SATA 3G and USB 2.0
e.g. for Mini SATA (mSATA) flash memory cards [3] - Drive connectors
3x Serial-ATA connectors:
- 2x Serial-ATA III, 6 Gb/s (600 MB/s) data transfer rate
- 1x Serial-ATA II, 3 Gb/s (300 MB/s) data transfer rate
Note: This barebone system comes with two pre-installed SATA cables:
One for 2.5" drive and one for an optical slimline drive. - Front Panel connectors
Microphone input
Audio Line-out (headphone)
2x USB 3.0
2x USB 2.0
Power button
Power LED (blue)
HDD LED (yellow) - Back Panel connectors
DisplayPort 1.2 audio/video output
HDMI 1.4 audio/video output
4x USB 2.0
2x GigaBit LAN (RJ45) [4]
2x RS232 serial ports (5V/12V, 1x switchable to RS422 / RS485)
Audio Line-in
Audio Line-out
Audio Mic-in
Clear CMOS Button
Perforation for Wireless LAN antennas (2 holes)
Perforation for D-Sub/VGA video output [2]
Hole for Kensington Lock - Other onboard connectors
Power on after power fail (hardware solution, Jumper 4) [1]
1x connector for power button, LED, audio ports
are all occupied by the front panel ports
Fan connector (4-pin) occupied by the system fans
LPC interface (2x10-pin header, 2 mm pitch)
1x analog VGA graphics output (2x10-pin, 1 mm pitch) [2] - TPM Support (optional)
Built-in daughter board provides a LPC header
which is compatible with the following TPM 1.2 modules:
- Asus TPM Trusted Platform Module TPM/FW3.19
- GIGABYTE TPM-Module GCTPMR-00-Gl - Accessories
Multi-language user guide
Driver DVD
2x cable for SATA (pre-installed for 2.5 HDD/SSD drive and optical slim drive)
1x 4-pin to SATA power cable
External power adapter with AC power cord
CPU heatpipe cooling system with heatsink compound
Screws - Optional accessory
(1) Vertical stand (PS01)
(2) VESA mount (PV02)
(3) D-Sub VGA video output (PVG01) [2]
(4) WLAN module (WLN-S) [5]
(5) Three additional COM ports (Please contact Shuttle for availability.) - Environmental Spec
Operating temperature range: 0~50°C
Relative humidity range: 10~90% (non-condensing) - Conformity and Certifications
EMI: FCC, CE, BSMI, C-Tick
Safety: CB, BSMI, ETL
Others: RoHS, Energy Star V5.0, EuP Lot 6
This device is classed as a technical information
equipment (ITE) in class B and is intended for use in
living room and office. The CE-mark approves the
conformity by the EU-guidelines:
- EMV-guideline 89/336/EWG electromagnetic tolerance
- LVD-guideline 73/23/EWG use of electric devices
within certain voltage-limits
[1] Power on after power fail:
The BIOS setup provides a "Power-On after Power Fail" function that can be found under "Power Management Configuration". As the name indicates, this function determines the PC's behaviour after power failure: (1) unconditional power on, (2) restore former status or (3) keep system turned off. As a matter of the nature of this function, it may fail after short power failures. This is why the XH81 also comes with a hardware-based solution. By removing Jumper 4 (on the mainboard near the "Shuttle" imprint), the system will start unconditionally once power is supplied.
[2] Optional D-Sub/VGA connector
The mainboard features one analog graphics connector. This 15-pin D-Sub VGA connector can be lead to the outside of the backpanel by using the optional adapter PVG01. However, you can use not more than two displays at the same time.
[3] mini-SATA (mSATA)
mSATA, not to confuse with "micro SATA", is a newer industry standard that converts the electrical SATA interface (1.5 or 3.0 Gbit/s) to the physical "Mini PCI Express" mini card form factor.
[4] Teaming Mode
The teaming function allows for grouping both available network adapters to have them work as one single adapter to create a virtual LAN. The benefit of this is that it enables load balancing and failover.
[5] Optional Wireless LAN module:
This Slim PC supports an optional WLAN module which consists of a half-size Mini-PCIe card with IEEE 802.11n functionality and an external antenna with an appropriate antenna cable. Shuttle offers a suitable accessory kit "WLN-S" with two antennas to increase WLAN range.
[6] 4K Ultra-HD resolution
A 4K-display with Ultra-HD resolution (3840 x 2160) should be connected via DisplayPort, as only this port supports a higher refresh rate of 60Hz. Certain displays (e.g. Dell UP2414Q) however require MST mode (Multi-Stream Transport) to be enabled which sends two separate images at half resolution each to the display. These two images are then combined and put in correct order by the Intel graphics driver when in Collage mode. Please note that HBR2-mode (High Bit Rate 2) must be supported by each display to have two of them run at 4K resolution.
The video playback performance depends on the video format, bit rate and the processor used. Daily office applications usually won't require the system to run under full load, however for smooth 4K (2160p) video playback requirements are different. An Intel Core i3 processor or higher is recommended here, since the performance of the integrated graphics engine of a Celeron or Pentium processor might not suffice.
