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User’s Manual

EPIA-SN

Version 1.02

December 20, 2007

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FCC-B Radio Frequency Interference Statement

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a class B 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 ar ea is likely to cause harmful interference, in which case th e user will be required to correct the interference at his personal expense.

Notice 1

The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to o perat e the equip ment.

Notice 2

Shielded interface cables and A.C. power co rd, if any, must be used in order to comply with the emission limits.

Tested To Comply With FCC Standards FOR HOME OR OFFICE USE

Safety Instructions

1. Always read the safety instructions ca refully.

2. Keep this User's Manual for future reference.

3. Keep this equipment aw ay fro m hu midity .

4. Lay this equipment on a reliab le flat surface before setting i t up.

5. The openings on the enclosu re are for air convection hence protects the equ ipment from

overheating. DO NOT COVER THE OPENINGS.

6. Make sure the voltage of the power source and adjust properly 110/22 0V before connecting

the equipment to the power inle t.

7. Place the power cord in such a way that people cannot step on it. Do not p lace anything

over the power cord.

8. Always unplug the power cord before inserting an y add-on card or module.

9. All cautions and warnings on the equipment should be noted.

10. Never pour any liquid into the opening. Liquid can cause damage or electrical shock.

11. If any of the following situations arises, get the equipment checked by a service personnel:

• The power cord or plug is damaged

• Liquid has penetrated into the equip ment

• The equipment has been exposed to moisture

• The equipment has not work well or you cannot get it work according to User's

Manual.

• The equipment has dropped and damaged

• If the equipment has obvious sign of breakage

12. DO NOT LEAVE THIS EQUIPMENT IN AN ENVIRONMENT UNCONDITIONED, OR

IN A STORAGE TEMPERATURE ABOVE 60 DAMAGED.

C (140oF). THE EQUIPMENT MAY BE

CAUTION: Explosion or serious damage may occur if th e battery is incorrectly replaced. Replace only with the same or equivalent battery type recommended by the manufacturer.

OX CONTENTS

One VIA Mini-ITX Mainboard One ATA-133/100/66 IDE Ribbon Cable One Driver and Utilities CD One IO Bracket One Quick Installation Guide

ABLE OF CONTENTS

Box Contents...................................................................................i

Table of Contents ........................................................................... ii

Chapter 1 ......................................................................................1

Specifications..............................................................................1

Mainboard Specifications .............................................................. 2

Mainboard Layout........................................................................4

Back Panel Layout .......................................................................6

Chapter 2 ......................................................................................7

Installation .................................................................................7

CPU............................................................................................8

Memory Module Installation.......................................................... 9

Connecting the Power Supply...................................................... 10

Back Panel Ports........................................................................ 11

Connectors ............................................................................... 13

Jumpers ................................................................................... 21

Slots ........................................................................................ 25

Chapter 3 .................................................................................... 27

BIOS Setup............................................................................... 27

Entering Setup .......................................................................... 28

Control Keys ............................................................................. 29

Navigating the BIOS Menus ........................................................ 30

Getting Help.............................................................................. 32

Main Menu................................................................................ 33

Main (System Overview) ............................................................. 35

Advanced (Advanced Settings).................................................... 36

CPU Configuration ..................................................................... 38

IDE Configuration...................................................................... 39

Primary IDE Master / IDE Slave ................................................... 41

Super IO Configuration............................................................... 44

Hardware Health Configuration ................................................... 45

ACPI Configuration ....................................................................46

General ACPI Configuration ........................................................ 47

Advanced ACPI Configuration...................................................... 48

Chipset ACPI Configuration......................................................... 49

APM Configuration..................................................................... 50

PCI Express Configuration ..........................................................53

PCI-NB Configuration................................................................. 54

Remote Access Configuration...................................................... 55

Trusted Computing.................................................................... 56

USB Configuration ..................................................................... 57

Advanced PCI/PnP Settings......................................................... 59

Boot Settings ............................................................................61

Boot Settings Configuration ........................................................ 62

Security Settings ....................................................................... 64

Advanced Chipset Settings.......................................................... 67

North Bridge VIA CN896 Configuration ......................................... 68

AGP & P2P Bridge Configuration.................................................. 69

OnChip IGP/VGA Configuration.................................................... 70

South Bridge VIA VT8251 Configuration....................................... 72

Exit Options .............................................................................. 74

Chapter 4 .................................................................................... 79

Driver Installation...................................................................... 79

Driver Utilities ........................................................................... 80

CD Content............................................................................... 82

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Specifications

The ultra-compact and highly integrated VIA EPIA-SN uses the MiniITX mainboard form-factor developed by VIA Technologies, Inc. as part of the company’s open industry-wide total connectivity initiative. The mainboard comes with a VIA Processor, boasting of ultra-low power consumption, cool and quiet operation.

Chapter 1

AINBOARD SPECIFICATIONS

CPU

• VIA C7

1.0GHz / 1.8GHz NanoBGA2 processor

Chipset

• VIA CN896 North Bridge

• VIA VT8251 South Bridge

Graphics

• Integrated VIA Chrome9™ HC Integrated Gra phics with 2D/3D an d Video Acceleration

Audio

• VIA VT1708A High Definition Audio Codec

Memory

• 2 x DDR2 667/533 DIMM slot (up to 4 GB)

Expansion Slot

• 1 x 16-Lane PCI Express slot

• 1 x 32-bit Mini-PCI sl ot

IDE

• 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 IDE port

Serial ATA

• 4 x S-ATA II connectors

LAN

• VIA VT6103L 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controller

• VIA VT6130 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller

Note: System resources (such as BIOS, PCI, etc .) require physical memory address locations that reduce available memory addresses above 3 GB. This may result in less than 4 GB of memory being available to the operating system and applications.

Back Panel I/O Ports

• 1 x PS2 Mouse port

• 1 x PS2 Keyboard port

• 1 x Serial port

• 2 x RJ45 LAN port

• 1 x VGA port

• 4 x USB 2.0 ports

• 3 x Audio jacks: Line-out, Line-in and MIC-in (Horizontal , Smart 5.1

supported)

Onboard I/O Connectors

• 1 x USB pin connector for 2 additional USB 2.0 ports

• 1 x LPC header

• 1 x SMBus pin connector

• 1 x Serial port pin connector (COM 2 5V/12V se lectable )

• 1 x LVDS/DVI module connector (J2)

• 1 x CIR pin connector (switchable for KB/MS)

• 1 x SIR pin connector (IRDA 1.0)

• 1 x CF (Compact Flash) Type I connector (shared with IDE1)

• 1 x Front Panel pin connector

• 1 x Front –panel Audio pin connector for Line-out and MIC-in

• 1 x SPDIF out pin connector

• 1 x Digital I/O pin connector

• 2 x Fan connectors for CPU and System fans

• 1 x ATX power connector

Onboard TPM (Trust Platform Module)

• Infineon SLB9635TT 1.2

BIOS

• AMI BIOS with LPC 4/8Mbit flash memory capacity

Form Factor

• Mini-ITX (6-layer)

• 17cm X 17cm

Chapter 1

AINBOARD LAYOUT

F_AUDIO

USB 4/5

JWLESS_LED

Intruder

IDE connector

MS_CF_SEL

V_CF_SEL

SPDIF1

South Bridge

PCI Express slot

S-ATA connectors

CLEAR CMOS

JLPC1

SMBus

JCOMV2

SIR

COM2

Digital I/O

VT8251

SYSFAN

Front Panel

CN896

VIA

C7 NanoBGA2

EXT_KBMS(CIR)

ATX Power slot

LVDS/DVI connector

North Bridge

NanoBGA2 CPU

DDR2 DIMM slots

CPUFAN

Chapter 1

ACK PANEL LAYOUT

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Installation

This chapter provides you with information about hardware installation procedures. It is recommended to use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage some components.

Chapter 2

CPU

The VIA EPIA-SN Mini-ITX mainboard can support VIA C7 1.0GHz / 1.8GHz NanoBGA2 Processor. The VIA processor C7 1.8GHz requires a heatsink with fan to provide sufficient cooling.

VT8251

VIA

CN896

CPU Fan and System Fan: CPUFAN and SYSFAN

The CPUFAN (CPU fan) and SYSFAN (system fan) run on +12V and maintain system cooling. When connecting the wire to the connectors, always be aware that the red wire (positive wire) should be connected to the +12V. The black wire is Ground and should always be connected to GND .

C7 NanoBGA2

CPUFAN

Pin Signal

1 FANIO 2 +12V 3 GND

SYSFAN

Pin Signal

1 FANIO 2 +12V 3 GND

Installation

EMORY MODULE INSTALLATION

Memory Slot: DDR2 DIMM

The VIA EPIA-SN Mini-ITX mainboard provides two 240-DIMM slots for DDR2 667/533 SDRAM memory modules and supports mem ory sizes up to 4GB.

DDR2 SDRAM Module Installation Procedures

• Locate the DIMM slot in the motherboard.

• Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the r etaining clips outward.

• Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM

matches the break on the slot.

• Firmly insert the DIMM into the slot until the retaining clips snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

Available DDR2 SDRAM Configurations

Refer to the table below for available DDR2 SDRAM configurations on the mainboard.

Slot Module Size Total

DIMM1 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB 64MB-2GB DIMM2 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB, 2GB 64MB-2GB Maximum supported system memory 64MB-4GB

Chapter 2

ONNECTING THE POWER SUPPLY

The VIA EPIA-SN Mini-ITX mainboard supports a conventional ATX power supply for the power system. Before inser ting the power supply connector, always make sure that all components are instal led correctly to ensure that no damage will be caused.

ATX 20-Pin Power Connector

To connect the power supply, make sure the power plug is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligned. Then push down the plu g firmly into the connector.

Pin Signal

1 +3.3V 2 +3.3V 3 GND 4 +5V 5 GND 6 +5V 7 GND 8 Power Good 9 +5V Standby 10 +12V 11 +3.3V 12 -12V 13 GND 14 Power Supply On 15 GND 16 GND 17 GND 18 -5V 19 +5V 20 +5V

VT8251

ATXPWR

9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

CN896

20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11

VIA

C7 NanoBGA2

ACK PANEL PORTS

The back panel has the following port s:

Mouse and Keyboard

The connector above is for a PS/2 mouse, and the one below is for a PS/2 keyboard.

Installation

Serial port: COM

The 9-pin COM port is for pointing devices or other serial devices.

VGA Port

The 15-pin female VGA connector can be used to conn ect to any analog VGA monitor.

Chapter 2

RJ45 LAN Port and USB Connectors

The mainboard provides a standard RJ-45 (10/100 Ethernet PHY and PCIe Gigabit Ethernet) and USB

2.0 ports. These ports allow connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub and USB

2.0 devices.

Audio Port

The Line-Out jack is for connecting to external speakers or headphones. The Line-In jack is for connecting to an external audio device such as a CD player, tape player, etc. The Mic jack is for connecting to a microphone.

Note: The audio ports can be switched to Smart 5.1 6-channel au dio output. You can enable the function by clicking the “Vinyl Audio” icon on your desktop after installing the audio driver.

After completing the previou s insta llation , con nect the speakers to the 3-jack connectors on the back panel.

Installation

ONNECTORS

IDE Connector: IDE

The mainboard has an Ultra DMA 133/100/66 controller. You can connec t up to two IDE devices in any combination.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 #IDE_RST 2 GND 3 PD_7 4 PD_8 5 PD_6 6 PD_9 7 PD_5 8 PD_10 9 PD_4 10 PD_11 11 PD_3 12 PD_12 13 PD_2 14 PD_13 15 PD_1 16 PD_14 17 PD_0 18 PD_15 19 GND 20 -21 #PD_REQ 22 GND 23 #PD_IOW 24 GND 25 #PD_IOR 26 GND 27 #PD_RDY 28 PRIMARY 29 #PD_ACK 30 GND 31 PD_IRQ15 32 -33 PD_A1 34 IDE_DMADET 35 PD_A0 36 PD_A2 37 #PD_CS1 38 #PD_CS3

IDE

32 31

10 9

3940 37 3536 3334

2930 2728 2526 2324 21 19 1718 1516 1314 1112

VT8251

VIA

CN896

78 56 34 12

C7 NanoBGA2

39 #HD_LED1 40 GND

If two drives are connected to a single ca ble, the jumper on the sec ond drive must be set to slave mode. Refer to the d rive documentation supplied by the vendor for the jumper settings.

Chapter 2

Serial ATA II Connectors: SATA1 up to SATA4

These next generation connectors suppor t the right angle Serial ATA cables for primary internal storage devices. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 300MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard pa rallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA).

VT8251

VIA

SATA

CN896

C7 NanoBGA2

USB Pin Connector: USB

The mainboard provides 4 USB pin connectors and one USB pin header (allowing up to 2 additional US B2.0 ports). Therefore mainboard can support up to 6 USB2.0 ports. These p orts can be used to connect high-speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD, digital cameras, MP3 players, printers, and modems.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 VUSB4 2 VUSB4 3 USBD_T4- 4 USBD_T55 USBD_T4+ 6 USBD_T5+ 7 GND 8 GND 9 -- 10 W_LESS-LED 11 GND 12 -RF_ON-GPO9

USB 4/5

VT8251

234

CN896

689101112

VIA

C7 NanoBGA2

Installation

Case Connector: F_PANEL

The F_PANEL pin header allows you to connect the power swi tch, reset swit ch, power LED, sleep LED, HDD LED and the c ase speaker .

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 +PWR_LED 2 +HD_LED 3 +PWR_LED 4 -HD_LED 5 -PWR_LED 6 PW_BN 7 SPEAK+ 8 GND 9 -- 10 RST_SW 11 -- 12 GND 13 SPEAK- 14 +SLEEP_LED 15 Key 16 -SLEEP_LED

Power LED (PWR_LED)

The LED will light when the system is on. If the system is in S1 (POS - Power On Suspend) or S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state, the LED will blink.

HDD LED (HD_LED)

HDD LED shows the activity of a hard disk drive. Avoid turn ing the p owe r off whe n the HDD LED is still on. Connect the HDD LED from the system case to this pin.

Power Switch (PW_BN)

Connect to a 2-pin power button switch. Pressing this button will turn the system power on or off.

Speaker (SPEAK)

The speaker from the system case is connected to this pin.

Reset Switch (RST_SW)

The reset switch is used to rebo ot the system rather than turning the power ON/OFF. Avoid rebooting the system, if the HDD is still working. Connect the reset switch from the system case to this pin.

Sleep LED (SLEEP_LED)

The SLEEP LED is lit when the system is in the S1 (POW-Power On Suspend)

Chapter 2

Front Panel Audio Connector: F_AUDIO

This is an interface for the VIA front panel audio cable that allow convenient connection and control of audio devices. By default, the pins labeled AUD_FPOUT_R and the pins AUD_FPOUT_L are shorted with jumper caps. Remove the caps only when you are c onnectin g the front pan el audio cab le.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 AUD_MIC1 2 AUD_GND 3 AUD_MIC2 4 AUD_VCC 5 AUD_FPOUT_R 6 MIC2_JD 7 FRONT_IO_SENSE 8 -9 AUD_FPOUT_L 10 LIN2_JD

Note: If you don’t want to connect to the front audio header, pins 5 & 6, 9 & 10 have to be jumper in order to have signal output directed to the rear audio ports. Otherwise, the Line-Out connector on the back panel will not function.

LPC Connector: JLPC1

This pin connector is for LPC devices.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 LAD1 2 LPCIF_33_CLK 3 -PCIRSTX 4 GND 5 LAD0 6 LPCIF_48_CLK 7 LAD2 8 -LFRAME 9 SERIRQ 10 LAD3 11 -LDRQ1 12 -EXTSMI 13 +5V 14 +3.3V 15 +5V 16 +3.3V 17 GND 18 GND 19 GND 20 --

Installation

Digital I/O Connector: DIO1

General purpose input and output for POS systems.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 5V_DIO 2 12V_DIO 3 GPO_1 4 GPI_12 5 GPO_4 6 GPI_13 7 GPO_6 8 GPI_14 9 GPO_7 10 GPI_8 11 GND 12 GND

System Management Bus Connector: SMBus

This pin header allows you to connect SMBus (System Management Bus) devices. Devices communicate with a SMBus host and/or other SMBus devices using the SMBus interface

Pin Signal

1 SMBCK 2 SMBDT 3 GND

Chapter 2

Fast IrDA Infrared Module Connector: SIR

This pin header is used to connect to an IrDA module. The BIOS settings must be configured to activate the IR function .

Pin Signal

1 +5V 2 -3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX

SIR

VT8251

CN896

VIA

C7 NanoBGA2

4 5

KBMS (or CIR) Connector: EXT_KBMS1

The mainboard provides a PS2 pin header to attach a PS2 keyboard and mouse.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 +5V 2 GND 3 KB_CLK 4 KB_DATA 5 EXT_KBCLK 6 EXT_KBDATA 7 MS_CLK 8 MS_DATA 9 EXT_MSCLK 10 EXT_MSDATA

Note: When the pin header is not in use. Pl ease short pi n 3&5, pin 4& 6, pin 7&9 and pin 8&10.

Installation

Serial Port Connector: COM2

COM2 pin header can be used to attach additional port for serial mouse or other serial devices.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 DCD 2 RXD 3 TXD 4 DTR 5 GND 6 DSR 7 RTS 8 CTS 9 RI 10 --

Digital Audio Connector: SPDIF1

This connector is for connecting the Sony Philips Digital Interface (S/PDIF) bracket. The S/PDIF output provides digital audio to external speakers or compressed AC3 data to an external Dolby Digital Decoder. The feature is available only with stereo system that has digital output funct ion.

Pin Signal

1 +5V 2 SPDIF_OOT 3 GND

Chapter 2

LVDS/DVI Panel Connector: J2

This connector works the interface to multi display devices. An additional daughter cards is required for a certain display support. Daughter cards for LVDS and DVI are currently available respectively.

Pin Signal Pin Signal

1 +12V 2 +5V 3 +12V 4 +5V 5 +12V 6 +5V 7 GND 8 GND 9 +3.3V 10 GND 11 +3.3V 12 -13 -- 14 DVP2D1 15 DVP2D0 16 DVP2D3 17 DVP2D2 18 DVP2D5 19 DVP2D4 20 GND 21 GND 22 DVP2D9 23 DVP2D6 24 DVP2D7 25 DVP2D8 26 DVP2D11 27 DVP2D10 28 GND 29 GND 30 DVP2CLK 31 DVP2DE 32 GND 33 DVP2VS 34 ENVDD-2 35 DVP2HS 36 ENVBLD-2 37 GND 38 -PCIRSTX 39 SPD1 40 SPCLK1

Installation

UMPERS

The mainboard provides jumper s for setting some mainboard functions. This section will explain how to change the settings of the mainboard functions using the jumpers.

Clear CMOS Connector: CLEAR_CMOS

The onboard CMOS RAM stores system configuration data and has an onboard battery power supply. To reset the CMOS settings, set the jumper on pins 1 and 2 while the system is off. Return th e jumper to pins 2 and 3 afterwards. Setting the jumper while the system is on will damage the mainboard.

Setting 1 2 3

Normal Operation ON ON OFF Clear CMOS setting OFF ON ON

Warning: Except when clearing the R TC RAM, never remove t he cap on CLEAR_CM OS jumper default position. Removing the cap will cause system boot failure. Avoid clearing the CMOS while the system is on; it will damage the mainboard.

Chapter 2

MS_CF_SEL

This jumper determines the working st ate of the CF connector. The default value is Master.

Setting 1 2 3

Slave ON ON OFF Master OFF ON ON

Voltage Selector for the CF Connector: V_CF_SEL

This VCC selector jumper is to determine the input voltage of the CF connector. The default value is +3.3V.

Setting 1 2 3

+3.3V ON ON OFF +5V OFF ON ON

+3.3V

+5V

V_CF_SEL

21 3

VT8251

CN896

VIA

C7 NanoBGA2

Installation

Voltage Selector for COM Connectors: JCOMV2

This VCC selector is to determine the inpu t voltage of ea ch COM connect or.

Setting 1 2 3

+5V ON ON OFF +12V OFF ON ON

ROM Write Protection: WP

This jumper allows you to protect from flashing the BIOS. ROM Write Protection setting: pin1 = WP#, pin2 = GND, short 1-2.

Chapter 2

INTRUDER

This pin connector is for chassis intrus ion switch c onnector. Thi s is no t a default function supported by BIOS .

Pin Signal

1 INTRUDER 2 GND

Wireless LED1: JWLESS-LED1

This pin connector is for th e LED indicator of VIA VT6656 wireless LAN USB module.

Pin Signal

1 +3.3V 2 W_LESS_LED

JWLESS-LED1

VT8251

CN896

VIA

C7 NanoBGA2

Installation

LOTS

Mini Peripheral Component Interconnect: MiniPCI

The MiniPCI slot allows you to insert a MiniPCI expansion card. First unplug the power supply before adding or removing expansion cards. Read the documentation for the expansion card to see if any changes to the sy stem are necessary.

PCI Interrupt Request Routing

The IRQ (interrupt request line) are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocess or. The “PCI & LAN” IRQ pins are typically connected to the PCI bus INT A# ~ INT D# pins as follows:

Order 1 Order 2 Order 3 Order 4

MiniPCI Slot INT B# INT C# INT D# INT A#

Chapter 2

Compact Flash Type I Connector: CF

This CF connector allows you to connect to a passive 50-pin Type I adapter.

PCI Express: PCIe x16

The PCI Express slot allows you to insert a PCI Express x16 graphics expansion card. First unplug the power supply before adding or removing expansion cards. Read the documentation for the expansion card to see if any changes to the system are necessary.

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BIOS Setup

This chapter gives a detailed explanation of the BIOS setup functions.

Chapter 3

NTERING SETUP

Power on the computer and press <Delete> during the beginning of the boot sequence to enter the BIOS setup menu. If you missed the BIOS setu p entry point, you may restart the system and try again.

ONTROL KEYS

Keys Description

Move to the previous item

BIOS Setup

Enter

Esc

F10

Move to the next item

Move to the item in the left side

Move to the item in the right side

Select the item or field

Exit from sub-menu. And discard changes and exit setup

Select the item or field

Increase the numeric value or ma ke changes

Decrease the numeric value or make chang es

General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu

Load the default CMOS value from Fail-Safe default table

Discard all changes

Load Optimized defaults

Save all the configuration changes and exit

Chapter 3

AVIGATING THE

The main menu displays all the BIOS setup categories. Use the Left/Right and Up/Down arrow keys to select any item or sub-menu. Description of the selected/highlighted category is disp layed at the bottom of the scre en.

BIOS M

ENUS

BIOS Setup

An arrow symbol next to a field indicates that a sub-menu is availa ble (see figure below). Press <Enter> to display the sub-menu. To exit the submenu, press <Esc>.

Chapter 3

ETTING HELP

The BIOS setup program provides a “Gen eral Help” screen. You can display this screen from any menu/sub-menu by pressing <F1>. The help screen displays the keys for using and navigating the BIOS setup. Press <Esc> to exit from sub-menu, and discard changes and exit setup.

BIOS Setup

AIN MENU

The Main Menu contains six setup functions and one exit choice. Use the “left/right” arrow keys to select the main menu categories and press the “up/down” arrow keys to select items. Press “Enter” to accept or enter a submenu.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

System Overview

AMIBIOS

Version : 001 (TEST) Build Date : 08/08/07 ID : 1ADTQ001

Processor

VIA C7 Processor 1000MHz Speed : 1000MHz Count : 1

System Memory

Size : 256MB

System Memory [ 16: 22:03 ]

System Date [ Wed 08/08/2007 ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security Chipset Exit

Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field.

Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time.

Select Screen Select Item Change Field

Select FieldTab General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Main (System O ve rview)

Use this menu to set basic system configurations.

Advanced (Advanced Settings)

Use this menu to configure your system and set the advanced BIOS features.

PCIPnP (Advanced PCI/PnP Settings)

Use this menu to set the PCI and PnP configurations.

Boot (Boot Settings)

Use this menu to set the boot se tting c onfigurati on and device priori ty.

Security (Security Settings)

Use this menu to configure the se curity f eatures .

Chapter 3

Chipset (Advanced Chipset Settings)

Use this menu to set specific chipset feature and optimize system performance.

Exit (Exit Options)

Use this menu option to load BIOS default setting, save BIOS setting changes, discard BIOS setting changes and e xit se tup.

AIN (SYSTEM OVERVIEW

)

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

System Overview

AMIBIOS

Version : 001 (TEST) Build Date : 08/08/07 ID : 1ADTQ001

Processor

VIA C7 Processor 1000MHz Speed : 1000MHz Count : 1

System Memory

Size : 256MB

System Memory [ 16: 22:03 ]

System Date [ Fri 08/08/2007 ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security Chipset Exit

Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field.

Use [+] or [-] to configure system Time.

Select Screen Select Item Change Field

Select FieldTab General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

BIOS Setup

AMIBIOS

Show the BIOS version, build date and ID.

Processor

Show the total number, type, speed of V IA process or used in the sy stem.

System Memory

Total memory size used in the system.

System Time

The time format is [Hour : Minute : Secon d]

System Date

The date format is [Day, Month : Date Year]

Chapter 3

DVANCED (ADVANCED SETTINGS

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

Advanced Settings

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction.

CPU Configuration

IDE Configuration Super IO Configuration Hardware Health Configuration ACPI Configuration APM Configuration PCI Express Configuration Remote Access Configuration Trusted Computing USB Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

)

Security Chipset Exit

Configure CPU.

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

CPU Configuration

Configure the processor.

IDE Configuration

Configure the IDE (Integra ted Drive Electr onics ) devi ces.

Super IO Configuration

Configure Super IO chipset.

Hardware Health Configuration

Configure/monitor the hardware health.

ACPI Configuration

Section for Advanced ACPI Configuration.

APM Configuration

Section for Advanced Power Management (AMP) Configuration.

PCI Express Configuration

Configure PCI Express.

Remote Access Configuration

Configure Remote Access.

Trusted Computing

Configure settings related to Trusted Computing innovations.

USB Configuration

Configure USB (Universal Serial Bus) supports.

BIOS Setup

Chapter 3

CPU C

ONFIGURATION

Advanced

Configure advanced CPU settings

Module Version : 3F.00

Manufacturer : VIA VIA C7 Processor 1000 MHz Frequency : 1.00 GHz FSB Speed : 400 MHz Cache L1 : 128 KB Cache L2 : 128 KB Ratio Actual Value : 10

CMPXCHG8B instruction support [ Enabled ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

If you want to install Windows NT 4.0 you must disable it.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Items Description

Manufacturer The name of company manufacturer: VIA C7 Processor 1000MHz Type of Processor used: Frequency Processor speed: 1GHz

FSB Speed Front Side Bus speed: 400MHz Cache L1 Processor Level 1 Cache Cached L2 Processor Level 2 Cache Ratio Actual Value CMPXCHG8B instruction support

VIA Technologies Inc. VIA C7 1GHz

BIOS Setup

IDE C

ONFIGURATION

Advanced

IDE Configuration

Parallel ATA IDE devices

Primary IDE Master [ Not Detected ] Primary IDE Slave [ Not Detected ]

SATA Controller [ RAID ]

SATA Option ROM [ Enabled ] Hard Disk Write Protect [ Disabled ] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [ 35 ] ATA(PI) 80 Pin Cable Detection [ Host ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

IDE RAID AHCI

Enter F1 F10 ESC

Options

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

SATA Controller

Controls the features of the Serial ATA controller within the South Bridge. Serial ATA is the latest generation of the ATA interface. Serial ATA hard drives deliver transfer speeds of up to 300MB/se c.

Setting Description

IDE Supports two PATA hard disk drives. Disables RAID and AHCI RAID Only SATA supports RAID and AHCI function

AHCI Enable the AHCI function such as Native Command Queuing and

function.

Hot Plug function

SATA Option ROM

Settings: [Disabled Enabled]

Hard Disk Write Protect

Protects the hard disk from copying and writin g. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Chapter 3

IDE Detect Time Out (Sec)

Sets the time for the BIOS to dela y the initia lization of IDE device s. It enable s IDE devices to have more time to spin up before being initialized by th e BIOS.

Settings: [0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 3 5]

Note:

Set it to default value 0 if you are not using old IDE devices.

ATA(PI) 80 Pin Cable Detection

This feature allows the IDE controller and IDE device to detect the type of IDE cable that is being used.

Setting Description

Host & Dev ic e IDE controller and IDE device will detect the types of IDE cable used. Host IDE controller will detect the types of IDE cable used. Device IDE device will detect the types of IDE cable used.

RIMARY

IDE M

ASTER /

Advanced

Primary IDE Master

Device : Not Detected

Type [ Auto ]

LBA/Large Mode [ Auto ] Block (Multi-Sector Transfer) [ Auto ] PIO Mode [ Auto ] DMA Mode [ Auto ] S.M.A.R.T. [ Auto ] 32Bit Data Transfer [ Enabled ]

IDE S

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

LAVE

BIOS Setup

Select the type of the device connected to the system.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Type

This setting use to select the type of Primary Master IDE drive c onnected to the system. Select “Auto” to detect IDE drives automatically.

Settings: [Not Installed, Auto, CD/DVD, ARMD]

LBA/Large Mode

This setting allows to disable or ena ble(Auto) t he LBA ca pacity.

Setting Description

Disabled Disables LBA Mode Auto Enables LBA Mode if the device supports it and the device is not

already formatted with LBA Mode disabled.

Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)

This setting allows you to set the numbers of sectors.

Setting Description

Disabled The data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time. Auto The data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a

time if the device supports it.

Chapter 3

PIO Mode

Set Programmed Input/Output Mode for th e Master ID E drive.

Setting Description

Auto Auto-detect the maximum PIO mode supported by the IDE drives. 0 Use PIO mode 0 for the IDE drive 1 Use PIO mode 1 for the IDE drive 2 Use PIO mode 2 for the IDE drive 3 Use PIO mode 3 for the IDE drive 4 Use PIO mode 4 for the IDE drive

Note:

Normal setting should be s et to “ Auto.” To auto -detect the ma ximum su pported PIO mode.

DMA Mode

This setting use to select the Di rect Mem ory Acce ss (DMA) mo de.

Setting Description

Auto Auto detect SWDMAn SingleWordDMAn MWDMAn MultiWordDMAn UDMan UltraDMAn

S.M.A.R.T.

This feature enables or disables the Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (S.M.A.R.T.). The S.M.A.R.T technology main function is to monitor the storage devices (hard disk drives) health and status. It enables a report for the possible problem and predicts future failure of storage devices.

Settings: [Auto, Disabled, Enabled]

Note:

Normally set to “Disabled”, to avoid decrease of system performance.

BIOS Setup

32 Bit Data Transfer

Enabling this setting allows for 32-bit data transfers between the processor and the PCI bus.

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Note:

Recommend set to “Enabled”, to increase of system performance.

Chapter 3

UPER IO CONFIGURATION

Advanced

Configuration SCH3112 Super IO Chipset

Serial Port1 Address [ 3F8 ]

Serial Port1 IRQ [ 3 ] Serial Port2 Address [ 2F8 ] Serial Port2 IRQ [ 3 ] WATCH-DOG [ Disabled ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Allows BIOS to Select Serial Port1 Base Addresses.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Configure SCH3112 Super I/O Chipset

Items Description

Serial Port 1 Address Sets the base I/ O port 1 address for the onboard serial port. Serial Port 1 IRQ Sets the base I/O port 1 IRQ for the onboard serial port. Serial Port 2 Address Sets the base I/ O port 2 address for the onboar d serial port. Serial Port 2 IRQ Sets the base I/O port 2 IRQ for the onboard serial port. Watch-Dog Allows BIOS to select Watch-Dog support.

Settings: [Disabled, 3F8, 3E8, 2E8] Settings: [3, 4, 10, 11] Settings:[2F8, 3E8, 2E8] Settings: [3, 4, 10, 11] Settings: [Disabled, E nabled ]

ARDWARE HEALTH CONFIGURATION

Advanced

Hardware Health Configuration

H/W Health Function [ Enabled ]

PWM 1 Mode Setting [ Fan Always On Full ] PWM 1 Ramp Rate [ 4.85 Hz ] PWM 2 Mode Setting [ Fan Always On Full ] PWM 2 Ramp Rate [ 4.85 Hz ]

System-Fan (1) Speed : N/A CPU-Fan (2) Speed : N/A

Vcore : 0.992 V +3.3Vin : 3.282 V +5Vin : 4.974 V +12Vin : 12.048 V

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

BIOS Setup

The PC Health Status displays the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices/components such as CPU voltages, temperatures and fan speeds.

Items Description

H/W Health Function Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device. PWM 1 Mode Setting PWM Configuration Mode Setting.

PWM 1 Ramp Rate If enable, limits the amount of change in the PWM duty cycle

PWM 2 Mode Setting PWM Configuration Mode Setting.

PWM 2 Ramp Rate If enable, limits the amount of change in the PWM duty cycle

Settings: [Disabled, E nabled ] Settings: [Auto Fan Mode, Fan Always On Fu ll, Fan Disab le

Mode, fan Manually Mode] over a specified period of time.

Settings: [4.85Hz, 9.62Hz, 14.49Hz, 24.39Hz, 3 8.46Hz,

55.56Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz] Settings: [Auto Fan Mode, Fan Always On Fu ll, Fan Disab le

Mode, fan Manually Mode] over a specified period of time.

Settings: [4.85Hz, 9.62Hz, 14.49Hz, 24.39Hz, 3 8.46Hz,

55.56Hz, 100Hz, 200Hz]

Chapter 3

ACPI C

ONFIGURATION

Advanced

ACPI Settings

General ACPI Configuration

Advanced ACPI Configuration Chipset Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

General ACPI Configuration settings

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

General ACPI Configuration

General Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) configuration setting and power management.

Advanced ACPI Configuration

Advanced configuration setting. Use this section to configure additional ACPI option.

Chipset Configuration

Chipset Advanced Configuration and Power Interfa ce (ACPI) related configuration settings.

ENERAL

ACPI C

Advanced

General ACPI Configuration

Suspend mode [ Auto ]

Repost Video on S3 Resume [ No ]

ONFIGURATION

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

BIOS Setup

Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Suspend Type

Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend.

Setting Description

S1(POS) S1/Power On Suspend (POS) is a low power state. In this state,

S3(STR) S3/Suspend To RAM (STR) is a power-down state. In this state,

Auto Depend on the OS to select S1 or S3.

no system context (CPU or chipset) is lost and hardware maintains all system con texts.

power is supplied only to essential components such as main memory and wakeup-capable devices. The system context is saved to main memory, and context is restored from the memory when a "wakeup" event occurs.

Repost Video on S3 Resume

Select whether to run VGA BIOS if resuming from S3 state. Settings: [No, Yes]

Chapter 3

DVANCED

ACPI C

ONFIGURATION

Advanced

Advanced ACPI Configuration

ACPI Version Features [ ACPI v1.0 ]

ACPI APIC support [ Enabled ] AMI OEMB table [ Enabled ] Headless mode [ Disabled ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enable RSDP pointers to 64-bit Fixed System Description Tables.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

ACPI Version Features

Enable RSDP pointers to 64-bit Fixed Sys tem Desc ription Tabl es. Settings: [ACPI v1.0, ACPI v2.0, ACPI v3.0 ]

ACPI APIC Features

Include ACPI APIC table pointer to RSDT pointer lis t. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

AMI OEMB Table

Include OEMB table pointer to R(X)SDT pointer lists. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Headless Mode

Headless operation mode through ACPI. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

HIPSET

ACPI C

ONFIGURATION

Advanced

USB Device Wakeup Function [ Enabled ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Disabled Enabled

+F1 F10 ESC

Options

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

BIOS Setup

USB Device Wakeup Function

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Chapter 3

APM C

ONFIGURATION

Advanced

Power Management/APM [ Enabled ]

Power Button Mode [ On/Off ] Suspend Power Saving Type [ C3 ] Restore on AC/Power Loss [ Last State ]

Standby Time Out [ Disabled ] Suspend Time Out [ Disabled ] Hard Disk Time Out (Minute) [ Disabled ]

Green PC Monitor Power State [ Suspend ] Video Power Down Mode [ Suspend ] Hard Disk Power Down Mode [ Suspend ]

Advanced Monitor Events Controls

Display Activity [ Ignore ] Monitor IRQ3 [ Monitor ] Monitor IRQ4 [ Ignore ] Monitor IRQ5 [ Ignore ] Monitor IRQ7 [ Ignore ] Monitor IRQ9 [ Ignore ] Monitor IRQ10 [ Ignore ] Monitor IRQ11 [ Ignore ] Monitor IRQ13 [ Ignore ] Monitor IRQ14 [ Monitor ] Monitor IRQ15 [ Ignore ]

Advanced Resume Events Controls

Resume On Ring [ Disabled ] Resume On LAN [ Disabled ] Resume On PME# [ Disabled ] Resume On KBC [ Disabled ]

Wake-Up Key [ Any Key ]

Resume On PS/2 Mouse [ Disabled ] Resume On RTC Alarm [ Disabled ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Disabled Enabled

+F1 F10 ESC

Options

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

Power Management/APM

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Power Button Mode

Settings: [On/Off, Standby, Suspend]

Suspend Power Saving Type

Settings: [C3, S1]

Restore on AC/Power Loss

Settings: [Power Off, Power On, Last State]

BIOS Setup

Standby Time Out

Settings: [Disabled, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 M in, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 M in, 40 Min, 50 Min, 60 Min]

Suspend Time Out

Settings: [Disabled, 1 Min, 2 Min, 4 M in, 8 Min, 10 Min, 20 Min, 30 M in, 40 Min, 50 Min, 60 Min]

Hard Disk Time Out (Minute)

Settings: [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]

Green PC Monitor Power State

Settings: [Standby, Suspend, Off]

Video Power Down Mode

Settings: [Disabled, Standby, Suspend]

Hard Disk Power Down Mode

Settings: [Disabled, Standby, Suspend]

Advanced Monitor Events Controls

Items Description

Display Activity Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ3 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ4 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ5 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ7 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ9 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ10 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ11 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ13 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ14 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor] Monitor IRQ15 Settings: [Ignore, Monitor]

Chapter 3

Advanced Resume Events Controls

Items Description

Resume On Ring Settings: [Disabled, E nabled ] Resume On LAN Settings: [Disabled, Enabled] Resume On PME# Sett ings: [D isabled , Enabled ] Resume On KBC Settings: [Disabled S3, S3/S4 /S5] Wake Up Key Settings: [Any Key] Resume On PS/2 Mouse Settings: [Disab led, Enab led] Resume On RTC Alarm Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

BIOS Setup

PCI E

XPRESS CONFIGURATION

Advanced

PCI Express Configuration

Activate State Power-Management [ Disabled ]

PCIE-NB Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enable/Disable PCI Express L0s and L1 link power states.

+F1 F10 ESC

Activate State Power-Management

Enable/Disable PCI Express L0s and L1 link power states. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

Chapter 3

PCI-NB C

ONFIGURATION

Advanced

PCIE-NB Configuration

PEG Control [ Normal ]

PEG Link [ Default ] PE0 Control [ Normal ] PE0 Link [ Default ] Reset PCIE When Link Fail [ Enabled ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Options

Normal Link Disabled PHY LS LoopBack PHY ES LoopBack

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

PEG Control

Settings: [Normal, Link Disabled, PHY LS LoopBack, PHY ES LoopBack]

PEG Link

A feature allows you to change the PCI Express x16 mode to othe r mode. Settings: [x1, x2, x4, x8, x16]

PE0 Control

Settings: [Normal, Link Disabled, PHY LS LoopBack, PHY ES LoopBack]

PE0 Link

Settings: [Default, x1, x2, x4]

Reset PCIE When Link Fail

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

EMOTE ACCESS CONFIGURATION

Advanced

Configure Remote Access type and parameters

Remote Access [ Disabled ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

BIOS Setup

Select Remote Access type.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Remote Access

Configure Remote Access type and pa ramet ers. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Chapter 3

RUSTED COMPUTING

Advanced

Trusted Computing

TCG/TPM SUPPORT [ No ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enable/Disable TPM TCG (TPM 1.1/1.2)

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

TCG/TPM Support

Settings: [No, Yes]

BIOS Setup

USB C

ONFIGURATION

Advanced

USB Configuration

Module Version – 2.24.2-13.4

USB Devices Enabled :

USB 1.1 Ports Configuration [ USB 6 Ports ]

USB 2.0 Ports Enable [ Enabled ] Legacy USB Support [ Enabled ] Port 64/60 Emulation [ Disabled ] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [ HiSpeed ] BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [ Enabled ]

None

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Enables 1.1 USB host controllers.

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

USB 1.1 Ports Configuration

Enables 1.1 USB host controller. Settings: [Disabled, USB 2 Ports, USB 4 Ports, USB 6 Ports]

USB 2.0 Ports Enable

Enable or disable Universal Serial Bus 2.0 . Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Legacy USB Support

This features allows the support of lega cy USB de vices s uch as mous e and keyboard.

Setting Description

Disabled Disables the legacy USB support Enabled Enabled supports for legacy USB Auto Automatic managing of support for legacy USB devices.

Chapter 3

Port 64/60 Emulation

This setting enables full legacy support for operating systems that do not natively support USB.

Setting Description

Disabled Emulate I/O ports 60h/64 h Enabled Not emulate I/O ports 60h/64h

USB 2.0 Controller Mode

Auto decide USB device operation mode.

Setting Description

FullSpeed All of USB Device operated on full speed mode HiSpeed If USB device was high speed device, then it op erated on high

speed mode. If USB d evice was full/lo w speed device, the n it operated on full speed mode.

BIOS EHCI Hand-Off

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

DVANCED

PCI/PNP S

ETTINGS

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

Advanced PCI/PnP Settings

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction.

Clear NVRAM [ No ]

Plug & Play O/S [ No ] PCI Latency Timer [ 64 ] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [ Yes ] Palette Snooping [ Disabled ] PCI IDE BusMaster [ Disabled ] OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [ Auto ]

IRQ3 [ Available ] IRQ4 [ Available ] IRQ5 [ Available ] IRQ7 [ Available ] IRQ9 [ Available ] IRQ10 [ Available ] IRQ11 [ Available ] IRQ14 [ Available ] IRQ15 [ Available ]

DMA Channel 0 [ Available ] DMA Channel 1 [ Available ] DMA Channel 3 [ Available ] DMA Channel 5 [ Available ] DMA Channel 6 [ Available ] DMA Channel 7 [ Available ]

Reserved Memory Size [ Disabled ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security Chipset Exit

Clear NVRAM during System Boot.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option

General Help

F10

Save and Exit Exit

ESC

Warning:

Setting a wrong value in section below may cause system malfunction.

BIOS Setup

Clear NVRAM

Clear Non-Volatile Random Access Memory(NVRAM ) during system boot . Settings: [No, Yes]

Plug & Play O/S

Setting Description

No Lets the BIOS configure all the devices in the s ystem. Yes Lets the operating system configure Plug and Play (PnP) devices not

required for boot if your system has a Plug and Play operating system.

Chapter 3

PCI Latency Timer

This setting is use to adjust the PCI clocks for PCI device latency timer. Settings: [32, 64, 96, 128, 160, 192, 224, 248]

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA

This setting allows you to assign IRQ t o the VGA card.

Setting Description

Yes Assign IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card requests IRQ. No Does not assign IRQ to PCI VGA card even if card requests an IRQ.

Palette Snooping

Setting Description

Disabled Enabled Informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in

the system so the card will function correctly.

PCI IDE BusMaster

Setting Description

Disabled Does not use PCI busmastering. Enabled BIOS uses PCI busmastering for reading/writing to IDE drives.

OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card

Set to the PCI slot number that is ho lding the card. Settings: [Auto, PCI Slot1, PCI Slot2, PCI Slot3, PCI Slot4, PCI Slot4, PCI

Slots5, PCI Slots6]

IRQ3 / IRQ4 / IRQ5 / IRQ7 / IRQ9 / IRQ10 / IRQ11 / IRQ14 / IRQ15

Setting Description

Available Specified IRQ is available to be use by PCI/PnP devices. Reserved Specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices.

DMA Channel 0 / 1 /3 /5 /6 / 7

Setting Description

Available Specified DMA is available to be use by PCI/PnP devices. Reserved Specified DMA is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices.

Reserved Memory Size

Set the size of memory block to r eserve f or legacy ISA devices. Settings: [Disabled, 16k, 32k, 64k ]

OOT SETTINGS

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

Boot Settings

Boot Settings Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security Chipset Exit

Configure Settings during System Boot.

Select Screen Select Item

Enter

Go to Sub Screen General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

BIOS Setup

Boot Settings Configuration

Configure settings during System Boot.

Chapter 3

OOT SETTINGS CONFIGURATION

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Boot

Boot Settings Configuration

Quick Boot [ Enabled ]

Quiet Boot [ Enabled ] AddOn ROM Display Mode [ Force BIOS ] Bootup Num-Lock [ On ] PS/2 Mouse Support [ Auto ] Wait For ‘F1’ If Error [ Enabled ] Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display [ Enabled ] Interrupt 19 Capture [ Disabled ]

Allows BIOS to skip certain test while booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system.

Select Screen Select Item

Change Option General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Quick Boot

This setting allows the BIOS to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system.

Settings: [Disabled Enabled]

Quiet Boot

Allows the BIOS to show or hide the normal POST m essages

Setting Description

Disabled Displays normal POST messaged. Enabled Displays OEM logo of POST message.

AddOn ROM Display Mode

Set display mode of Option ROM. Settings: [Force BIOS, Keep Current]

Bootup-Num-Lock

Select Power-on state for Numlock. Settings: [Off, On]

BIOS Setup

PS/2 Mouse Support

Select support for PS/2 Mouse. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled , Auto ]

Wait For ‘F1’ If Error

Wait for “F1” key to be pressed of error occurs.

Setting Description

Disabled When an error detected the BIOS will stop the boot sequence. Enabled Even an error is detected the BIOS will not stop the boot sequence.

Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display

Press “DEL” to run Setup in POST. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Interrupt 19 Capture

Setting Description

Disabled Will not be able to trap Interrupt 19. Enabled Allows option ROM BIOS to trap Interrupt 19 during boot process.

Chapter 3

ECURITY SETTINGS

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

Security Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password

Change User Password

Boot Sector Virus Protection [ Disabled ]

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security Chipset Exit

Install or Change the password.

Select Screen Select Item Change

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Change Supervisor Password

Install or Change the password.

BIOS Setup

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

Security Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password

Change User Password

Boot Sector Virus Protection [ Disabled ]

Enter New Password

Change User Password

Install or Change the password.

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

Security Settings

Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed

Change Supervisor Password

Change User Password

Boot Sector Virus Protection [ Disabled ]

Enter New Password

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security Chipset Exit

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security Chipset Exit

Install or Change the password.

Select Screen Select Item Change

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Install or Change the password.

Select Screen Select Item Change

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Chapter 3

This option is for setting a password for entering BIOS Setup. When a password has been set, a password prompt will be displayed whenever BIOS Setup is run. This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration.

There are two types of passwords you can set. A supervisor password and user password. When a supervisor password is used, the BIOS Setup program can be accessed and the BIOS settings can be changed. When a user password is used, the BIOS Setup program can be accessed but the BIOS settings cannot be changed.

To set the password, type the password (up to eight characters in length) and press <Enter>. The password typed now will clear any previously set password from CMOS memory. The new password will need to be reentered to be confirmed. To cancel the process p ress <Esc>.

To disable the password, press <Enter> when prompted to enter a new password. A message will show up to confirm disabling the password. To cancel the process press <Esc>.

Additionally, when a password is enabled, the BIOS can be set t o request the password each time the system is boote d. This would prevent unauthorized use of the system. See “Security Option ” in the “Advanced BIOS Features” section for more details .

Boot Sector Virus Protection

Setting Description

Disabled Disabled the Boot Sector Virus protection. Enabled Activate the Boot Sector Virus Protection to protect the system from

boot sector viruses.

DVANCED CHIPSET SETTINGS

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

Advanced Chipset Settings

WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction.

North Bridge VIA CN896 Configuration

South Bridge VIA VT8251 Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security Chipset Exit

Options for CN896

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen

Enter

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

BIOS Setup

North Bridge VIA CN896 Configuration

Options for VIA CN896 North Bridge .

South Bridge VIA VT8251 Configuration

Options for VIA VT8251 South Br idge.

Chapter 3

ORTH BRIDGE

VIA CN896 C

North Bridge VIA CN896 Configuration

Top Performance [ Disabled ]

GFX & PCIE VGA Co-Exist [ Disabled ] DBI Function [ Enabled ]

AGP & P2P Bridge Configuration OnChip IGP/VGA Configuration

ONFIGURATION

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Chipset

Disabled Enabled

+F1 F10 ESC

Options

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

Warning:

Setting a wrong value in section below may cause system malfunction.

Top Performance

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

GFX & PCIE VGA Co-Exist

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

DBI Function

Setting Description

Disabled Use DBI (Dynamic Bus Inversion) scheme Enabled Does not use the DBI (Dynamic Bus Inversion) scheme

AGP & P2P Bridge Configuration

Options for AGP

OnChip IGP/VGA Configuration

Options for OnChip IGP

BIOS Setup

AGP & P2P B

RIDGE CONFIGURATION

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

AGP & P2P Bridge Configuration

Primary Graphics Adpater [ PCI → PCIE → AGP ]

AGP Aperture Size [ 128 MB ]

Chipset

PCI → PCIE → AGP AGP → PCIE → PCI PCIE → AGP → PCI

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

Options

Primary Graphics Adapter

This setting allows to select whether to boot the system using the PCI Express graphics card, AGP graphics card or th e PCI grap hics card.

Settings: [PCI → PCIE → AGP, AGP → PCIE →PCI, PCIE →AGP →PCI]

AGP Aperture Size

This setting controls how much memory space can be allocated to AGP for video purposes. The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space. Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any transla tion.

Settings: [32MB, 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB, 1GB]

Chapter 3

ONC

HIP

IGP/VGA C

OnChip IGP/VGA Configuration

VGA Share Memory (Frame Buffer) [ 256MB ]

CPU Direct Access Frame Buffer [ Enabled ] Select Display Device [ CRT ] Panel Type [ 02 ] Output Port [ DI0 ] Dithering [ Disabled ]

ONFIGURATION

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Chipset

Options

64MB 128MB 256MB

Select Screen Select Item Change Option

General Help

Save and Exit

F10

Exit

ESC

VGA Share Memory (Frame Buffer)

This setting allows you to select the amount of system memory that is allocated to the integrated g raphics p rocessor.

Settings: [64MB, 128MB, 256MB]

CPU Direct Access Frame Buffer

This setting allows you to control the CPU access to the section of system memory use by integrated graphics processor.

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Select Display Device

This setting refers to the type of display being used with the system. Settings: [CRT, LCD, CRT+LCD]

Panel Type

This setting refers to the nat ive resolution of the dis play being used with the system.

Settings: [Key in a HEX number ranged between 0000~000F]

Output Port

Settings: [DI0, DI1]

Dithering

Setting Description

Disabled Image displayed on LCD will not dither. Enabled Image displayed on LCD will dither.

BIOS Setup

Chapter 3

OUTH BRIDGE

VIA VT8251 C

South Bridge VIA VT8251 Configuration

10/100 LAN Controller [ Enabled ]

10/100 LAN Option ROM [ Disabled ] Giga LAN Option ROM [ Disabled ]

LAN PME# [ Disabled ] PCI Delay Transaction [ Enabled ] HDAC Audio Controller [ Auto ]

ONFIGURATION

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Chipset

Disabled Enabled

+F1 F10 ESC

Options

Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit

10/100 LAN Controller

This setting allows to enable or disable the onboard 10/100 LAN controller. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

10/100 LAN Option ROM

Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard 10/100 LAN chip. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

Giga LAN Option ROM

Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard Giga LAN chip. Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

LAN PME#

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

PCI Delay Transaction

Settings: [Disabled, Enabled]

BIOS Setup

HDAC Audio Controller

Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used. If the device is detected, the onboard VIA High Definition Audio Codec (VT1708A) controller will be enabled; otherwise, it is disabled. Disable the controller if another controller card is being use d to connect to an audi o devic e.

Setting Description

Auto Enables onboard controller if audio device is detected Disabled Turn off onboard controller to allow external controller

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XIT OPTIONS

Save Changes and Exit

Exit system setup after saving th e change s.

Select “Ok” and press “Enter” to save any changes made and exit the program. Select “Cancel” and press “Enter” will cancel the exit req uest.

BIOS Setup

Discard Changes and Exit

Exit system setup without saving any changes .

Select “Ok” and press “Enter” to discards any chan ges and e xit the program . Select “Cancel” and press “Enter” will cancel the discard/exit request .

Discard Changes

Select “Ok” and press “Enter” to discards any changes. Select “Cancel” and press “Enter” will cancel the discard/exit request .

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Load Optimal Defaults

This option is for restoring all the default optimized BIOS settings. The default optimized values are set by the mainboard manufacturer to prov ide a stable system with optimized performance.

Select “Ok” and press “Enter” to load th e defaults optima l BIOS va lues. Select “Cancel” and press “Enter ” will cancel th e load optimal defaults request.

Load Failsafe Defaults

Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot

Exit Options

Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes

Load Optimal Defaults

Load Failsafe Defaults

BIOS SETUP UTILITY

Security Chipset Exit

Load Failsafe Defaults?

Load Failsafe Default values for all the setup questions.

F8 key can be used for this operation.

BIOS Setup

[Ok] [Cancel]

Enter F1 F10 ESC

Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit

This option is for restoring all the default fail-safe BIOS settings. These values are set by the mainboard manufactu rer to pr ovide a stable syst em with basic performance.

Select “Ok” and press “Enter” to loads the default fail-sa fe BIOS valu es. Select “Cancel” and press “Enter” w ill cancel the l oad failsafe defaults request.

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HAPTER

Driver Installation

This chapter gives you brief descriptions of ea ch mainboard dr iver and application. You must install the VIA chipset drivers first before installing other drivers such as audio or VGA drivers. The applications will only function correctly if the necessary drivers are already installed.

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RIVER UTILITIES

Getting Started

The mainboard includes a Driver Util ities CD that contains the driver utilities and software for enhancing the performance of the mainboard. If the CD is missing from the retail box, please contact the local dealer f or the C D.

Note:

The driver utilities and software are updated from time to time. The latest updated versions are avail able at http://www.viaembedded.com/

Driver Installation

Running the Driver Utilities CD

To start using the CD, insert the CD into the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. The CD should run automatically afte r clos ing the C D-ROM or DVD-R OM drive . The driver utilities and software menu screen should then appear on the screen. If the CD does not run automatically, click on the “Start” button and select “Run…” Then type: "D:\Setup.exe".

Note: D: might not be the driv e let ter o f the CD-ROM /DVD- ROM in your system .

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ONTENT

VIA 4in1 Drivers: Contains VIA ATAPI Vendor Support

Driver (enables the performance enhancing bus mastering functions on ATA-capable Hard Disk Drives and ensures IDE device compatibility), AGP VxD Driver (provides service routines to your VGA driver and interface directly to hardware, providing fast graphical access), IRQ Routing Miniport Driver (sets the system's PCI IRQ routing sequence) and VIA INF Driver (enables the VIA Power Management function).

VIA Graphics Driver: Enhances the onboard VIA graphic

chip.

VIA Audio Driver: Enhances the onboard VIA audio chip. VIA USB 2.0 Driver: Enhances VIA USB 2.0 port s. VIA LAN Driver: Enhances the onboard VIA VT6103L

10/100M LAN chip.

VIA GigaLAN Driver: Enhances the onboard optional VIA

VT6130 10/100/1000M LAN chip.

VIA RAID Driver: Support for RAID devices.

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