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User Manual

ARK-DS306

Compact Digital Signage 
Computer

Summary of Contents for ARK-DS306

Page 1: ...User Manual ARK DS306 Compact Digital Signage Computer...

Page 2: ...s Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc IBM PC AT PS 2 and VGA are trademarks of International Business Machines Cor poration AMD is a trademark of AMD Corporation Microsoft Windows...

Page 3: ...ages you get when the problem occurs 2 Call your dealer and describe the problem Please have your manual product and any helpful information readily available 3 If your product is diagnosed as defecti...

Page 4: ...ftware operating system version application software etc A complete description of the problem The exact wording of any error messages Warnings Cautions and Notes Warning Warnings indicate conditions...

Page 5: ...se fire or electrical shock 13 Never open the equipment For safety reasons the equipment should be opened only by qualified service personnel 14 If one of the following situations arises get the equip...

Page 6: ...Power Cord Optional Accessories Part Number Description 1700001524 Power cable 3 pin 180 cm US UL 170203183C Power cable 3 pin 183 cm EU 170203180A Power cable 3 pin 180 cm UK 1700008921 Power cable...

Page 7: ...Figure 2 2 ARK DS306 Rear View 6 2 2 ARK DS306 Front Side External I O Connectors 6 2 2 1 Power ON OFF Button 6 Figure 2 3 Power ON OFF Button 6 2 2 2 USB Connectors 6 Figure 2 4 USB Port Connector 6...

Page 8: ...IOS Settings 13 3 1 Introduction 14 3 2 Entering Setup 15 3 2 1 Main Setup 15 3 2 2 Advanced BIOS Features Setup 16 3 2 3 Chipset Configuration 23 3 2 4 Boot Configuration 27 3 2 5 Security Configurat...

Page 9: ...Chapter 1 1 General Introduction This chapter gives background information on ARK DS306 series...

Page 10: ...Supports 2 x GbE 2 x USB 2 0 2 x COM and audio functions Internal 2 5 inch SATA HDD drive bay and Cfast slot Built in MiniPCIe slot for easy expansion e g WiFi TV tuner etc Easy integration and easy...

Page 11: ...ARK DS306 Mechanical Dimensions 1 4 2 Weight 1 1 kg 2 42 lb 1 5 Power Requirements 1 5 1 System Power Minimum power input DC 12 V 3 A 1 5 2 RTC Battery 3 V 210 mAH 1 6 Environment Specification 1 6 1...

Page 12: ...sing 1 6 3 Storage Temperature 20 70 C 4 167 F 1 6 4 Vibration Loading During Operation 1 Grms IEC 60068 2 64 random 5 500 Hz 1 Oct min 1 hr axis 1 6 5 Shock During Operation 20 G IEC 60068 2 27 half...

Page 13: ...Chapter 2 2 Hardware Installation This chapter introduces external I O and the installation of ARK DS306 Hardware...

Page 14: ...ure 2 3 Power ON OFF Button 2 2 2 USB Connectors The ARK DS306 provides four USB interface connectors which gives complete Plug Play and hot swapping capability for up to 127 external devices The USB...

Page 15: ...HDMI technology can support a maximum resolution of 1920x1080P but the actual resolution supported depend on the monitor being used Figure 2 5 HDMI Connector Table 2 1 USB Port Pin Assignments Pin Si...

Page 16: ...RJ45 LAN interface connector they are fully compliant with IEEE 802 3u 10 100 1000 Base T CSMA CD standards The Ethernet port pro vides a standard RJ45 jack connector with LED indicators on the front...

Page 17: ...or The ARK DS306 comes with a DC jack header that takes 12 VDC external power input Figure 2 8 Power Input Connector Table 2 4 LAN Connector Pin Assignments Pin Signal Name 1 MDI0 2 MDI0 3 MDI1 4 MDI1...

Page 18: ...COM connector 2 3 2 Audio Connector The ARK DS306 offers stereo audio ports by three phone jack connectors of Speaker out Line In Mic In the audio chip control vendor by Realtek it s compliant with A...

Page 19: ...Memory HDD Installation 1 Remove the Top heatsink cover by loosening the fixing screws then insert mem ory into the SO DIMM socket 2 Remove the bottom cover by loosening the fixing screws fix the HDD...

Page 20: ...n the CFast bracket 3 Insert the bracket with CFast card to the system and fix the screws Figure 2 12 CFast card Installation 2 4 3 Mini PCIe WLAN Installation 1 Remove the bottom cover by loosening t...

Page 21: ...Chapter 3 3 BIOS Settings...

Page 22: ...y BIOS settings and control the various sys tem features This chapter describes the basic navigation of the ARK DS306 BIOS setup screens AMI s BIOS ROM has a built in Setup program that allows users t...

Page 23: ...Main setup screen by selecting the Main tab There are two Main Setup options They are described in this section The Main BIOS Setup screen is shown below The Main BIOS setup screen has two main frame...

Page 24: ...to go to the sub menu for that item You can display an Advanced BIOS Setup option by highlighting it using the Arrow keys All Advanced BIOS Setup options are described in this section The Advanced BIO...

Page 25: ...priority PCI Latency Timer This item allows you to select the 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 PCI bus clocks VGA Palette Snoop Enabled or disable VGA palette registers snooping PERR Generation Enabled o...

Page 26: ...ARK DS306 User Manual 18 3 2 2 2 ACPI Settings Configuration ACPI Sleep State Select the ACPI state used for system suspend S3 Video Repost Enable or disable video repost 3 2 2 3 CPU Configuration...

Page 27: ...em allows you to provide _PPC object NX Mode This item allows you to enable or disable the No execute page protection func tion SVM Mode This item allows you to enable or disable the CPU virtualizatio...

Page 28: ...f This is a workaround for OSes without EHCI hand off support The EHCI owner ship change should claim by EHCI driver USB transfer time out Time out value for control Bulk and interrupt transfers Devic...

Page 29: ...you to select normal or deep sleep power saving EC iManager Smart FAN This item allows you to enable or disable EC smart FAN control Temperature Voltage show CPU Temperature VBAT V5SB Vin Vcore Curren...

Page 30: ...1 Port2 address This item allows you to select serial port1 port2 of base addresses Serial Port1 Port2 IRQ This item allows you to select serial port1 port2 of IRQ Auto Flow Control for Serial Port1 T...

Page 31: ...K DS306 User Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Settings 3 2 3 Chipset Configuration North Bridge Detail for North Bridge items Display Config Select Detail for display items South Bridge Detail for South Bridge i...

Page 32: ...3 2 3 1 North Bridge Configuration GFX Configuration Detail of LAN1 LAN2 and PSPP Policy items Memory Configuration Detail of Bank Interleaving IOMMU Mode and Memory Clock items Node 0 Information Det...

Page 33: ...25 ARK DS306 User Manual Chapter 3 BIOS Settings 3 2 3 2 Display Configuration Select HDMI This item allows you to enable or disable HDMI function...

Page 34: ...idge SB SATA Configuration Options for SATA configuration SB GPP Port Configuration Options for SB GPP port configuration SB HD Azalia Configuration Options for SB HD Azalia MINI Card M SATA This item...

Page 35: ...set to Disabled the BIOS displays normal POST messages If Enabled an OEM Logo is shown instead of POST messages Fast Boot This item allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting This will decrease t...

Page 36: ...etup from the ARK DS306 Setup main BIOS setup menu All Secu rity Setup options such as password protection and virus protection are described in this section To access the sub menu for the following i...

Page 37: ...allows you to rest system setup without saving any changes Save Changes This item allows you to save changes done so far to any of the options Discard Changes This item allows you to disccard changes...

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Page 39: ...Chapter 4 4 Software Installation This chapter introduces driver installation...

Page 40: ...ARK DS306 User Manual 32 4 1 Driver Installation 4 1 1 CPU Driver Installation 1 Change folder address And double click to Setup exe...

Page 41: ...33 ARK DS306 User Manual Chapter 4 Software Installation 2 Select language and Click Next bottom to the next step...

Page 42: ...ARK DS306 User Manual 34 3 Click Install button to start Installation...

Page 43: ...35 ARK DS306 User Manual Chapter 4 Software Installation 4 Select Express or Custom Install and then click Next...

Page 44: ...ARK DS306 User Manual 36 5 Click Accept to end user License Agreement...

Page 45: ...37 ARK DS306 User Manual Chapter 4 Software Installation 6 If the folder is not exist Click Yes to create this folder...

Page 46: ...ARK DS306 User Manual 38 7 Click Finish bottom Then the driver installation is completed 8 Select Yes The computer will restart automatically...

Page 47: ...39 ARK DS306 User Manual Chapter 4 Software Installation 4 1 2 LAN Driver Installation 1 Change folder address to Drivers LAN And double click to execute Setup exe...

Page 48: ...ARK DS306 User Manual 40 2 Click Next bottom to the next step 3 Click Install button to start Installation...

Page 49: ...41 ARK DS306 User Manual Chapter 4 Software Installation 4 The network driver installation is completed Click Finish button to exit InstallShield...

Page 50: ...ARK DS306 User Manual 42 4 1 3 Audio Driver Installation 1 Change folder address to AUDIO And double click to execute Setup exe 2 Click Next bottom to skip welcome message...

Page 51: ...DS306 User Manual Chapter 4 Software Installation 3 Select Yes I want to restart this computer now and click Finish bottom The computer will restart automatically Then the driver installation is comp...

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Page 53: ...tions are subject to change without notice No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means electronic photocopying recording or otherwise without prior written permis sion of...

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