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Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual

 

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Serial Port3 IRQ 

This item allows you to select IRQ of Serial Port3. 
Options: IRQ5 (Default) / IRQ3 / IRQ4 / IRQ7 / IRQ9 / IRQ10 / IRQ11 
 

Serial Port4 Address 

This item allows you to select the address of Serial Port4. 
Options: 2E8 (Default) / 3E8 / 2F0 / 2E0 
 

Serial Port4 IRQ 

This item allows you to select IRQ of Serial Port4. 
Options: IRQ5 (Default) / IRQ3 / IRQ4 / IRQ7 / IRQ9 / IRQ10 / IRQ11 
 

Serial Port5 Address 

This item allows you to select the address of Serial Port5. 
Options: 2F0 (Default) / 3E8 / 2E8 / 2E0 
 

Serial Port5 IRQ 

This item allows you to select IRQ of Serial Port5. 
Options: IRQ5 (Default) / IRQ3 / IRQ4 / IRQ7 / IRQ9 / IRQ10 / IRQ11 
 

Serial Port6 Address 

This item allows you to select the address of Serial Port6. 
Options: 2E0 (Default) / 3E8 / 2E8 / 2F0 
 

Serial Port6 IRQ 

This item allows you to select IRQ of Serial Port6. 
Options: IRQ5 (Default) / IRQ3 / IRQ4 / IRQ7 / IRQ9 / IRQ10 / IRQ11 
 

Parallel Port Address 

This item allows you to determine access onboard parallel port controller with 

which I/O Address. 
Options: 378 (Default) / 278 / 3BC / Disabled 

Summary of Contents for BI94GS-IAC

Page 1: ...ce will not occur in a particular installation The vendor makes no representations or warranties with respect to the contents here and specially disclaims any implied warranties of merchantability or...

Page 2: ...2 Installation 7 2 1 CPU 7 2 2 Fan Header 7 2 3 System Memory 8 2 4 Power Supply 9 2 5 Onboard Slot Connector Header Jumper 10 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 21 3 1 Main Menu 23 3 2 Advanced Menu 27 3 3 PCI PnP...

Page 3: ...p to remove the static charge Avoid touching the components on mainboard or the rear side of the board unless necessary Hold the board on the edge do not try to bend or flex the board Do not leave any...

Page 4: ...n Memory SO DIMM 200pin Slot x 1 Supports DDR2 400 533 MHz DIMM supports 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB Max Memory Capacity 2GB Registered DIMM or ECC DIMM is not supported IDE ICH7M Ultra DMA 33 66 100 Bus Mast...

Page 5: ...232 x1 COM5 RS 232 x1 COM6 RS 232 x1 Power Connector 20pin x1 Back Panel I O PS 2 Keyboard x1 PS 2 Mouse x1 Serial Port x2 VGA Port x1 LAN port x2 USB Port x4 Audio Jack x3 1 x RS 232 1 x RS 232 422 4...

Page 6: ...OM1 A B JKBMS1 COM4 COM5 COM3 COM6 JSEL7 JSEL1 JSEL2 JSE L8 JSEL5 JSEL6 JSEL4 JS EL3 JLV1 JBL 2 LVD S CON N1 JC1 PCI1 BIOS PE1 JPRNT1 JBAT1 JDIO1 USB1 JPANEL1 JCMOS_AT1 SATA2 SATA1 IDE1 DIMMA1 JATXPWR...

Page 7: ...fans built in the system The fan cable and connector may be different due to the fan manufacturer JSFAN1 System Fan Header Pin Assignment 1 Ground 2 12V 3 FAN RPM rate sense 1 3 Note The System Fan He...

Page 8: ...M on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 3 Insert the DIMM firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated Memory Ca...

Page 9: ...is connector allows user to connect 20 pin power connector on the power supply 1 10 11 20 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 GND 13 GND 4 5V 14 Power Supply On 5 GND 15 GND 6...

Page 10: ...omponent Interconnect Slot This mainboard is equipped with 1 standard PCI slot PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated...

Page 11: ...tor which can connect a master and a slave drive so you can connect up to two ATA devices 1 2 39 40 SATA1 SATA2 Serial ATA Connectors These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cable...

Page 12: ...D 3 HD LED 4 Power LED 5 HD LED HDD LED 6 Power LED Power LED 7 Reset GND 8 Power 9 Reset Reset Button 10 Power GND Power Button USB1 USB 2 0 Header The mainboard provides 1 front USB pin header allow...

Page 13: ...3 Transmitted data TXD RX NC 4 Data terminal ready DTR RX NC 5 Signal ground GND GND GND 6 Data set ready DSR NC NC 7 Request to send RTS NC NC 8 Clear to send CTS NC NC JCO M 1 A JC OM 1B 9 Ring NC...

Page 14: ...232 RS 422 RS 485 1 3 3 5 3 5 2 4 4 6 4 6 7 9 9 11 9 11 8 10 10 12 10 12 JSEL8 1 2 RS 232 3 4 RS 422 5 6 RS 485 JSEL7 JSEL8 COM3 COM6 Serial Port Connectors The motherboard has 4 Serial Port Connector...

Page 15: ...JSEL3 1 3 Pin 2 3 Close 12V Default JDIO1 Digital I O Connector This connector offers 4 pair of digital I O functions and address is set in BIOS The default address is A21H Output bit0 3 A22H Input bi...

Page 16: ...Normal Operation 1 5 2 6 5 3 Pin 3 5 Close Clear CMOS data Clear CMOS Procedures 1 Remove AC power line 2 Set the jumper to Pin 3 5 close 3 Wait for five seconds 4 Set the jumper to Pin 1 3 close 5 Po...

Page 17: ...port on the PC 1 25 2 26 Pin Assignment Pin Assignment 1 Strobe 14 Ground 2 ALF 15 Data 6 3 Data 0 16 Ground 4 Error 17 Data 7 5 Data 1 18 Ground 6 Init 19 ACK 7 Data 2 20 Ground 8 Scltin 21 Busy 9 Da...

Page 18: ...LVDS2_TX1 Differential signal 8 GND 9 LVDS2_TX1 Differential signal 10 LVDS1_TX0 Differential signal 11 GND 12 LVDS1_TX0 Differential signal 13 LVDS2_TX2 Differential signal 14 GND 15 LVDS2_TX2 Diffe...

Page 19: ...Backlight Inverter Power Select Header This header is for selecting LCD Backlight Inverter Power 3 1 Pin 1 2 Close Inverter Power 5V Default 1 3 3 1 Pin 2 3 Close Inverter Power 12V JBL1 LCD Backlight...

Page 20: ...s connector is for connecting to LCD for providing backlight control function It is strongly recommended to use the matching JOY DAY INDUSTRIAL A1250WV S 8P connector Pin Assignment 1 5V 12V DC 2 5V 1...

Page 21: ...nd disk drives BIOS activates at the first stage of the booting process loading and executing the operating system Some additional features such as virus and password protection or chipset fine tuning...

Page 22: ...d you can use these keys to select item and change the settings Notice z The default BIOS settings apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance of the motherboard If the system becomes unst...

Page 23: ...nd Exit Exit Tab F1 F10 ESC Use ENTER TAB or SHIFT TAB to select a field Use or to configure system Time System Overview AMI BIOS System Memory 00 00 System Date Tue 01 01 2008 IDE Configuration Versi...

Page 24: ...xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit Enter F1 F10 ESC IDE Confuguration Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave SAT...

Page 25: ...Data Transfer Enabled Device Type Auto The BIOS detects the information and values of respective devices and these information and values are shown below to the name of the sub menu Type Select the ty...

Page 26: ...Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection This will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS Options Disabled Default Enabled IDE Detect Time Out Sec...

Page 27: ...se system to malfunction USB Configuration SuperIO Configuration Hardware Health Configuration ACPI Configuration CPU Configuration Exit CPU Configuration This item shows the CPU information that the...

Page 28: ...Enabled Default Disabled Hyper Threading Technology Enabled for Windows XP and Linux OS optimized for Hyper Threading Technology and disabled for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technol...

Page 29: ...l Port Mode Normal Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 Watch Dog Degree Second Watch Dog Timer 00000 Serial Port1 Address Select an address and corresponding interrupt for Serial Port 1 Options 3F8 IRQ4 Default 3E...

Page 30: ...s This item allows you to select the address of Serial Port5 Options 2F0 Default 3E8 2E8 2E0 Serial Port5 IRQ This item allows you to select IRQ of Serial Port5 Options IRQ5 Default IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ7 IRQ...

Page 31: ...Capabilities Port ECP EPP Using Parallel port as ECP EPP mode ECP Mode DMA Channel This item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA Options DMA3 Default DMA0 DMA1 Parallel Port IRQ This item allow...

Page 32: ...it Exit F1 F10 ESC Enables Hardware Health Monitoring Device H W Health Function If with a monitoring system PC will show PC health status during POST stage Options Enabled Default Disabled ACPI Confi...

Page 33: ...I v1 0 Default ACPI v2 0 ACPI v3 0 ACPI APIC support This item is used to enable or disable the motherboard s APIC Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller The APIC provides multiprocessor support m...

Page 34: ...eature Options Disabled Default Enabled APIC ACPI SCI IRQ support This item is used to set APIC ACPI SCI by IRQ Options Disabled Default Enabled Resume On PME This item allows you to disable or enable...

Page 35: ...t Exit F1 F10 ESC Enables support for legacy USB AUTO option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled Module Version 2 24 3 13 4 Legacy USB Support...

Page 36: ...ion General Help Save and Exit Exit F1 F10 ESC Number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after start unit command USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay...

Page 37: ...Clear NVRAM during System Boot Advanced PCI PnP Settings WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction Plug Play O S No PCI Latency Timer 64 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Y...

Page 38: ...VGA card Options Yes Default No Palette Snooping Some old graphic controllers need to snoop on the VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibili...

Page 39: ...Available DMA Channel 5 Available DMA Channel 6 Available DMA Channel 7 Available Reserved Memory Size Disabled IRQ3 4 5 7 9 10 11 14 15 These items will allow you to assign each system interrupt a ty...

Page 40: ...isplay Enabled Interrupt 19 Capture Disabled Boot Device Priority Exit Boot Device Priority Items in this sub menu specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices The number of de...

Page 41: ...Disaply This item allows you to enable disable Full Screen LOGO Show function Options Disabled Default Enabled AddOn ROM Display Mode This item sets the display mode for option ROM Options Force BIOS...

Page 42: ...of the Hit DEL to enter Setup message during memory initialization Options Enabled Default Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function Whe...

Page 43: ...his menu may cause system to malfunction BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset vxx xx C Copyright 1985 200x American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General He...

Page 44: ...Disabled Boots Graphic Adapter Priority PCI IGD Internal Graphics Mode Select Enabled 8MB Video Function Configuration DRAM Frequency Auto Options Auto 400 MHz 533 MHZ DRAM Frequency This item allows...

Page 45: ...graphics device This item will be different as your memory modules When the memory size is decided this frame buffer size will also be fixed Options Enabled 8MB Default Enabled 1MB Disabled Video Func...

Page 46: ...y Device This item allows you to select the display device Options CRT Only Default LVDS Only CRT LVDS Flat Panel Type This item allows you to select flat panel type Options 1280x1024 2 Default 1440x9...

Page 47: ...This item allows you to control the Audio support Options Auto Default Disabled SMBUS Controller This BIOS feature controls the I O buffers for the SMBus Options Enabled Default Disabled SLP_S4 Min A...

Page 48: ...or this operation Exit Options Security Settings Save Changes and Exit Discard Changes and Exit Discard Changes Load Optimal Defaults Security Exit Save Changes and Exit Save all configuration changes...

Page 49: ...Protection Disabled Exit Change Supervisor Password Setting the supervisor password will prohibit everyone except the supervisor from making changes using the CMOS Setup Utility You will be prompted...

Page 50: ...s Boot Sector Virus Protection This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to wr...

Page 51: ...To install the driver please click on the Driver icon The setup guide will list the compatible driver for your mainboard and operating system Click on each device driver to launch the installation pro...

Page 52: ...m video adapter Troubleshooting POST BIOS Beep Codes Number of Beeps Troubleshooting Action 1 3 Reseat the memory or replace with known good modules 6 7 Fatal error indicating a serious problem with t...

Page 53: ...controller board Make sure both ends are securely plugged in check the drive type in the standard CMOS setup 2 Backing up the hard drive is extremely important All hard disks are capable of breaking d...

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