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CX70M-I7B Setup Manual 

 

 

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Summary of Contents for CX70M-I7A

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: ...Header Jumper 11 Chapter 3 BIOS Setup 22 3 1 Entering Setup 22 3 2 Using Setup 22 3 3 Main Menu 23 3 4 Standard CMOS Features 26 3 5 Advanced BIOS Features 28 3 6 Advanced Chipset Features 33 3 7 Inte...

Page 3: ...ouching any safely grounded appliance or use grounded wrist strap to remove the static charge Avoid touching the components on mainboard or the rear side of the board unless necessary Hold the board o...

Page 4: ...de DDR2 memory module Supports Registered DIMM and ECC DIMM IDE Integrated IDE Controller Ultra DMA 33 133 Bus Master Mode Supports PIO Mode 0 4 Supports 2 IDE devices SATA Integrated SATA Controller...

Page 5: ...Power Connector 20pin x1 Back Panel I O PS 2 Keyboard x1 PS 2 Mouse x1 Serial Port x2 VGA Port x1 DVI D Port x1 LAN port x2 USB Port x4 Audio Jack x3 Board Size 170 mm W x 170 mm L Mini ITX OS Support...

Page 6: ...BMS1 J V G A _ D V I JUSBLAN2 JUSBLAN1 J C O M 1 JAUDIO2 JSEL1 JSEL2 J3 J2 J7 JP2 J9 F_AUDIO PCI1 JPRNT1 JIR1 JCMOS JSFAN1 DIO LPC1 BAT1 BIOS JPANEL1 JUSB1 IDE1 DIM1 SATA1 SATA2 VIA CPU VIA CX700M JCF...

Page 7: ...CX70M I7B 7 CHAPTER 2 INSTALLATION 2 1 CPU The mainboard includes an embedded VIA V4 Bus processor and a heatsink has been installed to provide sufficient cooling VIA CPU VIA CX700M...

Page 8: ...ilt in the system The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to GND JCFAN1 CPU Fan Header JSFAN...

Page 9: ...ign a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot 2 Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is p...

Page 10: ...JATXPWR1 allows user to connect 20 pin power connector on the power supply JATXPWR1 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...

Page 11: ...connect and it is a bus standard for expansion cards This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits PCI1 IDE1 ATA Device Connector The mainboard has a 32 bit Enhanced PCI IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode...

Page 12: ...tion 1 Key N A 2 Power LED 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 DIO Digital I O Connector This connector offer...

Page 13: ...ith 133 MB s Ultra DMA Pin Assignment 1 GND 2 TX 3 TX 4 GND 5 RX 6 RX 7 GND 1 4 7 1 4 7 SATA2 SATA1 JUSB1 USB 2 0 Connector The mainboard provides a front USB pin header allowing up to 2 additional US...

Page 14: ...UT_L NEXT_L are shorted with jumper caps Remove the caps only when you are connecting the front panel audio cable Pin Assignment 1 FRNMIC_L 2 AGND 3 FRNMIC_R 4 3 3V_AUDIO 5 LINE_OUT_R 6 NEXT_R 7 NC 8...

Page 15: ...LCD for providing backlight control function Pin Assignment 1 5V 12V DC 2 5V 12V DC 3 NC 4 NC 5 Backlight On 6 Brightness Adjust 7 GND 8 GND J9 LCD Power Select Header This header allows you to selec...

Page 16: ...ng LCD backlight power 1 3 Pin 1 2 Close Backlight Power 5V 1 3 1 3 Pin 2 3 Close Backlight Power 12V JP2 LCD Backlight Brightness Adjust Header This header is for adjusting LCD backlight brightness 1...

Page 17: ...2_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 Differenti...

Page 18: ...lear CMOS Header Placing the jumper on pin2 3 it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data Please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the mainboard 1 3 Pin 1 2 Close...

Page 19: ...ta 7 5 Data 1 18 Ground 6 Init 19 ACK 7 Data 2 20 Ground 8 Scltin 21 Busy 9 Data 3 22 Ground 10 Ground 23 PE 11 Data 4 24 Ground 12 Ground 25 SCLT 13 Data 5 26 Key JSEL1 JSEL2 RS 232 422 485 Switch Ju...

Page 20: ...ent Pin Assignment 1 LPCSIO OSC 2 LAD3 3 PCICLK4 4 LAD2 5 LDRQ 6 LAD1 7 SERIRQ 8 LFRAME 9 PME 10 LAD0 11 3 3V 12 LPCRST 13 GND 14 5V 15 12V 16 GND 17 GND 18 12V 19 5V 20 12V JAT1 Hardware Power Loss R...

Page 21: ...I7B 21 How to Setup Jumpers The illustration shows how to set up jumpers When the jumper cap is placed on pins the jumper is close if not that means the jumper is open Pin opened Pin closed Pin1 2 cl...

Page 22: ...for help and press Esc to quit The following table provides more detail about how to navigate in the Setup program by using the keyboard Keystroke Function Up arrow Move to previous item Down arrow M...

Page 23: ...tandard CMOS Features This submenu contains industry standard configurable options Advanced BIOS Features This submenu allows you to configure advanced features of the BIOS Advanced Chipset Features T...

Page 24: ...e default setting Changing the voltage and clock improperly may damage the CPU or M B Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system booting seq...

Page 25: ...he User Password is set the User will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them Save Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS memory and exit setup Confirmation...

Page 26: ...m date Note that the Day automatically changes when you set the date Time hh mm ss Set the system internal clock SATA Channel 1 Options are in its sub menu Press Enter to enter the sub menu of detaile...

Page 27: ...fault video device Halt On All Errors No Errors All but Keyboard Select the situation in which you want the BIOS to stop the POST process and notify you Base Memory N A Displays the amount of conventi...

Page 28: ...tures Delay Prior to Thermal This option controls the activation of the Thermal Monitor s automatic mode It allows you to determine when the Thermal Monitor should be activated in automatic mode after...

Page 29: ...not hot to hot Min 4 Max 4 key in a DEC number The Choices 4X Default Thermal Monitor Bus VID This option sets the voltage of the throttled performance that will be initiated when the on die sensor g...

Page 30: ...2 Cache ECC Checking This item allows you to enable disable CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabling this option will cause an abridged version...

Page 31: ...hich a keystroke is repeated when you hold the key down The Choices 6 Default 8 10 12 15 20 24 30 This option can be set only when Typematic Rate Setting is enabled Typematic Delay Msec Sets the delay...

Page 32: ...deo BIOS Shadow Determines whether video BIOS will be copied to RAM for faster execution or not The Choices Enabled Default Optional ROM is enabled Disabled Optional ROM is disabled Small Logo EPA Sho...

Page 33: ...CX70M I7B 33 3 6 ADVANCED CHIPSET FEATURES DRAM Clock Drive Control DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM clock The Choices 200MHz Default By SPD 266MHz...

Page 34: ...lows you to specify the delay from precharge command to activate command The Choices 4T Default 2T 3T 5T Active to Precharge Tras This item allows you to specify the minimum row active time TRAS The C...

Page 35: ...you to determine the selection for Read to Precharge TRTP The Choices 5T Default 2T 3T 4T DRAM Command Rate This field is for setting how fast the memory controller sends out commands Lower setting eq...

Page 36: ...abled or enabled direct frame buffer The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Select Display Device This option allows you to select to display device The Choices CRT DVI Default CRT LCD DVI CRT LCD LCD D...

Page 37: ...nabled writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero wait states The Choices Enabled Default Disabled PCI Delay Transaction The chipset has an embedded 32 bit posted write buffer to support delay trans...

Page 38: ...electing the Enabled option allows caching of the system BIOS ROM at F0000h FFFFFh which is able to improve the system performance However any programs that attempts to write to this memory block will...

Page 39: ...CX70M I7B 39 3 7 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS VIA OnChip IDE Device SATA Controller Mode This option allows you to select SATA Mode The Choices IDE Default...

Page 40: ...tall a add in IDE interface set this option to Disabled The Choices Enabled Default Disabled Secondary Master Slave PIO The IDE PIO Programmed Input Output fields let you set a PIO mode 0 4 for each o...

Page 41: ...Choices Enabled Default Disabled VIA OnChip PCI Device Azalia HAD Controller Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used If the device is detected the onboard HD audio control...

Page 42: ...Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Parallel Port Selece the address and corresponding interrupt for the parallel port The Choices 378 IRQ7 Default Disabled 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Por...

Page 43: ...hoices Disabled Default Second Minute Watch Dog Timer Select This option allows you to select the timer of Watch Dog Min 0 Max 65535 Key in a DEC number The Choices 1 Default USB Device Setting USB 1...

Page 44: ...eed Default Full Low Speed USB Keyboard Mouse Storage Function This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Keyboard Mouse USB Storage Legacy Support The Choices Enabled Default Enable USB Keyboa...

Page 45: ...tegory allows you to select the power saving method and is directly related to the following modes 1 HDD Power Down 2 Suspend Mode There are three options of Power Management three of which have fixed...

Page 46: ...d Default 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 6 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Video Off Option This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The Choices Suspen...

Page 47: ...the system power The Choices Delay 4 Sec Instant Off Default Ac Loss Auto Restart This setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts occurs By choosing off will lea...

Page 48: ...able The Choices Disabled Default Enabled RTC Alarm Resume When Enabled you can set the date and time at which the RTC real time clock alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode The Choices Disabled D...

Page 49: ...he system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict Every peripheral device has a node which is called ESCD This node records which resources are assigned to it The s...

Page 50: ...depending on the type of device using the interrupt When you press the Press Enter tag you will be directed to a submenu that will allow you to configure the system interrupts This is only configurab...

Page 51: ...ximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets TLP The Choice 4096 Default 128 256 512 1024 2048 3 10 PC HEALTH STATUS CPU FAN Control This option allows you to choose the way...

Page 52: ...ces Min 0 Max 127 Key in a DEC number Shutdown Temperature This item allows you to set up the CPU shutdown Temperature This item is only effective under Windows 98 ACPI mode The Choices Disabled Defau...

Page 53: ...ENCY VOLTAGE CONTROL CPU Clock Ratio This field is for setting the CPU internal clock multiplier Min 4 Max 10 key in a DEC number The Choices 10X Default Auto Detect PCI Clk This option allows you to...

Page 54: ...llation 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 installa...

Page 55: ...otection function has been activated When the CPU is over heated the mainboard will shutdown automatically to avoid a damage of the CPU and the system may not power on again In this case please double...

Page 56: ...o disk 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 bre...

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