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BIOS Setup

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When you want to quit the Setup menu, you can select this option to
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will allow you to quit the Setup Utility without saving any changes

to RTC CMOS.

Entering

will return to the Setup Utility.

Summary of Contents for EPIA-CL

Page 1: ...VIA Mainboard User s Manual EPIA CL Mini ITX Mainboard P N 99 51 012661 11 Version 1 20 June 13 2008...

Page 2: ...VIA has made every effort to ensure the accuracy of the content of this manual However it is possible that it may contain technical inaccuracies or typographical or other errors Our products are unde...

Page 3: ...nd used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause harmful interference in wh...

Page 4: ...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 serv...

Page 5: ...i BOX CONTENTS 1 x VIA Mainboard 1 x User s Manual 1 x Floppy Ribbon Cable 1 x ATA 33 66 100 133 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 x I O Bracket 1 x Driver Utilities CD...

Page 6: ...necting the Power Supply 12 Back Panel Ports 13 Connectors 17 Jumpers 24 Slots 25 Chapter 3 27 BIOS Setup 27 Entering Setup 28 Control Keys 28 Getting Help 29 Main Menu 30 Standard CMOS Features 32 ID...

Page 7: ...iii Load Optimized Defaults 57 Set Supervisor User Password 58 Save Exit Setup 60 Exit Without Saving 61 Chapter 4 63 Driver Installation 63 Driver Utilities 64 CD Content 65...

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Page 9: ...of the company s open industry wide total connectivity initiative The mainboard enables the creation of an exciting new generation of small ergonomic innovative and affordable embedded systems Through...

Page 10: ...orth Bridge VT8235 South Bridge Memory 1 x DDR266 DIMM socket up to 1 GB Expansion Slot 1 x PCI Graphics Integrated VIA UniChrome AGP graphics Audio VT1612A two channel AC 97 Codec USB USB 2 0 Support...

Page 11: ...n and mic in Onboard I O Connectors 1 x USB 2 0 connector 1 x CD Audio in connector 1 x Front Audio connector 1 x FIR connector 1 x KBMS connector 1 x Wake on LAN connector 3 x Fan connectors CPU Fan...

Page 12: ...Chapter 1 4 MAINBOARD LAYOUT Back Panel...

Page 13: ...ine In Microphone COM1 Serial port LPT1 Parallel port PS2 MS PS2 mouse port PS2 KB PS2 keyboard port RJ45_1 RJ45_2 10 100 NIC port USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 Universal Serial Bus ports 1 4 VGA Out VGA out po...

Page 14: ...ault COM2 COM3 COM4 Serial port connectors F_AUDIO Front Audio connector Mic and Line out F_PANEL Case connectors Fans CPU System and Power fans FDD Floppy disk drive connector FIR Infrared Radiation...

Page 15: ...hile installing the mainboard carefully hold the components and closely follow the installation procedures Some components may be damaged if they are installed incorrectly It is recommended to use a g...

Page 16: ...ive and should be connected to the 12V The black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND The CPU System and Power fan connectors have sensors to detect fan speed CLE266 CPUFAN Sensor 12V GND SYS...

Page 17: ...Eden Processor features a fanless design The VIA Eden Processor requires only a heatsink as shown Caution This motherboard is not designed to support overclocking Any attempt to operate beyond produc...

Page 18: ...Push the white retaining latches at either end of the DIMM slot outwards 2 Align the DDR module with the corresponding notches on the DIMM slot The modules will only fit if placed in the correct posit...

Page 19: ...ble DDR Configurations Refer to the table below for available DDR configurations on the mainboard Slot Module Size Total Memory DIMM Bank 0 1 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB and 1GB 64MB 1GB Maximum System Mem...

Page 20: ...y to ensure that no damage will be caused ATX 20 Pin Power Connector To connect the ATX power supply make sure the plugs of the power supply are inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are cor...

Page 21: ...The connector location and pin assignments are as follows Pin Signal Description 1 Mouse DATA Mouse data 2 NC No connection 3 GND Ground 4 VCC 5V 5 Mouse Clock Mouse clock 6 NC No connection Keyboard...

Page 22: ...Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicate USB Ports The mainboard provides 4 USB 2 0 1 1 ports plus 1 pin header fo...

Page 23: ...ECP modes Pin Signal Description 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data 0 3 DATA1 Data 1 4 DATA2 Data 2 5 DATA3 Data 3 6 DATA4 Data 4 7 DATA5 Data 5 8 DATA6 Data 6 9 DATA7 Data 7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Busy...

Page 24: ...one 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 connec...

Page 25: ...DE hard disk cable IDE1 Primary IDE Connector The first hard drive should always be connected to IDE1 IDE1 can connect a Master and a Slave drive You must configure the second hard drive to Slave mode...

Page 26: ...ch RESET The Reset Switch is used to reboot the system rather than turning the power ON OFF Avoid rebooting while the HDD is working You can connect the Reset Switch from the system case to this pin P...

Page 27: ...g through the BIOS setup to activate the IR function Pin Signal 1 VCC 2 IRRX1 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX Consumer Infrared Module PS2 Header KBMS When the leader is not in use please short pin 3 5 pin 4 6 pi...

Page 28: ...1 VCC 2 VCC 3 USB2 4 USB3 5 USB2 6 USB3 7 GND 8 GND 9 NC 10 GND Wake on LAN WOL This connector allows you to connect a network card with the Wake On LAN function The connector will power up the syste...

Page 29: ...erial In or Receive Data 3 SOUT Serial Out or Transmit Data 4 DTR Data Terminal Ready 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data Set Ready 7 RTS Request To Send 8 CTS Clear To Send 9 RI Ring Indicate CLE266 2 1 9 COM4 C...

Page 30: ...connector Front Audio Panel F_AUDIO This connector allows you to connect a front audio panel to the mainboard Only the line out and microphone functions are available for use on the front panel To co...

Page 31: ...DS connector please contact your vendor or sales contact for more information Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 GFPDE 2 GFPD3 3 GFPD0 4 GFPD4 5 GFPD1 6 GFPD5 7 GFPD2 8 GFPCLK 9 GFPHS 10 GFPD6 11 GFPVS 12 GFPD7...

Page 32: ...guration data and has an onboard battery power supply The long life battery has a lifetime of at least 5 years If you want to clear the system configuration data from the CMOS RAM use the CLEAR_CMOS C...

Page 33: ...o make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion card such as jumpers switches or BIOS configuration PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ abbreviation of interrupt request line an...

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Page 35: ...27 CHAPTER 3 BIOS Setup This chapter gives you detailed explanation of each BIOS setup functions...

Page 36: ...item in the right side Enter Select the item Escape Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a submenu Page Up Increase the numeric value or make changes Page Down Decrease the numeric...

Page 37: ...ght view appears on the left of certain fields this means a sub menu is available The sub menu contains additional options You can use control keys Up Down Arrow Keys to highlight the field and press...

Page 38: ...igurations Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the advanced features available on your system Advanced Chipset Features Use this menu to set chipset specific features and optimize system perfo...

Page 39: ...minimal and stable system operations Load Optimized Defaults Use this menu option to load BIOS default settings for optimal and high performance system operations Set Supervisor Password Use this men...

Page 40: ...A B Set the type of floppy drive installed Settings None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Halt On Determine the system behavior if an error is detected at boot Settings...

Page 41: ...ake sure the information is from your hard disk vendor or system manufacturer IDE Primary Master The name of this menu item will match the name of the menu The settings are None Auto Manual Access Mod...

Page 42: ...2 cache Facilitates error detection correction when data passes through Level 2 cache Settings Enabled and Disabled Processor Number Feature When enabled this feature passes on a unique number that i...

Page 43: ...rive USB FDD The system will boot from USB floppy drive USB ZIP The system will boot from USB ZIP drive USB CDROM The system will boot from USB CDROM USB HDD The system will boot from USB HDD LAN The...

Page 44: ...to set the rate characters second at which the keys are accelerated Settings 6 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec When Typematic Rate Setting is enabled this item allows you to select the de...

Page 45: ...BIOS Setup 37 Show Summary Information Settings Enabled and Disabled Display Small Logo Show small energy star logo during BIOS boot up process Settings Enabled and Disabled...

Page 46: ...to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are forwarded to the AGP without any translation Settings 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB and 256MB AGP Mode Internal This mainbo...

Page 47: ...signals that it is ready to receive more data Settings Enabled and Disabled Select Display Device This setting refers to the type of display being used with the system Settings CRT LCD and CRT LCD Pa...

Page 48: ...sfer data to and from the hard disk drive Block mode is also called block transfer multiple commands or multiple sector read write Enabled enables IDE controller to use block mode Disabled allows the...

Page 49: ...oller cards to connect to an audio device Settings Auto and Disabled VIA OnChip LAN This setting allows you to make VIA OnChip LAN enabled or disabled Settings Enabled and Disabled USB Keyboard Suppor...

Page 50: ...IRQ for the onboard serial port A serial port B Selecting Auto allows BIOS to automatically determine the correct base I O port address Settings Port Settings 1 Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E...

Page 51: ...ith most EPP devices If your EPP device does not work with the EPP 1 9 setting try changing the setting to EPP 1 7 Settings EPP 1 9 EPP 1 7 ECP Mode Use DMA ECP Extended Capabilities Port has two DMA...

Page 52: ...ts S3 STR S3 Suspend To RAM STR is a power down state In this state power is supplied only to essential components such as main memory and wakeup capable devices The system context is saved to main me...

Page 53: ...turned off if power button is pressed for more than four seconds Instant Off The power button functions as a normal power on off button Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume Select whether to run VGA BIOS if resu...

Page 54: ...gs None LPT COM and LPT COM HDD FDD Event Decide whether or not the power management unit should monitor hard disks drives activities Settings Off and On PCI Master Event Decide whether or not the pow...

Page 55: ...e whether or not any PCI card can power up the system or resume from suspend state Such PCI cards include LAN onboard USB ports etc Settings Disabled and Enabled Wake On LAN Ring Connector Decide whet...

Page 56: ...tivity of the specified IRQ line will prevent the system from entering power saving modes or awaken it from power saving modes These fields are only available if Primary INTR is on Settings Enabled an...

Page 57: ...o BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards Set to Yes the operating system is Plug Play capable Settings No and Yes Reset Configuration Data Normally you leave this field Disabled Select Enabled to rese...

Page 58: ...Chapter 3 50 Assign IRQ For VGA USB Assign IRQ for VGA and USB devices Settings Disabled and Enabled...

Page 59: ...and you will enter the sub menu of the items IRQ Resources list IRQ 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 for users to set each IRQ a type depending on the type of device using the IRQ Settings PCI Device For Plug...

Page 60: ...is section shows the status of your CPU fan and warning for overall system status The PC Health Status displays the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU volta...

Page 61: ...ue from the factory setting is not recommended unless you install new memory that has a different performance rating than the original modules Settings Manual and By SPD DRAM CAS Latency This item adj...

Page 62: ...ld is only available when DRAM Timing is set to Manual Settings 2T 3T Active to Precharge Tras This field controls the length of time it a row stays active before precharging Longer values are safer b...

Page 63: ...2 6V 2 5V Spread Spectrum When the mainboard s clock generator pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses creates EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum function reduces the EMI gen...

Page 64: ...BIOS settings to the default Fail Safe values These values are set by the mainboard manufacturer to provide a minimal and stable system When you select Load Fail Safe Defaults a message as below appea...

Page 65: ...timized values The Optimized Defaults are the default values also set by the mainboard manufacturer for both optimized and stable performance of the mainboard When you select Load Optimized Defaults a...

Page 66: ...d A message will show up confirming the password will be disabled Once the password is disabled the system will boot and you can enter Setup without entering any password When a password has been set...

Page 67: ...uld prevent unauthorized use of your computer The setting to determine when the password prompt is required is the Security Option of the Advanced BIOS Features menu If the Security Option is set to S...

Page 68: ...e Setup menu you can select this option to save the changes and quit A message as below will appear on the screen Entering Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility and save the user setup changes to...

Page 69: ...quit the Setup menu you can select this option to abandon the changes A message as below will appear on the screen Entering Y will allow you to quit the Setup Utility without saving any changes to RT...

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Page 71: ...ief descriptions of each mainboard driver and application You must install the VIA chipset drivers first before installing other drivers such as audio or VGA drivers The applications will only functio...

Page 72: ...isit our website http www viaembedded com for the latest updated mainboard driver and utilities Running the Driver Utilities CD To start using the CD just simply insert the CD into your local CD ROM o...

Page 73: ...ver 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 D...

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