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EPIA-M800 User’s Manual

Back Panel I/O Ports

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1 x COM (Serial) port

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2 x RJ-45 LAN ports

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1 x DVI-I port

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4 x USB 2.0 ports

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3 x Audio phone jacks: Line-out, Line-in and MIC-in (Horizontal
type, Smart 5.1 supported)

BIOS

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Award BIOS with SPI 4/8Mbit flash memory capacity

Form Factor

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Mini-ITX

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17cm X 17cm

Summary of Contents for EPIA-M800

Page 1: ...EPIA EPIA EPIA EPIA M800 M800 M800 M800 User s Manual User s Manual User s Manual User s Manual Version 1 0 January 15 2010...

Page 2: ...uct specifications within this document are subject to change at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any person of such change FCC FCC FCC FCC B Radio Frequency Interference State...

Page 3: ...ions and warnings on the equipment should be noted Never pour any liquid into the opening Liquid can cause damage or electrical shock If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checke...

Page 4: ...stallation 7 CPU 8 CPU Fan and System Fan CPUFAN and SYSFAN 8 Memory Module Installation 9 Memory Slot DDR2 DIMM 9 DDR2 SDRAM Module Installation Procedures 9 Available DDR2 SDRAM Configurations 9 Con...

Page 5: ...Menus 24 Getting Help 25 Main Menu 26 Standard CMOS Features 26 Advanced BIOS Features 26 Advanced Chipset Features 26 Integrated Peripherals 26 Power Management Setup 26 PnP PCI Configurations 26 PC...

Page 6: ...Features 38 Memory Hole 38 System BIOS Cacheable 38 Video RAM Cacheable 38 Internal VGA Control 39 VGA Share Memory size 39 Direct Frame Buffer 39 Select Display Device 39 CPU PCI Bus Control 40 PCI M...

Page 7: ...Off Method 49 MODEM Use IRQ 49 Soft Off by PWRBTN 49 Run VGABIOS if S3 Resume 49 AC Loss Auto Restart 49 Wakeup Event Detect 50 PS2KB Wakeup Select 50 PS2KB Wakeup Key Select 50 PS2MS Wakeup Key Sele...

Page 8: ...upervisor User Password 58 Set Supervisor 58 User Password 58 Save Exit Setup 60 Exit Without Saving 61 C C C C C C C C C C C Ch h h h h h h h h h h ha a a a a a a a a a a ap p p p p p p p p p p pt t...

Page 9: ...ses the Mini ITX mainboard form factor developed by VIA Technologies Inc as part of the company s open industry wide total connectivity initiative The mainboard enables the creation of an exciting new...

Page 10: ...igabit Ethernet Controllers Onboard I O Connectors Onboard I O Connectors Onboard I O Connectors Onboard I O Connectors 1 x USB pin header for 2 additional USB 2 0 ports 1 x Digital video input pin he...

Page 11: ...O Ports 1 x COM Serial port 2 x RJ 45 LAN ports 1 x DVI I port 4 x USB 2 0 ports 3 x Audio phone jacks Line out Line in and MIC in Horizontal type Smart 5 1 supported BIOS BIOS BIOS BIOS Award BIOS w...

Page 12: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 4 4 4 4 Mainboard Layout Mainboard Layout Mainboard Layout Mainboard Layout...

Page 13: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 5 5 5 5 Back Panel Layout Back Panel Layout Back Panel Layout Back Panel Layout...

Page 14: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 6 6 6 6...

Page 15: ...T T T T T T T T T T TE E E E E E E E E E E ER R R R R R R R R R R R 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 INSTALLATION This chapter provides you with information about hardware installation procedures It is recomme...

Page 16: ...d System Fan CPUFAN and SYSFAN The CPU_FAN CPU fan and SYS_FAN system fan run on 12V and maintain system cooling When connecting the wire to the connectors always be aware that the red wire positive w...

Page 17: ...edures Locate the memory DIMM slot Push the locking mechanism on the memory slot outward Then align the memory module with the memory slots Insert the memory module into the slot and push down until i...

Page 18: ...omponents are installed 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...

Page 19: ...nnection RJ 45 LAN Ports The mainboard provides a standard RJ 45 Gigabit Ethernet This port allows the connection to a Local Area Network LAN through a network hub USB Ports Four standard USB 2 0 port...

Page 20: ...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_...

Page 21: ...ct high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modem and the like Pin Pin Pin Pin Signal Signal Signal Signal Pin Pin Pin Pin Signal Signal Signal Signal...

Page 22: ...signal output directed to the rear audio ports Otherwise the Line Out connector on the back panel will not function Digital I O DIO General purpose digital input and output Pin Pin Pin Pin Signal Sign...

Page 23: ...Pin Pin Pin Pin Signal Signal Signal Signal Pin Pin Pin Pin Signal Signal Signal Signal 1 COM_DCD2 2 COM_RXD2 3 COM_TXD2 4 COM_DTR2 5 GND 6 COM_DSR2 7 COM_RTS2 8 COM_CTS2 9 COM_RI2 10 SPI Serial Peri...

Page 24: ...D 20 DVP1_D7 21 DVP1_D6 22 DVP1_D9 23 DVP1_D8 24 DVP1_D11 25 DVP1_D10 26 GND 27 GND 28 DVP1_D13 29 DVP1_D12 30 DVP1_D15 31 DVP1_D14 32 DVP1_DET 33 DVP1_DE 34 GND 35 GND 36 DVP1_CLK 37 DVP1_VS 38 GND 3...

Page 25: ...P1_SPCLK 16 GND Front Panel F_Panel The F_PANEL pin header allows you to connect the power switch reset switch power LED sleep LED HDD LED and the case speaker Pin Pin Pin Pin Signal Signal Signal Sig...

Page 26: ...Clear CMOS setting OFF ON ON Caution Caution Caution Caution Except when clearing the RTC RAM never remove the cap on CLEAR_CMOS jumper default position Removing the cap will cause system boot failur...

Page 27: ...1 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 Disable ON ON OFF Enable OFF ON ON SATA2_DOM This pin header allows you to enable a direct 5V input power support for SATA DOM on the 7 th signal pin of the SATA2 port connector...

Page 28: ...y PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ interrupt request line are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor The PCI LAN IRQ pins are typically connected to th...

Page 29: ...C C C CH H H H H H H H H H H HA A A A A A A A A A A AP P P P P P P P P P P PT T T T T T T T T T T TE E E E E E E E E E E ER R R R R R R R R R R R 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 BIOS SETUP This chapter gives...

Page 30: ...OS the BIOS the BIOS the BIOS Setup Setup Setup Setup Menu Menu Menu Menu Power on the computer and press Delete Delete Delete Delete during the beginning of the boot sequence to enter the BIOS setup...

Page 31: ...s to the main menu from a submenu Page Up Increase the numeric value or make changes Page Down Decrease the numeric value or make changes Increase the numeric value or make changes Decrease the numeri...

Page 32: ...the screen An arrow symbol next to a field indicates that a sub menu is available see figure below Press Enter Enter Enter Enter to display the sub menu To exit the sub menu press Esc Esc Esc Esc Sele...

Page 33: ...The BIOS setup program provides a General Help General Help General Help General Help screen You can display this screen from any menu sub menu by pressing F1 F1 F1 F1 The help screen displays the key...

Page 34: ...this menu to set basic system configurations 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...

Page 35: ...zed Defaults Use this menu option to load BIOS default settings for optimal and high performance system operations Set Supervisor Password Use this menu option to set the BIOS supervisor password Set...

Page 36: ...Minute Second Video Settings EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 MONO Halt On Set the system s response to specific boot errors Below is a table that details the possible settings Settings Settings Settings Settin...

Page 37: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 29 29 29 29 IDE Drives IDE Drives IDE Drives IDE Drives IDE Channel 0 Master IDE Channel 0 Slave...

Page 38: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 30 30 30 30 IDE Channel 1 Master IDE Channel 1 Slave...

Page 39: ...stem manufacturer Below is a table that details required hard drive information when using the M M M Manual anual anual anual mode Settings Settings Settings Settings Description Description Descripti...

Page 40: ...Help Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 Typematic Rate Setting Disabled CPU L1 L2 Cache Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Enabled HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled Video BIOS Shadow Enabled Summary Screen Sh...

Page 41: ...m USB Floppy drive USB ZIP Boot from USB ZIP drive USB CDROM Boot from USB CDROM Legacy LAN Boot from network drive VIA Networking Boot from network drive Disabled Disable the boot device sequence Boo...

Page 42: ...tings Settings Settings Description Description Description Description Setup Password prompt appears only when end users try to run BIOS Setup System Password prompt appears every time when the compu...

Page 43: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 35 35 35 35 Summary Screen Show Show summary screen Settings Disabled Enabled...

Page 44: ...or to Thermal Settings 4 Min 8 Min 16 Min 32 Min Thermal Management This item sets CPU s thermal control rule to protect CPU from overheat Settings Settings Settings Settings Description Description D...

Page 45: ...d Disk Boot Priority Hard Disk Boot Priority Hard Disk Boot Priority Hard Disk Boot Priority This is for setting the priority of the hard disk boot order when the Hard Disk option is selected in the F...

Page 46: ...set Features Caution Caution Caution Caution The Advanced Chipset Features menu is used for optimizing the chipset functions Do not change these settings unless you are familiar with the chipset Memor...

Page 47: ...Control Control VGA Share Memory size This setting allows you to select the amount of system memory that is allocated to the integrated graphics processor Settings Disabled 64M 128M 256M Direct Frame...

Page 48: ...0 40 40 CPU PCI Bus Control CPU PCI Bus Control CPU PCI Bus Control CPU PCI Bus Control PCI Master 0 WS Write Settings Enabled Disabled PCI Delay Transaction Settings Disabled Enabled VIA PWR Manageme...

Page 49: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 41 41 41 41 Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals Integrated Peripherals...

Page 50: ...ettings Disabled Enabled SATA Controller Settings Disabled Enabled IDE DMA Transfer Access Settings Disabled Enabled OnChip IDE Channel 1 Settings Disabled Enabled IDE Prefetch Mode Settings Disabled...

Page 51: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 43 43 43 43 Secondary Master UDMA Settings Disabled Auto Secondary Slave UDMA Settings Disabled Auto IDE HDD Block Mode Settings Disabled Enabled...

Page 52: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 44 44 44 44 VIA OnChip PCI Dev VIA OnChip PCI Dev VIA OnChip PCI Dev VIA OnChip PCI Device ice ice ice Azalia HDA Controller Settings Auto Disabled...

Page 53: ...e Onboard Serial Port 1 Settings Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Settings Disabled 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto IR Mode Select Settings IrDA ASKIR D...

Page 54: ...Enhanced Host Controller Interface for Universal Serial Bus Settings Disabled Enabled USB Operation Mode Auto decide USB device operation mode Settings Settings Settings Settings Description Descript...

Page 55: ...EPIA M800 User s Manual 47 47 47 47 USB Mouse Function Settings Disabled Enabled USB Storage Function Enable or disable Legacy support of USB Mass Storage Settings Disabled Enabled...

Page 56: ...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 memory and...

Page 57: ...Support MODEM Use IRQ Settings NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 Soft Off by PWRBTN This field configures the power button on the chassis Settings Settings Settings Settings Description Description Description Desc...

Page 58: ...be disabled while changing the password Settings Hot Key Password PS2KB Wakeup Key Select Sets a Hot Key to restore the system from the power saving mode to an active state Settings Ctrl F1 Ctrl F2 Ct...

Page 59: ...uch PCI cards include LAN onboard USB ports etc Settings By OS Enabled RTC Alarm Resume Set a scheduled time and or date to automatically power on the system Settings Disabled Enabled Date of Month Th...

Page 60: ...gs Settings Settings Description Description Description Description No BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards Yes BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for booting VGA IDE SCSI The rest of the...

Page 61: ...p Some non standard VGA display cards may not show colors properly This field allows you to set whether MPEG ISA VESA VGA Cards can work with PCI VGA or not When enabled a PCI VGA can work with a MPEG...

Page 62: ...54 54 54 PC Health PC Health PC Health PC Health Status Status Status Status The PC Health Status displays the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltages t...

Page 63: ...tage Control DRAM Frequency Settings DDR2 400 DDR2 533 DDR 667 SPD DRAM Channel Mode Settings Channel A Channel A B Channel A C DDR CAS Latency Control Settings 2T 3T 4T 5T 6T SPD DDR Burst Length Set...

Page 64: ...or pulses the extreme values spikes of the pulses create EMI Electromagnetic Interference The Spread Spectrum function reduces the EMI generated by modulating the pulses so that the spikes of the puls...

Page 65: ...ion is for restoring all the default optimized BIOS settings The default optimized values are set by the mainboard manufacturer to provide a stable system with optimized performance Entering Y Y Y Y a...

Page 66: ...r Password Set Supervisor User Password Set Supervisor User Password This option is for setting a password for entering BIOS Setup When a password has been set a password prompt will be displayed when...

Page 67: ...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 press Esc To disable the pa...

Page 68: ...M800 User s Manual 60 60 60 60 Save Exit Setup Save Exit Setup Save Exit Setup Save Exit Setup Entering Y Y Y Y saves any changes made and exits the program Entering N N N N will cancel the exit requ...

Page 69: ...r s Manual 61 61 61 61 Exit Without Saving Exit Without Saving Exit Without Saving Exit Without Saving Entering Y Y Y Y discards any changes made and exits the program Entering N N N N will cancel the...

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Page 71: ...E E E E E E E ER R R R R R R R R R R R 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 DRIVER INSTALLATION This chapter gives you brief descriptions of each mainboard driver and application You must install the VIA chipset...

Page 72: ...Driver Utilities CD that contains the drivers and software for enhancing the performance of the mainboard If the CD is missing from the retail box please contact the local dealer for the CD Note Note...

Page 73: ...r DVD ROM 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 For L...

Page 74: ...ence and VIA INF Driver enables the VIA Power Management function Includes V RAID and RAID tools VIA Graphics Driver VIA Graphics Driver VIA Graphics Driver VIA Graphics Driver Enhances the onboard VI...

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