VIA Technologies EPIA-NX User Manual Download Page 1

User’s Manual 

EPIA-NX 

 
 

Version 1.05 

September 25, 2008 

 

Summary of Contents for EPIA-NX

Page 1: ...User s Manual EPIA NX Version 1 05 September 25 2008...

Page 2: ...property rights owned by Macrovision and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovision and is intended for home and other limited viewing uses only...

Page 3: ...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 which...

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 One VIA Nano ITX mainboard One Quick Installation Guide One ATA 133 100 IDE ribbon cable One PS2 KB MS cable One VGA cable One USB cable One power cable One driver and utilities CD...

Page 6: ...BACK PANEL PORTS 9 RJ45 LAN Port 9 CONNECTORS 10 IDE Connector IDE 10 Case Connector FPNL 11 Power Switch PW_BN 11 Reset Switch RST_SW 11 Power LED PWR_LED 11 HDD LED HD_LED 11 Speaker SPEAK 11 Audio...

Page 7: ...GATING THE BIOS 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 Confi...

Page 8: ...64MB 32 Video BIOS Shadow 32 Full Screen Logo Show 33 Summary Screen Show 33 CPU FEATURE 34 Deplay Prior to Thermal 34 Thermal Management 34 TM2 Bus Ratio 34 TM2 Bus VID 35 Execute Disable Bit 35 HARD...

Page 9: ...e 42 S Video 0 Y C 42 R G B 42 Cr Y Cb 42 SDTV R G B 42 SDTV Pr Y Pb 42 INTEGRATED PERIPHERALS 43 VIA ONCHIP PCI DEVICE 44 Azalia HAD Controller 44 OnBoard LAN Boot ROM 44 USB DEVICE SETTING 45 USB 1...

Page 10: ...e of Month 50 Resume Time hh mm ss 50 PNP PCI CONFIGURATIONS 51 PNP OS Installed 51 Reset Configuration Data 51 Resource Controlled By 52 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 52 Assign IRQ For VGA USB 52 Maximum ASP...

Page 11: ...vii SET SUPERVISOR USER PASSWORD 58 SAVE EXIT SETUP 60 EXIT WITHOUT SAVING 61 DRIVER INSTALLATION 63 DRIVER UTILITIES 64 Getting Started 64 Running the Driver Utilities CD 65 CD CONTENT 66...

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Page 13: ...mainboard is the smallest form factor available today Through a high level of integration the Nano ITX measures at only 50 of the size of a Mini ITX mainboard The mainboard enables the creation of an...

Page 14: ...Integrated UniChrome Pro II 3D 2D AGP with MPEG 2 4 and WMV9 Video Decoding Acceleration Audio VIA VT1708A High Definition Audio Codec Memory 1 x DDR2 533 DIMM slot up to 1 GB Expansion Slot 1 x mini...

Page 15: ...udio connector Line out Line in MIC in and S PDIF out 1 x TV out connector for Composite S Video or Component YPbPr 1 x Video pin connector for VGA output CCIR656 601 video input and SMBUS 2 x SATA co...

Page 16: ...Chapter 1 4 MAINBOARD LAYOUT BACK PANEL LAYOUT...

Page 17: ...n This chapter provides you with information about hardware installation procedures It is recommended to use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components Electrostatic discharge ESD can...

Page 18: ...a fanless heatsink for 1 2GHz SKU CPU Fan and System Fan CPU_FAN and SYS_FAN The CPU_FAN CPU fan and SYS_FAN system fan run on 12V and maintain system cooling When connecting the wire to the connecto...

Page 19: ...ry sizes up to 1GB Insert the SODIMM module at a 45 degree angle Push the SODIMM module back towards the board until the clips lock the module in place Available DDR2 SDRAM Configurations Refer to the...

Page 20: ...ke sure that all components are installed correctly to ensure that no damage will be caused Nano ITX 12 Pin Power Connector To connect the power supply make sure the power plug is inserted in the prop...

Page 21: ...Installation 9 BACK PANEL PORTS The back panel has the following layout RJ45 LAN Port The mainboard provides a standard RJ45 port for enabling connections to networks...

Page 22: ...mode Refer to the drive documentation supplied by the vendor for the jumper settings Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 IDE_RST 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 1...

Page 23: ...T_SW The reset switch is used to reboot the system rather than turning the power ON OFF Avoid rebooting the system if the HDD is still working Connect the reset switch from the system case to this pin...

Page 24: ...D 14 AGND KBMS Connector KB MS The mainboard provides a PS2 pin header to attach a PS2 keyboard and mouse Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VCCE 2 VCCE 3 NC 4 KEY 5 GND 6 GND 7 KB_DT 8 MS_DT 9 KB_CK 10 MS_CK LP...

Page 25: ...2C5 8 GND 9 LD2C5 10 LD1C0 11 GND 12 LD1C0 13 LD2C6 14 GND 15 LD2C6 16 LD1C1 17 GND 18 LD1C1 19 LCLK2 20 GND 21 LCLK2 22 LD1C2 23 GND 24 LD1C2 25 LD2C7 26 GND 27 LD2C7 28 LCLK1 29 NC 30 LCLK1 31 NC 32...

Page 26: ...Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 12V 2 5V 3 12V 4 5V 5 12V 6 5V 7 GND 8 GND 9 3 3V 10 GND 11 3 3V 12 KEY 13 KEY 14 DVP1D1 AC2 15 DVP1D0 AB3 16 DVP1D3 AD4 17 DVP1D2 AC3 18 DVP1D5 AD3 19 DVP1D4 AC1 20 GND 21 GN...

Page 27: ...A USB Pin Connector USB The mainboard provides 1 USB pin connector that allows up to 6 USB 2 0 ports to be added This port can be used to connect high speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD d...

Page 28: ...SYNC 9 GND 10 VSYNC 11 GND 12 GND 13 GND 14 KEY 15 GND 16 CAP0D0 17 CAP0D7 18 CAP0D4 19 CAP0D6 20 CAP0D5 21 CAP0HS 22 CAP0D2 23 CAP0D1 24 CAP0D3 25 CAP0VS 26 CAP0CLK 27 SPD1 28 KEY 29 SPCLK1 30 GND 31...

Page 29: ...s 1 and 2 afterwards Setting the jumper while the system is on will damage the mainboard Setting 1 2 3 Normal Operation ON ON OFF Clear CMOS setting OFF ON ON Caution Except when clearing the RTC RAM...

Page 30: ...g 1 2 3 4 5 6 12V ON ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 5V OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF 3 3V OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON Display Selector The jumper is the VCC selector jumper to determine a TV or a CRT display Setting 1 2 CRT ON...

Page 31: ...s Read the documentation for the expansion card to see if any changes to the system are necessary PCI Interrupt Request Routing The IRQ interrupt request line are hardware lines over which devices can...

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Page 33: ...21 CHAPTER 3 BIOS Setup This chapter gives a detailed explanation of the BIOS setup functions...

Page 34: ...22 ENTERING SETUP Power on the computer and press Delete during the beginning of the boot sequence to enter the BIOS setup menu If you missed the BIOS setup entry point you may restart the system and...

Page 35: ...the main menu from a submenu Page Up Increase the numeric value or make changes Page Down Decrease the numeric value or make changes F1 General help only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Se...

Page 36: ...Down Left Right arrow keys to select any item or sub menu Description of the selected highlighted category is displayed at the bottom of the screen An arrow symbol next to a field indicates that a sub...

Page 37: ...The BIOS setup program provides a General Help screen You can display this screen from any menu sub menu by pressing F1 The help screen displays the keys for using and navigating the BIOS setup Press...

Page 38: ...rdBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Standard CMOS Features Use this menu to set basic system configurations Advanced BIOS Features Use this menu to set the advanced features available on your system Advanced Ch...

Page 39: ...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 User Password Use this...

Page 40: ...t Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 15360K Total Memory 16384K Standard CMOS Features Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 11 20 55 Video EGA VGA Date The date format is Day Month Date Year Ti...

Page 41: ...ith the drive table The hard disk will not work properly if you enter incorrect information in this category Select Auto whenever possible If you select Manual make sure the information is from your h...

Page 42: ...d Typematic Rate Chars Sec 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 Security Option Setup APIC Mode Enabled Full Screen LOGO Show Enabled Virus Warning Disabled MPS Version Control For OS 1 4 Video BIOS Shadow Ena...

Page 43: ...m network drive Disabled Disable the boot device sequence Boot Other Device Enables the system to boot from alternate devices if the system fails to boot from the First Second Third Boot Device list S...

Page 44: ...or only when you enter Setup Setting Description Setup Password prompt appears only when end users try to run BIOS Setup System Password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on and w...

Page 45: ...BIOS Setup 33 Full Screen Logo Show Show full screen logo during BIOS boot up process Settings Enabled Disabled Summary Screen Show Show summary screen Settings Enabled Disabled...

Page 46: ...it Enabled Deplay Prior to Thermal 16 Min TM2 Bus VID 0 X Deplay Prior 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 ov...

Page 47: ...844V 0 860V 0 876V 0 892V 0 908V 0 924V 0 940V 0 956V 0 972V 0 988V 1 004V 1 020V 1 036V 1 052V 1 068V 1 084V 1 100V 1 116V 1 132V 1 148V 1 164V 1 180V 1 196V 1 212V 1 228V 1 244V 1 260V 1 276V 1 292V...

Page 48: ...oenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Pri Slave Sec Master Use or to select a device then press to move it up or to move it down the list Press ESC to exit this menu Sec Slave USBHDD0 USBHDD1 USBHDD2 Boo...

Page 49: ...Enter Disabled Enabled Disabled Init Display First PCI Slot Select Display Device Panel Type HDTV Display HDTV_type CRT 02 Disabled HDTV 720P HDTV Input Mode RGB Input TV H W Layout TV Type TV Output...

Page 50: ...of the display being used with the system Key in a HEX number Settings Min 0000 Max 000F TV H W Layout Settings Default COMPOSITE S Video COMP R G B COMP Y Cb Cr COMP SDTV R G B COMP SDTV Y Cb Cr COM...

Page 51: ...Buffer VGA Share Memory Size 64M Enabled AGP Aperture Size This setting controls how much memory space can be allocated to AGP for video purposes The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address r...

Page 52: ...d to enable or disable the caching of display data for the video memory of the processor Settings Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Write Settings Enabled Disabled AGP Master 1 WS Read Settings Enabled...

Page 53: ...Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Menu Level Item Help Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write CPU PCI Bus Control Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI Delay Transaction Enabled DRDY_Timing Optimize PCI Master...

Page 54: ...Connector Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility CVBS Composite Enabled S Video 0 Y C Enabled Cr Y Cb Disabled R G B Disabled SDTV Pr Y Pb SDTV R G B Disabled Disabled CVBS Composite Settings Enabled D...

Page 55: ...alues F6 Fail Safe Defaults F7 Optimized Defaults Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Menu Level Item Help VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Integrated Peripherals Phoenix Award...

Page 56: ...efaults Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Menu Level Item Help VIA OnChip PCI Device Phoenix AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Azalia HDA Controller Auto OnBoard LAN Boot ROM Disab...

Page 57: ...Auto mode Auto mode No Device No Device Auto mode Auto mode No Device No Device Auto mode Enable or Disable Universal Host Controller Interface for Universal Serial Bus USB 1 0 Controller Enable or di...

Page 58: ...Disabled USB Storage Function Enable or disable Legacy support of USB Mass Storage Settings Enabled Disabled No Device Setting Description Auto mode According to contents of USB MSD decide boot up typ...

Page 59: ...g Description S1 POS S1 Power On Suspend POS is a low power state In this state no system context CPU or chipset is lost and hardware maintains all system contexts S3 STR S3 Suspend To RAM STR is a po...

Page 60: ...7 9 10 11 Soft Off by PWRBTN Setting Description Delay 4 Sec System is turned off if power button is pressed for more than four seconds Instant Off Power button functions as a normal power on off but...

Page 61: ...y Select Any Key Any Botton Disabled Menu Level When Select Password Please press ENTER key to change Password Max 8 numbers PS2KB Wakeup Select When selecting Password press Enter to change password...

Page 62: ...resume from a suspended state Such PCI cards include LAN onboard USB ports etc Settings By OS Enabled Wake Up On LAN Ring Settings By OS Enabled RTC Alarm Resume Sets a scheduled time and or date to...

Page 63: ...ive items Maximum ASPM supported L0s L1 Maximum Payload Size 4096 configure non boot devices Note This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended to leave the default sett...

Page 64: ...IRQ Resources for manual configuration PCI VGA Palette Snoop Settings Disabled Enabled Assign IRQ For VGA USB Assign IRQ for VGA and USB devices Settings Disabled Enabled Maximum ASPM supported Contro...

Page 65: ...ility DRAM Clock The chipset supports synchronous and asynchronous mode between host clock and DRAM clock frequency Settings By SPD 100 MHz 133 MHz 166 MHz 200MHz 266MHz Auto Detect PCI Clk Settings D...

Page 66: ...read CMD Twtr Write Recovery Time Twr 4T RDSAIT mode Auto x SDRAM CAS Latency DDR DDR 2 5 4 x Active to Precharge Tras 07T Read to Precharge Trtp 2T x RDSAIT selection 03 1T 2T DRAM Clock The chipset...

Page 67: ...BIOS Setup 55 Read to Precharge Trtp Settings 2T 3T Write to Read CMD Trtp Settings 1T 2T 2T 3T Write Recovery Time Twr Settings 2T 3T 4T 5T RDSAIT mode Settings Manual Auto...

Page 68: ...ced BIOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Load Fail Safe Defaults Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N Ph...

Page 69: ...th Status Advanced BIOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Load Optimized Defaults Y N Phoenix Awa...

Page 70: ...Setup is run This prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of your system configuration There are two types of passwords you can set A supervisor password and a user password When a sup...

Page 71: ...when a password is enabled the BIOS can be set to request the password each time the system is booted This would prevent unauthorized use of the system See Security Option in the Advanced BIOS Feature...

Page 72: ...hipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Advanced BIOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Ex...

Page 73: ...ipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations PC Health Status Advanced BIOS Features Frequency Voltage Control Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exi...

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Page 75: ...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 76: ...the driver utilities 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 The driver utilities and soft...

Page 77: ...he CD should run automatically after closing the CD ROM or 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 th...

Page 78: ...roviding fast graphical access IRQ Routing Miniport Driver sets the system s PCI IRQ routing sequence and VIA INF Driver enables the VIA Power Management function VIA Graphics Driver Enhances the onbo...

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