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Chapter 4

RIVER

TILITIES

Getting Started

The mainboard includes a Driver Utilities CD that contains 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 software are updated from time to time. The latest

updated versions are available at

http://www.viaembedded.com./

Summary of Contents for VT310-DP

Page 1: ...User s Manual VT310 DP Version 1 01 October 7 2005...

Page 2: ...echnologies Ltd Disclaimer No license is granted implied or otherwise under any paten or patent rights of VIA Technologies VIA Technologies makes no warranties implied or otherwise in regard to this d...

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: ...n card or module 9 All cautions and warnings 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 situation...

Page 5: ...i BOX CONTENTS One VIA Mini ITX mainboard One Quick Installation Guide One ATA 133 100 IDE ribbon cable One driver and utilities CD One IO bracket...

Page 6: ...7 Onboard Jumpers 7 Chapter 2 9 Installation 9 CPU 10 Memory Module Installation 12 Connecting the Power Supply 13 Back Panel Ports 14 Connectors 16 Jumpers 22 Slots 23 Chapter 3 25 BIOS Setup 25 Ente...

Page 7: ...per IO Device 56 Power Management Setup 58 IRQ Event Activity Detect 61 IRQ Activity Monitoring 64 PNP PCI Configurations 65 IRQ Resources 67 PC Health Status 68 Frequency Voltage Control 69 Load Fail...

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Page 9: ...tive The mainboard enables the creation of an exciting new generation of small ergonomic innovative and affordable embedded systems Through a high level of integration the Mini ITX occupies 66 of the...

Page 10: ...ics with MPEG 2 decoding MPEG 4 acceleration Audio VIA VT1616 6 channel AC 97 Codec Memory 2 x DDR 400 333 266 DIMM sockets up to 1 5GB Expansion Slot 1 x PCI slot IDE 1 x UltraDMA 133 100 EIDE connec...

Page 11: ...1 x AC 97 Audio pin header Mic in and Line out 1 x CD Audio in connector 1 x front panel pin header for Case connector 1 x SM Bus connector 1 x PS 2 mouse pin header headless architecture for Kb Ms 1...

Page 12: ...North Bridge VT8237R SouthBridge PCI CD_IN FAN3 AUDIO CPU SATA1 IDE1 BUZZER IPMB FPNL SATA2 KBMS BIOS Socket Top RJ45 Port Top RJ45 Port Bot USB Ports Bot RJ45 Port VGA1 VGA2 F_USB COM1 COM2 PWR DIMM1...

Page 13: ...Specifications 5 BACK PANEL LAYOUT RJ45 Port RJ45 Ports Giga LAN USB Ports VGA1 COM1...

Page 14: ...PANEL PORTS Port Description Page COM1 Serial port 1 14 RJ45 RJ45 ports 14 15 USB USB 2 0 ports 14 VGA1 VGA port 1 14 SLOTS Port Description Page DDR DIMM1 2 Memory module slots 12 PCI Expansion card...

Page 15: ...O Front Audio pin connector 21 FAN3 Extra fan connector 11 FPANL Front panel pin connector 17 F_USB Universal Serial Bus 2 0 pin connector 19 IDE1 IDE drive connector 16 KBMS Keyboard and Mouse pin co...

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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: ...ovides ultra low power consumption and advanced thermal dissipation properties The dual Eden N Processors requires only a heatsink to provide sufficient cooling as a fanless solution by satisfying the...

Page 19: ...he 12V The black wire is Ground and should always be connected to GND CPUFAN_PWM is a switch that is used by high quality fans to monitor the system temperature and will automatically adjust according...

Page 20: ...ng the retaining clips outward Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the socket Firmly insert the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in...

Page 21: ...lled correctly to ensure that no damage will be caused ATX 20 Pin Power Connector To connect the ATX power supply make sure the power plug is inserted in the proper orientation and the pins are aligne...

Page 22: ...nnect to any analog VGA monitor Serial port COM 1 This 9 pin COM 1 port is for pointing devices or other serial devices RJ45 10 100 LAN Connectors The mainboard provides a standard RJ45 port This port...

Page 23: ...allation 15 Stacked RJ45 10 100 10 100 1000 LAN Connectors The stacked RJ45 connector provides two Ethernet ports The top RJ45 is a 10 100 Ethernet port and the bottom RJ45 is a 10 100 1000 Ethernet p...

Page 24: ...rive must be set to slave mode Refer to the drive documentation supplied by the vendor for the jumper settings Serial ATA Connectors SATA1 and SATA2 These next generation connectors support the thin S...

Page 25: ...RST_SW pin 10 pin 12 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...

Page 26: ...gement Bus devices for IPMB Devices communicate with an SM Bus host and or other SM Bus devices using the SM Bus interface Pin Signal 1 551SMDAT_IP 2 GND 3 551SMBCLK_IP 4 3 3VSUS Buzzer Connector Buzz...

Page 27: ...speed USB interface peripherals such as USB HDD digital cameras MP3 players printers modem and the like Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 VDD_5V_U1 2 VDD_5V_U1 3 USBD_T2 R 4 USBD_T3 R 5 USBD_T2 R 6 USBD_T3 R 7...

Page 28: ...R 4 RTS2_L_SER_R 5 TXD2_SER_R 6 CTS2_L_SER 7 DTR2_L_SER_R 8 RI2_L_SER 9 GND 10 Key VGA Connector VGA2 VGA2 pin header can be used to attach additional port for VGA monitor Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RED_...

Page 29: ...ayer etc The Mic jack is for connecting to a microphone See Appendix A for details on using the 6 channel audio mode Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 GND 2 CENTOUT 3 SR_OUTR 4 LEFOUT 5 SR_OUTL 6 GND 7 NC 8 LIN...

Page 30: ...em passwords Setting 1 2 3 Clear CMOS setting ON ON OFF Keep CMOS setting OFF ON ON To erase the RTC RAM Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord Remove the onboard battery Move the jumper cap...

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

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Page 33: ...25 CHAPTER 3 BIOS Setup This chapter gives a detailed explanation of the BIOS setup functions...

Page 34: ...26 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: ...figure below Press Enter to display the sub menu To exit the sub menu press Esc Select Item F9 Menu in BIOS F10 Save Exit Setup ESC Quit Time Date Hard Disk Type Standard CMOS Features Advanced Chips...

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: ...Safe Defaults Frequency Voltage Control 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 sys...

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: ...IDE Secondary Slave None Halt On All But Keyboard Base Memory 640K Extended Memory 195584K Total Memory 196608K Standard CMOS Features Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility 20 20 20 Video E...

Page 41: ...e to specific boot errors Below is a table that details the possible settings Setting Description All Errors System halts when any error is detected No Errors System does not halt for any error All Bu...

Page 42: ...th 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 ha...

Page 43: ...OS Shadow Enabled Console Redirection Press Enter CPU Internal Cache External Cache Cache memory is additional memory that is much faster than conventional DRAM system memory CPU contains internal cac...

Page 44: ...red on Setting Description On Forces keypad to behave as 10 key Off Forces keypad to behave as arrow keys Security Option Selects whether the password is required every time the System boots or only w...

Page 45: ...37 Video BIOS Shadow Enabled copies Video BIOS to shadow RAM to improve performance Settings Enabled Disabled Small Logo EPA Show Show small energy star logo during BIOS boot up process Settings Enabl...

Page 46: ...evice Enabled Boot Sequence Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility First Second Third Boot Device Set the boot device sequence as BIOS attempts to load the disk operating system Setting Desc...

Page 47: ...vice Enables the system to boot from alternate devices if the system fails to boot from the First Second Third Boot Device list Setting Description Enabled Enable alternate boot device Disabled No alt...

Page 48: ...d Defaults Enter Select PU PD Value F10 Save ESC Exit F1 General Help Menu Level Item Help 1 Hard Disk Boot Priority Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Bootable Add in Cards Use or to se...

Page 49: ...Console Redirection Disabled Baud Rate 19200 Console Redirection Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Agent after boot Disabled Enabled Attempt to redirect sonsole via COM port Disabled A...

Page 50: ...P2P Bridge Control Press Enter WARNING The Advanced Chipset Features menu is used for optimizing the chipset functions Do not change these settings unless you are familiar with the chipset Memory Hole...

Page 51: ...onBIOS CMOS Setup Utility SDRAM CAS Latency 2 5 Precharge To Active Trp 4T Current FSB Frequency 133MHz Current DRAM Frequency 200MHz Current FSB Frequency This setting specifies the maximum operating...

Page 52: ...e system performance the most while 3 clocks provides the most stable performance This field is only available when DRAM Timing is set to Manual Settings 1 5 2 2 5 3 Bank Interleave This field selects...

Page 53: ...only available when DRAM Timing is set to Manual Settings 2T 3T 4T 5T REF to ACT REF to REF Trfc This field is only available when DRAM Timing is set to Manual Settings 12T 13T 14T 15T ACT 0 to ACT 1...

Page 54: ...WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility TV H W Layout Default HDTV Type HDTV 720P TV Type NTSC Anti DotCrawl Disabled TV Output AUTO Detect Enabled VGA Share Memory Size Specify the size of system memory t...

Page 55: ...TV Type This setting refers to the native resolution of the HDTV display being used with the system Settings SDTV 525I SDTV 625I HDTV 480P HDTV 720P HDTV 1080I HDTV 1080P TV Encoder Input Mode Setting...

Page 56: ...elp Menu Level Item Help Enabled Cr Y Cb Disabled SDTV R G B Disabled SDTV Pr Y Pb Disabled S Video 1 Y C Disabled CBVS Composite Enabled TV Output Connector Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup U...

Page 57: ...tion Mode 1 VLink 8X Support Enabled PCI Master 0 WS Write When Enabled CPU can write up to four words of data to the PCI write buffer before CPU must wait for PCI bus cycle to finish If Disabled CPU...

Page 58: ...ode selection This menu item controls the data transfer speed between the north and south bridge Settings By Auto Mode 0 4 VLINK 8X Support This setting controls the utilized widths of the V link Sett...

Page 59: ...ve ESC Exit F1 General Help Menu Level Item Help VIA OnChip IDE Device Press Enter Integrated Peripherals Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility VIA OnChip PCI Device Press Enter Super IO De...

Page 60: ...ix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility IDE Prefetch Mode Enabled Primary Master Auto PIO PIO UDMA UDMA SATA Mode RAID OnChip SATA Settings Enabled Disabled SATA Mode Serial ATA is the latest gene...

Page 61: ...mands or multiple sector read write Setting Description Enabled Block mode Disabled Standard mode Primary Master Slave PIO Settings Auto Mode 0 4 Primary Master Slave UDMA Settings Disabled Auto IDE H...

Page 62: ...ed USB Mouse Support Disabled VIA 3059 AC 97 Audio Auto allows the mainboard to detect whether an audio device is used If the device is detected the onboard VIA AC 97 Audio Codec 97 controller will be...

Page 63: ...s field to choose the USB emulation When set to OFF do not support any USB device on DOS When set to KB MS support USB legacy keyboard and mouse no support USB storage And set to ON support USB legacy...

Page 64: ...perIO Device Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Rxd Txd Active Hi Lo IR Transmission Delay Enabled UR2 Duplex Mode Half Use IR Pins IR Rx2Tx2 Onboard Serial Port 1 2 Sets the base I O po...

Page 65: ...tting Description IrDA Infrared port ASKIR Amplitude shift keyed infrared port Normal RS 232C serial port RxD TxD Active Settings Hi Hi Hi Lo Lo Hi Lo Lo IR Transmission Delay Settings Disabled Enable...

Page 66: ...Thermal 4 Min ACPI Function Settings Enabled Disabled ACPI Suspend Type Setting Description S1 POS S1 Power On Suspend POS is a low power state In this state no system context CPU or chipset is lost a...

Page 67: ...Suspend Off Screen is turned off when system enters power saving mode Video Off Method Determines the manner in which the monitor is blanked Setting Description Blank Screen System only writes blanks...

Page 68: ...ume Select whether to run VGA BIOS if resuming from S3 state This is only necessary for older VGA drivers Settings Auto Yes No AC Loss Auto restart The field defines how the system will respond after...

Page 69: ...Resume Time hh mm ss 0 0 0 maximum 8 numbers VGA OFF LPT COM LPT COM HDD FDD ON PCI Master OFF RTC Alarm Resume Disabled PS2KB Wakeup Select When selecting Password press Enter to change password The...

Page 70: ...itor parallel port LPT and serial port COM activities Settings None LPT COM LPT COM HDD Event Enables the power management unit to monitor hard disk activities Settings Off On PCI Master Event Enables...

Page 71: ...Sets a scheduled time and or date to automatically power on the system Settings Disabled Enabled Date of Month The field specifies the date for RTC Alarm Resume Resume Time hh mm ss The field specifie...

Page 72: ...11 Reserved Disabled IRQ12 PS 2 Mouse Enabled IRQ13 Coprocessor Enabled IRQ14 Hard Disk Enabled IRQ15 Reserved Disabled Primary INTR Restores the system to an active state if IRQ activity is detected...

Page 73: ...nBIOS CMOS Setup Utility PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled NOTE This section covers some very technical items and it is strongly recommended to leave the default settings as is unless you are an experien...

Page 74: ...ing Description Auto ESCD BIOS will automatically assign IRQ DMA and memory base address fields Manual Unlocks IRQ Resources for manual configuration PCI VGA Palette Snoop This field should usually be...

Page 75: ...CI Device IRQ 9 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 10 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 11 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 12 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 14 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 15 assigned to PCI Device IRQ 5 assig...

Page 76: ...C 104o C Current CPU2 Temperature 40oC 104oC PC Health Status Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Current CPUFAN Speed 5744 RPM Vcore0 1 00 V 3 3 V 3 31 V 5 V 5 00 V 12 V 11 68 V Vcore1...

Page 77: ...tem is for VIA C3 CPU Ratio adjustment Settings Default X 3 X 3 5 X 4 X 4 5 X 5 X 5 5 X 6 X 6 5 X 7 X 7 5 X 8 X 9 X 10 X 9 5 X 12 X 8 5 X 10 5 X 11 0 X 11 5 X 12 0 X 12 5 X 13 0 X 13 5 X 14 0 X 14 5 X...

Page 78: ...I Configurations Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Fail Safe Defaults Y N Phoenix Award WorkstationBIOS CMOS Setup Utility N Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set Use...

Page 79: ...ency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Load Optimized Defaults Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Load Optimized Defaults Y N Phoenix Award WorkstationB...

Page 80: ...etup 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 super...

Page 81: ...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 82: ...Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit W...

Page 83: ...Chipset Features Integrated Peripherals Power Management Setup PnP PCI Configurations Frequency Voltage Control Advanced BIOS Features Set Supervisor Password Set User Password Save Exit Setup Exit W...

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Page 85: ...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 86: ...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 87: ...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 88: ...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 Driver enables the VIA Power Managemen...

Page 89: ...81 APPENDIX A Smart 5 1 This chapter gives you brief description of how Smart 5 1 is enabled if your board is equipped with the VT1617A 6 channel AC 97 codec...

Page 90: ...ine in line out and microphone jacks as output jacks Windows XP 2000 supports 6 channel Windows 98 only supports 4 channel The examples in this section are based on Windows XP NOTE Your media entertai...

Page 91: ...Smart 5 1 83 Example A 1 Double click Sounds and Audio Devices icon in the control panel 2 Select the Audio tab Then press Advanced as shown in the picture...

Page 92: ...Appendix A 84 3 Choose 5 1 surround sound speakers to support the 6 channel function...

Page 93: ...nds and Audio Devices icon in the control panel and then select the Audio tab on the panel as shown below Press the Volume button in the Sound playback area 2 Select Options from the Front Speaker pan...

Page 94: ...Appendix A 86 3 Click on the Advanced button 4 Check the Smart5 1 Enable item as shown in the panel below...

Page 95: ...connect the speakers to the 3 jack connector Shown below are the corresponding connections to setup the 6 channel system Jack 2 channel 6 channel Line out Line out Front Left Right Line in Line in Rea...

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