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Chapter 3 

 

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S

AVE 

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E

XIT 

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ETUP

 

When you want to quit the 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 RTC CMOS. 

Entering 

N

 will return to the Setup Utility. 

 

 

Содержание EPIA-ML

Страница 1: ...User s Manual EPIA ML Mini ITX Mainboard Version 1 11 September 25 2008...

Страница 2: ...hat is protected by certain U S patents and other intellectual property rights owned by Macrovision and other rights owners Use of this copyright protection technology must be authorized by Macrovisio...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 5: ...i BOX CONTENTS 1 x VIA Mainboard 1 x Quick Installation Guide 1 x ATA 33 66 100 IDE Ribbon Cable 1 x Driver Utilities CD...

Страница 6: ...necting the Power Supply 12 Back Panel Ports 13 Connectors 18 Jumpers 25 Slots 26 Chapter 3 27 BIOS Setup 27 Entering Setup 28 Control Keys 28 Getting Help 29 Main Menu 30 Standard CMOS Features 32 ID...

Страница 7: ...iii Load Optimized Defaults 55 Set Supervisor User Password 56 Save Exit Setup 58 Exit Without Saving 59 Chapter 4 61 Driver Installation 61 Driver Utilities 62 CD Content 63...

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Страница 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...

Страница 10: ...uth Bridge Graphics Integrated UniChrome graphics with MPEG 2 accelerator Audio VT1616 six channel AC 97 Codec 3 Audio jacks Line in Line out and Mic in switched to 6 channel output during 6 channel o...

Страница 11: ...1 SMBus connector Serial port connector for second COM port Back Panel I O Ports 1 PS2 mouse port 1 PS2 keyboard port 1 Parallel port 1 RJ 45 LAN port 1 Serial port 2 USB 2 0 ports 1 VGA port 3 Audio...

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

Страница 13: ...Line Out Line In Microphone COM 1 Serial port LPT1 Parallel port PS2 MS PS2 mouse port PS2 KB PS2 keyboard port RJ45 10 100 NIC port USB 1 2 Universal Serial Bus ports 1 2 VGA Out VGA out port SLOTS S...

Страница 14: ...connector CLEAR_CMOS Jumper to reset CMOS settings to default COM2 Second serial port connector F_AUDIO Connectors for optional front audio panel F_PANEL Case connectors Fans CPU System Fan3 FIR Fast...

Страница 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...

Страница 16: ...should be connected to the 12V The black wire is Ground and should be connected to GND Both CPU and System fan connectors have sensors to detect fan speed but the power fan does not have a sensor FAN...

Страница 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...

Страница 18: ...s 1 Push the white retaining latches at either end of the DIMM slot outwards 2 Align the DDR SDRAM module with the corresponding notches on the DIMM slot The modules will only fit if placed in the cor...

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

Страница 20: ...e installed 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...

Страница 21: ...ws 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 Port PS2_KB The mainboard provides a standard PS 2 keyb...

Страница 22: ...USB compatible devices can be plugged directly into these ports Pin Signal Description 1 VCC 5V 2 DATA Negative data channel 3 DATA Positive data channel 4 GND Ground RJ45 10 100 NIC Port The mainboa...

Страница 23: ...ort ECP modes Pin Signal Description 1 STROBE Strobe 2 DATA0 Data0 3 DATA1 Data1 4 DATA2 Data2 5 DATA3 Data3 6 DATA4 Data4 7 DATA5 Data5 8 DATA6 Data6 9 DATA7 Data7 10 ACK Acknowledge 11 BUSY Busy 12...

Страница 24: ...nd 9 RI Ring Indicate Audio Jacks Line In Line Out Microphone Jack 2 Channel 6 Channel Line In Line in Rear Left Right Line Out Line out Front Left Right Mic Microphone Center Subwoofer The Line Out j...

Страница 25: ...Installation 17 After completing the previous settings you need to connect your speakers to the audio jacks as shown below...

Страница 26: ...IDE 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 mod...

Страница 27: ...itch 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...

Страница 28: ...setup to activate the IR function Pin Signal 1 VCC 2 IRRX1 3 IRRX 4 GND 5 IRTX Consumer Infrared Module PS2 Header CIR EXT_KBMS When the leader is not in use please short pin 3 5 pin 4 6 pin 7 9 and...

Страница 29: ...al Pin Signal 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...

Страница 30: ...d serial port Pin Signal Description 1 DCD Data Carry Detect 2 SIN Serial 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 Reques...

Страница 31: ...on 23 CD Audio Connector CD_IN This connector is for the CD ROM audio connector SMBus Connector SMBus This is for connecting a System Management Bus device Pin Signal 1 3 3V 2 3 3V 3 EL ON 4 SMBCK 5 S...

Страница 32: ...mainboard Only the line out and microphone functions are available for use on the front panel To connect the front audio cable first remove the two red plastic jumpers Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 FRN_MIC...

Страница 33: ...em configuration 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 CLEA...

Страница 34: ...y 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 and pronoun...

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

Страница 36: ...ow Move to the 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 Decrea...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 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...

Страница 40: ...Jan to Dec Date the date from 1 to 31 Year the year range from 1999 to 2098 Time The time format is Hour Minute Second Halt On Determine the system behavior if an error is detected at boot Settings ar...

Страница 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...

Страница 42: ...essage display on screen Settings Disabled and Enabled CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking Set the ECC Error Correcting Code feature for Level 2 cache Facilitates error detection correction when data passes thr...

Страница 43: ...ill boot from USB CDROM USB HDD The system will boot from USB HDD LAN The system will boot from network drive Disabled Disable this sequence Boot Other Device Enable the system to boot from alternate...

Страница 44: ...enter Setup Settings are described below Setup The password prompt appears only when end users try to run Setup System A password prompt appears every time when the computer is powered on or when end...

Страница 45: ...memory space can be allocated to AGP for video purposes The aperture is a portion of the PCI memory address range dedicated to graphics memory address space Host cycles that hit the aperture range are...

Страница 46: ...eive 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 CRT LCD DVI and CRT DVI Panel Type This settin...

Страница 47: ...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...

Страница 48: ...you want to use other controller cards to connect to a modem Settings Auto and Disabled VIA OnChip LAN This setting allows you to make VIA OnChip LAN enabled or disabled Settings Enabled and Disabled...

Страница 49: ...led 3F8 IRQ4 2F8 IRQ3 3E8 IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Auto Onboard Parallel Port This specifies the I O port address and IRQ of the onboard parallel port Settings Disabled 378 IRQ7 278 IRQ5 3BC IRQ7 Parallel Port M...

Страница 50: ...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 channels that it can...

Страница 51: ...Settings Enabled and Disabled ACPI Suspend Type Set the power saving mode for ACPI function Settings are S1 POS S1 Power On Suspend POS is a low power state In this state no system context CPU or chi...

Страница 52: ...as Windows XP will override this option Settings are Always On The screen is always on even when system enters power saving mode Suspend Off The screen is turned off when system enters power saving m...

Страница 53: ...On LPT COM Event Decide whether or not the power management unit should monitor parallel port LPT and serial port COM activities Settings None LPT COM and LPT COM HDD Event Decide whether or not the...

Страница 54: ...state Settings Disabled and Enabled PowerOn by PCI Card Decide 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 Settin...

Страница 55: ...ctivity 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 a...

Страница 56: ...IDE SCSI The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Windows 95 or 98 98SE When set to No BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards Set to Yes the operating system is Plug...

Страница 57: ...re all the boot and Plug and Play compatible devices Choose Auto ESCD if unsure the BIOS will automatically assign IRQ DMA and memory base address fields Settings Auto ESCD and Manual Assign IRQ For V...

Страница 58: ...nd 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...

Страница 59: ...This section shows the status of your CPU fan warning for overall system status The PC Health Status displays the current status of all of the monitored hardware devices components such as CPU voltag...

Страница 60: ...e 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 SDRAM CAS Latency This item adj...

Страница 61: ...ings 2T 3T Active to Precharge Tras This field controls the length of time it a row stays active before precharging Longer values are safer but may not offer the best performance This field is only av...

Страница 62: ...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...

Страница 63: ...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...

Страница 64: ...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...

Страница 65: ...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...

Страница 66: ...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...

Страница 67: ...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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Страница 69: ...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...

Страница 70: ...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...

Страница 71: ...er 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 Dr...

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