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CX70M-I7B Setup Manual
FCC Information and Copyright
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class
B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed
to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency
energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may
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- Page 1 CX70M-I7B Setup Manual FCC Information and Copyright This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits of a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
Table of Contents Chapter 1: Introduction ........3 Before You Start ................3 Package Checklist ................3 Mainboard Specifications ..............4 Rear Panel..................5 Mainboard Layout ................6 Chapter 2: Installation .......... 7 CPU...................... 7 Fan Headers..................8 System Memory.................. 9 Power Supply ................... -
Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction
CX70M-I7B CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION EFORE TART Thank you for choosing our product. Before you start installing the mainboard, please make sure you follow the instructions below: Prepare a dry and stable working environment with sufficient lighting. Always disconnect the system from power outlet before operation. -
Page 4: Mainboard Specifications
Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual AINBOARD PECIFICATION Specification On-Board VIA CPU Eden ULV 1.6GHz (@ 8W TDP) 800/533/400 MHz Chipset VIA CX700M Max Shared Video Memory is 128 MB Graphic VIA UniChromePro II Supports DVI / LVDS 128 Pin Count Interface ITE8712 Environment Control initiat ives, Super I/O Provides the most commonly used legacy... -
Page 5: Rear Panel
LAN port USB Port Audio Jack Board Size 170 mm (W) x 170 mm (L) Mini-ITX Biostar Reserves the right to add or remove Windows XP / Windows CE / Linux Support support for any OS with or without notice. ANEL... -
Page 6: Mainboard Layout
Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual AINBOARD AYOUT JC FAN 1 JKBMS1 JATXPWR1 JUSBLAN2 DIM1 IDE1 CX700M JUSBLAN1 JSEL2 SATA1 JSEL1 LPC1 JSFAN1 JIR1 JCM OS SATA2 F_AUDIO JAUDIO2 BAT1 JPRNT1 JU SB1 JAT 1 PCI1 JPANEL1 Note: represents the 1 pin. ■... -
Page 7: Chapter 2: Installation
CX70M-I7B CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION The mainboard includes an embedded VIA V4 Bus processor and a heatsink has been installed to provide sufficient cooling. CX700M... -
Page 8: Fan Headers
Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual EADERS These fan headers support cooling-fans built in the system. The fan cable and connector may be different according to the fan manufacturer. Connect the fan cable to the connector while matching the black wire to GND. JCFAN1: CPU Fan Header JSFAN1: System Fan Header JCFAN1... -
Page 9: System Memory
CX70M-I7B YSTEM EMORY Memory Modules DIM 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the retaining clips outward. Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. Insert the DIMM vertically and firmly into the slot until the retaining chip snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated. -
Page 10: Power Supply
Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual OWER UPPLY JATXPWR1: ATX Power Source Connector JATXPWR1 allows user to connect 20-pin power connector on the power supply. JATXPWR1 Assignment Assignment +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V -12V Power Supply On Power Good +5V Standby +12V... -
Page 11: Onboard Slot/Connector/Header/Jumper
CX70M-I7B NBOARD ONNECTOR EADER UMPER PCI1: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slot This mainboard is equipped with 1 standard PCI slot. PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards. This PCI slot is designated as 32 bits. - Page 12 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual JPANEL1: Front Panel Header This 10-pin header includes Power-on, Reset, HDD LED, and Power LED connection. It allows user to connect the system case’s front panel switch functions. Assignment Function Assignment Function Power LED+ Power LED HD LED+ Power LED+ HDD LED HD LED-...
- Page 13 CX70M-I7B SATA1/SATA2: Serial ATA Connectors These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for primary internal storage devices. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 3.0Gbit/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA).
- Page 14 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual F_AUDIO: Front Panel Audio Connector This is an interface for the front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices. By default, the pins labeled LINE_OUT_R/NEXT_R and the pins LINE_OUT_L/NEXT_L are shorted with jumper caps.
- Page 15 CX70M-I7B J2: LCD Backlight Inverter This connector is for connecting to LCD for providing backlight control function. Assignment 5V/12V DC 5V/12V DC Backlight On Brightness Adjust J9: LCD Power Select Header * This header allows you to select the LCD Power.
- Page 16 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual J7: LCD Inverter Power Select Header * This header is for selecting LCD backlight power. Pin 1-2 Close: Backlight Power=5V Pin 2-3 Close: Backlight Power=12V JP2: LCD Backlight Brightness Adjust Header * This header is for adjusting LCD backlight brightness. Short Pin 1-2: Increase Brightness Short Pin 3-4:...
- Page 17 CX70M-I7B J3: LVDS Connector This connector is for devices requiring display interface such as LVDS. This connector supports only 18-bit single-/dual-channel panels up to UXGA (1600 x 1200), 25 MHz to 112 MHz; at 24bpp (24-bit TFT panel type supported.) Supports panel resolution from VGA through UXGA (1600 x 1200).
- Page 18 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual JP3: LVDS Backlight Control Header * This header is for selecting LVDS Backlight Control operating mode. Pin 1-3, 2-4 Close: Dual Channel LVDS Backlight Control Pin 3-5, 4-6 Close: Single Channel LVDS Backlight Control JCMOS: Clear CMOS Header * Placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data.
- Page 19 CX70M-I7B JPRNT1: Parallel Port Connector This header provides parallel port/printer port connection. Assignment Assignment -Strobe Ground -ALF Data 6 Data 0 Ground -Error Data 7 Data 1 Ground -Init -ACK Data 2 Ground -Scltin Busy Data 3 Ground Ground Data 4...
- Page 20 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual LPC1: LPC Connector for COM Expansion This connector provides extension daughter card DCCOM-AP4 connection.. Assignment Assignment LPCSIO OSC LAD3 PCICLK4 LAD2 -LDRQ LAD1 SERIRQ -LFRAME -PME LAD0 +3.3V -LPCRST -12V +12V +12V JAT1: Hardware Power Loss Recovery Switch* When this switch is set “Enabled,”...
- Page 21 CX70M-I7B *How to Setup Jumpers The illustration shows how to set up jumpers. When the jumper cap is placed on pins, the jumper is “close”, if not, that means the jumper is “open”. Pin opened Pin closed Pin1-2 closed...
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Page 22: Chapter 3: Bios Setup
Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual CHAPTER 3: BIOS SETUP NTERING ETUP Power on the system 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 try again. SING ETUP Use the arrow keys to highlight items in most of the place, press <Enter>... -
Page 23: Main Menu
CX70M-I7B Once you enter Phoenix-Award BIOS™ CMOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen. The Main Menu allows you to select from several setup functions. Use the arrow keys to select among the items and press <Enter> to accept and enter the sub-menu. - Page 24 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual PnP/PCI Configurations This submenu allows you to configure certain “Plug and Play” and PCI options. PC Health Status This submenu allows you to monitor the hardware of your system. Frequency/Voltage Control This submenu allows you to change CPU Vcore Voltage and CPU/PCI clock. (However, we suggest you to use the default setting.
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Page 25: Exit Without Saving
CX70M-I7B Set User Password If the Supervisor Password is not set, then the User Password will function in the same way as the Supervisor Password. If the Supervisor Password is set and the User Password is set, the “User” will only be able to view configurations but will not be able to change them. -
Page 26: Standard Cmos Features
Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual CMOS F TANDARD EATURES Selections This table shows the items and the available options on the menu of Standard CMOS Features. Item Options Description Set the system date. Note that the ‘Day’ automatically Date mm : dd : yy changes when you set the date. - Page 27 CX70M-I7B Item Options Description Press <Enter> to enter the Options are in its sub IDE Channel 1 Slave sub menu of detailed menu. options. EGA/VGA CGA 40 Select the default video Video CGA 80 device. MONO Select the situation in...
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Page 28: Advanced Bios Features
Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual BIOS F DVANCED EATURES CPU Features Delay Prior to Thermal This option controls the activation of the Thermal Monitor's automatic mode. It allows you to determine when the Thermal Monitor should be activated in automatic mode after the system boots. The Choices: 4 Min / 8 Min / 16 Min (Default) / 32 Min... - Page 29 CX70M-I7B Thermal Management This option allows you to select the way to control the “Thermal Management.” The Choices: Thermal Monitor 1(Default) / Thermal Monitor 2 Thermal Monitor Bus Ratio This option sets the frequency (bus ratio) of the throttled performance that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot.
- Page 30 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Virus Warning This option allows you to choose the VIRUS Warning feature that is used to protect the IDE Hard Disk boot sector. If this function is enabled and an attempt is made to write to the boot sector, BIOS will display a warning message on the screen and sound an alarm beep.
- Page 31 CX70M-I7B Boot Up NumLock Status Selects the NumLock State after the system switched on. The Choices: The Choices: On (Default) Numpad is number keys. Numpad is arrow keys. Gate A20 Option Sets Gate A20 controlled by chipset or a pin in the keyboard controller.
- Page 32 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual MPS Version Control For OS The BIOS supports version 1.1 and 1.4 of the Intel multiprocessor specification. Select version supported by the operating system running on this computer. The Choices: 1.4 (Default) / 1.1 OS Select For DRAM > 64MB A choice other than Non-OS2 is only used for OS2 systems with memory exceeding 64MB.
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Page 33: Advanced Chipset Features
CX70M-I7B DVANCED HIPSET EATURES DRAM Clock/Drive Control DRAM Clock This item determines DRAM clock. The Choices: 200MHz (Default) / By SPD / 266MHz... - Page 34 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual DRAM Timing This item determines DRAM clock/ timing. The Choices: Auto by SPD (Default) / Manual SDRAM CAS Latency [DDR/DDR2] When DRAM is installed, the number of clock cycles of CAS latency depends on the DRAM timing. The Choices: 2.5/4(Default) / 1.5/2 / 2/3 / 3/5 Bank Interleave This item allows you to enable or disable the bank interleave feature.
- Page 35 CX70M-I7B Read to Precharge (Trtp) This item allows you to determine the selection for Read to Precharge (TRTP) The Choices: 3T (Default) / 2T Write to Read CMD (Twtr) This item allows you to determine the selection for Write to Read CMD...
- Page 36 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual P2P Bridge Control VGA Share Memory Size This item allows you to select the VGA share memory size. The Choices: 64M (Default) / 8M / 16M / 32M / 128M / Disabled Direct Frame Buffer This item allows you to disabled or enabled direct frame buffer. The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Select Display Device This option allows you to select to display device.
- Page 37 CX70M-I7B Dithering This option allows you to turn on/off the dithering function. The Choices: Disabled (Default) / Enabled CPU & PCI Bus Control PCI Master 0 WS Write When enabled, writes to the PCI bus are executed with zero-wait states.
- Page 38 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Memory Hole You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved it cannot be cached. Check the user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory for the memory requirements.
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Page 39: Integrated Peripherals
CX70M-I7B NTEGRATED ERIPHERALS VIA OnChip IDE Device SATA Controller Mode This option allows you to select SATA Mode. The Choices: IDE (Default) - Page 40 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual IDE DMA transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access. The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled OnChip IDE Channel 1 The motherboard chipset contains a PCI IDE interface with support for one IDE channel.
- Page 41 CX70M-I7B IDE HDD Block Mode Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sectors read / write. If your IDE hard drive supports block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block mode (most new drives do), select Enabled for automatic detection of the optimal number of block read / write per sector where the drive can support.
- Page 42 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual SuperIO Device Onboard Serial Port 1 Select the address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port. The Choices: 3F8/IRQ4 (Default) / Disabled / 2F8/IRQ3 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto Onboard Serial Port 2 Select the address and corresponding interrupt for the serial port. The Choices: 2F8/IRQ3 (Default) / Disabled / 3F8/IRQ4 / 3E8/IRQ4 / 2E8/IRQ3 / Auto Onboard Parallel Port...
- Page 43 CX70M-I7B CIR Port Address This option allows you to set the CIR port address. The Choices: Disabled (Default) / 310 / 320 CIR Port IRQ This option allows you to set the CIR port IRQ. The Choices: 11 (Default) / 5 Watch Dog Mode Select This option allows you to select the operation mode of Watch Dog.
- Page 44 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual USB Operation Mode Auto decide USB device operation mode. [High speed]: if USB device was high speed device, then it operated on high speed mode. If USB device was full/low speed device, then it operated on full/low speed mode. [Full/Low Speed]: All OF USB device operated on FUUL/LOW speed mode.
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Page 45: Power Management Setup
CX70M-I7B OWER ANAGEMENT ETUP ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled. Power Management Option This category allows you to select the power saving method and is directly related to the following modes: 1. - Page 46 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual User Define (Default) Allow you to set each option individually. When you choose user define, you can adjust each of the item from 1 min. to 1 hr. except for HDD Power Down which ranges from 1 min. to 15 min.
- Page 47 CX70M-I7B Soft-Off by PWRBTN This item determines the behavior of system power button. Instant off turn off the power immediately, and Delay 4 Sec. will require you to press and hold the power button for 4 seconds to cut off the system power.
- Page 48 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual PowerOn by PCI Card When you select Enabled, a PME signal from PCI card returns the system to Full ON state. For this function to work, you may need a LAN add-on card which supports the Wake on LAN function. Set the Wake on LAN (WOL) jumper on motherboard to enable if applicable.
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Page 49: Pnp/Pci Configurations
CX70M-I7B P/PCI C ONFIGURATIONS PNP OS Installed When set to YES, BIOS will only initialize the PnP cards used for the boot sequence (VGA, IDE, SCSI). The rest of the cards will be initialized by the PnP operating system like Window™ 95. When set to NO, BIOS will initialize all the PnP cards. - Page 50 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Legacy is the term, which signifies that a resource is assigned to the ISA Bus and provides non-PnP ISA add-on cards. PCI / ISA PnP signify that a resource is assigned to the PCI Bus or provides for ISA PnP add-on cards and peripherals.
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Page 51: Pc Health Status
CX70M-I7B Assign IRQ For USB This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the USB. The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Maximum ASPM Supported The Choice: L0s&L1 (Default) / L0 / L0s / L1 Maximum Payload Size Set the maximum payload size for Transaction packets (TLP). - Page 52 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual CPU Fan Start<℃> CPU fan starts to work under smart fan function when arrive this set value. The Choices: Min=0, Max=90, Key in a DEC number. CPU Fan Full speed <℃> When CPU temperature is reach the set value, the CPU fan will work under Full Speed.
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Page 53: Frequency/Voltage Control
CX70M-I7B System Fan Speed This field displays the current speed SYSTEM fan. 3.11 F REQUENCY OLTAGE ONTROL CPU Clock Ratio This field is for setting the CPU internal clock multiplier. Min=4, Max=10, key in a DEC number. The Choices: 10X (Default) -
Page 54: Chapter 4: Useful Help
Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual CHAPTER 4: USEFUL HELP RIVER NSTALLATION After you installed your operating system, please insert the Fully Setup Driver CD into your optical drive and install the driver for better system performance. You will see the following window after you insert the CD The setup guide will auto detect your mainboard and operating system. -
Page 55: Phoenix-Award Bios Beep Code
CX70M-I7B BIOS B HOENIX WARD Beep Sound Meaning One long beep followed by two short Video card not found or video card beeps memory bad High-low siren sound CPU overheated System will shut down automatically One Short beep when system boot-up... -
Page 56: Troubleshooting
Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution There is no power in the system. Make sure power cable is Power LED does not shine; the securely plugged in. fan of the power supply does not Replace cable. work Contact technical support. Indicator light on keyboard does not shine.