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A690E-IS 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
cause harmful interference to radio communications. There is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation.
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  • Page 1 A690E-IS 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.

  • 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

    A690E-IS 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 PECIFICATIONS Specifications Socket S1 (638-pin) AMD 64 Architecture enables 32 and 64 bit AMD Turion 64 / Athlon 64 / Sempron computing mobile processors Supports Hyper Transport and Cool=n=Quiet (35W is recommended) Supports up to 1 GHz Bandwidth Support HyperTransport Northbridge: ATI M690E Chipset...

  • 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 / VISTA and Linux (Optional) Support support for any OS with or without notice. ANEL...

  • Page 6: Mainboard Layout

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual AINBOARD AYOUT DIM1 JUSBKB1 PW 1 DIM2 JUSBL AN2 JUSBLAN1 COM3 IDE1 JDOM1 LVDS1 COM4 JCFAN1 JSEL 2 SATA 1 JPRNT1 M690E SB600 SATA2 J2 J3 SATA3 JAUDIO1A JS PDIF_OUT1 SATA4 JSYS_FAN CUS B3 JAUDIOF1 JPA NEL 1 PCI1 JCMOS1 JAT1...

  • Page 7: Chapter 2: Installation

    A690E-IS CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION The mainboard comes with the Socket S1 (638-pin) for AMD Turion 64 / Athlon 64 / Sempron mobile processors. Please follow the instruction to install the CPU properly. Use a flat-type screw driver to clockwise unlock the socket.

  • 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. CPU Fan Header Assignment Ground...

  • Page 9: System Memory

    A690E-IS YSTEM EMORY Memory Modules (200pin SO-DIMM) DI M1 D IM2 Align a DIMM on the slot such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the Slot. Insert the DIMM 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 ATX Power Source Connector (20-pin) This connector allows user to connect 20-pin power connector on the power supply. Assignment Assignment +3.3V +3.3V +3.3V -12V Power Supply On Power Good +5V Standby +12V...

  • Page 11: Onboard Slot/Connector/Header/Jumper

    A690E-IS NBOARD ONNECTOR EADER UMPER 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 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 A690E-IS Serial ATA Connectors These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cable for primary internal storage devices. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 3.0 Gbit/s data transfer rate. Assignment USB 2.0 Headers The mainboard provides 1 front USB pin headers, allowing up to 2 additional USB 2.0 ports up to maximum throughput of 480 Mbps.
  • Page 14 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Fast IrDA Infrared Module Header This header is for connection to an IrDA module. The BIOS settings must be configured to activate the IR function. Assignment CIRRX IRRX IRT X Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for the front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices.
  • Page 15 A690E-IS 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 RS-232/422/485 Headers The headers determine that JCOM1 belongs to RS-232, 422, or 485. JSEL2 RS-232...
  • Page 16 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual 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 17 A690E-IS Digital Audio-out Connector This connector allows user to connect the PCI bracket SPDIF output header. Assignment SPIDF_OUT DOM Card Power Connector This connector provides power connection of a DOM card. Assignment...
  • Page 18 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Clear CMOS Header * By placing the jumper on pin2-3, it allows user to restore the BIOS safe setting and the CMOS data, please carefully follow the procedures to avoid damaging the mainboard. Pin 1-2 Close: (default) Normal Operation.
  • Page 19 A690E-IS LCD Power ON/OFF Header * This header allows you to control the LCD Power ON/OFF. Header Close: LCD Power ON Header Open: LCD Power OFF LCD Backlight Power Select Header * This header is for selecting LCD backlight power.
  • Page 20 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual LCD Backlight Brightness Adjust Header * This header is for adjusting LCD backlight brightness. Short Pin 1-2: Increase Brightness Short Pin 3-4: Decrease Brightness Hardware Power Loss Recovery Switch* When this switch is set “Enabled,” the system can reboot when power supply is recoverd.
  • Page 21 A690E-IS Printer Port Connector This header allows you to connect printer port on the PC. 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...

  • 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

    A690E-IS 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. Load Optimized Defaults This selection allows you to reload the BIOS when problem occurs during system booting sequence.
  • Page 25 A690E-IS Save & Exit Setup Save all configuration changes to CMOS (memory) and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding. Exit Without Saving Abandon all changes made during the current session and exit setup. Confirmation message will be displayed before proceeding.

  • 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 A690E-IS Item Options Description Press <Enter> to enter the Options are in its sub SATA 1 Device sub menu of detailed menu. options. Press <Enter> to enter the Options are in its sub SATA 2 Device sub menu of detailed menu.

  • Page 28: Advanced Bios Features

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual BIOS F DVANCED EATURES CPU Features NPT Fid Control This function allows you to adjust the frequency ratio of CPU. The Choices: AUTO (Default) / x4: 800Mhz ~ x8.5: 1700Mhz (differed from CPU)
  • Page 29 A690E-IS NPT Vid Control This function allows you to adjust the CPU voltage. The Choices: AUTO (Default) / 0.5375v ~ 1.1250v Virtualization The item allows you control the Virtualization function. The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled K8 Cool’n’Quiet control The item allows you select K8 Cool’n’Quiet control.
  • 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 A690E-IS Gate A20 Option Select if chipset or keyboard controller should control Gate A20. The Choices: Fast (Default) Lets chipset control Gate A20. Normal A pin in the keyboard controller controls GateA20 Typematic Rate Setting When a key is held down, the keystroke will repeat at a rate determined by 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 operation 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.

  • Page 33: Advanced Chipset Features

    A690E-IS DVANCED HIPSET EATURES DRAM Configuration Timing Mode The Choices: Auto (Default) / MaxMemClk / Memory Clock value or Limit The Choices: DDR 400 (Default) / DDR 533 / DDR 667 /...
  • Page 34 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual DQS Training Control The Choices: Skip DQS (Default) / Perform DQS CKE base power down mode The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled CKE based powerdown The Choices: Per Channel (Default) / Per CS Memclock tri-stating The Choices: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Memory Hole Remapping The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Auto Optimize Bottom IO...
  • Page 35 A690E-IS <Twr> Write Recovery Time The Choices: 6 bus clocks (Default) / 3 bus clocks / 4 bus clocks / 5 bus clocks <Trtp> Precharge Time The Choices: 3 clocks (Default) / 2 clocks <Trc> Row Cycle Time The Choices: 26 bus clocks (Default) / 11-25 bus clocks <Trcd>...
  • Page 36 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual HT Link Width The Choices: Auto (Default) / 8 bit / 16 bit HT Link Frequency The Choices: Auto (Default) / 200MHz / 400MHz / 600MHz / 800MHz HT Drive Strength The Choices: Auto (Default) / Manual HT Drive Strength (P) The Choices: 5 (Default) / Min=0, Max=31, Key in a DEC number HT Drive Strength (N)
  • Page 37 A690E-IS PCIE Configuration GFX Link Width The Choices: x16 (default) / x1 / x2 / x4 / x8 / x16 GFX Overclocking The Choices: Disabled (Default) / Enabled ASPM GFX The Choices: Disabled (Default) / L0 / L1 / L0 & L1 ASPM GPP The Choices: Disabled (Default) / L0 / L1 / L0 &...
  • Page 38 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual IGX Configuration Internal Graphics Mode The Choices: UMA (default) UMA Frame Buffer Size The Choices: Auto (Default) / 32MB / 64MB / 128MB / 256MB / 512MB / 1024MB Current UMA Size The Choices: 256MB (Default) IGX Engine Clock The Choices: 400 (Default) / Min=200, Max=600, Key in a DEC number IGX Multi Function...

  • Page 39: Integrated Peripherals

    A690E-IS NB Azalia This item allows you to control the NB azalia function. The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Memory Hole You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved it cannot be cached. The user information of peripherals that need to use this area of system memory usually2 discussed their memory requirements.
  • Page 40 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Onboard Device OnChip USB Controller This option should be enabled if your system has a USB installed on the system board. The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled USB EHCI Controller The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled OnChip USB KBC Controller The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled USB Mouse Support This item allows you to enable or disable the USB Mouse Legacy...
  • Page 41 A690E-IS Onboard PCIE Lan 1 / 2 bootrom Decide whether to invoke the boot ROM of the onboard LAN chip. The Choices: Disabled (Default) / Enabled South OnChip IDE Device IDE DMA Transfer Access This item allows you to enable or disable the IDE DMA transfer access.
  • Page 42 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Primary Master/Slave UDMA Ultra DMA function can be implemented if it is supported by the IDE hard drives in your system. As well, your operating environment requires a DMA driver (Windows 95 or OSR2may need a third party IDE bus master driver).
  • Page 43 A690E-IS SB600 Spread Spectrum The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled SuperIO Device Onboard Parallel Port Selece an address for the parallel port. The Choices: 378/IRQ7 (Default) / Disabled / 278/IRQ5 / 3BC/IRQ7 Parallel Port Mode This option allows you to set parallel port mode.
  • Page 44 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual CIR Port Address This option allows you to set the CIR port address. The Choices: Disabled (Default) / 220 / 240 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 45 A690E-IS Onboard Serial Port 4 Select an address for the serial port. The Choices: 2E8 (Default) / Disabled / 3E8 Serial Port 4 Use IRQ Select a corresponding interrupt for Serial Port 4. The Choices: IRQ10 (Default) / IRQ5 / IRQ7 / IRQ11...

  • Page 46: Power Management Setup

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual OWER ANAGEMENT ETUP ACPI Function This item displays the status of the Advanced Configuration and Power Management (ACPI). The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled C2 Disable/Enable The Choices: Disabled (Default) / Enabled HDD Power Down When enabled, the hard-disk drives will power down after a set time of system inactivity.
  • Page 47 A690E-IS Video Off Method This option determines the manner when the monitor goes blank. V/H SYNC+Blank (Default) This selection will cause the system to turn off the vertical and horizontal synchronization ports and write blanks to the video buffer. Blank Screen This option only writes blanks to the video buffer.

  • Page 48: Pnp/Pci Configurations

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual RTC Alarm Resume When “Enabled”, you can set the date and time at which the RTC (real-time clock) alarm awakens the system from Suspend mode. The Choices: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Date (of Month) You can choose which month the system will boot up. This field is only configurable when “RTC Resume”...
  • Page 49 A690E-IS Reset Configuration Data The system BIOS supports the PnP feature which requires the system to record which resources are assigned and protects resources from conflict. Every peripheral device has a node, which is called ESCD. This node records which resources are assigned to it. The system needs to record and update ESCD to the memory locations.

  • Page 50: Pc Health Status

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual PCI / VGA Palette Snoop Some old graphic controllers need to “snoop” on the VGA palette and then map it to their display as a way to provide boot information and VGA compatibility. This item allows such snooping to take place. The Choices: Disabled (Default) / Enabled Assign IRQ For VGA This item allows the users to choose which IRQ to assign for the VGA.
  • Page 51 A690E-IS Smart Fan Option CPU Smart FAN This option allows you to activate CPU Smart FAN function. The Choices: Disabled (Default) / Auto Smart Fan Calibration This option shows the measurement and suggest value of Smart Fan. PWM Duty Off (℃) The Choices: 16 (Default) / Min=0, Max=127, key in a DEC number PWM Duty Start (℃)
  • Page 52 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Show H/W Monitor in POST If you computer contains a monitoring system, it will show PC health status during POST stage. The item offers several different delay times. The Choices: Enabled (Default) / Disabled CPU Vcore / NB Coltage / +3.3V / 5V(SB) / +12.0V / DDR Voltage / HT Voltage / +5.0V / Voltage Battery Detect the system’s voltage status automatically.

  • Page 53: Chapter 4: Raid Functions

    A690E-IS CHAPTER 4: RAID FUNCTIONS PERATING YSTEM Supports Windows XP/Vista and Linux. RRAYS RAID supports the following types of RAID arrays: RAID 0: RAID 0 defines a disk striping scheme that improves disk read and write times for many applications.
  • Page 54 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual RAID 1: Every read and write is actually carried out in parallel across 2 disk drives in a RAID 1 array system. The mirrored (backup) copy of the data can reside on the same disk or on a second redundant drive in the array.
  • Page 55 A690E-IS RAID 0+1: RAID 0 drives can be mirrored using RAID 1 techniques. Resulting in a RAID 0+1 solution for improved performance plus resiliency. Features and Benefits Drives: Minimum 4, and maximum is 6 or 8, depending on the platform.

  • Page 56: Chapter 5: Useful Help

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual CHAPTER 5: 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 57: Phoenix-Award Bios Beep Code

    A690E-IS 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 58: Troubleshooting

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual ROUBLESHOOTING Probable Solution No power to the system at all Make sure power cable is Power light don’t illuminate, fan securely plugged in. inside power supply does not turn Replace cable. Contact technical support. Indicator light on keyboard does not turn on.

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