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  • Page 2 Electronic Emission Notices WARNING! Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Statement This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Table of Contents Motherboard Specifications ------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 Motherboard Layout------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 6 Hardware Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Safety Instructions ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9 Preparing the Motherboard -------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Installing Memory DIMMs -------------------------------------------------------------------- 10 Installing the Motherboard ------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Installing the I/O Shield ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 Connecting Cables and Setting Switches ------------------------------------------------  20-pin ATX Power-PW1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 DC OUT Connector-CN7 --------------------------------------------------------------------- 13...
  • Page 4 Table of Contents Installing Drivers and Software -------------------------------------------------------------- 0 Drivers Installation -------------------------------------------------------------------------------  HDMI SETUP --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 REALTEK HD AUDIO DRIVER SETUP ----------------------------------------------------- 9 Getting Started ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Sound Effect ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Environment Simulation ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 Equalizer Selection --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Frequently Used Equalizer Setting -------------------------------------------------------- 40 Karaoke Mode ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 40 Mixer----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 41...

  • Page 5: Motherboard Specifications

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Motherboard Specifications q Chipset v NVIDIA MCP7A-ION Series q Size v Mini-ITX form factor of 6.69inch x 6.69 inch(171mm x 171mm) q Microprocessor support v Intel ATOM 230 / 330 CPU v Support for 533MHz FSB q Operating systems: v Supports Windows XP 32bit/64bit and Windows Vista 32bit/64bit q System Memory support...
  • Page 6 Motherboard Specifications q Integrated HDMI Interface with HDCP v Support Dual link DVI,resolutions up to 2560x1600 v Supports DVI or HDMI 1.3 interfaces v Secure digital audio merged from integrated HDA codec with no external audio signals required v Support for HDCP 1.3 using soft or hard HDCP keys v HDCP encryption support when configured as DVI or HDMI link without the need for external HDCP key crypto ROM q Dual Head Display Controller...

  • Page 7: Motherboard Layout

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Motherboard Layout Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figures 2 shows the back panel connectors. 12 13 14 1516 17 18 DC OUT-DN7 Chiset USB-FP_U2 USB-FP_U1 CHIP_FAN- J2505 Clear CMOS - JP1 SATA1 SATA21 Front Audio SATA3 -FP_S1 Mini PCIE...
  • Page 8 Rear Panel Figure 2: Backpanel connectors 1. PS/2 keyboard connector 2. USB Connectors 3. HDMI Port 4. SPDIF Out(Coaxial / Optical) 5. DVI Connector 6. eSATA Connector 7. Port 2-Channel 4-Channel 6-Channe Blue Line-In Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Green Line-Out Front Speaker Out...
  • Page 9 ION ITX Series Motherboard 10. 19V DC Power input(Optional) This motherboard contains a DC power input jack(as picture 2), you can plug a 19V AC/DC adapter to the DC power input jack(as picture 1). Use a 19V DC power adapter instead of ATX power supply,at last as the picture 3.

  • Page 10: Hardware Installation

    Hardware Installation Hardware Installation This section will guide you through the installation of the motherboard. The topics covered in this section are: q Preparing the motherboard v Installing the memory q Installing the motherboard q Connecting cables and setting switches Safety Instructions To reduce the risk of fire, electric shock, and injury, always follow basic safety precations.

  • Page 11: Preparing The Motherboard

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Preparing the Motherboard The motherboard shipped in the box does not contain a memory. You need to pur- chase these to complete this installation. Installing Memory DIMMs Your new motherboard has two 1.8V 240-pin slots for DDR2 memory. These slots support 256 MB, 512 Mb, 1GB / 2GB / 4GB DDR2 technologies.

  • Page 12: Installing The Motherboard

    Hardware Installation Use the following procedure to install memory DIMMs into the slots on the mother- board. Note that there is only one gap near the center of the DIMM slot. This slot matches the slot on the memory DIMM to ensure the component is installed prop- erly.

  • Page 13: Connecting Cables And Setting Switches

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Connecting Cables and Setting Switches This section takes you through all the connections and switch settings necessary on the motherboard. This will include: q Power Connections v 20-pin ATX power-PW1 v DC OUT Connector-CN7 q Internal Headers v Serial Port Header - COM v SPK Header v USB Headers...
  • Page 14 Hardware Installation 20-pin ATX Power-PW1(Optional) PW is the main power supply connector located along the edge of the board next to the DIMM slots. Make sure that the power supply cable and pins are properly aligned with the connector on the motherboard. Firmly plug the power supply cable into the connector and make sure it is secure.

  • Page 15: Serial Port Header - Com

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Serial Port Header - COM COM-Pin Definition Assignment PIN Assignment SPK Header SPK-Pin Definition Assignment SPK- USB Headers This motherboard contains six USB 2.0 ports that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis(Figure 2). The motherboard also contains two 10-pin internal header USB-Pin Definition connectors onboard.

  • Page 16: Front Panel Header

    Hardware Installation Front panel header The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cables (see Table 2 for pin definitions): q PWRLED Attach the front panel power LED cable to these two pins of the connector. The Power LED indicates the system’s status.

  • Page 17: Front Audio Header

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Front Audio Header The audio connector supports HD audio standard and provides two kinds of audio output choices: the Front Audio, the Rear Audio. The front Audio supports re-tasking function. FP Audio-Pin Definition Assignment MIC2(L) MIC(R) -ACZ-DET Front Audio(R) Reserved...

  • Page 18: Connecting Serial Ata Cables

    Hardware Installation Connecting Serial ATA II Cables The Serial ATA II connector is used to connect the Serial ATA II device to the motherboard. These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices. The current Serial ATA II interface allows up to 3Gb/s data transfer rate.

  • Page 19: Expansion Slots

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Expansion slots The NVIDIA MCP7A-ION motherboard provide one expansion slot. Mini PCIE slot There is one Mini PCI Express slot,reserved for WiFi Module.

  • Page 20: Jumper Settings

    Hardware Installation Jumper Setting This chapter explains how to configure the motherboard’s hardware. Before using your computer, make sure all jumpers and DRAM modules are set correctly. Refer to this chapter whenever in doubt. JP-CMOS Clear Jumper Selection 1-2* Normal* CMOS Clear JP-USB power Jumper Selection...

  • Page 21: Configuring The Bios

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Configuring the BIOS This section discusses how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. Enter BIOS Setup The BIOS is the communication bridge between hardware and software. Correctly setting the BIOS parameters is critical to maintain optimal system performance.

  • Page 22: Main Menu

    Configuring the BIOS Main Menu This menu gives you an overview of the general system specifications. The BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu. Note: Note that the data in gray is non-changeable, and the others are for selection. q AMI BIOS Displays the auto-detected BIOS information q Processor...

  • Page 23: Ide Configuration

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Advanced Menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the setting for the CPU and other system devices.Press <enter> to display the configuration options: CPU Configuration The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically detects.

  • Page 24: Floppy Configuration

    Configuring the BIOS q Hard Disk Write Protect This will be effective only if device is accessed through BIOS. q IDE Detect Time Out The items allow you to select the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. q ATA(PI) 80pin cable detection The items allow you to select the mechanism for detecting 80pin ATA(PI) cable.

  • Page 25: Pci/Pnp Menu

    ION ITX Series Motherboard PCI/PnP Menu The PCI PnP menu items allow you to change the advanced settings for PCI/PnP devices. The menu includes setting IRQ and DMA channel resources for either PCI/ PnP or legacy ISA devices , and setting the memory size block for legacy ISA devices. Press <enter>...

  • Page 26: Boot Menu

    Configuring the BIOS Boot Menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options .Press <enter> to display the configuration options: Boot settings configuration The items allow you to configure Boot settings . Press <enter> To display the configuration options: q Quick Boot Enabling this item allows the BIOS to skip some power on self tests while booting...

  • Page 27: Security Menu

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Hard Disk Drivers This option allows you to specify the boot device from hard disk drivers. CD/DVD Drivers This option allows you to specify the boot device from CD/DVD drivers. Security Menu The security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Press <enter>...

  • Page 28: Chipset Menu

    Configuring the BIOS Chipset Menu The chipset menu items allow you to change the advanced chipset settings. Press <enter> to display the sub-menu: North bridge configuration The items allow you to configure north bridge features, include Memory, Graphic, Video, and so on. South bridge configuration The items allow you to configure south bridge features, include USB, HAD, PCIE Port, Onboard Lan/1394, CPU GTL REF, and so on.

  • Page 29: Exit Menu

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Exit Menu The exit menu items allow you to load the option or failsafe default values for the BIOS items, and save or discard your changes to the BIOS items. Press <enter> to display the sub-menu: Save Change and Exit Once you are finished making your selections, choose this option from the Exit menu to ensure the values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM.
  • Page 30 Configuring the BIOS...

  • Page 31: Installing Drivers And Software

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Installing Drivers and Software Note: It is important to remember that before installing the driver CD that is shipped in the kit, you need to load your operating system. The motherboard supports Windows XP 32bit and 64bit and is Vista-capable. The kit comes with a CD that contains utility drivers and additional software.

  • Page 32: Drivers Installation

    Installing Drivers and Software Drivers Installation 1. Insert the driver CD after loading your operating system. Waiting for one minute you can see blow interface. 2. Follow the below steps to install Nvidia chipset driver.
  • Page 33 ION ITX Series Motherboard...
  • Page 34 Installing Drivers and Software...
  • Page 35 ION ITX Series Motherboard 3. Follow the below for HDA sound driver installing.
  • Page 36 Installing Drivers and Software 4. Follow the below for Nvidia HDMI Audio driver installing.
  • Page 37 ION ITX Series Motherboard 5. Follow the below for Wireless LAN driver installing.
  • Page 38 Installing Drivers and Software At last, you can open below page that provides information about the har- ware devices on this motherboard, and check whether finish your installa- tion.

  • Page 39: Hdmi Setup

    ION ITX Series Motherboard HDMI SETUP 1. You can connect HDMI device to the HDMI port directly, or connect to DVI port by a DVI - HDMI dongle. 2. Enter Control Panel, double click “Sounds and Auddio Devices”, select “NVIDIA HDMI Audio” as default play back device, then click ok.

  • Page 40: Realtek Hd Audio Driver Setup

    Installing Drivers and Software Realtek HD Audio Driver Setup Getting Started After Realtek HD Audio Driver being installed (insert the driverCD and follow the on- screen instructions), “Realtek HD Audio Manager” icon will show in System tray as below. Double click the icon and the control panel will appear: Sound Effect After clicking on the “Sound Effect”...

  • Page 41: Equalizer Selection

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Equalizer Selection The Equalizer section allows you to create your own preferred settings by utilizing this tool. In standard 10 bands of equalizer, ranging from 100Hz to 16KHz are available: Frequently Used Equalizer Setting Realtek recognizes the needs that you might have. By leveraging our long experience at audio field, Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager provides you certain optimized equal- izer settings that are frequently used for your quick enjoyment.

  • Page 42: Mixer

    Installing Drivers and Software Mixer Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager integrates Microsoft’s “Volume Control” functions into the Mixer page. This gives you the advantage to you to create your favorite sound effect in one single tool. Playback control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output.

  • Page 43: Recording Control

    ION ITX Series Motherboard With this function, you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via headphone (stream 1 from front panel) while still have music (stream 2 from back panel) playing. At any given period, you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously. Recording control Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute...

  • Page 44: Audio I/O

    Installing Drivers and Software Audio I/O Realtek HD Audio Manager frees you from default speaker settings. Different from before, for each jack, they are not limited to perform certain functions. Instead, now each jack is able to be chosen to perform either output (i.e. playback) function or input (i.e.

  • Page 45: Speaker Configuration

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Speaker Configuration Step : Plug in the device in any available jack. Step : Dialogue “connected device” will pop up for your selection. Please select the device you are trying to plug in. * If the device is being plugged into the correct jack, you will be able to find the icon beside the jack changed to the one that is same as your device.

  • Page 46: Connector Settings

    Installing Drivers and Software Connector Settings Click to access connector settings √ Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in Once this option is checked, whenever front headphone is plugged, the music that is playing from the back panel, will be stopped. √...

  • Page 47: Speaker Calibration

    ION ITX Series Motherboard √ Output Sampling Rate 44.1KHz: This is recommend while playing CD 48KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby. 96KHz: This is recommended while playing DVD-Audio. √ Output Source Output digital audio source: The digital audio format (such as .wav, .mp3, .midi etc) will come out through S/PDIF-Out.

  • Page 48: Microphone

    Installing Drivers and Software Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone / recording quality. Below picture indicates both “Noise Suppression” & “Acoustic Echo Cancellation” are both enabled. Noise Suppression If you feel that the background noise, especially the sound generated from the fan inside PC, is too loud? Try “Noise Suppression”, which allows you to cut off and sup- press disturbing noise.

  • Page 49: Audio Demo

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Audio Demo The section “3D Audio Demo” grants you another possibility to enjoy your sound. The Audio Demo allows you to listen to sound in an extraordinary way. Information This section provides information about your current system audio device.

  • Page 50: Sata Raid User Manual

    Installing Drivers and Software SATA RAID User Manual Setting up the BIOS Setting your computer, then press Delete to enter the Bios setup. Use the arrow keys to select Advanced menu.When enter the Advanced, use the arrow keys to select the Item “IDE Configuration“. Press Enter to display the IDE Configuration,then use the arrow keys to Select the item SATA mode select and set it RAID Mode.
  • Page 51 ION ITX Series Motherboard Press enter to display the RAID Setup From the Raid Setup window,enable RAID, then enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks. Press F10 to save the configuration and exit. The PC reboo Enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pressing F10 when prompted, and proceed to set up the NVRAID BIOS as described in the next Section.

  • Page 52: Entering The Raid Bios Setup

    Installing Drivers and Software Entering the RAID BIOS Setup After rebooting your computer, wait until you see the RAID software promptint you to press F10. The NVIDIA RAID Utility –Define a New Array window appears In the RAID Mode field, use the UP or Down ARROW key to select a RAID Mode. The supported RAID modes include Mirroring (RAID 1), Striping (RAID 0) and Stripe Mirroring (RAID 0+1), Spanning(JBOD) and RAID 5.
  • Page 53 ION ITX Series Motherboard Press F7 after selecting the target hard disks. A message which says “Clear disk data?” will appear. If you are sure to clear the data in the selected hard drives, press Y. (If the hard drives contain previously created RAID array, you need to press Y to clear the data from the hard drives.) After that, then Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear.
  • Page 54 Installing Drivers and Software To read more information about the RAID array, press ENTER to enter the Array Detail screen, where you should see detailed information about RAID mode, disk block size, disk model name, and disk capacity, etc. To delete the array, press D in the Array Detail screen. When the “Delete this array?”...

  • Page 55: Installing The Raid Drives

    ION ITX Series Motherboard Installing the RAID Drivers After you complete the RAID BIOS setup, boot from the windowsXP CD. The Windows Setup program starts. Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to appear.
  • Page 56 Installing Drivers and Software Specify the NVIDIA drivers. (1). Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver, press S, then press Enter. (2). Select “NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER” and then press Enter.
  • Page 57 ION ITX Series Motherboard (3). Press S again at the Specify Devices screen, then press Enter. (4). Select “NVDIA Nforce Storage Controller” and then press Enter. Press Enter to continue with Windows XP Installation. Be sure to leave the floppy disk inserted in the floppy drive until the blue screen portion of Windows XP installation is completed, then take out the floppy.

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