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Biostar BI94GS-IA Setup Manual

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BI94GS-IA 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 BI94GS-IA 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 Specification..............4 Rear Panel..................5 Mainboard Layout ................6 Mainboard Dimension ..............7 Chapter 2: Installation .......... 7 CPU...................... 8 Fan Header..................8 System Memory..................

  • Page 3: Chapter 1: Introduction

    BI94GS-IA 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 Specification

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual AINBOARD PECIFICATION Specification Intel CPU On-board Intel Atom N270 @1.6GHz (Mobile) Supports up to 533 MHz Northbridge: Intel 945GSE Chipset Southbridge: ICH7M Max Shared Video Memory is 224 MB ® Graphic Intel Graphic Media Accelerator 950 Supports DVI / LVDS (18bit/dual channel) 128pin type ITE IT8718F Environment Control initiat ives,...

  • 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/XPE, Linux Support support for any OS with or without notice. ANEL P S /2...

  • Page 6: Mainboard Layout

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual AINBOARD AYOUT JKBM S1 JUSBKB1 JATXPWR1 JSFAN1 DIM MA1 JDSP1 JVG A_DVI1 Intel Intel Atom 945GSE N270 JRJ45 USB2 CPU1 JRJ45 USB3 IDE1 JLV2 JLV1 JBL2 JBL1 JUSB4 ICH7M J SEL2 SATA1 SATA2 J SEL1 JD IO 1 JAUDIO1 JBAT1 JH D D1...

  • Page 7: Mainboard Dimension

    BI94GS-IA AINBOARD IMENSION...

  • Page 8: Chapter 2: Installation

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual CHAPTER 2: INSTALLATION The mainboard includes an embedded Intel Atom N270 processor, and a heatsink has been installed to provide sufficient cooling. EADER The fan header supports cooling-fans built in the system. The fan cable and connector may be different due to the fan manufacturer. JSFAN1: System Fan Header Assignment Ground...

  • Page 9: System Memory

    BI94GS-IA YSTEM EMORY DIMMA1: Memory Module (200pin SO-DIMM) 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 JATXPWR1: 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 JDOM1: DOM Card Power Connector This connector provides power connection of a DOM card.
  • Page 11 BI94GS-IA JHDD1: SATA Power Connector This connector provides power connection of SATA devices. Assignment +12V...

  • Page 12: Onboard Slot/Connector/Header/Jumper

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual 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. PCI1 IDE1: ATA Device Connector The mainboard has an integrated IDE Controller that provides PIO Mode 0~4,...
  • Page 13 BI94GS-IA SATA1/SATA2: 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 S AT A1 S AT A2...
  • Page 14 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual JCOM1A (COM1)/JCOM1B (COM2): Serial port Connectors The motherboard has Serial Port Connectors for connecting RS-232 Port. Only JCOM1A supports RS-422/485. RS-232 Assignment Carrier detect (DCD) Received data (RXD) J C O M 1B ( C O M 2 ) Transmitted data (TXD) Data terminal ready (DTR) Signal ground (GND)
  • Page 15 BI94GS-IA JAUDIOF1: Front Panel Audio Header This is an interface for the front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices. This header allows only HD audio front panel connector; AC’97 connector is not acceptable. Assignment...
  • Page 16 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual JCMOS1: Clear CMOS Header * Placing the jumper on pin2-3 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. Pin 2-3 Close: Clear CMOS data.
  • Page 17 BI94GS-IA JPRNT1: 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 18 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual LPC1: Serial Port Connector for Daughter Card This connector provides extension daughter card DCCOM-P4 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 * This header specifies how the system should do after a power fail.
  • Page 19 BI94GS-IA JC1: LCD Backlight Inverter Connector This connector is for connecting to LCD for providing backlight control function. It is strongly recommended to use the matching JOY DAY INDUSTRIAL － A1250WV-S-8P connector. Assignment 5V/12V DC 5V/12V DC Backlight On Brightness Adjust...
  • Page 20 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual LVDS-CONN1: LVDS Connector This connector is for devices requiring display interface such as LVDS. This connector supports only 18-bit single channel panels up to 1366 x 768 It is strongly recommended to use the matching JOY DAY INDUSTRIAL - A1252WV-SF-2X20PD01 connector.
  • Page 21 BI94GS-IA JLV2: LCD Power Select Header * This header allows you to select the LCD Power. Pin 1-2 Close: PVDD=3.3V (Default) Pin 2-3 Close: PVDD=5V JLV1: LCD Backlight Inverter Power Select Header * This header is for selecting LCD Backlight Inverter Power.
  • Page 22 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual JBL2: 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 *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”.

  • Page 23: Chapter 3: Bios Setup

    BI94GS-IA CHAPTER 3: BIOS SETUP Introduction The purpose of this chapter is to describe the settings in the AMI BIOS Setup program on this motherboard. The Setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration and save these settings to CMOS RAM. The power of CMOS RAM is supplied by a battery so that it retains the Setup information when the power is turned off.

  • Page 24: Pci Bus Support

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual PCI Bus Support This AMI BIOS also supports Version 2.3 of the Intel PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) local bus specification. DRAM Support DDR2 SDRAM (Double Data Rate II Synchronous DRAM) is supported. Supported CPUs This AMI BIOS supports the Intel CPU. Using Setup When starting up the computer, press <Del>...

  • Page 25: Main Menu

    BI94GS-IA Once you enter AMI BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu will appear on the screen providing an overview of the basic system information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Exit System Overview Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to AMI BIOS select a field.
  • Page 26 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual IDE Configuration The BIOS will automatically detect the presence of IDE/SATA devices. There is a sub-menu for each IDE/SATA device. Select a device and press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu of detailed options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main IDE Confuguration Options Configure SATA as...
  • Page 27 BI94GS-IA Primary IDE Master/Slave & SATA Port1/2 Devices BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary IDE Master Select the type of device connected Device to the system. Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-Sector Transfer)[Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] S.M.A.R.T...
  • Page 28 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual S.M.A.R.T Set the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Options: Auto (Default) / Disabled / Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer Enable or disable 32-bit data transfer. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Hard Disk Write Protect Disable or enable device write protection. This will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS.

  • Page 29: Advanced Menu

    BI94GS-IA DVANCED The Advanced Menu allows you to configure the settings of CPU, Super I/O, Power Management, and other system devices. Notice Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction. BIOS SETUP UTILITY...
  • Page 30 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Max CPUID Value Limit When the computer is booted up, the operating system executes the CPUID instruction to identify the processor and its capabilities. Before it can do so, it must first query the processor to find out the highest input value CPUID recognizes. This determines the kind of basic information CPUID can provide the operating system.

  • Page 31: Superio Configuration

    BI94GS-IA SuperIO Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure ITE8718 Super IO Chipset Allows BIOS to Enable or Disable Floppy Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Controller Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7]...
  • Page 32 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual ECP Mode DMA Channel This item allows you to select parallel port ECP DMA. Options: DMA3 (Default) / DMA0 / DMA1 Parallel Port IRQ This item allows you to select the IRQ for the onboard parallel port. Options: IRQ7 (Default) / IRQ5 Restore on AC Power Loss This setting specifies how your system should behave after a power fail or interrupts...

  • Page 33: Hardware Health Configuration

    BI94GS-IA Hardware Health Configuration This item shows the system temperature, fan speed, and voltage information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Hardware Health Configuration Enables Hardware Health Monitoring H/W Health Function [Enabled] Device. CPU Temperature SYStem Temperature JSFAN1 Speed CPU Core NB/VTT Voltage +3.30V...
  • Page 34 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Advanced ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced ACPI Configuration Enable RSDP pointers to 64-bit Fixed System ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0] Description Tables. ACPI APIC support [Enabled] ACPI version has some AMI OEMB table [Enabled] Headless mode [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item...

  • Page 35: Chipset Acpi Configuration

    BI94GS-IA Chipset ACPI Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced South Bridge ACPI Configuration Energy Lake Feature [Disabled] APIC ACPI SCI IRQ [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit vxx.xx (C)Copyright 1985-200x, American Megatrends, Inc. Energy Lake Feature This item allows you to enable or disable the Energy Lake technology feature.

  • Page 36: Usb Configuration

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual USB Configuration This item shows the USB controller and using USB device information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration Enables support for legacy USB. AUTO Module Version - 2.24.3-13.4 option disables legacy support if USB Devices Enabled: no USB devices are connected.
  • Page 37 BI94GS-IA USB Mass Storage Device Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Number of seconds POST waits for the USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] USB mass storage device after start Device # unit command. Emulation Type...

  • Page 38: Pci/Pnp Menu

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual PCI/P This section describes configuring the PCI bus system. PCI, or Personal Computer Interconnect, is a system which allows I/O devices to operate at speeds nearing the speed of the CPU itself uses when communicating with its own special components. Notice Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction.

  • Page 39: Pci Latency Timer

    BI94GS-IA PCI Latency Timer This item controls how long a PCI device can hold the PCI bus before another takes over. The longer the latency, the longer the PCI device can retain control of the bus before handing it over to another PCI device.
  • Page 40 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual PCI Resource BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP PCI Resource Available: Specified IRQ is available to be IRQ3 [Available] used by PCI/PnP IRQ4 [Available] devices. IRQ5 [Available] Reserved: Specified IRQ7 [Available] IRQ is reserved for IRQ9 [Available] use by Legacy ISA IRQ10 [Available] devices.

  • Page 41: Boot Menu

    BI94GS-IA This menu allows you to setup the system boot options. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Exit Boot Settings Configuration Specifies the Boot Device Priority sequence. > Boot Device Priority > Hard Disk Drives > Removable Drives >...

  • Page 42: Quick Boot

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual CD/DVD Drives The BIOS will attempt to arrange the CD/DVD drive boot sequence automatically. You can also change the booting sequence. The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Quick Boot Enabling this option will cause an abridged version of the Power On Self-Test (POST) to execute after you power up the computer.

  • Page 43: Interrupt 19 Capture

    BI94GS-IA Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display This BIOS feature allows you to control the display of the Hit “DEL” to enter Setup message during memory initialization. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Interrupt 19 Capture Interrupt 19 is the software interrupt that handles the boot disk function. When set to Enabled, this item allows the option ROMs to trap interrupt 19.

  • Page 44: Chipset Menu

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual HIPSET This submenu allows you to configure the specific features of the chipset installed on your system. This chipset manage bus speeds and access to system memory resources, such as DRAM. It also coordinates communications with the PCI bus. Notice Beware of that setting inappropriate values in items of this menu may cause system to malfunction.

  • Page 45: North Bridge Configuration

    BI94GS-IA North Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset North Bridge Chipset Configuration Options DRAM Frequency [Auto] Auto Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] 400 Mhz DRAM CAS# Latency 533 Mhz DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [6 DRAM Clocks] DRAM RAS# Precarge...
  • Page 46 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual DRAM RAS# Precharge Options: 6 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 2 ~ 7DRAM Clocks DRAM RAS# Activate to Precharge Options: 15 DRAM Clocks (Default) / 4 ~ 14 DRAM Clocks Memory Hole You can reserve this area of system memory for ISA adapter ROM. When this area is reserved it cannot be cached.
  • Page 47 BI94GS-IA Video Function Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset Video Function Configuration Options DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode] Fixed Mode DVMT/FIXED Memory [128MB] DVMT Mode Combo Mode Boot Display Device [Auto] Flat Panel Type [Type 2] Local Flat Panel Scaling [Auto]...

  • Page 48: South Bridge Configuration

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual South Bridge Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Chipset South Bridge Chipset Configuration Options USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] Enabled Audio Controller [Auto] Disabled SMBUS Controller [Enabled] SLP_S4# Min. Assertion Width [1 to 2 seconds] Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit...
  • Page 49 BI94GS-IA Onboard LAN 1/2 This item allows you to enable or disable the Onboard LAN 1/2. Options: Enabled (Default) / Disabled Onboard LAN ROM 1/2 This item allows you to select the Onboard LAN 1/2 Boot ROM. Options: Disabled (Default) / Enabled...

  • Page 50: Exit Menu

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual This menu allows you to load the optimal default settings, and save or discard the changes to the BIOS items. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Exit Exit Options Exit system setup after saving the Save Changes and Exit changes.
  • Page 51 BI94GS-IA Security This sub-menu allows you to provide/revise supervisor and user password. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Exit Security Settings Install or Change the password. Supervisor Password :Not Installed User Password :Not Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password...
  • Page 52 Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual Password Check This item is for setting the timing that checking password. Options: Setup (Default) / Always Boot Sector Virus Protection 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 53: Chapter 4: Useful Help

    BI94GS-IA 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 54: Ami Bios Beep Code

    Mini-ITX Mainboard Manual AMI BIOS B Boot Block Beep Codes Number of Beeps Description No media present. (Insert diskette in floppy drive A:) “AMIBOOT.ROM” file not found in root directory of diskette in Insert next diskette if multiple diskettes are used for recovery Flash Programming successful File read error No Flash EPROM detected...

  • Page 55: Troubleshooting

    BI94GS-IA 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.

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