www.giadatech.com Contents Gratitude …………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………… 4.9 F_ PANEL ……………………………………………………… 5. Rear panel interface ……………………………………………………………… I. About the product ……………………………………………… 1. Picture of the motherboard ………………………………………………………………… III. BIOS setting …………………………………………………………………… 2. Features 1. Main menu ………………………………………………………………… 2.1 Processor ……………………………………………………………… ………………………………………… 2. Main (Standard BIOS Setup) 2.2 Memory …………………………………………………………………...
Thank you for choosing Giada motherboard. 1. Picture of the motherboard Giada MI-H67 is an Intel® H67 Express chipset-based desktop board in Mini-ITX form factor. It supports the 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i5 processor and other Intel® processors in the LGA1155 package. The Intel Z68 Express Chipset is the first product to enable performance tuning with access to the built-in visual features of 2nd generation Intel®...
www.giadatech.com II. Hardware installation Warning 2. Features 2.1 Processor The motherboard consists of a great number of ICs and other components. These · Supports INTEL LGA1155 processor · Support 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i3,i5,i7 and Intel® Pentium processor. ICs might be damaged by the static charge. Therefore, the user must make the following preparations before installation: 2.2 Memory ·...
www.giadatech.com 1. Layout of motherboard 2. Installing Hardware 2.1. Installing CPU · Find LGA1155 CPU Socket on the mother board, as shown in Fig 2.1.1 Fig 2.1.1 · Pull up the lever at the side of socket to about 160 degrees angle, and then pull up the CPU metal shell to about 110 degrees with the socket (ie fully open), as shown in Fig 2.1.2 15 16...
www.giadatech.com 2.2. Installing CPU FAN · Uncover the contact pin protect cover, as shown in Fig 2.1.3 Only with the desired cooling effect, CPU can play the ultimate performance. Intel LGA1155 CPU has been specially designed cooling fan to keep the best cooling effect, as shown in Figure 2.7, is one of the samples.
www.giadatech.com 3. Install expansion slot card 2.3. Installing Memory Please install the memory in accordance with the following procedures: 3.1 Install graphic card 1.Remove the white buckle at the two ends of the interface slot for the memory; This motherboard provides one interface slot for PCIE 16x AGP. When you install 2.Align the golden finger of the memory to the groove of the interface slot and the PCIE graphic card, you should note that groove of the golden finger must be pay attention the concave hole of golden finger should be aligned to the convex...
3.2 Installing Mini-PCIE extended devices Note: At the rear panel of MI-H67/Z68 is a Mini-PCIE extended slot, to which the user The user should notice that all sockets are marked with PIN1. The mark “#” can connected WIFI module and Bluetooth module etc.
www.giadatech.com 4.2. CPU_FAN1 (CPU FAN socket) 4.4. CLR_CMOS(CMOS pin) This receptacle can be used for connecting CPU fan. Its pins are defined The correct time, system hardware and other information are saved in the below. The user shall make sure the fan is conforming. CMOS memory of the motherboard.
www.giadatech.com 4.5. F_USB1/ F_USB2 (frond-end USB pin) 4.6. F_ AUDIO(Pins for front-end audio adapter) In case the USB ports on the rear panel of the machine case are not enough, These audio adapter ports allow you to connect to the wire harness of the the user can use the two sets of extension USB pins provided by this motherboard.
www.giadatech.com 4.7. ATX 20P (Power receptacle) 4.8. ATX 12V (12V Power receptacle) This socket is used for connecting the 20-pin outlet of the power supply. The This board has special 12V power receptacle for CPU. For better and more definitions of the pins are described below (when power supply with 20-pin outlet stable processor power supply, we suggest keeping the connection on this socket.
www.giadatech.com 4.9. F_ PANEL (Front-end control panel) 5. Rear panel interface This socket is used to connect the flat cables on the front-end panel. 1. Antenna Holes 2. USB2.0 port 3. PS/2 keyboard port + USB2.0 port Definition Definition 4. DVI port HDLED+ PLED+(VCC) 5.
F2. After the self-detection process is completed, you can press as the BIOS version of the motherboard is upgraded continuously. Giada provides DEL to enter the BIOS interface if no error is found. If the indicative information...
www.giadatech.com · T.W.L (System performance configuration) 1. Main menu When the system enters the CMOS Setup menu, you can see the main menu on · Boot (startup configuration characteristics) the upper part of the screen, as shown in Figure 3.1. In this main menu, you can use the left and right direction keys to select the setup items.
This item is use to choose SATA support type. · Hardware Prefetcher For MI-H61, it's [IDE] For MI-H67, it has [IDE] or [AHCI]. Intel hardware prefetch function: [Disabled][Enabled] According to Intel chipset's limitation, Windows XP does not support AHCI · Adjacent Cache Line Prefech mode, AHCI mode could only be use in built-in operating system like Windows Vista or Windows 7.
www.giadatech.com · Aggressive Link Power Management · H/W Health Function Options:[Disabled][Enabled] Through this item, you can view the state of the system hardware. You can You could do further SATA configuration via enable this item. view the speed of the CPU fan, temperature of CPU and other values. 3.3 IO Chipset Configuration ·...
www.giadatech.com 4. Power 5. Chipset Fig 3.10 Fig 3.9 This item includes “North bridge” and “South bridge” configuration. · Enable Hibernation 5.1 North Bridge configuration · ACPI Sleep State This item is use to set sleep mode. Options:[S1][S3] · Resume In RTC Alarm Use this item to set RTC awaking time and methods.
www.giadatech.com · ICC OverClocking 5.2 South Bridge configuration This is an over clocking item, use to set CPU clock speed. 7. Boot Fig 3.12 · Azalia HD Audio Fig 3.14 · Quick Boot · Azalia Internal HDMI codec If this item is set as Enabled, the system can be started within five seconds Do enable this item when HDMI output is using.
www.giadatech.com 8. Security Setup 9. Save & Exit Fig 3.15 If this function is selected, the following information will appear: Enter New Password hhhhhh Fig 3.16 Then, enter the password with not more than eight characters and press <Enter>. BIOS will requires to enter the password again. Once you enter it again, BIOS will save the set password.
www.giadatech.com IV. Software installation In Fig 4.1, click "Driver ", another UI appears as shown in Fig 4.2. 1. Install driver for motherboard After you complete the installation of the operating system, you should then install the driver for the motherboard. To this end, put the disk into the CD-ROM. The interface as shown in Fig.
www.giadatech.com 1.1. Installing driver for Chipset 1.2 Install Sound card driver After you click “Install” behind the “Intel Chipset driver” in the interface of Fig. After you click “Install” behind the “Realtek HD audio driver” in the interface 4.2, a dialog box as shown in Fig. 4.3 will pop up. Then you can click Next and wait of Fig.
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www.giadatech.com 1.3 Installing driver for on-board LAN chip 1.4 Installing driver for graphic card After you click “Install” behind the “Realtek 10/100/1000 LAN Driver” in the To install the driver for graphic card, you can click “Install” behind “XXX VGA interface of Fig.
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www.giadatech.com After the initial installation of the driver, the default state of microphone is 2. HD-AUDIO sound card setup mute. You need to turn it on manually, as shown in Fig. 4.8 and 4.9. · For Windows XP SP3: The control panel of the audio adapter will appear after the driver is installed, as shown in Fig.
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www.giadatech.com · For Windows Vista: After the driver for the audio adapter is stalled, you can click the Audio Manager at the lower right corner. The initial interface will pop up, as shown in Fig. 4.10 and 4.11. Fig. 4.11 Click the right upper part of the control interface—Advanced Setup for Device, the interface shown in Fig.
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www.giadatech.com Click OK, and the controlling interface will turn to one shown in Fig. 4.13. If you need to set the output of multi-channel, you should right click the mouse at the corresponding output interface. A dialog box will pop up, as shown in Fig.
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www.giadatech.com Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for Select Redistribution of Connectors. Then an interface will pop up, as shown in Fig. 4.15. After that, set the corresponding output. compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment NOTE: This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
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