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Motherboard User’s Manual www.giadatech.com MI-ION2 Version 001 FCC ID:YIKMIION2 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.
www.giadatech.com Contents Gratitude …………………………………………………………………………… III. BIOS setting …………………………………………………………………… 1. Main menu ………………………………………………………………… I. About the product ……………………………………………………………… 2. Main (standard CMOS setup) …………………………………………… 1. Picture of the motherboard ……………………………………………… 3. Advanced (Advanced BIOS setup) ……………………………………… 2. Features …………………………………………………………………… 4. Boot Configuration ………………………………………………………… 2.1 Processor ………………………………………………………………...
I. About the product Thank you for choosing Giada motherboard. 1. Picture of the motherboard Giada MI-ION2 is based on Intel® Atom™ Processor and NM10 chipset, with Next Generation NVIDIA® ION™ GPU. It supports DDR2 667/800 Dual-channel memory, on-board HD-AUDIO sound card and gigabit LAN.
www.giadatech.com II. Hardware installation Warning 2. Features 2.1 Processor The motherboard consists of a great number of ICs and other components. · On-board Intel® Atom™ Processor D525; · These ICs might be damaged by the static charge. Therefore, the user must 2.
2. HDMI port 12.Front panel of the DDR DIMM, the memory can only be inserted into the slot with one direction. 3. DVI port(MI-ION2) 13.CPU-FAN During installation, the user only needs to align the golden finger and the 4. S/PDIF-out 14.Intel Atom D525...
www.giadatech.com 3. Install expansion slot card 4.1. SATA1/SATA2 (Serial ATA flat-cable sockets) Serial ATA sockets can reach a transmission speed of 300MB/s, and you can Installing Mini-PCIE extended devices connect your Serial ATA device to this socket. At the rear panel of motherboard is two Mini-PCIE extended slots, to which the user can connected WIFI module and Bluetooth module etc.
www.giadatech.com 4.2. CPU_FAN1 (CPU FAN socket) 4.4. F_USB1/ F_USB2 (frond-end USB pin) This receptacle can be used for connecting CPU/system fan. Its pins are In case the USB ports on the rear panel of the machine case are not enough, defined below.
www.giadatech.com 4.5. F_ AUDIO(Pins for front-end audio adapter) 4.6. ATX 12V (12V Power receptacle) Besides standard 24-pin PWRATX1 power receptacle, this board has a These audio adapter ports allow you to connect to the wire harness of the special 12V power receptacle for CPU. For better and more stable processor audio adapter.
The descriptions relating to BIOS in this Manual can only be used for reference HDLED+ PLED+ as the BIOS version of the motherboard is upgraded continuously. Giada provides HDLED- no guarantee that the contents in this Manual be consistent with the information RST+ you acquire.
www.giadatech.com To enter BIOS, you can press F1; to load the default values and enter the system, 1. Main menu you can press F2. After the self-detection process is completed, you can press When the system enters the CMOS Setup menu, you can see the main menu on DEL to enter the BIOS interface if no error is found.
www.giadatech.com Quick Boot Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled] If this item is set as Enabled, the system can be started within five seconds and If you use some PCI extension cards with built-in firmware program (like SCSI some detection items will be ignored. The options are [Disabled] and [Enabled]. extension card) and you want to start the system through Interrupt 19, you can set this item as [Enabled].
www.giadatech.com If this function is selected, the following information will appear: 6. Exit Enter New Password hhhhhh 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. NOTE:Pictures below just showing the driver install steps, please see the real product for detailed information. 1. Install driver for motherboard After you complete the installation of the operating system, you should then install the driver for the motherboard.
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 After you click “Install” behind the “Realtek HD audio driver” in the of Fig. 4.2, a dialog box as shown in Fig. 4.3 will pop up. Then you can interface 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 DVI interface of Fig.
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www.giadatech.com After the initial installation of the driver, the default state of microphone is · For Windows Vista: mute. You need to turn it on manually, as shown in Fig. 4.7 and 4.8. After the driver for the audio adapter is stalled, you can click the Audio Manager at the lower right corner.
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www.giadatech.com Click OK, and the controlling interface will turn to one shown in Fig. 4.12. Fig. 4.10 Click the right upper part of the control interface—Advanced Setup for Device, the interface shown in Fig. 4.12 will pop up. Then select Fig.
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www.giadatech.com If you need to set the output of multi-channel, you should right click the Select Redistribution of Connectors. Then an interface will pop up, as shown in Fig. 4.14. After that, set the corresponding output. 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 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. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.