Zotac IONITX-F-E motherboard
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1. 22 Boot Menu eL LLL 23 Security Menu 24 Chipset Menu 25 Table of Contents Exit Menu 25 Installing Drivers and Software 27 Drivers Installation 28 HDMI SETUP TM 35 REALTEK HD AUDIO DRIVER SETUP 36 Getting Started 36 Sound Effect 36 Environment Simulation 36 Equalizer Selection 37 Frequently Used Equalizer Setting 37 Karaoke Mode 37 M XEf2. To 38 Playback control 38 Recording control 39 Audio O 40 Speaker Configuration 41 Connector SettiNgS 42 S PDIF 42 Speaker Calibration 43 Microphone 44 Noise Suppression 44 Beam Forming 44 Acoustic Echo Cancellation 44 Audio DemO 45 Information 45 SATA RAID User Manual 46 Setting up the BIOS
3. 10 Installing the Motherboard 11 Installing the I O Shield 11 Connecting Cables and Setting Switches 12 20 pin ATX Power PW1 13 Front Audio Header FP 1 19 serial Port Header COM 14 SPK Header 14 USB HeaderSs 14 SPDIF out Header 15 Front Panel Header 15 Connecting Serial ATA Cables 16 Fan Connections 16 Expansion Slots 17 Mini PCIE Slot 17 PCI Express x16 slots
4. 46 Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 47 Installing the RAID Drives 50 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Motherboard Specifications Q Chipset NVIDIA MCP7A ION Series Size Mini ITX form factor of 6 69inch x 6 69 inch 171mm x 171mm Microprocessor support Intel ATOM 230 330 CPU Support for 533 MT s 533MHz FSB Operating systems 4 Supports Windows XP 32bit 64bit and Windows Vista 32bit 64bit System Memory support Supports DDRII667 800 Supports up to 4GBs DDRII memory Supports dual Channel DDR2 128 Bit Memory Interface USB 2 0 Ports Supports hot plug and play Ten USB 2 0 ports six rear panel ports four from onboard USB headers Supports USB 2 0 protocol up to 480 Mbps transmission rate Onboard Serial ATA Il Independent DMA operation on four ports three is onboard SATA headers one is rear panel e SATA Data transfer rates of 3Gb s On board RTL8211CL Gigabit LAN Optional Supports 10 100 1000M bps operation On board RTL8201EL Fast Ethernet Optional Supports 10 100Mbps operation Supports half full duplex operation Onboard Audio Optional Azalia High Definition audio Supports 6 channel Supports Jack Sensing function Green Function Supports ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Int
5. 17 Jumper Settings 18 Configuring the BIOS 19 Enter BIOS Setup 19 Main Menu 20 Advanced Menu rur eL LLL 20 CPU Configuration 20 IDE Configuration 21 Floppy Configuration 21 ACPI Configuration 21 APM Configuration 21 Event Log Configuration 21 MPS Configuration 21 PCI Express Configuration 21 Smbios Configuration 21 USB Configuration 21 PCI PnP Menu
6. T0000 00000000 000 000000000000 QOCCECCDOOC OUNO OOD COQUE n OEIDIORIICRCEIDC CO OC OODO ONDD OODO LOCO COCOS te DODOOOD0U0000 00000000 000 00000000 0000000000000 UOO OUNO OUOO CC OOOUODOUODO CC GO C GO CIC CC CC CC DD CIC CDD p DUET TRI TRE TERT TRI TRE TERR ENTER TRITT TERT ERIT OE tg DODOOO000 00000000 000000000000 0000000000000 CI D E D I OL OONO C ID GIC ID ID ID DD ICD CD DD ID D TID TID p O O El N O a Front Audio Header FP_S1 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 gt moan 6 Reserved a wom e kovno pin L Aczoer Front audit Note In order to utilize the front audio header your chassis must have front audio connector Also please make sure the pin assignment on the cable is the same as the pin assignment on the mainboard header To find out if the chassis you are buying supports a front audio connector please contract your dealer 13 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Serial Port Header COM COM Pin Definition Lum um S V VT 31 hi om SPK Header SPK Pin Definition Emm INTTR A DID a a mu S amp DIDIUI INDOCODOCO000 0000000000000 000000000000 000 00 0000000000000 00000000000 DOCCT CCCII UIDI E DDOIODOOCODOCODOIOEICCIRODO OCCOCODCRODCRDC C
7. es 2JJ1 CHIP FAN J2505 i Front Audio oono 7 ines a LL D ECL DLL OO Ese S EE eee ee 00 TT TT a um OO TOOT SE SS a LU L 1211109 8 76 Figure 1 Board Layout SATA1 SATA2 SATA LMd 18MOd XIV uid oz L df In mn L SONO 10319 rz rz f rz f S S E l o f f rz f S E S E E d UIN BANN LETS LOT t 4i aas sfeyjg i bids Eaa 1 20 pin ATX Power Connector 11 Chip Fan Connector 2 System Fan Connector 12 Front Audio Header 3 Front Panel Header 13 Backpanel Connectors 4 Speaker Header 14 USB power Jumper PCB Ver 01 5 SPDIF out Header 15 USB Headers 6 COM Header 16 CPU 7 Serial ATA SATA Connectors 17 Chipset 8 PCI Express x16 18 CPU Fan Connector 9 Clear CMOS Jumper 19 DDRII DIMM Sockets 10 Mini PCIE Slot Rear Panel Figure 2 Backpanel connectors zrIIIZIT ee Folfalfalf aaa 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
8. bu D Delete C Clear Disk ENTER Return To delete the array press D in the Array Detail screen When the Delete this array message appears press Y to confirm or N to cancel Press ENTER to return to the Array List screen To exit the Nvidia RAID utility press ESC in the main menu or Ctrl X in the Array List screen Now you can proceed to install the SATA controller driver and operating system 49 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Installing the RAID Drivers 1 After you complete the RAID BIOS setup boot from the windowsXP CD The Windows Setup program starts Windows Setup Press F6 if you need to install a third party SCS or RAID driver 2 Press F6 and wait a few moments for the Windows Setup screen to appear Windows Setup Setup could not determine the type of one or more mass storage devices installed in you system or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter Currently Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices s lt none gt To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drivers or special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit 50 I
9. InstallShield Wizard Complete Setup has finished installing WYVIDIA Forceware Network Access Manager on your computer Yes want to restart my computer now No will restart my computer later Remove any disks fram ther dives and then click Finish ta complete setup Back Cancel 30 Installing Drivers and Software 3 Follow the below for HDA sound driver installing Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Setup 2 51 R1 83 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek High Definition Audio Driver The InstallShield Wizard will install Realtek High Definition Audio Driver on your computer To continue click Next Intl i i RI Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Setup 2 51 R1 83 InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Before you can use the program you must restart your computer Qi ves want to restart my computer now No will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish to complete setup Install Shidd lt Back Finish 31 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard 4 Follow the below for Nvidia HDMI Audio driver installing P NVIDIA Windows Software Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for NVIDIA Windows Software Shield Wizard will install NVIDIA Win ware on your computer To continue InstallShield NVIDIA Windows Software Select
10. This section provides information about your current system audio device Lenguege 45 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard SATA RAID User Manual Setting up the BIOS 1 Setting your computer then press Delete to enter the Bios setup 2 Use the arrow keys to select Advanced menu When enter the Advanced use the arrow keys to select the Item IDE Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit 02 7 TOCIT 1985 2006 American Me gatrends Inc 3 Press Enter to display the IDE Configuration then use the arrow keys to Select the item SATA mode select and set it RAID Mode BIOS SETUP UTILITY Options STI A MAAS ee TRAID Hodel i Disk Urite Protect Disabled IDE Detect Time Out Sec 35 d ATA PL 80Pin Cable Detection Host amp Device 302 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 fim 4 Use the arrow pes to Select the item nVidia RAID Setup 5 Press enter to display the RAID Setup Eee u02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc 6 From the Raid Setup window enable RAID then enable the disks that you want to use as RAID disks 7 Press F10 to save the configuration and exit The PC reboots 8 Enter the RAID BIOS Setup by pressing F10 when prompted and proceed to set up the NVRAID BIOS as described in the next Section 46 Installing Drivers and Software Entering the RAID BIOS Setup 1 After rebooting your computer wait until you see the RAID softwar
11. i 4 4 Hardware Profiles 34 Installing Drivers and Software 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 Control Panel eles a File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Qs Q B P Search i Folders Flv Address B Control Panel M Go E Control Panel c X5 ET o A A Accessi Add Addor Admini Autom Date and Display Options Hardware Remov Tools Updates Time te w Be ee De m Folder Fonts Game Internet Keyboard Mouse Network NTC Options Control Options Connec Help and Support e B gt Qa d E Network Phone Power Printers Realtek Regional Scanners Setup and Options and Faxes HD So andLla andC e g o d Sched Security Eeg Speech System Taskbar User Tasks Center and St Accounts e x Windows Wireless Firewall Netw Je Switch to Category View See Also My Computer amp Control Panel me 10 34 AM Control Panel Sounds and Audio Devices Properties Wale Volume Sounds Audio Voice Hardware HH Sound playback P Default device ia o NVIDIA HDMI Audio TS c ealtek HD Audio output Addor Admini Autom Date and Display NVIDIA HDMI Audio h Tools Up dates Time Sound recording J S D a Defau
12. CD ROM drives or Special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk form a mass storage device manuafacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit 4 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 5 Follow the instructions on how to install Windows XP During the GUI portion of the install you might be prompted to click Yes to install the RAID driver Click Yes as many times as needed in order to finish the instal lation This will not be an issue with a signed driver WindowsXP Professional Setup Welcome to Setup This port of the Setup program prepares Microsoft R Windows R XP to run on your computer To set up Windows XP now press ENTER To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console press R To quit setup without installing Windows XP press F3 Enter Continue R Repair F3 Exit 52 291 MA123 00 WWW ZOTAC COM 2B EAEI 291 MA123 0024F
13. Features Select the features setup will install eselect the features you do not want to install Description uired on C ilable on C Install Sield 32 Installing Drivers and Software r NVIDIA Windows Software InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has s lly installed NVIDIA Wi oftware Click Finish to exit the Cancel 5 Follow the below for Wireless LAN driver installing nat Tum n Atheros Client Installation Program l Atheros Client Installation Program This program installs the driver and client utilities For your Atheros Wireless LAM Client Adapter 33 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Atheros Client Installation Program InstallShield Wizard Complete The installation program has successfully performed the selected operations Click Finish to exit the Wizard Back Cancel At last you can open below page that provides information about the hard ware devices on this motherboard and check whether finish your installa tion File Action View Help e gt mS ea ig Computer e Disk drives Display adapters dy Human Interface Devices c3 IDE ATAJATAPI controllers 3 gt Keyboards 3 Mice and other pointing devices Monitors ES Network adapters X NVIDIA Network Bus Enumerator J SBR Processors J Sound video and game controllers System devices Universal Serial Bus controllers E 8 9 9 9 9
14. HDMI Audio driver e O 3 Wireless install driver 2 Follow the below steps to install Nvidia chipset driver r NVIDIA Windows Software Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for NVIDIA Windows Software The InstallShield Wizard will install NVIDIA Windows Software on your computer To continue click Next InstallShield 28 Installing Drivers and Software NYIDIA Windows Software Select Features Select the features setup will install Descriptor NVIDIA SMBus Driver 592 K NVIDIA SMU Driver 592 K NVIDIA Away Mode Driver 565 K NVIDIA Ethernet Driver 39989 K NVIDIA Storage Driver 14914 K InstallShield r NVIDIA Windows Software WARNING select CANCEL now if you do NOT want to install NVIDIA storage drivers The NVIDIA Storage driver consists of 3 components 1 NVIDIA storage driver optimized for nForce SATA controller that will replace the driver that c 2 amp RAID controller driver which is required if SATA RAID is ENABLED in BIOS 3 RAID Manager application software lt InstallShield SVD Windows Soltware 2 29 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for N IDIA ForceWare Network Access Manager The InstallShield Wizard will install WVIDIA ForceWare Network Access Manager on your computer To continue click Hert NVIDIA ForceWare Network Access Manager InstallShield Wizard
15. input i e Recording function we call this Retasking Audio I O aims to help you setting jacks as you wish Moreover other than blue to blue pink to pink the way that you used to do Audio I O would guide you to other right jacks that can also serve as microphone speaker headphone mm VIX er Audio I O Microphone IDA ud o Der na E 6CH Speaker ANALOG DIGITAL kJ LB 40 Installing Drivers and Software Speaker Configuration Step 1 Plug in the device in any available jack Step 2 Dialogue connected device will pop up for your selection Please select the device you are trying to plug in f 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 f not correct Realtek HD Audio Manager will guide you to plug the device into the correct jack Which device did you plug in ane ANALOG DIGITAL Li c 41 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Connector Settings Click Q to access connector settings Connector Settings E Connector Settings M Disable front panel jack detection Iv Mute rear panel output when front headphone plugged in Il Enable auto popup dialog when device has been plugged in tj Cancel X Mute rear panel when front headphone plugged in Once this option is checked when front headphone is plugged the music that is playing from the back pan
16. provide Speaker Calibration to help you check if the speakers are located in the correct position Stepl BCH Speaker Select the channel output headphone 2 4 6 channel Step2 Click play icon Steps Look at the scene while the speaker appears flushing you should be able to hear the sound exactly from that direction 43 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Microphone This page is designed to provide you better microphone recording quality Below picture indicates both Noise Suppression amp Acoustic Echo Cancellation are both enabled aoa REALTEK Audio VO gt Microphone 3D Audio Demo o P Noise Suppression EH I mc E EE Acoustic Echo Cancellation T LC 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 Beam Forming Also known as directional recording this option lets you do the following Once beam forming is enabled only the sound from certain direction will be recorded You will get the best quality if you chose 90 position which we recommend you to use this ef fectively means that you speak right into the microphone Note A Stereo Microphone is required when using Beam Forming function Acoustic Echo Cancellation This function prevents playback sound from being recorded by micropho
17. the screen shows the default not installed After you set a password this item shows installed To set a Supervisor user Password 1 Select the change supervisor user password item and press lt Enter gt 2 From the password box type a password compose of at least six letters and or number the press lt Enter gt 3 Confirm the password when prompted The message Password installed appears after you successfully set your password To change the supervisor user password follow the same steps as in setting a use password To clear the supervisor user password select the change supervisor user password then press lt enter gt The message password uninstalled appears Boot Sector Virus Protection The items allow you to enable or disable booting sector virus protection 24 Configuring the BIOS Chipset Menu The chipset menu items allow you to change the advanced chipset settings Press enter to display the sub menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hain fiduanced PCIPnP Boot Security gt NoxthBridge NCP79 Configuration hBridge Configuration v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2005 American Hegatrends Inc CPU Bridge Configuration This option allows you to configure CPU bridge chipset configuration include CSI links speed CSI Frequency Memory Frequency and so on North bridge configuration The items allow you to configure north bridge features include Memory Graphic Video and so on South bridge configu
18. 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 RE S Clear Jumper H Close Open Default setting If you want to clear the system configuration use the JP1 Clear CMOS Jumper to clear data Notice 1 Be sure to save the CMOS setting when exit the CMOS 2 If the CPU is frequency multiplier locked no CPU speed change will be seen even if the frequency multiplier setting in CMOS setup is changed Configuring the BIOS 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 Use the following procedure to verify change BIOS settings 1 Power on the computer 2 Press the Del key when the following message briefly displays at the bottom of the screen during the Power On Self Test POST Pressing Del takes you to the BIOS Setup Utility Note It is strongly recommended that you do not change the default BIOS settings Changing some settings could damage your computer NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Main Menu This menu gives you an overview of the general system specific
19. AS 111 79GB ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate Select ENTER Popup 6 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 Media Shield BIOS Apr 20 2007 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Optimal Free Disks Disk Model ST3120026AS 111 79GB ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate f Select ENTER Popup 7 After that then Array List screen displaying the RAID array you created will appear If you want to set the disk array as boot device use the UP or DOWN ARROW key to select the array and press B The Boot section will show Yes 48 Installing Drivers and Software Media Shield BIOS Apr 20 2007 Array List Id Status Vendor Array Model Name CtrLX Exit f Select B Set Boot N New Array ENTER Detail 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 Media Shield BIOS Apr 20 2007 Array Detail RAID Mode Striping Striping Width 1 Striping Block 64K Adapt Channel M S Idex Disk Model Capacity Master 0 ST3120026AS 111 79GB Master 1 ST3120026AS 111 79GB
20. B version 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 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 Remember to remove power from your computer by disconnecting the AC main source before removing or installing any equipment from to the computer chassis NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 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 There must be at least one memory bank populated to ensure normal operation Use the following the recommendations for installing memory See Figure 1 for the location of the memory slots Q One DIMM You can install the DIMM into any slot LY Two DIMMs Install into slots 1 and 2 The idea is to run on dual channel mode B n caa a a a RCICDO m maaa a aa a a aG BOOUQNDODDDDDCOO00000000000000000000000000000000000000000 CIROC COO OREGON DODOCCCOEOEEECCCCECIID DOCCT s S DIIICIOIIDOEEIICIODCECCIICIDCUCCCI
21. C DOROROROD O USB Headers mn 9n This motherboard contains six USB 2 0 Pus funi ports that are exposed on the rear panel of the chassis Figure 2 The motherboard o o3 also contains six 10 pin internal header connectors onboard 1 Secure the bracket to either the front or rear panel of your chassis not all chassis are equipped with the front panel option 14 Hardware Installation SPDIF out Header SPDIF Pin Definition SPDIF out VCC SPDIF OG Front panel header The front panel header on this motherboard is one connector used to connect the following four cables FP1 Pin Definition 1 honen 6 Pwr sw a hoonena ow EE E C N PWRLED Attach the front panel power LED cable to these two pins of the connector The Power LED indicates the system s status Q PWR SW Attach the power button cable from the case to these two pins Pressing the power button on the front panel turns the system on and off rather than using the power supply button O HDD LED Attach the hard disk drive indicator LED cable to these two pins The HD
22. Channel Blue Line In Green Line Out Pink Mic In 8 LAN Connector o 6 2 7 4 Channel 6 Channel Rear Speaker Out Rear Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Mic In Center Subwoofer Lan Port with LEDs to indicate status Yellow Light Up Blink 10 Mbps Link Activity Yellow and Orange Light Up Blink 100 Mbps link Activity Yellow and Orange Light Up Blink 1000 Mbps link Activity 9 VGA Port NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard 10 WiFi antenna connctor Optional Remove the red antenna connector cover as picture 1 install the antenna to the connector and make sure that screw down clockwise as picture 2 at last as picture 3 According to your requirement modulate to the antenna as right picture The bottom side of motherboard PCB shows 236 DA123 xx01F Motherboard PCB Version 01 L t Note Different motherboard PCB version could carry slightly different features and components placement Please refer to the following diagram to identify PC
23. D indicator LED indicates the activity status of the hard disks Q RST SW Attach the Reset switch cable from the front panel of the case to these two pins The system restarts when the RESET switch is pressed Note Some chassis do not have all four cables Be sure to match the name on the connectors to the corresponding pins 15 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Connecting Serial ATA II Cables The Serial ATA ll connector is used to connect the Serial ATA Il device to the motherboard These connectors support the thin Serial ATA II cables for primary storage devices The current Serial ATA Il interface allows up to 3Gb s data transfer rate There are three serial ATA Il connectors on the motherboard that support AHCI and RAID configurations SATA II Pin Definition PIN SIGNAL n V U o a a CIC CCCII m Fan Connections Li EUDODODOOOUOUOUODICODO000000000000000000 0 IUOCODODONDOU0 BOEIEIBIHCOEIGOC ELIO 0000000000 0000 00 0000000000000 ILIO There are th ree fan connections on i D000 0000000000 00000 000000000 0000000 C MOOD DONO TODD ID CECI CECI CCCII CODEC CCCII BUDDQUODOQODOOVOOOO000000000000000000000 9I0000000000000 Q0NDNDQ0UIOD00D000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001 the motherboard The fan speed ool i can be detected and viewed in the PC Health Status section of the CMOS Setup LEONE CPU FAN Connector I
24. ION esa Sar Designed for Intel ATOM Processors gt A NVIDIA DoI ME PUREVIDEO Ll CUDA 83 NVIDIA IONITX F SERIES USER S MANUAL A 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 This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with instructions contained in this manual may cause harmful interference to radio and television communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures REORIENT OR RELOCATE THE RECEIVING ANTENNA INCREASE THE SEPARATION BETWEEN THE EQUIPMENT AND THE RECEIVER CONNECT THE EQUIPMENT INTO AN OUTLET ON A CIRCUIT DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE RECEIVER CONSULT THE DEALER OR AN EXPERIENCED AUDIO TELEVISION TECHNICIAN NOTE Connecting this device to peripheral devices that do not comply with Class B requirements or using an unshielded pe
25. UEI CCCII is DOQOUD000 00000000000 000000000000 00000000000000000000000000000000 2 SDODQODIODODIOO000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 QQDQQDNDIDQ00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 s Za CO E22 aannaan 10 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 1 Unlock a DIMM slot by pressing the module clips outward 2 Align the memory module to the DIMM slot and insert the module vertically into the DIMM slot The plastic clips at both sides of the DIMM slot automatically lock the DIMM into the connector Installing the Motherboard The sequence of installing the motherboard into the chassis depends on the chassis you are using and if you are replacing an existing motherboard or working with an empty chassis Determine if it would be easier to make all the connections prior to this step or to secure the motherboard and then make all the connections It is normally easier to secure the motherboard first Use the following procedure to install the I O shield and secure the motherboard into the chassis Installing the I O Shield The motherboard kit comes with an I O shield that is used to block radio frequency transmissio
26. ations The BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu BIOS SETUP UTILITY air Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit E Dru 1792HB System Time v2 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Bega trendss mco Note Note that the data in gray is non changeable and the others are for selection L AMI BIOS Displays the auto detected BIOS information Processor Display the auto detected CPU specification System Memory Displays the auto detected system memory System time Allows you to set the system time Dov Advanced Menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the setting for the CPU and other system devices Press lt enter gt to display the configuration options BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced leg io 670 E LT IIR 0 E UT Chipset Exit v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc CPU Configuration The items in this menu show the CPU related information that the BIOS automatically detects Press lt enter gt to display the configuration options L Configure advanced CPU settings Displays the auto detected CPU information 20 Configuring the BIOS L Max CPUID Value Limit Allows you to determine whether to limit CPUID maximum value Set this item to Disable Windows XP operating system set this item to Enable for legacy operating system such as Windows NT4 0 L Execute Disable Bit Capability This function enhances protection of your computer reducing exposure to viruses and maliciou
27. ble or disable PCI Express LOS and L1 link power states Smbios Configuration SMBIOS SMI wrapper support for PnP Function 50h 54h USB Configuration The items in this menu allow you to change the USB related features Press lt enter gt To display the configuration options L Legacy USB Support Allows you to enable or disable support for USB devices on legacy operating systems L USB 2 0 Controller Mode Allows you to configure the USB 2 0 controller in HiSpeed or Full Speed 21 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard L BIOS EHCI Hand Off Allows you to enable support for operating systems without an EHCI hand off feature 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 To display the configuration options available Available v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Negatrends Inc L Clear NVRAM The items allow you to select whether clear NVRAM during system boot L Plug and Play O S When set to No BIOS configure all the devices in the system When set to YES and if you install a Plug and Play operating system the operating system configures the Plug and Play devices not required for boot L PCI Latency Timer Allows you to select the value in units of PCI clocks for PCI device latency tim
28. e promptint you to press F10 2 The NVIDIA RAID Utility Define a New Array window appears Media Shield BIOS Apr 20 2007 Define a New Array RAID Mode Striping Block Free Disks Loc Disk Model Capacity Loc Disk Model Capacity 2 1 M ST3120026AS 111 79GB ESC Quit F6 Back F7 Finish TAB Navigate ft Select ENTER Popup 3 Inthe 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 The following is an example of RAID 0 array creation 4 If RAID O Striping is selected you can manually set the striping block size in the Striping Block field use the UP or DOWN ARROW ey to set the Striping Block size The KB is standard unit of Striping Block size We recommend you leaving it to the default setting Optimal 64k The size range is from 4k to 128k 5 Select the hard drivers which you wish to be included in the disk array The Free Disks section displays the information about the currently installed SATA hard drives Press the TAB key to move to the Free Disks section Select the target hard drives using the UP or DOWN ARROW key and use the RIGHT ARROW key to add the hard drives to the Array Disks section 47 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Media Shield BIOS Apr 20 2007 Define a New Array Striping Block Capacity Loc Disk Model Capacity 2 1 M ST3120026
29. eadphone 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 Mixer ToolBox Show the following volume controls Iv Advanced Contrals OR Recording control Realtek HD Audio Input Record CD Volume Line Volume Front Mic FrontLineln m from right to left Mute V Tool Recording device V Back Line in Mic Front Line in Y Realtek HD Audio Digital Input Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound input Tool V Show the following volume controls This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed V Advanced controls Advanced control is a Microphone Boost icon Once this item is checked you will find advanced icon beside Front Pink In amp Mic Volume With this the input signal into Front Pink In amp Mic Volume will be strengthen 4 Enable recording multi streaming At any given period you can have maximum 2 streams operating simultaneously 39 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Show the following volume controls Cancel 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
30. el will be stopped X Disable front panel jack detection option Did not find any function on front panel jacks Please check if front jacks on your system are so called AC 97 jacks If so please check this item to disable front panel jack detection y Enable auto popup dialogue when device has been plugged in Once this item checked the dialog Connected device would automatically pop up when device plugged in S PDIF Short for Sony Philips Digital Interface a standard audio file transfer format S PDIF allows the transfer of digital audio signals from one device to another without having to be converted first to an analog format Maintaining the viability of a digital signal prevents the quality of the signal from degrading when it is converted to analog fa SIPDIF Settings Output Sampling Rate 441K Hz 48K Hz 96K Hz Output Source No S PDIF output Output digital audio source OK 42 Installing Drivers and Software V Output Sampling Rate 44 1KHz This is recommended while playing CD 48KHz This is recommended while playing DVD or Dolby 96KHz This is recommended while playing DVD Audio Y Output Source Output digital audio source The digital audio format such as wav mp3 midi etc will come out through S PDIF Out Speaker Calibration After you have successfully plugged in speakers and assigned to the right jacks you are only one more step to go to enjoy the intended sound We
31. er register L Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA When set to YES BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the requests for an IRQ When set to No BIOS does not assign an IRQ to the PCI VGA card even if requested L Palette Snooping When set to enable the pallete snooping feature informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so that the latter can function correctly L PCI IDE BusMaster When set to enable BIOS use PCI busmastering for reading writing to IDE drives L OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card Use this option to set the PCI slot number for some PCI IDE Cards holding L IRQ xx assigned to When set to PCI Device the specific IRQ is free for use of PCI PnP devices When set to Reserved the IRQ is reserved for legacy ISA devices 22 Configuring the BIOS Boot Menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options Press lt enter gt to display the configuration options BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot ecuri Hain fiduanced PCIPnP Chipset gt Boot Settings Configuration Boot settings configuration The items allow you to configure Boot settings Press lt enter gt To display the configuration options L Quick Boot Enabling this item allows the BIOS to skip some power on self tests while booting to decrease the time needed to boot the system When set to Disabled BIOS performs all the POST items L Quiet Boot When set to Disabled displays normal POST message When se
32. erface RTC timer to power on the system AC power failure recovery PCI Express Interface PCI Express Generation 2 0 compatible 5 GHz support for a total bandwidth of 5 Gbps per direction per lane Wake up function is supported 4 Clock spread spectrum capability Motherboard Specifications LY Onboard Graphics support Integrated 300MHz DAC for analog displays with resolutions up to 1920x1440 at 75HZ Integrated GeForce 9xxx Series GPU Supports DX10 VGA DVI HDMI output support optional Q Integrated HDMI Interface with HDCP Supports DVI or HDMI 1 3 interfaces Secure digital audio merged from integrated HDA codec with no external audio signals required Support for HDCP 1 3 using soft or hard HDCP keys HDCP encryption support when configured as DVI or HDMI link without the need for external HDCP key crypto ROM CQ Dual Head Display Controller Full NVIDIA nView multi display technology capability with independent display controllers for the CRT TMDS DisplayPort and HDMI interface Each controller can drive same or different display contents to different resolu tions and refresh rates Q Expansion Slots One Mini PCI Express slot Occupied by WiFi module in some models One PCI Express x16 slot NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Motherboard Layout Figure 1 shows the motherboard and Figure 2 shows the back panel connectors 14 15 1617 18 19 DITDEDEDDUDUE s Chiset
33. f your system working at a torrid GND Sonic room you can append a FAN to the 12V Genes heatsink Connect the FAN cable as iiic 12V picture 11 to SYS fan connector as CHIP FAN Connector GND city picture 10 and fixup the FAN on the 5V d heatsink with screw as picture 12 GND 8l note Fan is only for 330 CPU board 16 Hardware Installation Expansion slots The NVIDIA MCP7a motherboard provide one expansion slot A NO O m O1 O1 zx NO PCI Express x16 slot E 4 Mini PCIE slot There is one Mini PCI Express slot reserved for WiFi Module PCI Express x16 slots There is one PCI Express x16 slot reserved for graphics or video cards The band width of the x16 slot is up to 4GB Sec complianting with PCIE 1 1 specification When installing a PCI Express x16 card be sure the retention clip snaps and locks the card into place If the card is not seated properly it could cause a short across the pins Secure the card s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover 17 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Jumper Settings This chapter explains how
34. he default values for each of the parameters on the setup menus When you select this option a confirmation window appears Select Ok to load default values Select Exit and Save Change or make other changes before saving the values to the non volatile RAM Load Failsafe Defaults This option has been set by the manufacturer and represents settings which provide the minimum requirements for your sys to operate Save configuration changes and exit setup Cancel Enter Go t n Edce t e e F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit s E B D 2 a eee v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends ne 26 Installing Drivers and Software 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 The CD that has been shipped with your NVIDIA MCP7A motherboard contains the following software and drivers Q Nvidia chipset driver o HDA Sound driver Q Nvidia HDMI Audio driver Q Wireless Install driver 27 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Drivers Installation 1 Insert the driver CD after loading your operating system Waiting for one minute you can see below interface Driver installation Version 3 06 Nvidia chipset driver HDA sound driver Nvidia
35. lt device A Internet Keyboard Mouse Network Realtek HD Audio Input Options Connec mol es oe D MIDI music playback Printers Realtek Regional Scanners Fe Default device Options and Faxes HD So andLla andC 4222 Microsoft GS Wavetable SW Synth 9 Ld x43 ul Voume m Setge Speech System Taskbar User and St Accounts Use only default devices My Computer e Control Panel e 10 34 AM 35 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard 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 Environment 4 9 Reset Karaoke CAGE t Equalizer Sound Effect After clicking on the Sound Effect tab 3 sections Environment Karaoke are available for selection 7 11 Equalizer and Sound Effect Mixe amne lt None gt Karaoke IT Y I ES Equalizer aln Live Club Environment Simulation You will be able to enjoy different sound experience by pulling down the arrow totally 23 kinds of sound effect will be shown for selection Realtek HD Audio Sound Manager also provides five popular settings Stone Corridor Bathroom Sewer pipe Arena and A
36. ne together with your sound For example you might have chance to use VOIP function through Internet with your friends The voice of your friend will come out from speakers play back However the voice of your friend might also be recorded into your microphone then go back to your friend through Internet In that case your friend will hear his her own voice again With AEC Acoustic Echo Cancellation enabled at your side your friend can enjoy the benefit with less echo 44 Installing Drivers and Software 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 5 amp 4 Loopy Music ERES ES ESL IET ESL LESE FEES ERE LET ELS EE S E SE a E Buzzing Bee Seas Ea a Moving Path 4 Horizontal LEE E IER EE Ed Hy LET ES ET ESI EE ETT Vertical 1 moo 1 1 l LJ Insect Motion Manual Horizontal C Manual Vertical Environment M lt None gt O Bathroom O Stone Corridor Information Information 9 Lj 2 Audio Driver Version 5 10 0 5643 DirectX Version DirectX 9 0 raisin iid information of your audio Audio Controller HD Audio system Audio Codec ALC662 Language setting VT YATENRIUUETUUEECHUPUUINM When Auto is chosen this e Showiconin system trey language setting would A 57 7 accommodate to OS language on your systems Quick launch button at system tray
37. ns protects internal components from dust and foreign objects and promotes correct airflow within the chassis Before installing the motherboard install the I O shield from the inside of the chassis Press the I O shield into place and make sure it fits securely If the I O shield does not fit into the chassis you would need to obtain the proper size from the chassis supplier 11 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 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 LY Power Connections 20 pin ATX power PW1 Front Audio Header FP 1 U Internal Headers Serial Port Header COM SPK Header USB Headers SPDIF out Headers Front panel header CQ Serial ATA U Chassis Fans Q Mini PCIE Connector Q Jumper settings See Figure 1 to locate the connectors and jumpers referenced in the following procedure Hardware Installation 20 pin ATX Power PW1 PW1 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 20 PW1 m 11 ATXPWR Pin Assignments e sw s eno s rweok e ov 9 eva v9 sev
38. nstalling Drivers and Software 3 Specify the NVIDIA drivers 1 Insert the floppy that has the RAID driver press S then press Enter Windows Setup You have chosen to configure a SCSI Adapter for use with Windows Using a device support disk provided by an adapter manufacturer Select the SCSI Adapter you want from the following list or press ESC To return to the previous screen NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER NVIDIA Nforce Storage Controller ENTER Select F3 Exit 2 Select NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER and then press Enter Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER To specify additional SCSI adapters CD ROM drives or Special disk controllers for use with Windows including those for which you have a device support disk form a mass storage device manuafacturer press S If you do not have any device support disks from a mass storage device manufacturer or do not want to specify additional mass storage devices for use with Windows press ENTER S Specify Additional Device ENTER Continue F3 Exit 51 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard 3 Press S again at the Specify Devices screen then press Enter 4 Select NVDIA Nforce Storage Controller and then press Enter Windows Setup Setup will load support for the following mass storage device s NVIDIA RAID CLASS DRIVER NVIDIA Nforce Storage Controller To specify additional SCSI adapters
39. r range Vocal Cancellation Single click on Voice Cancellation the vocals of the songs will be erased while the background music is still playing which lets you take over the vocal part Key Adjustment Using Up Down Arrow to find a key which better fits your vocal range 37 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard 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 Realtek HD Audio output SW Synth Front E I o E Realtek HD Audio Input Line Volume Front Mic FrontLineln Realtek HD Audio output SW Synth rront Playback device This function is to let you freely decide which ports to output the sound And this is essential when multi streaming playback enabled Y Realtek HD Audio Rear Output y from right to left Y Mute Y Tool Realtek HD Audio Front Output Mute You may choose to mute single or multiple volume controls or to completely mute sound output Tool V Show the following volume control This is to let you freely decide which volume control items to be displayed total 13 items to be chosen X Advanced controls V Enable playback multi streaming 38 Installing Drivers and Software With this function you will be able to have an audio chat with your friends via h
40. ration The items allow you to configure south bridge features include USB HAD PCIE Port Onboard Lan 1394 CPU GTL REF and so on 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 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hain fiduanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Save Changes and Exit ard Changes and Exit v02 61 C Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc 25 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard 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 An onboard backup battery sustains the CMOS RAM so it stays on even when the PC is turned off When you select this option a confirmation window appears Select OK to save change and exit Discard Changes and Exit Select this option only if you do not want to save the changes that you made to the setup program If you made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values After selecting this option a confirmation appears Select Ok to discard any change and load the previously saved values Load Optimal Defaults This option allows you to load t
41. ripheral data cable could also result in harmful interference to radio or television reception The user is cautioned that any changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment To ensure that the use of this product does not contribute to interference it is necessary to use shielded I O cables Copyright This manual is copyrighted with all rights reserved No portion of this manual may be copied or reproduced by any means While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this manual no responsibility for errors or omissions is assumed Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein Trademarks All brand names logos and registered trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Table of Contents Motherboard Specifications 4 Motherboard Layout 6 Hardware Installation 9 Safety Instructions 9 Preparing the Motherboard 10 Installing Memory DIMMs
42. s buffer overflow attacks when working with its supporting software and system L Hyper Threading Technology Enabled this function for Windows and Linux4 OS OS support Hyper Threading Technology Disabled this function for other OS OS not optimized for Hyper Threading Technology IDE Configuration The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system Press lt enter gt to display the configuration options L On chip SATA Controller This item allow you to enabled or disabled the SATA controller L SATA Mode select This item allow you to set the SATA to IDE AHCI RAID mode L Hard Disk Write Protect This will be effective only if device is accessed through BIOS L IDE Detect Time Out The items allow you to select the time out value for detecting ATA ATAPI devices L ATA PI 80pin cable detection The items allow you to select the mechanism for detecting 80pin ATA PI cable Floppy Configuration The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the floppy devices installed in the system ACPI Configuration The items in this menu allow you to setting general APCI configuration APM Configuration These items allow you to configure Advanced Power Management Event Log Configuration Make as read clear or view Event log statistics MPS Configuration The items in this menu allow you to configure MPS PCI Express Configuration The items in this menu allow you to ena
43. t to Enabled displays OEM Logo instead of POST messages L Add On ROM Display Mode Sets the display mode for option ROM L Bootup Num Lock Allows you to select the power on state for the NumLock U PS 2 Mouse Support Allows you to enable or disable support for PS 2 mouse L Wait for F1 If Error When set to Enabled the system waits for the F1 key to be pressed when error OCCUTS L Hit DEL Message Display When set to Enabled the system displays the message press DELL to run setup during POST L Interrupt 19 Capture When set to Enabled this function allows the option ROMS to trap interrupt 19 Boot Device Priority The items allow you to specify the boot device priority sequence 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 23 NVIDIA ION PCIEx16 series Motherboard Security Menu The security menu items allow you to change the system security settings Press enter to display the configuration options BIOS SETUP UTILITY Hain Advanced PCIPnP Boot Chipset Exit d Not Installed User Password Not Installed Change Supervison Password Chang d rotection Disabled v02 61 CO Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc Change Supervisor User Password Select this item to set or change the supervisor user password The Supervisor user Password item on top of
44. udio Corridor for quick enjoyment 7 t 5 tt 36 Installing Drivers and Software 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 aZ Ss Ee E o a g L 14200 cca Reset 1 10 bands of equalizer would go back to the default setting Save The settings are saved permanently for future use Enable Disable To disable you can temporarily stop the sound effect without losing the settings Load Whenever you would like to use preload settings simply click this the whole list will be shown for your selection Delete To delete the pre saved settings which are created from previous steps 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 How to Use Other than the buttons Pop Live Club amp Rock shown on the page to pull down the arrow in Others you will find more optimized settings available to you Karaoke Mode Karaoke mode brings Karaoke fun back home by simply using the music you usually play Karaoke mode can help you eliminate the vocal of the song or adjust the key to accommodate you
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