Motherboard www.giadatech.com User’s Manual 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 …………………………………………………………………………… 3 III. BIOS setting …………………………………………………………………… 16 I. About the product ……………………………………………………………… 4 2. Main (standard CMOS setup) …………………………………………… 1. Picture of the motherboard ……………………………………………… 4 3. Advanced (Advanced BIOS setup) ……………………………………… 20 2. Features …………………………………………………………………… 5 4. Boot Configuration ………………………………………………………… 20 2.1 Processor ……………………………………………………………… 5 5. Security Setup ……………………………………………………………… 22 2.
www.giadatech.com Gratitude Thank you for choosing Giada motherboard. I. About the product 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. Support HDMI display output. Any question about the product, please send e-mail to our support center. Headquarter: Sales@giadatech.com support@giadatech.com USA office: support@giadapc.
www.giadatech.com II. Hardware installation 2. Features 2.1 Processor · On-board Intel® Atom™ Processor D525; · 2. On-board Next Generation NVIDIA® ION™ GPU, 512MB VRAM. 2.2 Memory · Supports 200-Pin DDR2 800/667/533MHz memories * 2; · 4GB at maximum; (2GB/per slot). · · · · · · · · · · · · · 2.3 BIOS Supports PNP, APM and ATAPI; Supports ACPI and DMI; Automatic detection and supporting hard disk whose LBA mode is over 160G; End-users can easily upgrade the motherboard with BIOS. 2.
www.giadatech.com 2. Installing memory 1. Layout of motherboard 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 Please install the memory in accordance with the following procedures: 1 · Align the golden finger of the memory to the groove of the interface slot and pay attention the concave hole of golden finger should be aligned to the convex point of the slot. 9 19 10 18 17 16 11 15 14 · Finally, insert the memory into the interface slot gently.
www.giadatech.com 3. Install expansion slot card 4.1. SATA1/SATA2 (Serial ATA flat-cable sockets) Installing Mini-PCIE extended devices Serial ATA sockets can reach a transmission speed of 300MB/s, and you can At the rear panel of motherboard is two Mini-PCIE extended slots, to which the connect your Serial ATA device to this socket. user can connected WIFI module and Bluetooth module etc. 1 7 PIN 1 GND 2 TXP 3 TXN 4 GND 5 RXN 6 RXP 7 GND 1 4.
www.giadatech.com 4.2. CPU_FAN1 (CPU FAN socket) This receptacle can be used for connecting CPU/system fan. Its pins are defined below. The user shall make sure the fan is conforming. 4.4. F_USB1/ F_USB2 (frond-end USB pin) In case the USB ports on the rear panel of the machine case are not enough, the user can use the two sets of extension USB pins provided by this motherboard. These ports support USB 2.0 devices.
www.giadatech.com 4.5. F_ AUDIO(Pins for front-end audio adapter) These audio adapter ports allow you to connect to the wire harness of the audio adapter. After connection, you can easily control the audio output/microphone through the front panel of the host (Note: Don't connect the wire to Pin 4). The definitions of the ports are described below: 2 10 1 9 4.6. ATX 12V (12V Power receptacle) Besides standard 24-pin PWRATX1 power receptacle, this board has a special 12V power receptacle for CPU.
www.giadatech.com III. BIOS Setting PIN PIN Definition Definition 1 HDLED+ 2 PLED+ 3 HDLED- 4 GND 5 RST+ 6 NC 7 GND 8 PWBT 9 NULL 10 GND 5. Rear panel interface 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1. DC-IN. 2. HDMI port 3. DVI port 4. S/PDIF-out 5. USB2.0 port 6. RJ45 NIC 7. Audio-out 8. MIC-in NOTE: Please use the standard DC power adapter. We are not responsible for problems caused by use other DC power adapter.
www.giadatech.com To enter BIOS, you can press F1; to load the default values and enter the system, you can press F2. After the self-detection process is completed, you can press DEL to enter the BIOS interface if no error is found. If the indicative information disappears before you can act, you can shut off the computer and turn on it again, or you can press the key RESET on the machine case. To restart your computer, you can also simultaneously press ++. 1.
www.giadatech.com · Boot (startup configuration characteristics) 3. Advanced (Advanced BIOS setup) · Security (setting the administrator/user password) · Exit (option of exit) This item includes load optimal defaults/load failsafe defaults value/discard changes/ discard changes and exit. 2. Main (standard CMOS setup) Fig 3.3 4. Boot Configuration Fig 3.2 · System time (hh:mm:ss) Use this item to set the time for the computer, with the format as “hour/minute/second”.
www.giadatech.com Quick Boot If this item is set as Enabled, the system can be started within five seconds and some detection items will be ignored. The options are [Disabled] and [Enabled]. Quiet Boot To start the system quietly. Add On ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] This item allows you to set the display mode of the device's firmware program. The options are [Force BIOS] and [Keep Current]. Bootup Num-Lock (To set the state of Num Lock after start-up). Options are OFF and ON.
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 . BIOS will requires to enter the password again. Once you enter it again, BIOS will save the set password. Once the password item is enabled, you will be required to enter the password each time before the system goes to the set program of BIOS.
www.giadatech.com IV. Software installation NOTE：Pictures below just showing the driver install steps, please see the In Fig 4.1, click "Driver ", another UI appears as shown in Fig 4.2. 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. To this end, put the disk into the CD-ROM. The interface as shown in Fig. 4.1 will appear. Fig. 4.2 Fig. 4.
www.giadatech.com 1.1. Installing driver for Chipset After you click “Install” behind the “Intel Chipset driver” in the interface of Fig. 4.2, a dialog box as shown in Fig. 4.3 will pop up. Then you can click Next and wait till the driver is installed completely. Fig. 4.3 27 1.2 Install Sound card driver After you click “Install” behind the “Realtek HD audio driver” in the interface of Fig. 4.2, a dialog box as shown in Fig. 4.4 will pop up.
www.giadatech.com 1.3 Installing driver for on-board LAN chip After you click “Install” behind the “Realtek 10/100/1000 LAN Driver” in the interface of Fig. 4.2, a dialog box as shown in Fig. 4.5 will pop up. Then you can click “Next” and wait till the driver is installed completely. 1.4 Installing driver for graphic card To install the driver for graphic card, you can click “Install” behind “XXX DVI Driver” in the interface of Fig. 4.
www.giadatech.com After the initial installation of the driver, the default state of microphone is mute. You need to turn it on manually, as shown in Fig. 4.7 and 4.8. · 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. 4.9 and 4.10. Fig. 4.7 Fig. 4.9 Fig. 4.
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. 4.12 “separate all input jacks as independent input devices”. If a MIC is used, please select the corresponding front or rear mode and set the device as default. In the above interface, you can adjust the volume for recording and the playing volume for the MIC.
www.giadatech.com 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, Select Redistribution of Connectors. Then an interface will pop up, as shown in Fig. 4.14. After that, set the corresponding output. as shown in Fig. 4.13. Fig. 4.13 Fig. 4.
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.
