VIA Technologies EPIA-M900, User Manual

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Page 2: ...1 00 06102011 110900 USER MANUAL EPIA M900 Mini ITX embedded board ...

Page 3: ...The information and product specifications within this document are subject to change at any time without notice and without obligation to notify any person of such change VIA Technologies Inc reserves the right the make changes to the products described in this manual at any time without prior notice Regulatory Compliance FCC A Radio Frequency Interference Statement This equipment has been tested...

Page 4: ...uch a way that people cannot step on it Always unplug the power cord before inserting any add on card or module If any of the following situations arises get the equipment checked by authorized service personnel The power cord or plug is damaged Liquid has penetrated into the equipment The equipment has been exposed to moisture The equipment has not worked well or you cannot get it work according ...

Page 5: ...EPIA M900 User Manual iv Box Contents and Ordering Information EPIA M900 16L 1 x EPIA M900 embedded board 1 x I O bracket 1 x SATA cable 1 x Driver CD ...

Page 6: ...orts 14 2 1 5 Gigabit Ethernet Port 15 2 1 6 Audio Ports 15 2 2 Onboard Connectors 16 2 2 1 ATX Power Connector 16 2 2 2 CMOS Battery Slot 17 2 2 3 Front Panel Pin Header 18 2 2 4 SMBus Pin Header 19 2 2 5 MFX Pin Header 19 2 2 6 Smart Fan Connectors 20 2 2 7 SATA Connectors 21 2 2 8 USB Pin Headers 22 2 2 9 USB Device Port Pin Header 22 2 2 10 COM Pin Headers 23 2 2 11 PS 2 Keyboard and Mouse Pin...

Page 7: ... BIOS Setup Utility 45 6 1 Entering the BIOS Setup Utility 45 6 2 Control Keys 45 6 3 Getting Help 45 6 4 System Overview 46 6 4 1 AMIBIOS 46 6 4 2 Processor 46 6 4 3 System Memory 46 6 4 4 System Time 46 6 4 5 System Date 46 6 5 Advanced Settings 48 6 5 1 CPU Configuration 49 6 5 2 SATA Configuration 50 6 5 3 SuperIO Configuration 52 6 5 4 Hardware Health Configuration 53 6 5 5 ACPI Configuration...

Page 8: ...card Changes and Exit 71 6 8 3 Discard Changes 71 6 8 4 Load Optimal Defaults 71 7 Driver Installation 73 7 1 Microsoft Driver Support 73 7 2 Linux Driver Support 73 Appendix A Power Consumption Report 75 A 1 EPIA M900 16L 75 A 1 1 PassMark CPU Usage 100 75 A 1 2 Power DVD 10 H 264 1080i 75 A 1 3 Power DVD 10 MPEG2 1080p 76 A 1 4 Power DVD 10 WMV9 1920x1080 76 A 1 5 Idle Windows 7 64 bit 76 Append...

Page 9: ...tion it supports two SATA 3Gb s storage devices The VIA EPIA M900 is compatible with a full range of Mini ITX chassis as well as FlexATX and MicroATX enclosures and power supplies The VIA EPIA M900 is fully compatible with Microsoft and Linux operating systems 1 1 Key Features and Benefits 1 1 1 VIA Nano X2 1 6GHz Processor The VIA Nano X2 is a 64 bit superscalar x86 dual core processor based on a...

Page 10: ...egacy PCI expansion cards helps to smooth and reduce the costs of transitioning to newer expansion technologies The VIA EPIA M900 enables companies to slowly roll out upgrades as necessary instead of having to replace everything all at once This ensures that companies using the EPIA M900 obtain the maximum benefits from its past investments in PCI expansion cards The VIA EPIA M900 also includes a ...

Page 11: ...6130 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller Onboard USB 3 0 VIA VL801 USB 3 0 controller Supports up to two USB 3 0 ports optional Onboard LVDS VIA VT1636 LVDS transmitter Onboard Audio VIA VT2021 High Definition Audio Codec Supports Blu ray HD with DC Onboard Super IO Fintek F81865 I Super I O controller Supports up to four COM ports Supports Smart Fan Onboard I O Connectors 4 x USB connectors 1 x USB ...

Page 12: ...0 ports 1 x Audio port stack with Line in Line out MIC in BIOS AMI BIOS 8Mbit SPI flash memory Supported Operating System Windows 7 Windows Embedded Standard 7 Windows XP Windows Embedded Standard Compact Linux System Monitoring Management Wake on LAN Keyboard Power on Timer Power on System power management AC power failure recovery WatchDog Timer Operating Conditions Operating Temperature 0 C up ...

Page 13: ...al 5 Note 1 Some system resources require physical memory addresses and may reduce total available memory 2 PCI Express slot has an effective bandwidth of 8x 3 This specification is subject to change without prior notice ...

Page 14: ...EPIA M900 User Manual 6 1 3 Layout Diagram Figure 1 Layout diagram of the EPIA M900 mainboard top view ...

Page 15: ...EPIA M900 User Manual 7 Figure 2 Layout diagram of the EPIA M900 mainboard bottom view ...

Page 16: ...EPIA M900 User Manual 8 1 4 Product Dimensions Figure 3 Mounting holes and dimensions of the EPIA M900 mainboard ...

Page 17: ...EPIA M900 User Manual 9 1 5 Height Distribution Figure 4 Height distribution of the EPIA M900 mainboard ...

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Page 19: ... O Interface The VIA EPIA M900 has a wide selection of interfaces integrated into the board It includes a selection of frequently used ports as part of the external I O coastline 2 1 External I O Ports Figure 5 External I O ports ...

Page 20: ...n The pinout of the HDMI port is as shown below Figure 6 HDMI port pinout diagram Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 TMDS Data0 2 Ground 3 TMDS Data0 4 TMDS Data1 5 Ground 6 TMDS Data1 7 TMDS Data2 8 Ground 9 TMDS Data2 10 TMDS Data3 11 Ground 12 TMDS Data3 13 CEC 14 NC 15 HDMI Clock 16 HDMI Data 17 Ground 18 HDMI Power 19 Hot Plug Detect Table 1 HDMI port pinout ...

Page 21: ...s a female DE 15 connector The pinout of the VGA port is as shown below Figure 7 VGA port pinout diagram Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RED 6 Ground 11 VGP_20 2 GREEN 7 Ground 12 SDA 3 BLUE 8 Ground 13 HSync 4 NC 9 5V 14 VSync 5 Ground 10 NC 15 SCL Table 2 VGA port pinout ...

Page 22: ...in Signal 1 DCD 6 DSR 2 RxD 7 RTS 3 TxD 8 CTS 4 DTR 9 RI 5 GND Table 3 COM port pinout 2 1 4 USB Ports There are four integrated USB 2 0 ports separated into two USB port stacks Each USB port is using the USB Type A receptacle connector The pinout of the typical USB port is as shown below Pin Signal 1 5VSUS 2 Data 3 Data 4 Ground Table 4 USB port pinout Figure 9 USB port pinout diagram ...

Page 23: ...air 4 8 Signal pair 4 Table 5 Gigabit Ethernet port pinout Figure 10 Gigabit Ethernet port pinout diagram 2 1 6 Audio Ports There are three audio jack receptacles integrated into a single stack on the I O coastline Each receptacle can fit a 3 5 mm Tip Ring Sleeve TRS connector to enable connections to Line in Line out and MIC in Wiring Line in Line out MIC in Tip Left channel in Left channel Left ...

Page 24: ...ower connector is labeled as CN6 The pinout of the ATX power connector is shown below Figure 12 ATX power connector Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 11 3 3V 2 3 3V 12 12V 3 Ground 13 Ground 4 5V 14 Power Supply On 5 Ground 15 Ground 6 5V 16 Ground 7 Ground 17 Ground 8 Power OK 18 5V 9 5VSB 19 5V 10 12V 20 5V Table 7 ATX power connector pinout ...

Page 25: ...t which is compatible with CR2032 coin batteries The CMOS battery slot is labeled as BAT1 When inserting a CR2032 coin battery be sure that the positive side is facing the locking clip Pin Signal 1 Ground 2 3V 31 Ground Table 8 CMOS battery slot connector pinout Figure 13 CMOS battery slot connector ...

Page 26: ...abeled as F_PANEL1 It provides access to system LEDs power reset and system speaker The pinout of the front panel pin header is shown below Figure 14 Front panel pin header block Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 P_LED 2 H_LED 3 P_LED 4 SATA_LED 5 PWR_LED 6 PWR_BTN 7 5V 8 Ground 9 NC 10 RST_SW 11 NC 12 Ground 13 SPEAK 14 5V_SPEAK 15 16 NC Table 9 Front panel pin header pinout ...

Page 27: ...ut Figure 15 SMBus pin header 2 2 5 MFX Pin Header The mainboard has an MFX pin header The MFX pin header is a proprietary interface derived from the SMBus The MFX pin header can be used with VIA MFX modules The pin header is labeled as MFX1 The pin out of the pin header is shown below Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5V 2 5VSUS 3 PWR_BTN 4 SMB_CLK 5 NC 6 SMB_DAT 7 NC 8 GND 9 GND 10 Table 11 MFX pin header...

Page 28: ...system is labeled as CN8 Smart Fans provide variable fan speeds controlled by the BIOS The fans can be forced to operate at full speed by disabling the Smart Fan feature in the BIOS See page 53 for details The pinout of the fan connectors is shown below CPU fan CN7 Pin Signal 1 FANIN1 2 FANCTL 3 Ground System fan CN8 Pin Signal 1 FANIN2 2 FANCTL 3 Ground Table 12 Fan connector pinouts Figure 17 Fa...

Page 29: ... The SATA connectors are labeled as SATA1 and SATA2 The pinout of the SATA connectors are as shown below SATA1 Pin Signal 1 Ground 2 STXP_1 3 STXN_1 4 Ground 5 SRXN_1 6 SRXP_1 7 Ground SATA2 Pin Signal 1 Ground 2 STXP_2 3 STXN_2 4 Ground 5 SRXN_2 6 SRXP_2 7 Ground Table 13 SATA connector pinouts Figure 18 SATA connectors ...

Page 30: ...2 5VSUS 1 5VSUS 2 5VSUS 3 USBH_P5 4 USBH_P0 3 USBH_P1 4 USBH_P2 5 USBH_P5 6 USBH_P0 5 USBH_P1 6 USBH_P2 7 Ground 8 Ground 7 Ground 8 Ground 9 10 Ground 9 10 Ground Table 14 USB pin header pinouts Figure 19 USB and USB Device pin headers 2 2 9 USB Device Port Pin Header The mainboard can support one USB Device port The pin header block is labeled as D_USB1 The pinout of the pin header is shown belo...

Page 31: ...rts the RS 232 standard The pin headers are labeled as COM2 COM3 and COM4 All of the COM pin headers can support 5V The pinout of the COM pin headers are shown below Figure 20 COM pin headers Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 COM_DCD 2 COM_RXD 3 COM_TXD 4 COM_DTR 5 Ground 6 COM_DSR 7 COM_RTS 8 COM_CTS 9 COM_RI 10 Table 16 COM pin header pinout ...

Page 32: ...for a PS 2 keyboard and mouse The pin header is labeled as KBMS1 The pinout of the pin header is shown below Figure 21 PS 2 keyboard and mouse pin header Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5VSUS 2 5VSUS 3 NC 4 5 Ground 6 Ground 7 KB_DT 8 MS_DT 9 KB_CK 10 MS_CK Table 17 PS 2 keyboard and mouse pin header pinout ...

Page 33: ... Signal Pin Signal 1 1LDC4 2 PVDD1 3 1LDC4 4 PVDD1 5 GND 6 GND 7 1LDC5 8 GND 9 1LDC5 10 1LDC0 11 GND 11 1LDC0 13 1LDC6 14 GND 15 1LDC6 16 1LDC1 17 GND 18 1LDC1 19 1LCLK2 20 GND 21 1LCLK2 22 1LDC2 23 GND 24 1LDC2 25 1LDC7 26 GND 27 1LDC7 28 1LCLK1 29 NC 30 1LCLK1 31 GND 32 GND 33 NC 34 1LDC3 35 NC 36 1LDC3 37 NC 38 LCD CLK 39 NC 40 LCD DATA Table 18 LVDS connector pinout Figure 22 LVDS connector ...

Page 34: ...nnector on the bottom side The Inverter connector is labeled as BL1 The pinout of the connector is shown below Pin Signal 1 IVDD1_CEN 2 IVDD1_CEN 3 ENABLT ENAVDD1 4 NC 5 ENAVDD1 ENABLT1 6 BRIGHTNESS1_CTL 7 Ground 8 Ground Table 19 Inverter connector pinout Figure 23 Inverter connector ...

Page 35: ...board has a pin header for Line out and MIC in The pin header is labeled as F_AUDIO1 The pinout of the pin header is shown below Figure 24 Front audio pin header Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 MIC2IN_L 2 Ground 3 MIC2IN_R 4 Ground 5 LINEOUT_R 6 MIC2_JD 7 FRONT_IO_SENSE 8 9 LINEOUT_L 10 LINEOUT_JD Table 20 Front audio pin header pinout ...

Page 36: ...5 SPDIF Connector The mainboard has one 3 pin SPDIF connector The connector is labeled as SPDIF1 The pinout of the connector is shown below Pin Signal 1 VDD 2 SPDIFO 3 Ground Table 21 SPDIF connector pinout Figure 25 SPDIF connector ...

Page 37: ...as DIO1 and DIO2 The pinout of the pin headers are shown below Figure 26 Digial I O pin header DIO1 DIO2 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5V_DIO 2 12V_DIO 1 5V_DIO 2 12V_DIO 3 GPO11 4 GPI7 3 GPIO50 4 GPIO54 5 GPO12 6 GPI9 5 GPIO51 6 GPIO55 7 GPIO60 8 GPIO62 7 GPIO52 8 GPIO56 9 GPIO61 10 GPIO63 9 GPIO53 10 GPIO57 11 GND 12 11 12 Table 22 Digital I O pin header pinout ...

Page 38: ...board has one 8 pin SPI pin header The pin header is labeled as SPI1 The pinout of the pin header is shown below Figure 27 SPI pin header Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 SPIVCC 2 Ground 3 MSPISS0 4 MSPICLK 5 MSPIDI 6 MSPIDO 7 8 PCIRST Table 23 SPI pin header pinout ...

Page 39: ...C pin header for debugging purposes The pin header is labeled as LPC1 The pinout of the pin header is shown below Figure 28 LPC pin header Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 3 3V 2 LPCRST 3 PCICLK2 4 LPCAD0 5 LPCFRAME 6 LPCAD1 7 LPCAD3 8 LPCAD2 9 GND 10 Table 24 LPC pin header pinout ...

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Page 41: ...o the inverter connector and the LVDS panel connector The jumper is labeled as J1 The jumper settings are shown below Figure 29 Backlight and LVDS power select jumper Inverter Voltage Pin 1 Pin 3 Pin 5 12V On On Off 5V Off On On Panel Voltage Pin 2 Pin 4 Pin 6 3 3V On On Off 5V Off On On Table 25 Backlight and LVDS power select jumper settings ...

Page 42: ...Setting the jumper while the system is on will damage the mainboard The default setting is on pins 1 and 2 Figure 30 CLEAR CMOS jumper Setting Pin 1 Pin 2 Pin 3 Regular default On On Off Clear CMOS Off On On Table 26 CLEAR CMOS jumper settings Note Except when clearing the RTC RAM never remove the cap from the CLEAR_CMOS jumper default position Removing the cap will cause system boot failure Avoid...

Page 43: ...ommodate up to 8 GB of 1066 MHz memory1 The memory slots are labeled as DIMM1 and DIMM2 2 The location of the DDR3 memory slots are as shown below Figure 31 DDR3 memory slots Note 1 Some system resources require physical memory addresses and may reduce total available memory 2 When installing memory modules always install into DIMM2 first ...

Page 44: ...SODIMM memory module at a 30 degree angle relative to the SODIMM memory slot Figure 32 Inserting the memory module Step 2 Insert the SODIMM memory module between the two rows of pins Then push down until the locking clips lock the SODIMM memory module into place There will be a slight tension as the SODIMM memory module is being locked Figure 33 Locking the memory module ...

Page 45: ... the locking clips horizontally outward away from the SODIMM memory module Figure 34 Disengaging the SODIMM locking clips Step 2 When the locking clips have cleared the SODIMM memory module will automatically pop up to the 30 degree angle Remove the memory module Figure 35 Removing the memory module ...

Page 46: ... physically compatible with most PCI Express cards sizes from x1 to x16 See page 77 for details on how to install optional riser card modules The location of the PCI Express slot is shown below Figure 36 PCI Express slot Note 1 The optional riser card module is PCIE 01 PCIE 01 enables horizontal insertion of PCI Express cards ...

Page 47: ...t PCI cards It is not compatible with PCI cards requiring 3 3V signaling The location of the PCI slot is shown below The orientation of PCI cards can be changed from vertical to horizontal using a riser card module See page 77 for details on how to install riser card modules Figure 37 PCI slot ...

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Page 49: ... module is being used the chassis will need to accommodate the additional space requirements 5 1 1 Suggested minimum chassis dimensions The figure below shows the suggested minimum space requirements that a chassis should have in order to work well with the EPIA M900 Figure 38 Suggested minimum chassis dimensions Each side of the mainboard should have a buffer zone from the internal wall of the ch...

Page 50: ...e will be used 5 1 2 Suggested minimum chassis height The figure below shows the suggested minimum height requirements for the internal space of the chassis It is not necessary for the internal ceiling to be evenly flat What is required is that the internal ceiling height must be strictly observed for each section that is highlighted The highest part of the ceiling will be above the PCI and PCIe s...

Page 51: ...EPIA M900 User Manual 43 5 1 3 Suggested keepout areas The figure below shows the areas of the mainboard that is highly suggested to leave unobstructed Figure 40 Suggested keepout areas ...

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Page 53: ...ccess the highlighted item Esc Jumps to the Exit screen or returns to the previous screen 1 Increase the numeric value 1 Decrease the numeric value F1 General help2 F7 Discard changes F9 Load optimized defaults F10 Save all the changes and exit Note 1 Must be pressed using the 10 key pad 2 The General help contents are only for the Status Page and Option Page setup menus 6 3 Getting Help The BIOS ...

Page 54: ...en shows the current BIOS version build date and ID number 6 4 2 Processor This content in this section shows the CPU information that has been detected 6 4 3 System Memory This section shows the amount of available memory that has been detected 6 4 4 System Time This section shows the current system time Press Tab to traverse right and Shift Tab to traverse left through the hour minute and second...

Page 55: ...ress Tab to traverse right and Shift Tab to traverse left through the month day and year segments The and keys on the number pad can be used to change the values The weekday name is automatically updated when the date is altered The date format is Weekday Month Day Year ...

Page 56: ...ified by the preceding right facing arrowhead Figure 42 Illustration of the Advanced Settings screen The Advanced Settings screen contains the following links CPU Configuration SATA Configuration SuperIO Configuration Hardware Health Configuration ACPI Configuration APM Configuration Event Log Configuration Spread Spectrum Configuration USB Configuration CRB Configuration ...

Page 57: ... can be set Figure 43 Illustration of the CPU Configuration screen 6 5 1 1 Nano CPU TM3 Function The Nano CPU TM3 Function has two settings Disabled and Enabled When the setting is changed to Disabled the CPU s built in thermal sensor will not function When the setting is changed to Enabled the thermal sensor will automatically adjust the CPU ratio and VCORE to prevent the CPU from overheating ...

Page 58: ...screens Figure 44 Illustration of SATA Configuration screen 6 5 2 1 Hard Disk Information When a hard drive is detected the hard drive s detailed information can be displayed on the SATA 1 Primary Secondary IDE sub screen Figure 45 Illustration of SATA 1 Primary IDE screen In addition the PIO and DMA modes may be configured for each SATA hard drive ...

Page 59: ...e BIOS to autonomously determine the appropriate PIO mode for the hard drive If a manual setting is preferred then be sure the correct PIO mode of the hard drive is used It is not recommended to set the PIO mode higher than what the hard drive manufacturer states 6 5 2 1 2 DMA Mode The DMA Mode only has one possible setting Auto ...

Page 60: ...addresses and IRQs of the onboard serial ports Figure 46 Illustration of SuperIO Configuration screen 6 5 3 1 Serial Ports 1 to 4 Port Address IRQ 1 3F8 3E8 2E8 3 4 10 11 2 2F8 3E8 2E8 3 4 10 11 3 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 2F0 2E0 3 4 10 11 4 3F8 2F8 3E8 2E8 2F0 2E0 3 4 10 11 Table 27 Serial port addresses and IRQs ...

Page 61: ...nes Figure 47 Illustration of Hardware Health Configuration screen 6 5 4 1 Smart FAN 1 and 2 The Smart FAN features have two options Auto and Full Speed The Auto option enables the BIOS to adjust the fan speed according to the needs of the CPU and system Smart FAN 1 corresponds to the CPU temperature sensor and Smart FAN 2 corresponds to the system temperature sensor The Full Speed option forces t...

Page 62: ... context CPU or chipset is lost and hardware maintains all system contexts S3 STR S3 Suspend To RAM STR is a power down state In this state power is supplied only to essential components such as main memory and wakeup capable devices The system context is saved to main memory and context is restored from the memory when a wakeup event occurs Auto When the Suspend Mode is set to Auto the operating ...

Page 63: ...tration of APM Configuration screen 6 5 6 1 Power Button Mode The Power Button Mode has three options On Off When On Off is selected pressing the power button will instantly cause the system to power on or off Standby When Standby is selected the power button must be pressed and held down for 4 seconds before the system will power off Suspend When Suspend is selected pressing the power button will...

Page 64: ...em that has been put into suspend or standby mode When this feature is enabled the system can be restored to an active state when a PCIE wake up signal is detected on the LAN 6 5 6 4 Resume on PS 2 KBC Resume on PS 2 KBC wakes up a system that has been put into suspend or standby mode When this feature is enabled keyboard activity as defined in the Wake Up Key feature will cause the system to wake...

Page 65: ...ction keys and modifier keys such as Ctrl Alt Del etc cannot be used 6 5 6 7 Resume on PS 2 Mouse Resume on PS 2 Mouse wakes up a system that has been put into suspend or standby mode When this feature is enabled any PS 2 mouse activity that is detected will cause the system to wake up This feature has three options S3 The S3 option enables any PS 2 mouse activity to be detected if the system is i...

Page 66: ...aily recurrence Use the and keys on the number pad to change the value of the RTC Alarm Date Every Day The Every Day option triggers the RTC Alarm daily 1 31 When a specific numeric date is selected the RTC Alarm will be triggered on that day of the month 6 5 6 10 System Time The System Time option enables the user to specify the time the system should power on for the date that is set in RTC Alar...

Page 67: ...nfiguration screen 6 5 7 1 View Event Log The View Event Log feature displays all event logs that have been recorded Event logs include information such as keyboard errors etc 6 5 7 2 Mark all events as read The Mark all events as read feature provides a quick mechanism to flag all event logs as having been accessed 6 5 7 3 Clear Event log The Clear Event log feature deletes all event logs from th...

Page 68: ...ustration of Spread Spectrum Configuration screen 6 5 8 1 CPU Spread Spectrum Setting The CPU Spread Spectrum Setting feature enables the BIOS to modulate the clock frequencies originating from the mainboard The settings are in percentages of modulation Higher percentages result in greater modulation of clock frequencies This feature has settings that range from 0 1 to 0 9 ...

Page 69: ... features can be enabled or disabled Figure 52 Illustration of USB Configuration screen 6 5 9 1 USB Device Mode The USB Device Mode feature enables the mainboard to directly connect to another system through the other system s USB port There are two options enabled and disabled In addition the driver must be installed for this direct connection to function ...

Page 70: ... to determine how the BIOS handles the memory clock frequency The memory clock can either be dynamic or static This feature has three options Auto The Auto option enables the BIOS to select a compatible clock frequency for the installed memory 400 MHz The 400 MHz option forces the BIOS to be fixed at 800 MHz for DDR3 memory modules 533 MHz The 533 MHz option forces the BIOS to be fixed at 1066 MHz...

Page 71: ...lay Device 2 are set to the same interface then any display device connected to the other interface will not function For example if both Select Display 1 and 2 are set to CRT then no data will be sent to the HDMI and LCD port 6 5 10 5 Panel Type The Panel Type feature enables the user to specify the resolution of the display being used with the system The panel types are predefined in the VGA VBI...

Page 72: ...o options enabled or disabled 6 5 10 10 Unit Select The Unit Select feature is only available if the WATCH DOG feature has been enabled This feature has two options minutes and seconds 6 5 10 11 Time Select The Time Select is only available if the WATCH DOG feature has been enabled This feature requires the user to input an integer in the range of 0 255 if the Unit Select feature is set to Seconds...

Page 73: ... Hz 6 5 10 14 VT6130 LAN Control The VT6130 LAN Control feature determines whether the onboard LAN controller will be used or not 6 5 10 15 LAN Option ROM The LAN Option ROM feature will only be visible if the VT6130 LAN Control feature is enabled If the LAN Option ROM feature is enabled then the system will load a separate ROM for the LAN controller in order to boot through the Gigabit Ethernet ...

Page 74: ...Settings Configuration and Boot Device Priority screens Figure 54 Illustration of Boot Settings screen 6 6 1 Boot Settings Configuration The Boot Settings Configuration screen has several features that can be run during the system boot sequence Figure 55 Illustration of Boot Settings Configuration screen ...

Page 75: ... is enabled the 10 key pad will behave as a number pad When the feature is disabled the 10 key pad will behave as cursor navigation keys 6 6 1 4 Wait for F1 if Error This feature determines how the system will respond if an error is detected during the boot sequence If this feature is enabled the BIOS will pause booting and wait for the user to press F1 to enter the BIOS setup menu This feature ha...

Page 76: ...en lists all bootable devices Figure 56 Illustration of the Boot Device Priority screen 6 6 2 1 1st 2nd Boot Device This feature specifies the boot sequence from the available devices The available boot devices are detected dynamically and bootable devices will be listed accordingly ...

Page 77: ...s prevents an unauthorized person from changing any part of the system configuration When a supervisor password is set the Password Check option will be unlocked 6 7 2 User Access Level This feature controls the level of access a user without the supervisor password is granted to the BIOS setup utility This feature has four options No Access The No Access option completely locks the BIOS setup uti...

Page 78: ...he user accesses the BIOS Setup Utility when the user password has been specified 6 7 5 Password Check This feature is compulsory when the Change Supervisor Password option is set The user will have up to three chances to enter the correct password before the BIOS forces the system to stop booting If the user does not enter the correct password the keyboard will also lock up The only way to get pa...

Page 79: ...ny changes The Esc hotkey can also be used to trigger this command 6 8 3 Discard Changes This command reverts all changes to the settings that were in place when the BIOS Setup Utility was launched The F7 hotkey can also be used to trigger this command 6 8 4 Load Optimal Defaults Load optimal default values for all the setup items The default optimized values are defined by the mainboard manufactu...

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Page 81: ...rt The VIA EPIA M900 mainboard is highly compatible with many Linux distributions Support and drivers are provided through various methods including Drivers provided by VIA Using a driver built into a distribution package Visiting www viaembedded com for the latest updated drivers Installing a third party driver such as the ALSA driver from the Advanced Linux Sound Architecture project for integra...

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Page 83: ...onents Memory Transcend 4GB DDR3 1333 MHz SODIMM x 2 for 8GB total HDD Fujitsu 2 5 MHW2120BH 120GB SATA 5V 0 6A ATX Power Supply AcBel API4PC23 ATX 500CA AB8FM A 1 1 PassMark CPU Usage 100 Power Plane Volts Amperes Watts 3 3V 3 328 1 100 3 661 5V 5 020 1 800 9 036 5VSB 5 070 0 000 0 000 12V 12 030 2 000 24 060 Total Power Consumption 36 757 A 1 2 Power DVD 10 H 264 1080i Power Plane Volts Amperes ...

Page 84: ...r Consumption 21 322 A 1 4 Power DVD 10 WMV9 1920x1080 Power Plane Volts Amperes Watts 3 3V 3 328 1 000 3 328 5V 5 020 1 800 9 036 5VSB 5 070 0 000 0 000 12V 12 030 1 000 12 030 Total Power Consumption 24 394 A 1 5 Idle Windows 7 64 bit Power Plane Volts Amperes Watts 3 3V 3 328 1 100 3 661 5V 5 020 1 400 7 028 5VSB 5 070 0 000 0 000 12V 12 030 0 600 7 218 Total Power Consumption 17 907 ...

Page 85: ...ser card has a PCIe x16 slot This card can only be used if the PCI slot is not being used B 2 EXT PCI 01 The EXT PCI 01 card is compatible with both 5V and 3 3V PCI slots However the PCI slots on the riser card are only compatible with 5V PCI cards The EXT PCI 01 riser card must be correctly inserted into the mainboard s PCI slot otherwise it may be damaged when the system powers on ...

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