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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Revision Date Version Changes 2008-03-18 1.10 Changed the Northbridge chipset form Intel® 945GM to Intel® 945GME Added more extensive list of supported processors. Added Compatibility Appendix Added terminology Appendix Removed glossary from the front of the manual 2007-03-15 Page ii 1.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Packing List NOTE: If any of the components listed in the checklist below are missing, please do not proceed with the installation. Contact the IEI reseller or vendor you purchased the NANO-9453 from or contact an IEI sales representative directly. To contact an IEI sales representative, please send an email to sales@iei.com.tw. The items listed below should all be included in the NANO-9453 package.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 2 1.1.1 NANO-9453 Benefits.......................................................................................... 2 1.1.2 NANO-9453 Features ...............................................................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.6.5 Intel® ICH7-M PCI Interface........................................................................... 22 2.6.6 Intel® ICH7-M Real Time Clock ...................................................................... 23 2.6.7 Intel® ICH7-M SATA Controller ...................................................................... 23 2.6.8 Intel® ICH7-M USB Controller........................................................................ 24 2.7 PCIE BUS COMPONENTS ...................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 4.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors ..................................................................... 43 4.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors............................................................... 44 4.2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS ...................................................................... 45 4.2.1 +12V ATX Power Supply Connector ............................................................... 45 4.2.2 +5V ATX Power Supply Connector ...............
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.3.3 SO-DIMM Installation ..................................................................................... 84 5.3.4 CF Card Installation........................................................................................ 85 5.4 JUMPER SETTINGS .................................................................................................... 87 5.4.1 CF Card Setup ................................................................................................. 88 5.4.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 6.3.1 CPU Configuration.........................................................................................116 6.3.2 IDE Configuration ..........................................................................................118 6.3.2.1 IDE Master, IDE Slave ............................................................................119 6.3.3 Super IO Configuration.................................................................................. 125 6.3.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard A BIOS OPTIONS .................................................................................................... 197 B TERMINOLOGY ................................................................................................. 203 C DIO INTERFACE................................................................................................. 209 C.1 DIO INTERFACE INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 210 C.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1-1: NANO-9453 Overview [Front View] ...........................................................................3 Figure 1-2: NANO-9453 Overview [Rear View].............................................................................4 Figure 2-1: NANO-9453 Dimensions (mm) ...................................................................................8 Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm) ..................................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-15: Parallel Port Connector Location ..........................................................................62 Figure 4-16: PCI-104 Slot Location .............................................................................................64 Figure 4-17: SATA Drive Connector Locations ..........................................................................66 Figure 4-18: RS-422/485 Serial Port Connector Location........................................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 6-1: Video Function Configuration............................................................................... 168 Figure 7-1: Available Drivers .................................................................................................... 177 Figure 7-2: Chipset Driver Installation Program..................................................................... 177 Figure 7-3: Chipset Driver Installation Welcome Screen...................................................
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard List of Tables Table 1-1: Technical Specifications ..............................................................................................6 Table 2-1: Core™Processor Features.........................................................................................11 Table 2-2: Celeron® M Processor Features ...............................................................................11 Table 2-3: Supported Processors ........................................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Table 4-23: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector LEDs .............................................................................73 Table 4-24: USB Port Pinouts ......................................................................................................73 Table 4-25: VGA Connector Pinouts ...........................................................................................74 Table 5-1: Jumpers ..................................................................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menus Menu 1: Main ...............................................................................................................................114 Menu 2: Advanced ......................................................................................................................116 Menu 3: CPU Configuration.......................................................................................................117 Menu 4: IDE Configuration ................................
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Chapter 1 1 Introduction Page 1
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 1.1 Introduction The NANO-9453 EPIC form factor CPU card is a Socket M Intel® Core™2 Duo, Core™ Duo, Core™ Solo or Celeron® M CPU platform. The NANO-9453 has a maximum front side bus (FSB) frequency of 667MHz and comes with two VGA interfaces and dual PCI Express (PCIe) Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) controllers. The NANO-9453 supports up to two, second-generation 3.0 Gbps serial ATA (SATA) hard disk drives (HDD) and up to six USB 2.0 devices.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard EPIC form factor RoHS compliant Supports AT and ATX power supplies 1.2 NANO-9453 Overview 1.2.1 NANO-9453 Overview Photo The NANO-9453 has a wide variety of internal and external peripheral connectors. The peripheral connectors are connected to devices including PCI-104 devices, mini PCIe devices, storage devices, display devices and parallel communications devices. A labeled photo of the peripheral connectors on the front of the NANO-9453 is shown in Figure 1-1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 1-2: NANO-9453 Overview [Rear View] 1.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) drive connectors 1 x Serial port connector (RS-422 or RS-485) 1 x Serial port connector (RS-232) 2 x USB connectors The NANO-9453 has the following external peripheral interface connectors on the board rear panel 2 x Ethernet connectors 1 x PS/2 keyboard or mouse connector 2 x USB port connectors 2 x VGA connectors The NANO-9453 has the following on-board jumpers: Clear CMOS LCD voltage selector CF card setting COM 2 port mode setting PC104+ VIO selector PC10
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Specification NANO-9453 Northbridge: Intel® 945GME System Chipset Southbridge: Intel® ICH7-M One 200-pin SO-DIMM socket supports one 533 MHz or Memory 667 MHz DDR2 SO-DIMM with a maximum capacity of 1 GB Dual VGA: Integrated in the Intel® 945GME to support CRT Display LVDS: Dual channel 18-bit LVDS LCD panel BIOS AMI BIOS Audio 7.1 channel or 5.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.1 Overview This chapter describes the specifications and on-board features of the NANO-9453 in detail. 2.2 Dimensions 2.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.2.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions External peripheral interface connector panel dimensions are shown in Figure 2-2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.3 Data Flow Figure 2-3 shows the data flow between the two on-board chipsets and other components installed on the motherboard and described in the following sections of this chapter.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.4 Compatible Processors 2.4.1 Compatible Processor Overview The NANO-9453 supports the following Socket M processors: Intel® Core™2 Duo Mobile processors Intel® Core™ Duo processors Intel® Core™ Solo processors Intel® Celeron® M processors All three of the above processors communicate with the Intel ® 945GME Northbridge chipset through a 667MHz front side bus (FSB). Features of the supported Core™ processors are listed in Table 2-1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.4.2 Supported Socket M Processors Specifications for the compatible processors are listed in Table 2-3 below: Processor CPU Speed Processor # Bus Speed Mfg Tech Cache Size Core™2 Duo Mobile 2.33 GHz T7600 667 MHz 65 nm 4 MB 2.16 GHz T7400 667 MHz 65 nm 4 MB 2 GHz T7200 667 MHz 65 nm 4 MB 2 GHz T2450 533 MHz 65 nm 2 MB 1.86 GHz T2350 533 MHz 65 nm 2 MB 1.83 GHz T5600 667 MHz 65 nm 2 MB 1.73 GHz T5300 533 MHz 65 nm 2 MB 1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Processor CPU Speed Processor # Bus Speed Mfg Tech Cache Size 1.06 GHz U2400 533 MHz 65 nm 2 MB 1.20 GHz U2200 533 MHz 65 nm 1 MB 1.06 GHz U2100 533 MHz 65 nm 1 MB 1.83 GHz T1400 667 MHz 65 nm 2 MB 1.66 GHz T1300 667 MHz 65 nm 2 MB 1.20 GHz U1400 533 MHz 65 nm 2 MB 1.06 GHz U1300 533 MHz 65 nm 2 MB Pentium® Dual-Core Mobile 1.86 GHz T2130 533 MHz 65 nm 1 MB 1.73 GHz T2370 533 MHz 65 nm 1 MB 1.73 GHz T2080 533 MHz 65 nm 1 MB 1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.5 Intel® 945GME Northbridge Chipset 2.5.1 Intel® 945GME Overview The Intel® 945GME Northbridge chipset has the Generation 3.1 Intel Integrated Graphics Engine and the Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Intel® GMA 950). The integrated graphics and memory controller hub (GMCH) facilitates the flow of information primarily between the following four interfaces: Front Side Bus (FSB) System Memory Interface Graphics Interface Direct Media Interface (DMI) 2.5.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard The memory socket is shown in Figure 2-4. Figure 2-4: 200-pin SO-DIMM Socket 2.5.3 Intel® 945GME Integrated Graphics The Intel® 945GME GMCH has an Intel® Gen 3.5 Integrated Graphics Engine with a 250 MHz core render clock and 200 MHz core display clock at 1.05 V core voltage.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.5.3.1 Intel® 945GME Analog CRT Support A DB-15 VGA connector on the external peripheral interface connector panel is interfaced to the Intel® 945GME graphics engine. The Intel® 945GME internal graphics engine, with an integrated 400MHz RAMDAC and hot plug CRT support, supports analog CRT monitors up to QXGA. Figure 2-5: VGA1 Connector 2.5.3.2 Intel® 945GME SDVO to VGA A DB-15 VGA connector is interfaced to the Intel® 945GME SDVO through a Chrontel CH7317A display controller.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-6: VGA2 Connectors 2.5.3.3 Intel® 945GME LVDS Support A 30-pin LVDS crimp connector is interfaced to the Intel® 945GME graphics engine. The Intel® 945GME internal graphics engine supports LVDS displays with the following features: Up to UXGA monitors with a maximum resolution of 1600 x 1200 18-bit 25MHz to 112MHz single-channel or dual-channel LVDS screens CPIS 1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-7: LVDS Connector 2.5.4 Intel® 945GME Direct Media Interface (DMI) Intel® 945GME Northbridge GMCH is connected to the Intel® ICH7-M Southbridge Chipset through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI).
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.6 Intel® ICH7-M Southbridge Chipset 2.6.1 Intel® ICH7-M Overview The Intel® ICH7-M Southbridge chipset is connected to the Intel® 945GME Northbridge through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). Some of the features of the Intel® ICH7-M are listed below. Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-8: Audio Connector The AC’97 controller supports up to six PCM audio output channels. Complete surround sound requires six-channel audio consisting of: Front left Front right Back left Back right Center Subwoofer 2.6.3 Intel® ICH7-M IDE Interface The integrated IDE interface on the ICH7-M Southbridge supports two IDE hard disks and ATAPI devices. PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB/s and Ultra ATA transfers of 100MB/s.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-9: IDE Connector The integrated IDE interface is able to support the following IDE HDDs: Ultra ATA/100, with data transfer rates up to 100MB/s Ultra ATA/66, with data transfer rates up to 66MB/s Ultra ATA/33, with data transfer rates up to 33MB/s Specification Ultra ATA/100 Ultra ATA/66 Ultra ATA/100 IDE devices 2 2 2 PIO Mode 0–4 0–4 0–4 PIO Max Transfer Rate 16.6 MB/s 16.6 MB/s 16.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard DMA/UDMA Max Transfer 100MB/s 66MB/s 33MB/s Controller Interface 5V 5V 5V Table 2-4: Supported HDD Specifications 2.6.4 Intel® ICH7-M Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface The ICH7-M LPC interface complies with the LPC 1.1 specifications. The LPC bus from the ICH6 is connected to the following components: BIOS chipset Super I/O chipset 2.6.5 Intel® ICH7-M PCI Interface The PCI interface on the ICH7-M is compliant with the PCI Revision 2.3 implementation.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-10: PC/104-Plus Connector 2.6.6 Intel® ICH7-M Real Time Clock 256 bytes of battery backed RAM is provided by the Motorola MC146818A real time clock (RTC) integrated into the ICH6. The RTC operates on a 3V battery and 32.768KHz crystal. The RTC keeps track of the time and stores system data even when the system is turned off. 2.6.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-11: SATA Connectors SATA controller specifications are listed below. Supports two SATA drives Supports 3Gbps data transfer speeds Supports Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a 2.6.8 Intel® ICH7-M USB Controller Up to six high-speed, full-speed or low-speed USB devices are supported by the ICH7-M on the NANO-9453. High-speed USB 2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-12: USB Connectors 2.7 PCIe Bus Components 2.7.1 PCIe Bus Overview The PCIe bus is connected to components listed below: Two PCIe GbE Broadcom LAN chipsets One Mini PCIe socket 2.7.2 Broadcom PCI Express GbE interface The BCM5787M Broadcom PCI Express (PCIe) GbE controller is a 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet LAN controller. The BCM5787M combines a triple-speed IEEE 802.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard clause 30) Serial EEPROM or serial flash support JTAG support The PCIe GbE controllers are shown below. Figure 2-13: PCIe GbE Controllers 2.7.3 Mini PCIe The Mini PCIe socket supports Mini PCIe cards that are compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a. The Mini PCIe cards are easily installed into the socket. Mini PCIe cards are 30mm wide, 50.95mm long and 5mm high and come with a single 52-pin edge connector.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-14: Mini PCIe Socket 2.8 LPC Bus Components 2.8.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-15: Serial Port Chipset (Under the CF Card Socket) 2.8.2 BIOS Chipset The BIOS chipset has a licensed copy of AMI BIOS installed on the chipset.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard SMIBIOS (DMI) compliant Console redirection function support PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) support USB booting support 2.8.3 Super I/O chipset The iTE IT8712F Super I/O chipset is connected to the ICH6 Southbridge through the LPC bus. The iTE IT8712F is an LPC interface-based Super I/O device that comes with Environment Controller integration.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.8.3.2 Super I/O 16C550 UARTs The onboard Super I/O has two integrated 16C550 UARTs that can support the following: Two standard serial ports (COM1 and COM2) IrDa 1.0 and ASKIR protocols Another two chipsets connected to the LPC bus provided connectivity to another two serial port connectors (COM3 and COM4). 2.8.3.3 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor The Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitors three thermal inputs, VBAT internally, and eight voltage monitor inputs.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.8.3.6 Super I/O Keyboard Controller The Super I/O keyboard controller can execute the 8042 instruction set. Some of the keyboard controller features are listed below: The 8042 instruction is compatible with a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse Gate A20 and Keyboard reset output Supports multiple keyboard power on events Supports mouse double-click and/or mouse move power on events 2.8.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Eight voltage inputs on the NANO-9453 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following voltages: Vcore +2.5V +3.3V +5.0V +12.0V DDR Vtt +1.5V 5VSB The NANO-9453 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor also monitors the following voltages internally: VBAT The NANO-9453 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor also monitors the following fan speeds: CPU Fan speed The values for the above environmental parameters are all recorded in the BIOS Hardware Health Configuration menu. 2.9.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2.9.3 Power Consumption Table 2-5 shows the power consumption parameters for the NANO-9453 running a 2.16 GHz Intel® Core™2 Duo mobile processor with 1GB of 533 MHz DDR2 memory. Voltage Current +12 V 3.29 A 5 VSB 0.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 3.1 Anti-static Precautions WARNING: Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the NANO-9453 may result in permanent damage to the NANO-9453 and severe injury to the user. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components, including the NANO-9453. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 3.3 Unpacking Checklist NOTE: If some of the components listed in the checklist below are missing, please do not proceed with the installation. Contact the IEI reseller or vendor you purchased the NANO-9453 from or contact an IEI sales representative directly. To contact an IEI sales representative, please send an email to sales@iei.com.tw. 3.3.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 SATA cables (P/N: 32000-062800-RS) 1 SATA power cable (P/N: 32100-088600-RS) 1 Power cable (P/N: 32100-087100-RS) 1 Mini jumper Pack 1 Quick Installation Guide 1 Utility CD Table 3-1: Package List Contents Page 38
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 3.3.2 Optional Items NOTE: The items listed in this section are optional items that must be ordered separately. Please contact your NANO-9453 vendor, distributor or reseller for more information or, contact iEi directly by sending an email to sales@iei.com.tw. The following optional items are available for the NANO-9453.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Quantity Item and Part Number 1 5.1 Channel audio kit with Realtek ALC655 (P/N: AC-KIT08R) 1 7.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 4.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors Section 4.1.2 shows peripheral interface connector locations. Section 4.1.2 lists all the peripheral interface connectors seen in Section 4.1.2. 4.1.1 NANO-9453 Layout Figure 4-1 shows the on-board peripheral connectors, rear panel peripheral connectors and on-board jumpers.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side) 4.1.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors Table 4-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the NANO-9453. Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found below.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Connector Type Label Front panel connector 8-pin header F_PANEL1 IDE Interface connector 44-pin header IDE1 Infrared connector 5-pin header IR1 Inverter power connector 5-pin header INVERTER1 LVDS connector 30-pin crimp LVDS1 Parallel port connector 26-pin header LPT1 PCI-104 slot 104-pin slot PC104_PLUS1 PCIe Mini Card slot 52-pin slot CN4 Serial ATA (SATA) connector 7-pin SATA connector SATA1 Serial ATA (SATA) connector 7-pin SATA connector SATA2
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Connector Type Label USB port USB port USB_C45 VGA port connectors Female DB-15 VGA1 and VGA2 Table 4-2: Rear Panel Connectors 4.2 Internal Peripheral Connectors Internal peripheral connectors are found on the motherboard and are only accessible when the motherboard is outside of the chassis. This section has complete descriptions of all the internal, peripheral connectors on the NANO-9453. 4.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-3: +12V ATX Power Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 GND 3 +12V 4 +12V Table 4-3: +12V ATX Power Connector Pinouts 4.2.2 +5V ATX Power Supply Connector CN Label: CN3 CN Type: 2-pin Wafer (1 x 2) CN Location: See Figure 4-4 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-4 The 2-pin +5V ATX power supply connector is connected to a +5V ATX power supply.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-4: +5V ATX Power Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 2 GND Table 4-4: +5V ATX Power Connector Pinouts 4.2.3 ATX Power Supply Enable Connector CN Label: ATXCTL1 CN Type: 3-pin wafer (1x3) CN Location: See Figure 4-5 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-5 The ATX power supply enable connector enables the NANO-9453 to be connected to an ATX power supply. In default mode, the NANO-9453 can only us an AT power supply.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-5: ATX Power Supply Enable Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 PS_ON# 3 +5V Standby Table 4-5: ATX Power Supply Enable Connector Pinouts 4.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-6: Audio Connector Pinouts PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 AC97_SYNC 2 AC97_BITCLK 3 AC97_SDOUT 4 AC97_PCBEEP 5 AC97_SDIN 6 AC97_RST# 7 AC97_VCC 8 AC97_GND 9 AC97_12V Table 4-6: Audio Connector Pinouts 4.2.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 4.2.6 Digital Input/Output (DIO) Connector CN Label: DIO1 CN Type: 10-pin header (2x5) CN Location: See Figure 4-8 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-8 The digital input/output connector is managed through a Super I/O chip. The DIO connector pins are user programmable. Figure 4-8: DIO Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard CN Location: See Figure 4-9 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-9 The cooling fan connector provides a 12V, 500mA current to a system cooling fan. The connector has a "rotation" pin to get rotation signals from fans and notify the system so the system BIOS can recognize the fan speed. Please note that only specified fans can issue the rotation signals. Figure 4-9: +12V Fan Connector Location PIN NO.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard CN Type: 12-pin header (2x6) CN Location: See Figure 4-10 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-10 The front panel connector connects to external switches and indicators to monitor and controls the motherboard.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 4.2.9 IDE Connector(44-pin) CN Label: IDE1 CN Type: 44-pin header (2x22) CN Location: See Figure 4-11 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-11 One 44-pin IDE device connector on the NANO-9453 supports connectivity to two hard disk drives. Figure 4-11: Secondary IDE Device Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 1 RESET# 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 GROUND 20 N/C 21 IDE DRQ 22 GROUND 23 IOW# 24 GROUND 25 IOR# 26 GROUND 27 IDE CHRDY 28 GROUND 29 IDE DACK 30 GROUND–DEFAULT 31 INTERRUPT 32 N/C 33 SA1 34 N/C 35 SA0 36 SA2 37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1# 39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND 41
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard The infrared interface connector supports both Serial Infrared (SIR) and Amplitude Shift Key Infrared (ASKIR) interfaces. Figure 4-12: Infrared Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 2 NC 3 IR-RX 4 GND 5 IR-TX Table 4-12: Infrared Connector Pinouts 4.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-13: LVDS LCD Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 23 N/C 24 N/C 25 GROUND 26 GROUND 27 VCC_LVDS 28 VCC_LVDS 29 VCC_LVDS 30 VCC_LVDS Table 4-13: LVDS LCD Port Connector Pinouts 4.2.12 Mini PCIe Socket CN Label: CN4 CN Type: 26-pin box header CN Location: See CN Pinouts: See The 52-pin mini PCIe socket supports the latest PCIe extension cards such as wireless LAN cards and other compatible devices.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-14: Mini PCIe Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 PCIE_WAKE# 2 VCC3 3 N/C 4 GND 5 N/C 6 1.5V 7 CLKREQ# 8 LFRAME# 9 GND 10 LAD3 11 CLK- 12 LAD2 13 CLK+ 14 LAD1 15 GND 16 LAD0 17 PCIRST# 18 GND 19 LPC 20 VCC3 21 GND 22 PCIRST# 23 PERN2 24 3VDual 25 PERP2 26 GND 27 GND 28 1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 33 PETP2 34 GND 35 GND 36 USBD- 37 N/C 38 USBD+ 39 N/C 40 GND 41 N/C 42 N/C 43 N/C 44 RF_LINK# 45 N/C 46 BLUELED# 47 N/C 48 1.5V 49 N/C 50 GND 51 N/C 52 VCC3 Table 4-14: Mini PCIe Socket Pinouts 4.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-15: Parallel Port Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 STROBE# 2 DATA 0 3 DATA 1 4 DATA 2 5 DATA 3 6 DATA 4 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 6 9 DATA 7 10 ACKNOWLEDGE 11 BUSY 12 PAPER EMPTY 13 PRINTER SELECT 14 AUTO FORM FEED # 15 ERROR# 16 INITIALIZE 17 PRINTER SELECT LN# 18 GROUND 19 GROUND 20 GROUND 21 GROUND 22 GROUND 23 GROUND 24 GROUND 25 GROUND 26 NC Table 4-15: Parallel Port Connector Pinouts 4.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard CN Pinouts: See Table 4-16 The PCI-104 slot enables a PCI-104 compatible expansion module to be connected to the board.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-16: PCI-104 Slot Location Pin No. Column A Column B Column C Column D 1 GND/5V TBD1 5V AD00 2 VI/O1 AD02 AD01 +5V 3 AD05 GND AD04 AD03 4 C/BE0# AD07 GND AD06 5 GND AD09 AD08 GND 6 AD11 VI/O2 AD10 M66EN 7 AD14 AD13 GND AD12 8 +3.3V C/BE1# AD15 +3.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Pin No. Column A Column B Column C Column D 9 SERR# GND SB0# PAR 10 GND PERR# +3.3V SDONE 11 STOP# +3.3V LOCK# GND 12 +3.3V TRDY# GND DEVSEL# 13 FRAME# GND IRDY# +3.3V 14 GND AD16 +3.3V C/BE2# 15 AD18 +3.3V AD17 GND 16 AD21 AD20 GND AD19 17 +3.3V AD23 AD22 +3.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard CN Pinouts: See Table 4-17 The two SATA drive connectors are each connected to a first generation SATA drive. First generation SATA drives transfer data at speeds as high as 150Mb/s. Figure 4-17: SATA Drive Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 TX+ 3 TX- 4 GND 5 RX- 6 RX+ 7 GND Table 4-17: SATA Drive Connector Pinouts 4.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard CN Pinouts: See Table 4-18 The 4-pin serial port connector supports RS-422 or RS-485 serial port. Figure 4-18: RS-422/485 Serial Port Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 TXD485# 2 TXD485+ 3 RXD485+ 4 RXD485# Table 4-18: RS-422/RS-485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts 4.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard COM 1 is located on pin 1 to pin 10 COM 2 is located on pin 11 to pin 20 COM 3 is located on pin 21 to pin 30 COM 4 is located on pin 31 to pin 40 Figure 4-19: 4-port Serial Port Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 33 RECEIVE DATA (RXD4) 34 REQUEST TO SEND (RTS4) 35 TRANSMIT DATA (TXD4) 36 CLEAR TO SEND (CTS4) 37 DATA TERMINAL READY (DTR4) 38 RING INDICATOR (RI4) 39 GND GND 40 Table 4-19: 4-Port Serial Port Connector 4.2.18 USB Connectors (Internal) CN Label: USB01 and USB23 CN Type: 8-pin header (2x4) CN Location: See Figure 4-20 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-20 The 2x4 USB pin connectors each provide connectivity to two USB 1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-20: USB Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 2 GND 3 DATA- 4 DATA+ 5 DATA+ 6 DATA- 7 GND 8 VCC Table 4-20: USB Port Connector Pinouts 4.3 External Peripheral Interface Connector Panel Figure 4-21 shows the NANO-9453 rear panel. The NANO-9453 rear panel consists of two RJ-45 Ethernet connectors, a PS/2 keyboard connector a USB port and a VGA connector.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 4.3.1 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN Label: KB_MS1 CN Type: Mini-DIN 6 PS/2 CN Location: See Figure 4-21 CN Pinouts: See Figure 4-22 and Table 4-21 The NANO-9453 CPU card has a mini-DIN 6 PS/2 connector on the mounting bracket for easy connection to a PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse. The card comes with a cable to convert the mini-DIN 6 PS/2 into two mini-DIN 6 PS/2 connectors for keyboard and mouse connection.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 4.3.2 LAN Connectors CN Label: LAN1 and LAN2 CN Type: RJ-45 CN Location: See Figure 4-21 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-22 The NANO-9453 is equipped with two built-in GbE Ethernet controllers. The controllers can connect to the LAN through two RJ-45 LAN connectors. There are two LEDs on the connector indicating the status of LAN.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard STATUS DESCRIPTION STATUS DESCRIPTION GREEN Activity YELLOW Linked Table 4-23: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector LEDs 4.3.3 USB Connector CN Label: USB_C45 CN Type: USB port CN Location: See Figure 4-21 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-24 The NANO-9453 has a one external USB 2.0 port. The port connects to both USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-24: VGA Connector PIN DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 NC 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 VCC / NC 10 GND 11 NC 12 DDC DAT 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDCCLK Table 4-25: VGA Connector Pinouts Page 74
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.1 Anti-static Precautions WARNING: Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the NANO-9453 may result in permanent damage to the NANO-9453 and severe injury to the user. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components, including the NANO-9453. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.2 Installation Considerations NOTE: The following installation notices and installation considerations should be read and understood before the NANO-9453 is installed. All installation notices pertaining to the installation of the NANO-9453 should be strictly adhered to. Failing to adhere to these precautions may lead to severe damage of the NANO-9453 and injury to the person installing the motherboard. 5.2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard o When working with the NANO-9453, make sure that it is disconnected from all power supplies and that no electricity is being fed into the system. Before and during the installation of the NANO-9453 DO NOT: Remove any of the stickers on the PCB board. These stickers are required for warranty validation. Use the product before verifying all the cables and power connectors are properly connected.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard o o o Keyboard Mouse RS-232 serial communications device 5.3 CPU, CPU Cooling Kit and DIMM Installation WARNING: A CPU should never be turned on without the specified cooling kit being installed. If the cooling kit (heat sink and fan) is not properly installed and the system turned on, permanent damage to the CPU, NANO-9453 and other electronic components attached to the system may be incurred. Running a CPU without a cooling kit may also result in injury to the user.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard WARNING: When handling the CPU, only hold it on the sides. DO NOT touch the pins at the bottom of the CPU. Step 1: Unlock the CPU retention screw. When shipped, the retention screw of the CPU socket should be in the unlocked position. If it is not in the unlocked position, use a screwdriver to unlock the screw. See Figure 5-1. Figure 5-1: Make sure the CPU socket retention screw is unlocked Step 2: Inspect the CPU socket.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 5: Align the CPU pins. Carefully align the CPU pins with the holes in the CPU socket. Step 6: Insert the CPU. Gently insert the CPU into the socket. If the CPU pins are properly aligned, the CPU should slide into the CPU socket smoothly. Step 7: Lock the retention screw. Rotate the retention screw into the locked position. See Figure 5-2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.3.2 Cooling Kit CF-479B-RS Installation Figure 5-3: IEI CF-479B-RS Cooling Kit An IEI Socket M CPU cooling kit can be purchased separately. The cooling kit comprises a CPU heat sink and a cooling fan. WARNING: Do not wipe off (accidentally or otherwise) the pre-sprayed layer of thermal paste on the bottom of the CF-479B-RS heat sink. The thermal paste between the CPU and the heat sink is important for optimum heat dissipation.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-4: Cooling Kit Support Bracket Step 4: Tighten the screws. Use a screwdriver to tighten the four screws. Tighten each nut a few turns at a time and do not over-tighten the screws. Step 5: Connect the fan cable. Connect the cooling kit fan cable to the fan connector on the motherboard. Carefully route the cable and avoid heat generating chips and fan blades. See Figure 5-5.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.3.3 SO-DIMM Installation WARNING: Using incorrectly specified SO-DIMM may cause permanently damage the NANO-9453. Please make sure the purchased SO-DIMM complies with the memory specifications of the NANO-9453. SO-DIMM specifications compliant with the NANO-9453 are listed in Chapter 2. To install a SO-DIMM into a SO-DIMM socket, please follow the steps below and refer Figure 5-6. Figure 5-6: SO-DIMM Installation Step 1: Locate the SO-DIMM socket.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 4: Open the SO-DIMM socket arms. Gently pull the arms of the SO-DIMM socket out and push the rear of the SO-DIMM down. (See Figure 5-6) Step 5: Secure the SO-DIMM. Release the arms on the SO-DIMM socket. They clip into place and secure the SO-DIMM in the socket.Step 0: 5.3.4 CF Card Installation Note: The NANO-9453 can support both CF Type I cards and CF Type II cards. For the complete specifications of the supported CF cards please refer to Chapter 2.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.4 Jumper Settings NOTE: A jumper is a metal bridge used to close an electrical circuit. It consists of two or three metal pins and a small metal clip (often protected by a plastic cover) that slides over the pins to connect them. To CLOSE/SHORT a jumper means connecting the pins of the jumper with the plastic clip and to OPEN a jumper means removing the Figure 5-8: Jumper Locations plastic clip from a jumper.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.4.1 CF Card Setup Jumper Label: JCF1 Jumper Type: 2-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-2 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-9 The CF Card Setup jumper sets the CF Type I card or CF Type II cards as either the slave device or the master device. CF Card Setup jumper settings are shown in Table 5-2. CF Card Setup Description Open Slave Short Master Default Table 5-2: CF Card Setup Jumper Settings The CF Card Setup jumper location is shown in Figure 5-9.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.4.2 Clear CMOS Jumper Jumper Label: J_CMOS1 Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-3 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-10 If the NANO-9453 fails to boot due to improper BIOS settings, the clear CMOS jumper clears the CMOS data and resets the system BIOS information. To do this, use the jumper cap to close pins 2 and 3 for a few seconds then reinstall the jumper clip back to pins 1 and 2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-10: Clear CMOS Jumper 5.4.3 COM 2 Function Select Jumper Jumper Label: JP1 Jumper Type: 6-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-4 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-11 The COM 2 Function Select jumper sets the communication protocol used by the second serial communications port (COM 2) as RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485. The COM 2 Function Select settings are shown in Figure 5-11.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-11: COM 2 Function Select Jumper Location 5.4.4 LVDS Voltage Selection WARNING: Permanent damage to the screen and NANO-9453 may occur if the wrong voltage is selected with this jumper. Please refer to the user guide that cam with the monitor to select the correct voltage. Jumper Label: J_VLVDS1 Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-5 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-12 The LVDS Voltage Selection jumper allows the LVDS screen voltage to be set.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard The LVDS Voltage Selection jumper location is shown in Figure 5-12. Figure 5-12: LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Pinout Locations 5.4.5 PCI-104 VIO Selector Jumper Jumper Label: JP2 Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-6 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-13 The PCI-104 VIO Selector jumper allows the PCI-104 voltage to be set. The PCI-104 VIO Selector jumper settings are shown in Table 5-5.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-13: PCI-104 VIO Selector Jumper Pinout Locations 5.4.6 PCI-104 SERIRQ# Support Jumper Jumper Label: JP3 Jumper Type: 2-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-7 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-14 The PCI-104 SERIRQ# Support jumper enables or disable SERIRQ# on the PCI-104. The PCI-104 SERIRQ# Support jumper settings are shown in Table 5-5.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-14: PCI-104 SERIRQ# Support Jumper Pinout Locations 5.5 Chassis Installation 5.5.1 Airflow WARNING: Airflow is critical to the cooling of the CPU and other onboard components. The chassis in which the NANO-9453 must have air vents to allow cool air to move into the system and hot air to move out. The NANO-9453 must be installed in a chassis with ventilation holes on the sides allowing airflow to travel through the heat sink surface.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Note: IEI has a wide range of backplanes available. Please contact your NANO-9453 vendor, reseller or an IEI sales representative at sales@iei.com.tw or visit the IEI website (http://www.ieiworld.com.tw) to find out more about the available chassis. 5.5.2 Motherboard Installation To install the NANO-9453 motherboard into the chassis please refer to the reference material that came with the chassis. 5.6 Internal Peripheral Device Connections 5.6.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.6.2 IDE Cable Connection The IDE flat cable connects to the NANO-9453 to one or two IDE devices. To connect an IDE HDD to the NANO-9453 please follow the instructions below. Step 1: Locate the IDE connector. The location/s of the IDE device connector/s is/are shown in Chapter 3. Step 2: Insert the connector. Connect the IDE cable connector to the onboard connector. See Figure 5-15. A key on the front of the cable connector ensures it can only be inserted in one direction.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.6.3 5.1 Channel Audio Kit Installation NOTE: This is an optional item that must be ordered separately. For further information please contact the nearest NANO-9453 distributor, reseller or vendor or contact an iEi sales representative directly. Send any queries to sales@iei.com.tw. The optional 5.1 channel audio kit connects to the 10-pin audio connector on the NANO-9453. The audio kit consists of three audio jacks. One audio jack, Mic In, connects to a microphone.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-16: 5.1 Channel Audio Kit Step 4: Mount the audio kit onto the chassis. Once the audio kit is connected to the NANO-9453, secure the audio kit bracket to the system chassis. Step 5: Connect the audio devices. Connect one speaker to the line-in audio jack, one speaker to the line-out audio jack and a microphone to the mic-in audio jack. Step 6: Install the driver. If the 5.1 channel audio kit is used, the ALC655 Realtek codec driver must be installed.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 5.6.4 7.1 Channel Audio Kit Installation NOTE: This is an optional item that must be ordered separately. For further information please contact the nearest NANO-9453 distributor, reseller or vendor or contact an iEi sales representative directly. Send any queries to sales@iei.com.tw. The optional 7.1 channel audio kit connects to the 10-pin audio connector on the NANO-9453. The audio kit consists of five audio jacks. One audio jack, Mic In, connects to a microphone.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-17: 5.1 Channel Audio Kit Step 4: Mount the audio kit onto the chassis. Once the audio kit is connected to the NANO-9453, secure the audio kit bracket to the system chassis. Step 5: Connect the audio devices. Connect one speaker to the line-in audio jack, one speaker to the line-out audio jack and a microphone to the mic-in audio jack. Step 6: Install the driver. If the 5.1 channel audio kit is used, the ALC655 Realtek codec driver must be installed.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard in Chapter 3. Step 2: Insert the cable connector. Press the clip on the connector at the end of the SATA cable and insert the cable connector into the onboard SATA drive connector. See Figure 5-18. Figure 5-18: SATA Drive Cable Connection Step 3: Connect the cable to the SATA disk. Connect the connector on the other end of the cable to the connector at the back of the SATA drive. See Figure 5-19. Step 4: Connect the SATA power cable.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-19: SATA Power Drive Connection 5.6.6 Serial Port Connector Cable (Four Ports) Cable Connection The NANO-9453 is shipped with one four serial port connector cable. The four serial port connector cable connects four serial port connectors on the cable to the 40-pin serial port connectors on the NANO-9453. To connect the four serial port connector cable please follow the steps below. Step 1: Locate the serial port connector.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-20: Four Serial Port Connector Cable Connection Step 4: Attach DB-9 serial port connectors to the chassis. The four DB-9 serial port connectors can be inserted into four preformed holes in the chassis. Once, inserted the DB-9 connectors should be secured to the chassis with the retention screws.Step 0: 5.6.7 USB Cable (Dual Port) The NANO-9453 is shipped with a dual port USB 2.0 cable. To connect the USB cable connector, please follow the steps below.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 3: Insert the cable connectors. Once the cable connectors are properly aligned with the USB connectors on the NANO-9453, connect the cable connectors to the onboard connectors. See Figure 5-21. Figure 5-21: Dual USB Cable Connection Step 4: Attach the bracket to the chassis. The USB 2.0 connectors are attached to a bracket. To secure the bracket to the chassis please refer to the installation instructions that came with the chassis.Step 0: 5.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard To install these devices, connect the corresponding cable connector from the actual device to the corresponding NANO-9453 external peripheral interface connector making sure the pins are properly aligned. 5.7.1 VGA Monitor Connection The NANO-9453 has a single female DB-15 connector on the external peripheral interface panel. The DB-15 connector is connected to a CRT or VGA monitor. To connect a monitor to the NANO-9453, please follow the instructions below.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard monitor to the external interface by tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector. Step 0: 5.7.2 PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connection The NANO-9453 has a single PS/2 connector on the external peripheral interface panel. The PS/2 connector is connected to a keyboard and a mouse through the keyboard and mouse cable that was shipped with the system. To connect a keyboard and mouse to the NANO-9453, please follow the instructions below.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard respective PS/2 connector on the keyboard and mouse cable. Step 0: CAUTION: The keyboard and mouse cable has a specific connector for the mouse and a specific connector for the keyboard. The cable is marked. Please make sure the devices are connected to the correct connector. 5.7.3 RJ-45 Ethernet Connection The NANO-9453 has two RJ-45 Ethernet connectors on the external peripheral interface panel for LAN communications.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-24: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector 5.7.4 USB Connection The external USB Series "A" receptacle connectors provide easier and quicker access to external USB devices. Follow the steps below to connect USB devices to the NANO-9453. Step 1: Locate the USB Series "A" receptacle connectors. The location of the USB Series "A" receptacle connectors are shown in Chapter 3. Step 2: Insert a USB Series "A" plug.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 6.1 Introduction A licensed copy of AMI BIOS is preprogrammed into the ROM BIOS. The BIOS setup program allows users to modify the basic system configuration. This chapter describes how to access the BIOS setup program and the configuration options that may be changed. 6.1.1 Starting Setup The AMI BIOS is activated when the computer is turned on. The setup program can be activated in one of two ways. 1. Press the DELETE key as soon as the system is turned on or 2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Key Function F1 key General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu F2 /F3 key Change color from total 16 colors. F2 to select color forward. F10 key Save all the CMOS changes, only for Main Menu Table 6-1: BIOS Navigation Keys 6.1.3 Getting Help When F1 is pressed a small help window describing the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item appears. To exit the Help Window press ESC or the F1 key again. 6.1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 6.2 Main The Main BIOS menu (BIOS Menu 1) appears when the BIOS Setup program is entered. The Main menu gives an overview of the basic system information. BIOS Menu 1: Main System Overview The System Overview lists a brief summary of different system components. The fields in System Overview cannot be changed.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard o o Speed: Lists the processor speed Count: The number of CPUs on the motherboard System Memory: Displays the auto-detected system memory. o Size: Lists memory size The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields: System Time [xx:xx:xx] Use the System Time option to set the system time. Manually enter the hours, minutes and seconds. System Date [xx/xx/xx] Use the System Date option to set the system date. Manually enter the day, month and year. 6.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard MPS Configuration (see Section 6.3.6) Remote Access Configuration (see Section 6.3.8) USB Configuration (see Section 6.3.8) BIOS Menu 2: Advanced 6.3.1 CPU Configuration Use the CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) to view detailed CPU specifications and configure the CPU.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration The CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) lists the following CPU details: Manufacturer: Lists the name of the CPU manufacturer Brand String: Lists the brand name of the CPU being used Frequency: Lists the CPU processing speed FSB Speed: Lists the FSB speed Cache L1: Lists the CPU L1 cache size Cache L2: Lists the CPU L2 cache size The following CPU Configuration menu items can be configured. Intel ® SpeedStep ™ tech.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 6.3.2 IDE Configuration Use the IDE Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 4) to change and/or set the configuration of the IDE devices installed in the system. BIOS Menu 4: IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configurations [Compatible] Disables the on-board ATA/IDE controller. Disabled Compatible DEFAULT Configures the on-board ATA/IDE controller to be in compatible mode. In this mode, a SATA channel will replace one of the IDE channels. This mode supports up to 4 storage devices.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard channels are separated. This mode supports up to 6 storage devices. Some legacy OS do not support this mode. Legacy IDE Channels [SATA Pri, PATA Sec] Enables SATA channels only. SATA Only SATA Pri., PATA Sec DEFAULT PATA Only Puts SATA channels before PATA channels. Enables PATA channels only. IDE Master and IDE Slave When entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices. BIOS displays the status of the auto detected IDE devices.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 5: IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration Auto-Detected Drive Parameters The “grayed-out” items in the left frame are IDE disk drive parameters automatically detected from the firmware of the selected IDE disk drive. The drive parameters are listed as follows: Device: Lists the device type (e.g. hard disk, CD-ROM etc.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard S.M.A.R.T.: Indicates whether or not the Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology protocol is supported. 32Bit Data Transfer: Enables 32-bit data transfer. Type [Auto] Use the Type BIOS option select the type of device the AMIBIOS attempts to boot from after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) is complete. BIOS is prevented from searching for an IDE disk Not Installed drive on the specified channel.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS is prevented from using the LBA mode control on Disabled the specified channel. Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the LBA mode control on the specified channel. Block (Multi Sector Transfer) [Auto] Use the Block (Multi Sector Transfer) to disable or enable BIOS to auto detect if the device supports multi-sector transfers. BIOS is prevented from using Multi-Sector Transfer on the Disabled specified channel. The data to and from the device occurs one sector at a time.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16.6MBps 4 (This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999. For other disk drives, such as IDE CD-ROM drives, check the specifications of the drive.) DMA Mode [Auto] Use the DMA Mode BIOS selection to adjust the DMA mode options. Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the DMA mode. Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Ultra DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer UDMA2 rate of 33.3MBps Ultra DMA mode 3 selected with a maximum data transfer UDMA3 rate of 44MBps (To use this mode, it is required that an 80-conductor ATA cable is used.) Ultra DMA mode 4 selected with a maximum data transfer UDMA4 rate of 66.6MBps (To use this mode, it is required that an 80-conductor ATA cable is used.) Ultra DMA mode 5 selected with a maximum data transfer UDMA5 rate of 99.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 6.3.3 Super IO Configuration Use the Super IO Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 6) to set or change the configurations for the FDD controllers, parallel ports and serial ports. BIOS Menu 6: Super IO Configuration Serial Port1 Address [3F8] Use the Serial Port1 Address option to select the Serial Port 1 base address.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Serial Port1 Mode [Normal] Use the Serial Port1 Mode option to select the transmitting and receiving mode for the first serial port. Normal DEFAULT Serial Port 1 mode is normal Serial Port 1 mode is ASK IR ASK IR Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] Use the Serial Port2 Address option to select the Serial Port 2 base address.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Disabled DEFAULT No base address is assigned to the Parallel Port 378 Parallel Port I/O port address is 378 278 Parallel Port I/O port address is 278 3BC Parallel Port I/O port address is 3BC Parallel Port Mode [Normal] Use the Parallel Port Mode option to select the mode the parallel port operates in. Normal DEFAULT The normal parallel port mode is the standard mode for parallel port operation. Bi-directional Parallel port outputs are 8-bits long.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] Use the Parallel Port IRQ option to set the parallel port interrupt address.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 4 3F8 Serial port 3 I/O port address is 3F8 2F8 Serial port 3 I/O port address is 2F8 3E8 Serial port 3 I/O port address is 3E8 2E8 DEFAULT Serial port 3 I/O port address is 2E8 2F0 Serial port 3 I/O port address is 2F0 2E0 Serial port 3 I/O port address is 2E0 Serial Port4 IRQ [10] Use the Serial Port4 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 4.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 7: Hardware Health Configuration CPU FAN Mode Setting [Full On Mode] Use the CPU FAN Mode Setting option to configure the second fan. Full On Mode DEFAULT Automatic mode Fan is on all the time Fan is off when the temperature is low enough. Parameters must be set by the user. PWM Manual mode Pulse width modulation set manually When the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is in the Automatic Mode, the following parameters can be set. CPU Temp.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard CPU Temp. Limit of Start CPU Temp. Limit of Full CPU Fan Start PWM Slope PWM 1 When the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is in the PWM Manual Mode, the following parameters can be set. CPU Fan PWM control CPU Temp. Limit of OFF [000] WARNING: Setting this value too high may cause the fan to stop when the CPU is at a high temperature and therefore cause the system to be damaged. The CPU Temp.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard damaged. The CPU Temp. Limit of Start option can only be set if the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is set to Automatic Mode. Use the CPU Temp. Limit of Start option to select the CPU temperature at which the cooling fan should automatically turn on. When the fan starts, it rotates using the starting pulse width modulation (PWM) specified in the Fan 3 Start PWM option below. To select a value, select the CPU Temp. Limit of Start option and enter a decimal number between 000 and 127.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard CPU Fan Start PWM [070] The CPU Fan Start PWM option can only be set if the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is set to Automatic Mode. Use the CPU Fan Start PWM option to select the PWM mode the fan starts to rotate with after the temperature specified in the CPU Temp. Limit of Start is exceeded. The Super I/O chipset supports 128 PWM modes. To select a value, select the CPU Fan Start PWM option and enter a decimal number between 000 and 127. The temperature range is specified below.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Fan Speed Monitoring: The following system fan speeds are monitored: o System FAN Speed Voltage Monitoring: The following system voltages are monitored: o o o o o o o o o CPU cCore +1.8V +3.30V +5.00V +12.0V 0.9V 1.5V 5VSB VBAT 6.3.5 ACPI Configuration The ACPI Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 8) configures the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and Power Management (APM) options.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 8: ACPI Configuration ACPI Aware O/S [Yes] Use the ACPI Aware O/S option to enable the system to configure ACPI power saving options. ACPI can only be implemented if the system OS complies with the ACPI standard. Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP all comply with ACPI. Disables the ACPI support for the OS. This selection should No be disabled if the OS does not support ACPI Yes DEFAULT Enables the ACPI support for the operating system.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 9: General ACPI Configuration [Advanced\ ACPI Configuration] Suspend Mode [Auto] Use the Suspend Mode option to specify the sleep state the system enters when it is not being used. The system enters S1(POS) sleep state. The system S1 (POS) appears off. The CPU is stopped; RAM is refreshed; the system is running in a low power mode. The system enters a S3(STR) sleep state.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] Use the Repost Video on S3 Resume to determine whether the VGA BIOS post will be invoked after the system is roused from an S3 (STR) suspend state. No DEFAULT Yes The VGA BIOS post is not invoked The VGA BIOS post is invoked 6.3.6 APM Configuration The APM Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 10) allows the advanced power management options to be configured.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Power Management/APM [Enabled] Use the Power Management/APM BIOS option to enable access to the advanced power management features. If this option is disabled, the only other option on the screen is the Power Button Mode.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Resume on Ring [Disabled] Use the Resume on Ring BIOS option to enable activity on the RI (ring in) modem line to rouse the system from a suspend or standby state. That is, the system will be roused by an incoming call on a modem.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard from a suspend state when the alarm goes off. Power Supply Mode [ATX] Use the Power Supply Mode BIOS option to select the power supply that is connected to the system. An AT power supply is connected to the system AT ATX DEFAULT An ATX power supply is connected to the system 6.3.7 MPS Configuration Use the MPS Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 11) to select `he multi-processor table.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard MPS Revision [1.4] Use the Multiprocessor Specification (MPS) for OS option to specify the MPS version to be used. MPS version 1.1 is used 1.1 1.4 DEFAULT MPS version 1.4 is used 6.3.8 Remote Access Configuration Use the Remote Access Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 12) to configure remote access parameters. The Remote Access Configuration is an AMIBIOS feature and allows a remote host running a terminal program to display and configure the BIOS settings.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 12: Remote Access Configuration [Advanced] Remote Access [Disabled] Use the Remote Access option to enable or disable access to the remote functionalities of the system. Disabled DEFAULT Remote access is disabled. Remote access configuration options shown below Enabled appear: Serial Port Number Serial Port Mode Flow Control Redirection after BIOS POST Terminal Type VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support These configuration options are discussed below.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard NOTE: Make sure the selected COM port is enabled through the Super I/O configuration menu. Base Address, IRQ [3E8h,4] The Base Address, IRQ option cannot be configured and only shows the interrupt address of the serial port listed above. Serial Port Mode [115200 8,n,1] Use the Serial Port Mode option to select baud rate through which the console redirection is made.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Redirection After BIOS POST [Always] Use the Redirection After BIOS POST option to specify when console redirection should occur. Disabled The console is not redirected after POST Boot Loader Redirection is active during POST and during Boot Loader Always DEFAULT Redirection is always active (Some OSes may not work if set to Always) Terminal Type [ANSI] Use the Terminal Type BIOS option to specify the remote terminal type.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Sredir Memory Display Delay [Disabled] Use the Sredir Memory Display Delay option to select the delay before memory information is displayed. Configuration options are listed below No Delay DEFAULT Delay 1 sec Delay 2 sec Delay 4 sec 6.3.9 USB Configuration Use the USB Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 13) to read USB configuration information and configure the USB settings.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Use the USB Function BIOS option to enable or disable a specified number of USB ports. If only two USB ports are being used, disabling the remaining six USB frees up system resources that can be redirected elsewehere. Disabled USB function support disabled 2 USB Ports Two USB ports are enabled 4 USB Ports Four USB ports are enabled 6 USB Ports DEFAULT Six USB ports are enabled USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] Use the USB 2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Use the USB2.0 Controller Mode option to set the speed of the USB2.0 controller. The controller is capable of operating at 12Mb/s FullSpeed HiSpeed DEFAULT The controller is capable of operating at 480Mb/s BIOS EHCI Handoff [Enabled] Use the BIOS EHCI Handoff option for systems running OSes that do not have EHCI hand-off support. The EHCI ownership change is managed by the EHCI driver.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 14: USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Device ## The Device## field lists the USB devices that are connected to the system. Emulation Type [Auto] Use the Emulation Type BIOS option to specify the type of emulation BIOS has to provide for the USB device. NOTE: Please note that the device’s formatted type and the emulation type provided by the BIOS must match for a device to boot properly. If both types do not match then device’s behavior is undefined.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard proper emulation option in BIOS setup. The FORMAT utility provided by Microsoft® MS-DOS®, Microsoft® Windows® 95, and Microsoft® Windows® 98 can be used for this purpose. Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto-detects the current USB. The USB device will be emulated as a floppy drive. Floppy The device can be either A: or B: responding to INT13h calls that return DL = 0 or DL = 1 respectively. Forced FDD Allows a hard disk image to be connected as a floppy image.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard menu may cause the system to malfunction.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 15: PCI/PnP Configuration Clear NVRAM [No] Use the Clear NVRAM option to specify if the NVRAM (Non-Volatile RAM) is cleared when the power is turned off. No DEFAULT System does not clear NVRAM during system boot System clears NVRAM during system boot Yes Plug & Play O/S [No] Use the Plug & Play O/S BIOS option to specify whether system plug and play devices are configured by the operating system or the BIOS.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 192 224 248 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Use the Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA option to restrict the system from giving the VGA adapter card an interrupt address. Yes (Default) No Assigns an IRQ to a PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ Does not assign IRQ to a PCI VGA card even if the card requests an IRQ Palette Snooping [Disabled] Use the Palette Snooping option to enable or disable the palette snooping function.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Enabled DEFAULT IDE controller on the PCI local bus has mastering capabilities OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto] Use the OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card BIOS option to select the OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card. Auto DEFAULT The location of the Off Board PCI IDE adapter card is automatically detected by the AMIBIOS. PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 1 is selected as the location of the OffBoard PCI IDE adapter card. Only select this slot if the adapter card is installed in PCI Slot 1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Use the IRQ# address to specify what IRQs can be assigned to a particular peripheral device. Available DEFAULT The specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI/PnP devices The specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA Reserved devices Available IRQ addresses are: IRQ3 IRQ4 IRQ5 IRQ7 IRQ9 IRQ10 IRQ 11 IRQ 14 IRQ 15 DMA Channel# [Available] Use the DMA Channel# option to assign a specific DMA channel to a particular PCI/PnP device.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard DM Channel 3 DM Channel 5 DM Channel 6 DM Channel 7 Reserved Memory Size [Disabled] Use the Reserved Memory Size BIOS option to specify the amount of memory that should be reserved for legacy ISA devices.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 6.5 Boot Use the Boot menu (BIOS Menu 16) to configure system boot options. BIOS Menu 16: Boot 6.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration Use the Boot Settings Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 16) to configure advanced system boot options.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 17: Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Use the Quick Boot BIOS option to make the computer speed up the boot process. No POST procedures are skipped Disabled Enabled DEFAULT Some POST procedures are skipped to decrease the system boot time Quiet Boot [Disabled] Use the Quiet Boot BIOS option to select the screen display when the system boots.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Use the AddOn ROM Display Mode option to allow add-on ROM (read-only memory) messages to be displayed. Force BIOS DEFAULT The system forces third party BIOS to display during system boot. The system displays normal information during Keep Current system boot. Bootup Num-Lock [On] Use the Bootup Num-Lock BIOS option to specify if the number lock setting must be modified during boot up.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Allows the system to use a PS/2 mouse. Enabled Auto DEFAULT The system auto-adjusts PS/2 mouse support. Giga LAN Boot Support [Disabled] Use the Giga LAN Boot Support option to enable the system to be booted from a remote system. Disabled DEFAULT Cannot be booted from a remote system through the LAN Enabled Can be booted from a remote system through the LAN 6.5.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 6.6 Security Use the Security menu (BIOS Menu 19) to set system and user passwords. BIOS Menu 19: Security Change Supervisor Password Use the Change Supervisor Password to set or change a supervisor password. The default for this option is Not Installed. If a supervisor password must be installed, select this field and enter the password. After the password has been added, Install appears next to Change Supervisor Password.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard password. After the password has been added, Install appears next to Change User Password. 6.7 Chipset Use the Chipset menu (BIOS Menu 20) to access the NorthBridge and SouthBridge configuration menus. WARNING: Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS selections in the Chipset BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 6.7.1 NorthBridge Configuration Use the NorthBridge Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 20) to configure the Northbridge chipset. BIOS Menu 21:NorthBridge Chipset Configuration DRAM Frequency [Auto] Use the DRAM Frequency option to specify the DRAM frequency or allow the system to automatically detect the DRAM frequency.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Sets the DRAM frequency to 667MHz 667MHz Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Use the Configure DRAM Timing by SPD option to determine if the system uses the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) EEPROM to configure the DRAM timing. The SPD EEPROM contains all necessary DIMM specifications including the speed of the individual components such as CAS and bank cycle time as well as valid settings for the module and the manufacturer's code.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 3 nanoseconds DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [6 DRAM Clocks] Use the DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay option to specify the number of clock cycles must elapse between sending a RAS (row address strobe) signal and the CAS (column address strobe) signal. A pause is required between the RAS signal and the CAS signal to ensure the memory is correctly addressed.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard entirely different memory location is requested.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Boots Graphics Adapter [IGD] Use the Boots Graphics Adapter option to select the graphics controller used as the primary boot device. Select either an integrated graphics controller (IGD) or a combination of PCI graphics controller, a PCI express (PEG) controller or an IGD.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 6-1: Video Function Configuration DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode] Use the DVMT Mode Select option to select the Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) operating mode. A fixed portion of graphics memory is reserved as Fixed Mode graphics memory. DVMT Mode DEFAULT Graphics memory is dynamically allocated according to the system and graphics needs. Combo Mode A fixed portion of graphics memory is reserved as graphics memory.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard DVMT/FIXED Memory [128MB] Use the DVMT/FIXED Memory option to specify the maximum amount of memory that can be allocated as graphics memory. This option can only be configured for if DVMT Mode or Fixed Mode is selected in the DVMT Mode Select option. If Combo Mode is selected, the maximum amount of graphics memory is 128MB. Configuration options are listed below.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 1920x1200 (36bits) 1024x768(48bits) 1440x900(36bits) 1440x900(48bits) 1280x800(18bits) 1280x600(18bits) 2048x1536(36bits) 6.7.2 SouthBridge Chipset Configuration The SouthBridge Chipset Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 22) the Southbridge chipset to be configured. BIOS Menu 22:SouthBridge Chipset Configuration Audio Controller [AC`97 Audio] The Audio Controller option allows selection of the audio controller to use.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard DEFAULT HD-Audio The Intel® High Definition Audio controller is enabled AC`97 Audio The on-board AC’97 controller is enabled All Disabled All audio controllers are disabled OnBoard LAN1 [Auto] The OnBoard LAN1 option enables or disables the on-board LAN1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 6.8 Exit Use the Exit menu (BIOS Menu 23) to load default BIOS values, optimal failsafe values and to save configuration changes. BIOS Menu 23:Exit Save Changes and Exit Use the Save Changes and Exit option to save the changes made to the BIOS options and to exit the BIOS configuration setup program. Discard Changes and Exit Use the Discard Changes and Exit option to exit the BIOS configuration setup program without saving the changes made to the system.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Use the Discard Changes option to discard the changes and remain in the BIOS configuration setup program. Load Optimal Defaults Use the Load Optimal Defaults option to load the optimal default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus. F9 key can be used for this operation. Load Failsafe Defaults Use the Load Failsafe Defaults option to load failsafe default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus. F8 key can be used for this operation.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Chapter 7 7 Driver Installation Page 175
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 7.1 Available Software Drivers Note: The content of the CD may vary throughout the life cycle of the product and is subject to change without prior notice. You may visit the IEI website or contact technical support for the latest updates. The following drivers can be installed on the system. Chipset driver VGA driver LAN driver Installation instructions are given below. 7.2 Driver CD Auto-run All the drivers for the NANO-9453 are on the CD that came with the system.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-1: Available Drivers Step 5: Select the driver to install from the list in Figure 7-1. Step 0: 7.3 Chipset Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please follow the steps below: Step 1: Select the INF driver from the list in Figure 7-1. Step 2: A new window opens (Figure 7-2). Figure 7-2: Chipset Driver Installation Program Step 3: Double click the infinst_Autol icon in Figure 7-2.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 4: The welcome screen in Figure 7-3 appears. Figure 7-3: Chipset Driver Installation Welcome Screen Step 5: Click NEXT in Figure 7-3 to continue the installation process. Step 6: The license agreement in Figure 7-4 appears. Figure 7-4: Chipset Driver Installation License Agreement Step 7: Click YES to continue the setup. Step 8: The Readme file in Figure 7-5 appears.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-5: Chipset Driver Readme File Information Step 9: Click NEXT in Figure 7-5 to start the driver installation. Step 10: After the driver installation process is complete, a confirmation screen (Figure 7-6) appears. Step 0: Figure 7-6: Chipset Driver Installation Complete 7.4 Intel Graphics Media Accelerator Driver To install the chipset driver, please follow the steps below: Step 1: Select the VGA driver from the list in Figure 7-1.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-7: Select the Operating System Step 3: Select the operating system from those shown in Figure 7-7. Step 4: A new window appears (Figure 7-8). Figure 7-8: VGA Driver Step 5: Click the installation program icon in Figure 7-8. Step 6: The Readme information file shown in Figure 7-9 appears.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-9: GMA Driver Readme File Step 7: Click NEXT to extract the GMA driver files. See Figure 7-10. Figure 7-10: GMA Driver File Extraction Step 8: The welcome screen shown in Figure 7-11 appears.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-11: GMA Driver Installation Welcome Screen Step 9: To continue the installation process, click NEXT. Step 10: The license agreement in Figure 7-12 appears. Figure 7-12: GMA Driver License Agreement Step 11: Click the YES in Figure 7-12 to continue. Step 12: The installation notice shown in Figure 7-13 appears.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-13: GMA Driver Installing Notice Step 13: A confirmation screen shown in Figure 7-14 appears. Figure 7-14: GMA Driver Installation Complete Step 14: After selecting when to restart the computer in Figure 7-14, click FINISH. Step 0: 7.5 Broadcom LAN Driver (for GbE LAN) Installation To install the Broadcom LAN driver, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Open Windows Control Panel (Figure 7-15).
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-15: Access Windows Control Panel Step 2: Double click the System icon (Figure 7-16). Figure 7-16: Double Click the System Icon Step 3: Double click the Device Manager tab (Figure 7-17).
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-17: Double Click the Device Manager Tab Step 4: A list of system hardware devices appears (Figure 7-18). Figure 7-18: Device Manager List Step 5: Double click the listed device that has question marks next to it. (This means Windows does not recognize the device). Step 6: The Device Driver Wizard appears (Figure 7-19). Click NEXT to continue.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-19: Search for Suitable Driver Step 7: Select “Specify a Location” in the Locate Driver Files window (Figure 7-20). Click NEXT to continue. Figure 7-20: Locate Driver Files Step 8: Select the proper OS folder under the “X:\3-LAN\BROADCOM BCM57xx Drivers” directory (Figure 7-21) in the location browsing window, where “X:\” is the system CD drive.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-21: Location Browsing Window Step 9: Click OK to continue. A driver files location menu window appears. Click NEXT to continue. The driver is installed.Step 0: 7.6 Realtek HD Audio Driver (ALC883) Installation To install the Realtek High Definition (HD) Audio driver, please follow the steps below. 7.6.1 BIOS Setup Step 1: Enter the BIOS setup. To do this, reboot the system and press DEL during POST. Step 2: Go to the Southbridge Configuration menu.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard appears showing the folder contents (Figure 6-26). Figure 7-22: 4-AUDIO\AC-KIT883HD\Windows Folder Step 3: Double-click the WDM_R140 icon to begin the driver installation process. Step 4: Once the WDM_R140 icon is double clicked, the contents of the installation package are extracted. See Figure 7-23.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 5: The Welcome screen appears. Click NEXT. See Figure 7-24. Figure 7-24: HD Audio Driver Setup Welcome Screen Step 6: The driver is automatically installed. Step 7: After the driver installation process is complete, a confirmation screen shown in Figure 7-25 appears.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard computer immediately after the installation is complete or to restart the computer later. For the settings to take effect the computer must be restarted. Once you have decided when to restart the computer, click the “FINISH” button. Step 0: 7.7 Realtek AC`97 Audio Driver (ALC665) Installation To install the Realtek AC `97 audio driver, please follow the steps below. 7.7.1 BIOS Setup Step 1: Enter the BIOS setup. To do this, reboot the system and press DEL during POST.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-26: CD 4-AUDIO\AC-KIT08R\Windows Folder Step 3: Double-click the Setup.exe file to begin the driver installation process. Step 4: Once you double click the Setup icon, the install shield wizard for the audio driver starts. See Figure 7-27. Figure 7-27: AC`97 Audio Driver Install Shield Wizard Starting Step 5: The Realtek Audio Setup prepares the install shield to guide you through the rest of the setup process. See Figure 7-24.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-28: AC`97 Audio Driver Setup Preparation Step 6: After the install shield is prepared, the welcome screen shown in Figure 7-29 appears. To continue the installation process, click the “NEXT” button. The install shield starts to configure the new software as shown in Figure 7-30.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-30: AC`97 Audio Driver Software Configuration Step 7: At this stage the “Digital Signal Not Found” screen appears (Figure 7-31). To continue the installation process, click the “YES” button.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 8: After clicking the “YES” button in Figure 7-31, the installation of the driver begins (Figure 7-32). Figure 7-32: AC`97 Audio Driver Installation Begins Step 9: After the driver installation process is complete, a confirmation screen shown in Figure 7-33 appears.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 10: The confirmation screen shown in Figure 7-33 allows you to restart the computer immediately after the installation is complete or to restart the computer later. For the settings to take effect the computer must be restarted. Once you have decided when to restart the computer, click the “FINISH” button.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix A A BIOS Options Page 197
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard System Overview ...............................................................................................................114 System Time [xx:xx:xx] .....................................................................................................115 System Date [xx/xx/xx] ......................................................................................................115 ATA/IDE Configurations [Compatible] ............................................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard ACPI Aware O/S [Yes] ....................................................................................................... 135 Suspend Mode [Auto]....................................................................................................... 136 Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] ................................................................................... 137 Power Management/APM [Enabled]................................................................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Clear NVRAM [No]............................................................................................................. 151 Plug & Play O/S [No]......................................................................................................... 151 PCI Latency Timer [64] ..................................................................................................... 151 Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes]...................................................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Save Changes and Exit .................................................................................................... 172 Discard Changes and Exit................................................................................................ 172 Discard Changes............................................................................................................... 172 Load Optimal Defaults ................................................................................
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix B B Terminology Page 203
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard AC ’97 Audio Codec 97 (AC’97) refers to a codec standard developed by Intel® in 1997. ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an OS-directed configuration, power management, and thermal management interface. ATA The Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) interface connects storage devices including hard disks and CD-ROM drives to a computer.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard DAC The Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) converts digital signals to analog signals. DDR Double Data Rate refers to a data bus transferring data on both the rising and falling edges of the clock signal. DMA Direct Memory Access (DMA) enables some peripheral devices to bypass the system processor and communicate directly with the system memory.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard ICH The Input/Ouput Controll Hub (ICH) is an Intel® Southbridge chipset. IrDA Infrared Data Association (IrDA) specify infrared data transmission protocols used to enable electronic devices to wirelessly communicate with each other. L1 Cache The Level 1 Cache (L1 Cache) is a small memory cache built into the system processor. L2 Cache The Level 2 Cache (L2 Cache) is an external processor memory cache.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard automatic status checking technology implemented on hard disk drives. UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver-transmitter (UART) is responsible for asynchronous communications on the system and manages the system’s serial communication (COM) ports. UHCI The Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI) specification is a register-level interface description for USB 1.1 Host Controllers. USB The Universal Serial Bus (USB) is an external bus standard for interfacing devices. USB 1.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix C C DIO Interface Page 209
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard C.1 DIO Interface Introduction The DIO connector on the NANO-9453 is interfaced to GIO ports on the iTE Super I/O chipset. The DIO has both 4-bit digital inputs and 4-bit digital outputs. The digital inputs and digital outputs are generally control signals that control the on/off circuit of external devices or TTL devices. Data can be read or written to the selected address to enable the DIO functions.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard C.3 Assembly Language Samples C.3.1 Enable the DIO Input Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital I/O. An assembly program to enable digital I/O input functions is listed below. MOV AX, 6F08H Sets the digital port as input INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H BIOS call C.3.2 Enable the DIO Output Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital I/O. An assembly program to enable digital I/O output functions is listed below.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix D D Watchdog Timer Page 213
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard NOTE: The following discussion applies to DOS environment. IEI support is contacted or the IEI website visited for specific drivers for more sophisticated operating systems, e.g., Windows and Linux. The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash. This condition may have occurred by external EMI or a software bug.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard NOTE: When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer, otherwise the system resets.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix E E Address Mapping Page 217
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard E.2 1st MB Memory Address Map Memory address Description 00000-9FFFF System memory A0000-BFFFF VGA buffer F0000-FFFFF System BIOS 1000000- Extend BIOS Table E-2: 1st MB Memory Address Map E.3 IRQ Mapping Table IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8 RTC clock IRQ1 Keyboard IRQ9 ACPI IRQ2 Available IRQ10 LAN/COM4 IRQ3 COM2 IRQ11 LAN/USB2.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard NOTE: The compatible items described here have been tested by the IEI R&D team and found to be compatible with the NANO-9453 F.1 Compatible Operating Systems The following operating systems have been successfully run on the NANO-9453. Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 Microsoft Windows Vista Business (32-bit) Microsoft Windows Vista Business (64-bit) Mandriva Linux 2007 (2.6.17-5mdv kernel) Fedora Core 7 (2.6.21-1.3194.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard F.3 Compatible Memory Modules Note: The memory modules listed below have been tested on the NANO-9453 other memory modules that comply with the specifications may also work on the NANO-9453 but have not been tested. The following DDR2 SO-DIMM memory modules have been successfully tested on the NANO-9453. Manufacturer Model No. Capacity Speed A-DATA M20AD5G3H3446I1C52 512 MB 667 MHz Kingston 9905293-001.B00LF 512 MB 533 MHz Kingston 99U5293-005.
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix G G Hazardous Materials Disclosure Page 225
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard G.1 Hazardous Material Disclosure Table for IPB Products Certified as RoHS Compliant Under 2002/95/EC Without Mercury The details provided in this appendix are to ensure that the product is compliant with the Peoples Republic of China (China) RoHS standards. The table below acknowledges the presences of small quantities of certain materials in the product, and is applicable to China RoHS only.
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard Part Name Toxic or Hazardous Substances and Elements Lead Mercury Cadmium Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) Chromium Biphenyls Diphenyl Ethers (CR(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) Housing X O O O O X Display X O O O O X Printed Circuit X O O O O X Metal Fasteners X O O O O O Cable Assembly X O O O O X Fan Assembly X O O O O X Power Supply X O O O O X O O O O O O Board Assemblies Battery O: This toxic
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 此附件旨在确保本产品符合中国 RoHS 标准。以下表格标示此产品中某有毒物质的含量符 合中国 RoHS 标准规定的限量要求。 本产品上会附有”环境友好使用期限”的标签，此期限是估算这些物质”不会有泄漏或突变”的 年限。本产品可能包含有较短的环境友好使用期限的可替换元件，像是电池或灯管，这些 元件将会单独标示出来。 部件名称 有毒有害物质或元素 铅 汞 镉 六价铬 多溴联苯 多溴二苯醚 (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) (CR(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) 壳体 X O O O O X 显示 X O O O O X 印刷电路板 X O O O O X 金属螺帽 X O O O O O 电缆组装 X O O O O X 风扇组装 X O O O O X 电力供应组装 X O O O O X 电池 O O O O O O O: 表示该有毒有害物质在该部件所有物质材料中的含量均在 SJ/T11363-2006 标准规定的限量要
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NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard 161, 162, 163, 170, 172 + +12V ATX power supply connector............45 location and pinouts ..............................45 BIOS chipset ....................................... 25, 27 C +5V ATX power supply connector..............46 cables.........................................................95 location and pinouts ..............................46 dual port USB ..................................... 103 four serial port.....................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard COM 3 .......................................................67 D connector location and pinouts..............67 RS-232 ..................................................67 DB-15 connector ..................................... 105 COM 4 .......................................................67 digital input/output connector.....................52 connector location and pinouts..............67 location and pinouts...............................52 RS-232 ....................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard FDD .........................................................125 J four serial port cable ................................102 front panel connector .............................4, 54 jumper ........................................................87 location and pinouts ..............................54 AT power select .....................................47 front side bus ...............................................2 CF card setup ........................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard settings ..................................................91 power LED .................................................54 power supply................................. 45, 46, 47 M memory module installation .......................84 memory support.........................................14 motherboard ..............................................95 installation..............................................95 mouse ......................................................
NANO-9453 EPIC Motherboard SATA drive connector ............................5, 66 unpacking precautions...........................36 location and pinouts ..............................66 USB................. 2, 69, 70, 103, 108, 145, 146 SATA drives................................................66 cable dual port .................................... 103 serial port four port cable cable ................................................... 103 four ports...................................
