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User Manual

NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard

MODEL:

NANO-945GSE

45 nm Intel® Atom™ Processor EPIC SBC Supports

2 GB DDR2 Memory, VGA, Dual LVDS, Dual PCIe GbE,

CF Type II, Dual SATA, PCI-104 and PCIe Mini

Rev. 1.01 – 11 March, 2009

Summary of content (223 pages)

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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard IEI Technology Corp. MODEL: NANO-945GSE 45 nm Intel® Atom™ Processor EPIC SBC Supports 2 GB DDR2 Memory, VGA, Dual LVDS, Dual PCIe GbE, CF Type II, Dual SATA, PCI-104 and PCIe Mini User Manual Page i Rev. 1.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Revision Date 11 March, 2009 Version 1.01 Changes Added LVDS2 connector pinouts Changed model name 25 September, 2008 Page ii 1.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Copyright COPYRIGHT NOTICE The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Manual Conventions WARNING! Warnings appear where overlooked details may cause damage to the equipment or result in personal injury. Warnings should be taken seriously. Warnings are easy to recognize. The word “warning” is written as “WARNING,” both capitalized and bold and is followed by text. The text is the warning message. A warning message is shown below: WARNING: This is an example of a warning message.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard NOTE: These messages inform the reader of essential but non-critical information. These messages should be read carefully as any directions or instructions contained therein can help avoid making mistakes. Notes are easy to recognize. The word “note” is written as “NOTE,” both capitalized and bold and is followed by text. The text is the cautionary message. A note message is shown below: NOTE: This is an example of a note message. Notes should always be read.
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NANO-945GSE 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-945GSE from or contact an IEI sales representative directly. To contact an IEI sales representative, please send an email to sales@iei.com.tw. 0H The items listed below should all be included in the NANO-945GSE package.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Table of Contents 1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 1 1H 40H 1.1 OVERVIEW.................................................................................................................. 2 1.1.1 NANO-945GSE Introduction ............................................................................. 2 1.2 NANO-945GSE OVERVIEW ......................................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 2.5.4 Intel® ICH7-M Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface .............................................. 21 2.5.5 Intel® ICH7-M PCI Interface........................................................................... 21 2.5.6 Intel® ICH7-M PCIe Bus ................................................................................. 22 2.5.6.1 PCIe GbE Ethernet.................................................................................... 22 2.5.6.2 PCIe Mini Expansion Slot ...........
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 4.1.1 NANO-945GSE Layout .................................................................................... 39 4.2 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS..................................................................... 40 4.2.1 External Interface Panel Connectors............................................................... 41 4.3 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS ...................................................................... 42 4.3.1 5V Power Connector.....................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5.2.1 Installation Notices .......................................................................................... 75 5.2.2 Installation Checklist ....................................................................................... 76 5.3 UNPACKING .............................................................................................................. 77 5.4 SO-DIMM AND CF CARD INSTALLATION ................................................................ 77 5.4.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 6 BIOS SCREENS.................................................................................................... 109 132H 571H 6.1 INTRODUCTION........................................................................................................110 6.1.1 Starting Setup.................................................................................................. 110 6.1.2 Using Setup .....................................................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 7.6 AUDIO DRIVER INSTALLATION ............................................................................... 172 7.6.1 HD Audio Installation.................................................................................... 173 7.6.2 AC’97 Driver Installation .............................................................................. 176 16H 605H 167H 60H 168H 607H A BIOS MENU OPTIONS....................................................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard List of Figures Figure 1-1: NANO-945GSE ...........................................................................................2 184H 623H Figure 1-2: NANO-945GSE Overview [Front View] ....................................................3 185H 624H Figure 1-3: NANO-945GSE Overview [Solder Side] ...................................................4 186H 625H Figure 2-1: NANO-945GSE Dimensions (mm) ..........................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-11: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations (8-pin) ...............................52 21H 651H Figure 4-12: Secondary IDE Device Connector Locations......................................53 213H 652H Figure 4-13: Infrared Connector Pinout Locations ..................................................54 214H 653H Figure 4-14: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Location.................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-15: IDE Cable Connection ...........................................................................96 24H 683H Figure 5-16: SATA Drive Cable Connection .............................................................97 245H 684H Figure 5-17: SATA Power Drive Connection ............................................................98 246H 685H Figure 5-18: Single RS-232 Cable Installation..........................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-20: LAN Driver Installation Complete ..................................................... 172 276H 715H Figure 7-21: Audio Driver Options.......................................................................... 173 27H 716H Figure 7-22: Extract HD Audio Driver Installation Files ....................................... 174 278H 71H Figure 7-23: HD Audio Driver Welcome Screen ....................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard List of Tables Table 1-1: Technical Specifications ............................................................................7 286H 725H Table 2-1: Supported HDD Specifications ................................................................21 287H 726H Table 2-2: Power Consumption .................................................................................32 28H 72H Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors.........................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Table 4-26: LAN Pinouts.............................................................................................69 314H 753H Table 4-27: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector LEDs............................................................70 315H 754H Table 4-28: RS-232 Serial Port (COM 1) Pinouts ......................................................70 316H 75H Table 4-29: USB Port Pinouts ....................................................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard List of BIOS Menus Menu 1: Main............................................................................................................. 112 329H 768H Menu 2: Advanced.................................................................................................... 114 30H 769H Menu 3: CPU Configuration .................................................................................... 115 31H 70H Menu 4: IDE Configuration ..........................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Chapter 1 1 Introduction Page 1
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 1.1 Overview Figure 1-1: NANO-945GSE 1.1.1 NANO-945GSE Introduction The NANO-945GSE EPIC motherboards are embedded 45 nm Intel® Atom™ processor platforms. The Intel® Atom™ processor N270 embedded on the NANO-945GSE has a 1.60 GHz clock speed, a 533 MHz FSB and a 512 KB L2 cache. The NANO-945GSE also supports one 200-pin 533 MHz 2.0 GB (max.) DDR2 SDRAM SO-DIMM.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 1-2: NANO-945GSE Overview [Front View] Figure 1-3 shows the rear side of the NANO-945GSE.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 1-3: NANO-945GSE Overview [Solder Side] 1.2.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 1 x PCI-104 slot 1 x PCIe Mini Card slot 2 x Serial ATA (SATA) drive connectors 2 x RS-232 serial port connectors 1 x RS-232/422/485 serial port connector 1 x TV Out connector 2 x USB 2.0 connectors (supports four USB 2.0 devices) The NANO-945GSE has the following external peripheral interface connectors on the board rear panel.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Front Side Bus (FSB) 533 MHz Northbridge: Intel® 945GSE System Chipset Southbridge: Intel® ICH7-M One 200-pin SO-DIMM socket supports one 533 MHz 2.0 Memory GB (max.) DDR2 SDRAM SO-DIMM CompactFlash® One CompactFlash® Type II socket Super I/O ITE IT8718 Intel® Generation 3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard SATA Two 1.5 Gbps SATA drives supported Keyboard/mouse One external PS/2 connector Parallel Port One 26-pin parallel port connector One PCI-104 expansion slot (PCI bus) Expansion One PCIe mini card (PCIe bus) One 8-bit digital input/output connector; 4-bit input/4-bit Digital I/O output through the ITE IT8718 super I/O Software programmable 1-255 sec. through the ITE IT8718 Watchdog Timer super I/O One infrare connector through the ITE IT8718 super I/O.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Chapter 2 2 Detailed Specifications Page 8
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 2.1 Dimensions 2.1.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-1: NANO-945GSE Dimensions (mm) 2.1.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions External peripheral interface connector panel dimensions are shown in Figure 2-2. 748H92 Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm) 2.2 Data Flow Figure 2-3 shows the data flow between the two on-board chipsets and other components 749H3 installed on the motherboard and described in the following sections of this chapter.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram 2.3 Embedded NANO-945GSE Processor 2.3.1 Overview The NANO-945GSE comes with an embedded 45 nm 1.60 GHz Intel® Atom™ processor N270. The processor supports a 533 MHz FSB and has a 1.6 GHz 512 KB L2 cache. The low power processor has a maximum power of 2.5 W. The processor is covered with a heat sink and is shown in Figure 2-4 below.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-4: Embedded Processor Covered by Heat Sink 2.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard L2 Dynamic Cache Sizing Advanced power management features including Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology Execute Disable Bit support for enhanced security 2.3.3 Front Side Bus (FSB) The Intel® Atom™ processor on the NANO-945GSE is interfaced to the Intel 945GSE Northbridge through a 533 MHz front side bus (FSB). The FSB is shown in Figure 2-5 752H9 below.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 2.4 Intel 945GSE Northbridge Chipset 2.4.1 Intel® 945GSE Overview The Intel 945GSE Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) supports the embedded Intel® Atom™ N270 processor. The Intel 945GSE is interfaced to the processor through a 533 MHz FSB. 2.4.2 Intel® 945GSE DDR2 Controller There is one 200-pin DDR2 SO-DIMM socket on the NANO-945GSE.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 2.4.3 Intel® 945GSE Graphics The Intel® 945GSE supports CRT, LVDS, TV-OUT and SDVO. The SDVO bus is interfaced through a Chrontel SDVO-to-LVDS transmitter to a second LVDS connector. The internal graphics engine has the following features: Intel® Gen 3.5 Integrated Graphics Engine 250-MHz core render clock and 200 MHz core display clock at 1.05-V core voltage Supports TV-Out, LVDS, CRT and SDVO Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT 3.0) Intel® Display Power Saving Technology 2.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-7: VGA Connector Some of the features of the CRT include: Integrated 400-MHz RAMDAC Analog Monitor Support up to QXGA Support for CRT Hot Plug 2.4.3.2 LVDS Interface The LVDS interface is connected directly to one of the LVDS connectors on the board.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Spread spectrum clocking supported Panel Power Sequencing support Integrated PWM interface for LCD backlight inverter control 2.4.3.3 TV Out Interface The TV Out interface has the following features. Three integrated 10-bit DACS Overscaling NTSC/PAL Component, S-Video and Composite Output interfaces HDTV support o 480p/720p/1080i/1080p 2.4.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-8: Chrontel SDVO-to-LVDS DAC Chipset 2.5 Intel® ICH7-M Southbridge Chipset 2.5.1 Intel® ICH7-M Overview The Intel® ICH7-M southbridge chipset is connected to the Intel® 945GSE northbridge GMCH 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard o o Interrupt controller Timer functions Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations interfaced to four SATA connectors on the NANO-945GSE Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33 Supports the four USB 2.0 devices on the NANO-945GSE with four UHCI controllers and one EHCI controller Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0 Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Back right Center Subwoofer 2.5.2.2 Intel® ICH7-M High Definition (HD) Audio Controller The Intel® HD Audio controller on the Intel® ICH7-M shares pins with the AC’97 controller. Only one controller can be used at a time. Intel® HD Audio controller is interfaced through the Intel® High Definition Audio serial link to the audio connector which is in turn connected to an optional 7.1 channel audio kit with an HD audio codec. 2.5.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard PIO IDE transfers up to 16MB/s and Ultra ATA transfers of 100MB/s. 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 Specification Ultra Ultra ATA/100 ATA/66 IDE devices 2 2 PIO Mode 0–4 0–4 PIO Max Transfer Rate 16.6 MB/s 16.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard The PCI bus is connected to a PCI-104 connector as shown in Figure 2-10. 79H Figure 2-10: PCI-104 Connector 2.5.6 Intel® ICH7-M PCIe Bus The Intel® ICH7-M southbridge chipset has four PCIe lanes. Two of the four PCIe lanes are interfaced to PCIe GbE controller. A third PCIe lane is interfaced to a PCIe mini socket. 2.5.6.1 PCIe GbE Ethernet Two PCIe lanes are connected to two Realtek RTL8111C PCIe GbE controllers shown in Figure 2-11 below.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-11: Realtek PCI GbE Controllers The Realtek RTL8111C PCIe GbE controllers combine a triple-speed IEEE 802.3 compliant Media Access Controller (MAC) with a triple-speed Ethernet transceiver, 32-bit PCIe bus controller, and embedded memory. With state-of-the-art DSP technology and mixed-mode signal technology, they offer high-speed transmission over CAT 5 UTP cable or CAT 3 UTP (10Mbps only) cable.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Supports PCI Express™ 1.1 Supports pair swap/polarity/skew correction Crossover Detection & & Auto-Correction Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support Microsoft® NDIS5, NDIS6 Checksum Offload (IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP) and Segmentation Task-offload (Large send and Giant send) support Supports Full Duplex flow control (IEEE 802.3x) Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3, IEEE 802.3u, IEEE 802.3ab Supports IEEE 802.1P Layer 2 Priority Encoding Supports IEEE 802.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-12: PCIe Mini Slot 2.5.7 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 ICH7-M. 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. 2.5.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-13: SATA Connectors SATA controller specifications are listed below. Supports four SATA drives Supports 3Gb/s data transfer speeds Supports Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a 2.5.9 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-945GSE. High-speed USB 2.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 2-14: Onboard USB Implementation 2.6 LPC Bus Components 2.6.1 LPC Bus Overview The LPC bus is connected to components listed below: BIOS chipset Super I/O chipset LPC Serial Port Chipset 2.6.2 BIOS Chipset The BIOS chipset has a licensed copy of AMI BIOS installed on the chipset.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard PXE (Pre-boot Execution Environment) support USB booting support 2.6.3 iTE IT8718F Super I/O chipset The iTE IT8718F Super I/O chipset is connected to the ICH7-M southbridge through the LPC bus. Figure 2-15: Super I/O The iTE IT8718F is an LPC interface-based Super I/O device that comes with Environment Controller integration.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Keyboard Controller Watchdog Timer Some of the Super I/O features are described in more detail below: 2.6.3.1 Super I/O LPC Interface The LPC interface on the Super I/O complies with the Intel® Low Pin Count Specification Rev. 1.0. The LPC interface supports both LDRQ# and SERIRQ protocols as well as PCI PME# interfaces. 2.6.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 2.6.3.6 Super I/O Keyboard/Mouse Controller The Super I/O keyboard/mouse 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 2.6.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 2.7 Environmental and Power Specifications 2.7.1 System Monitoring Two thermal inputs on the NANO-945GSE Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following temperatures: System temperature CPU temperature Eight voltage inputs on the NANO-945GSE Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following voltages: CPU Core +1.05V +3.3V +12V +1.5V +1.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard A heat sink must be installed on the CPU. Thermal paste must be smeared on the lower side of the heat sink before it is mounted on the CPU. Heat sinks are also mounted on the northbridge and southbridge chipsets to ensure the operating temperature of these chips remain low. 2.7.3 Power Consumption Table 2-2 shows the power consumption parameters for the NANO-945GSE running with 762H804 a 1.6 GHz Intel® Atom™ with 2.0 GB DDR2 memory. Voltage Current +12V 1.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Chapter 3 3 Unpacking Page 33
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 3.1 Anti-static Precautions WARNING! Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the NANO-945GSE may result in permanent damage to the NANO-945GSE and severe injury to the user. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components, including the NANO-945GSE. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 3.3 Unpacking Checklist NOTE: If any of the components listed in the checklist below are missing, do not proceed with the installation. Contact the IEI reseller or vendor the NANO-945GSE was purchased from or contact an IEI sales representative directly by sending an email to sales@iei.com.tw. 326H50 3.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 1 Mini jumper pack (2.0mm) (P/N:33100-000033-RS) 1 Utility CD 1 Quick Installation Guide 3.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard IDE-cable (P/N: 32200-008800) SATA power cable (P/N: 32100-088600-RS) Audio kit_ 5.1 Channel (P/N: AC-KIT08R-R10) Audio kit_ 7.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Chapter 4 4 Connectors Page 38
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 4.1 Peripheral Interface Connectors 4.1.1 NANO-945GSE Layout Figure 4-1 shows the on-board peripheral connectors, rear panel peripheral connectors 768H0 and on-board jumpers. Figure 4-1: Connector and Jumper Locations [Front Side] Figure 4-2 shows the solder side of the NANO-945GSE.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-2: Connector and Jumper Locations [Solder Side] 4.2 Peripheral Interface Connectors Table 4-1 shows a list of the peripheral interface connectors on the NANO-945GSE. 769H80 Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found below.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Fan connector 3-pin wafer CPU_FAN1 Front panel connector 8-pin header F_PANEL1 IDE disk drive connectors (44-pin) 44-pin box header IDE1 Infrared interface (IrDA) connector 5-pin header IR1 Keyboard connector 6-pin wafer KB1 LVDS connector 30-pin crimp LVDS2 LVDS connector 30-pin crimp LVDS1 Parallel port connector 26-pin header LPT1 PCI-104 slot 120-pin socket PC104_PLUS1 PCIe Mini Card slot PCIe Mini Slot CN4 Serial ATA (SATA) drive connectors 7
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Connector Type Label Ethernet connector RJ-45 LAN1 Ethernet connector RJ-45 LAN2 Keyboard/mouse PS/2 KB_MS1 RS-232 serial port connector Male DB-9 COM1 Dual USB port USB port USB VGA port connector 15-pin female VGA1 Table 4-2: Rear Panel Connectors 4.3 Internal Peripheral Connectors Internal peripheral connectors are found on the motherboard and are only accessible when the motherboard is outside of the chassis.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-3: 5V Power Connector Pinouts PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 2 GND Table 4-3: 5V Power Connector Pinouts 4.3.2 AT Power Connector CN Label: CN1 & CN2 CN Type: 4-pin AT power connector (1x4) CN Location: See Figure 4-4 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-4 815H 816H The 4-pin +12V AT power connector is connected directly to an AT power supply.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-4: AT Power Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 GND 3 +12V 4 +12V Table 4-4: AT Power Connector Pinouts 4.3.3 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 817H 81H The ATX power supply enable connector enables the NANO-945GSE to be connected to an ATX power supply. In default mode, the NANO-945GSE can only us an AT power supply.
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NANO-945GSE 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 4.3.4 Audio Connector (9-pin) CN Label: J_AUDIO1 CN Type: 9-pin header (2x5) CN Location: See Figure 4-6 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-6 819H 820H The 9-pin audio connector is connected to external audio devices including speakers and microphones for the input and output of audio signals to and from the system.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-6: Audio Connector Location (9-pin) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 SYNC 2 BITCLK 3 SDOUT 4 PCBEEP 5 SDIN 6 RST# 7 VCC 8 GND 9 +12V Table 4-6: Audio Connector Pinouts (9-pin) 4.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-7: Panel Backlight Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 LCD Backlight Control 2 GROUND 3 +12V 4 GROUND 5 BACKLIGHT Enable Table 4-7: Panel Backlight Connector Pinouts 4.3.6 CompactFlash® Socket CN Label: CF1 (solder side) CN Type: 50-pin header (2x25) CN Location: See Figure 4-8 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-8 823H 824H A CF Type I or Type II memory card is inserted to the CF socket on the solder side of the NANO-945GSE.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-8: CF Card Socket Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 16 N/C 41 HDD_RESET 17 N/C 42 IORDY 18 SA2 43 SDREQ 19 SA1 44 SDACK# 20 SA0 45 HDD_ACTIVE# 21 DATA 0 46 66DET 22 DATA 1 47 DATA 8 23 DATA 2 48 DATA 9 24 N/C 49 DATA 10 25 VCC-IN CHECK2 50 GROUND Table 4-8: CF Card Socket Pinouts 4.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 VCC 3 Output 3 4 Output 2 5 Output 1 6 Output 0 7 Input 3 8 Input 2 9 Input 1 10 Input 0 Table 4-9: DIO Connector Connector Pinouts 4.3.8 Fan Connector (+12V, 3-pin) CN Label: CPU_FAN1 CN Type: 3-pin header CN Location: See Figure 4-10 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-10 7H82 78H2 The cooling fan connector provides a 12V, 500mA current to the cooling fan.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-10: +12V Fan Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 +12V 3 Fan Speed Detect Table 4-10: +12V Fan Connector Pinouts 4.3.9 Front Panel Connector (8-pin) CN Label: F_PANEL1 CN Type: 8-pin header (2x4) CN Location: See Figure 4-11 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-11 829H 830H The front panel connector connects to external switches and indicators to monitor and controls the motherboard.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard HDD LED Figure 4-11: Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations (8-pin) FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION Power 1 PWR_BTN Power LED 2 VCC5 Button 3 GND 4 GND HDD LED 5 HDD_LED+ 6 SYSRST- 7 HDD_LED- 8 GND Reset Table 4-11: Front Panel Connector Pinouts (8-pin) 4.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-12: Secondary IDE Device Connector Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 37 HDC CS0# 38 HDC CS1# 39 HDD ACTIVE# 40 GROUND 41 VCC 42 VCC 43 GROUND 44 N/C Table 4-12: Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts 4.3.11 Infrared Interface Connector (5-pin) CN Label: IR1 CN Type: 5-pin header (1x5) CN Location: See Figure 4-13 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-13 78H3 78H34 The infrared interface connector supports both Serial Infrared (SIR) and Amplitude Shift Key Infrared (ASKIR) interfaces.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5 IR-TX Table 4-13: Infrared Connector Pinouts 4.3.12 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN Label: KB1 CN Type: 6-pin header (1x6) CN Location: See Figure 4-14 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-14 835H 836H The keyboard and mouse connector can be connected to a standard PS/2 cable or PS/2 Y-cable to add keyboard and mouse functionality to the system. Figure 4-14: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Location PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 5 KB CLK 6 GROUND Table 4-14: Keyboard/Mouse Connector Pinouts 4.3.13 LVDS LCD Connector CN Label: LVDS1 and LVDS2 CN Type: 30-pin crimp (2x10) CN Location: See Figure 4-15 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-15 and Figure 4-16 789H3 790H83 The 30-pin LVDS LCD connectors can be connected to single channel or dual channel, 24-bit or 36-bit LVDS panel. Figure 4-15: LVDS LCD Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5 A_Y1 6 A_Y1# 7 A_Y2 8 A_Y2# 9 A_CK 10 A_CK# 11 NC 12 NC 13 GND3 14 GND4 15 B_Y0 16 B_Y0# 17 B_Y1 18 B_Y1# 19 B_Y2 20 B_Y2# 21 B_CK 22 B_CK# 23 NC 24 NC 25 GND5 26 GND6 27 VCC_LCD 28 VCC_LCD 29 VCC_LCD 30 VCC_LCD Table 4-15: LVDS LCD Port Connector Pinouts (LVDS1) PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 4.3.14 Parallel Port Connector CN Label: LPT1 CN Type: 26-pin header CN Location: See Figure 4-16 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-17 839H 840H The 26-pin parallel port connector connects to a parallel port connector interface or some other parallel port device such as a printer. Figure 4-16: Parallel Port Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 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 4-17: Parallel Port Connector Pinouts 4.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 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 1.5V 29 GND 30 SMBCLK 31 PETN2 32 SMBDATA 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard The PCI-104 slot enables a PCI-104 compatible expansion module to be connected to the board. Figure 4-18: PCI-104 Slot Location Pin No.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Pin No. Column A Column B Column C Column D 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 +3.3V 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 4.3.17 SATA Drive Connectors CN Label: SATA1, SATA2 CN Type: 7-pin SATA drive connectors CN Location: See Figure 4-19 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-20 793H845 794H86 The four 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. The SATA drives can be configured in a RAID configuration. Figure 4-19: SATA Drive Connector Locations PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 4.3.18 Serial Port Connectors (COM 3 and COM4) CN Label: COM3 and COM4 CN Type: 10-pin header (2x5) CN Location: See Figure 4-20 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-21 795H84 796H84 The 10-pin serial port connector provides a second RS-232 serial communications channel. The COM serial port connectors can be connected to external RS-232 serial port devices. Figure 4-20: COM Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 4.3.19 Serial Port Connector (COM 2)(RS-232, RS-422 or RS-485) CN Label: COM2 CN Type: 14-pin header (2x7) CN Location: See Figure 4-21 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-22 849H 850H The 14-pin serial port connector connects to the COM2 serial communications channels. COM2 is a multi function channel.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 4.3.20 TV Out Connector CN Label: TV1 CN Type: 6-pin header (2x3) CN Location: See Figure 4-22 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-23 79H851 80H52 The 2x3 pin TV out connector connects to a TV output by using an S-Video or RCA connector. The TV out connector makes displaying media data on a television easier. Figure 4-22: TV Connector Pinout Locations PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard The 2x4 USB pin connectors each provide connectivity to two USB 1.1 or two USB 2.0 ports. Each USB connector can support two USB devices. Additional external USB ports are found on the rear panel. The USB ports are used for I/O bus expansion. Figure 4-23: 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 4-24: USB Port Connector Pinouts 4.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-24: NANO-945GSE External Peripheral Interface Connector 4.4.1 Keyboard/Mouse Connector CN Label: KB/MS CN Type: PS/2 CN Location: See Figure 4-24 (labeled 1) CN Pinouts: See Figure 4-25, Table 4-25 856H 857H 85H The NANO-945GSE keyboard and mouse connector is a standard PS/2 connector.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 4.4.2 LAN Connectors CN Label: LAN1 and LAN2 CN Type: RJ-45 CN Location: See Figure 4-24 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-26 80H59 809H6 The NANO-945GSE is equipped with two built-in RJ-45 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard DESCRIPTION STATUS GREEN STATUS Activity YELLOW DESCRIPTION Linked Table 4-27: RJ-45 Ethernet Connector LEDs 4.4.3 Serial Port Connector (COM1) CN Label: COM1 CN Type: DB-9 connectors CN Location: See Figure 4-24 (see 2) CN Pinouts: See Table 4-28 and Figure 4-27 81H62 812H63 813H64 The 9-pin DB-9 serial port connectors are connected to RS-232 serial communications devices. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 4.4.4 USB Connectors CN Label: USB CN Type: Dual USB port CN Location: See Figure 4-24 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-29 814H65 815H6 The NANO-945GSE has two external USB 2.0 ports. The ports connect to both USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION 1 VCC 5 VCC 2 DATA- 6 DATA- 3 DATA+ 7 DATA+ 4 GND 8 GND Table 4-29: USB Port Pinouts 4.4.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 4-28: VGA Connector PIN DESCRIPTION PIN 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 NC 5 GND 6 CRT_PLUG- 7 GND 8 GND 9 VCC 10 GND 11 NC 12 DDC DAT 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDCCLK Table 4-30: VGA Connector Pinouts Page 72 DESCRIPTION
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5.1 Anti-static Precautions WARNING: Failure to take ESD precautions during the installation of the NANO-945GSE may result in permanent damage to the NANO-945GSE and severe injury to the user. Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components, including the NANO-945GSE. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5.2 Installation Considerations NOTE: The following installation notices and installation considerations should be read and understood before the NANO-945GSE is installed. All installation notices pertaining to the installation of the NANO-945GSE should be strictly adhered to. Failing to adhere to these precautions may lead to severe damage of the NANO-945GSE and injury to the person installing the motherboard. 5.2.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard o When working with the NANO-945GSE, 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-945GSE 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5.3 Unpacking When the NANO-945GSE is unpacked, please check all the unpacking list items listed in Chapter 3 are indeed present. If any of the unpacking list items are not available please contact the NANO-945GSE vendor reseller/vendor where the NANO-945GSE was purchased or contact an IEI sales representative. 5.4 SO-DIMM and CF Card Installation 5.4.1 SO-DIMM Installation WARNING: Using incorrectly specified SO-DIMM may cause permanently damage the NANO-945GSE.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Step 2: Align the SO-DIMM with the socket. The SO-DIMM must be oriented in such a way that the notch in the middle of the SO-DIMM must be aligned with the plastic bridge in the socket. Step 3: Insert the SO-DIMM. Push the SO-DIMM chip into the socket at an angle. (See Figure 5-1) 871H 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 5-1) 872H Step 5: Secure the SO-DIMM.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-2: CF Card Installation 5.5 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 plastic clip from a jumper.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Description Label Type AT Power Mode Setting ATXCTL1 2-pin header CF Card Setting JCF1 2-pin header Clear CMOS J_CMOS1 3-pin header COM2 Mode Setting JP1 6-pin header LVDS1 Panel Resolution J_LCD_TYPE1 8-pin header LVDS1 Voltage Select J_VLVDS1 3-pin header LVDS2 Voltage Select J_VLVDS2 3-pin header PCI-104 VIO Select JP2 3-pin header Table 5-1: Jumpers 5.5.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard AT Power Select Description Short 1 – 2 Use AT power Open Use ATX power Default Table 5-2: AT Power Select Jumper Settings The location of the AT Power Select jumper is shown in Figure 5-4 below. 87H Figure 5-4: AT Power Select Jumper Location 5.5.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard CF Card Setup Description Open Slave Closed Master Default Table 5-3: CF Card Setup Jumper Settings The CF Card Setup jumper location is shown in Figure 5-5. 82H Figure 5-5: CF Card Setup Jumper Location 5.5.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Load Optimal Defaults Load Failsafe Defaults. After having done one of the above, save the changes and exit the CMOS Setup menu. The clear CMOS jumper settings are shown in Table 5-4. 832H5 AT Power Select Description Short 1 - 2 Keep CMOS Setup Short 2 - 3 Clear CMOS Setup Default Table 5-4: Clear CMOS Jumper Settings The location of the clear CMOS jumper is shown in Figure 5-6 below. 83H6 Figure 5-6: Clear CMOS Jumper 5.5.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 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 Table 5-5. 89H COM 2 Function Select Description Short 1-2 RS-232 Short 3-4 RS-422 Short 5-6 RS-485 Default Table 5-5: COM 2 Function Select Jumper Settings The COM 2 Function Select jumper location is shown in Figure 5-7.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard DESCRIPTION (LVDS1) Pin 1-2 Pin 3-4 LVDS1 OFF OFF 800 x 600 (18-bit) ON OFF 024 x 768 (18-bit) OFF ON 1280 x 1024 (36-bit) ON ON 1400 x 1050 (36-bit) DESCRIPTION (LVDS2) Pin 5-6 Pin 7-8 LVDS2 OFF OFF 1024 X 768 (18-bit) ON OFF 1024 X 768 (24-bit) OFF ON 1280X1024 (36-bit) ON ON 1280X1024 (48-bit) Table 5-6: LVDS Panel Resolution Jumper Settings The LVDS Panel Resolution jumper location. is shown in Figure 5-8.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5.5.6 LVDS Voltage Selection WARNING: Permanent damage to the screen and NANO-945GSE 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 and J_VLVDS2 Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-7 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-9 895H 896H The LVDS Voltage Selection jumpers allow the LVDS screen voltages to be set.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-9: LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Pinout Locations 5.5.7 PCI-104 Voltage Setup Jumper Label: JP2 Jumper Type: 3-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-7 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-9 The PCI-104 Voltage Setup jumper settings are shown in Table 5-7. CAUTION: The default for this jumper is “All Open” meaning the user must select the voltage to be used. PCI-104 Voltage Setup Description Short 1-2 +5V Short 2-3 +3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-10: PCI-104 Voltage Setup Jumper Pinout Locations 5.6 Chassis Installation 5.6.1 Airflow WARNING: Airflow is critical to the cooling of the CPU and other onboard components. The chassis in which the NANO-945GSE must have air vents to allow cool air to move into the system and hot air to move out. The NANO-945GSE must be installed in a chassis with ventilation holes on the sides allowing airflow to travel through the heat sink surface.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard NOTE: IEI has a wide range of backplanes available. Please contact your NANO-945GSE vendor, reseller or an IEI sales representative at sales@iei.com.tw or visit the IEI website (http://www.ieiworld.com.tw) 327H51 328H5 to find out more about the available chassis. 5.6.2 Motherboard Installation To install the NANO-945GSE motherboard into the chassis please refer to the reference material that came with the chassis. 5.7 Internal Peripheral Device Connections 5.7.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard HDTV out cable 44-pin 2.5” IDE cable 44-pin 2.5”/3.5” IDE cable SATA power cable 5.1 channel audio kit 7.1 channel audio kit 5.7.2 AT Power Connection Follow the instructions below to connect the NANO-945GSE to an AT power supply. WARNING: Disconnect the power supply power cord from its AC power source to prevent a sudden power surge to the NANO-945GSE. Step 1: Locate the power cable. The power cable is shown in the packing list in Chapter 3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-11: Power Cable to Motherboard Connection Step 3: Connect Power Cable to Power Supply. Connect one of the 4-pin (1x4) Molex type power cable connectors to an AT power supply. See Figure 5-12.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-12: Connect Power Cable to Power Supply 5.7.3 5.1 Channel Audio Kit Installation NOTE: This is an optional item that must be ordered separately. For further information please contact the nearest NOVA-9452 distributor, reseller or vendor or contact an iEi sales representative directly. Send any queries to sales@iei.com.tw. 35H The optional 5.1 channel audio kit connects to the 10-pin audio connector on the NOVA-9452. The audio kit consists of three audio jacks.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Step 1: Connect the audio kit cable. The audio kit is shipped with a cable that connects the audio kit to the NOVA-9452. Connect the cable to the connector on the back of the audio kit. Make sure the pins are properly aligned (i.e. pin 1 connects to pin 1). Step 2: Locate the audio connector. The location of the 10-pin audio connector is shown in Chapter 3. Step 3: Align pin 1. Align pin 1 on the on-board connector with pin 1 on the audio kit cable connector.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5.7.4 7.1 Channel Audio Kit Installation NOTE: This is an optional item that must be ordered separately. For further information please contact the nearest NOVA-9452 distributor, reseller or vendor or contact an iEi sales representative directly. Send any queries to sales@iei.com.tw. 354H The optional 7.1 channel audio kit connects to the 10-pin audio connector on the NOVA-9452. The audio kit consists of five audio jacks. One audio jack, Mic In, connects to a microphone.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-14: 7.1 Channel Audio Kit Step 4: Mount the audio kit onto the chassis. Once the audio kit is connected to the NOVA-9452, 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 7.1 channel audio kit is used, the ALC883 Realtek codec driver must be installed.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard can only be inserted in one direction. Figure 5-15: IDE Cable Connection Step 3: Connect the cable to an IDE device. Connect the two connectors on the other side of the cable to one or two IDE devices. Make sure that pin 1 on the cable corresponds to pin 1 on the connector. Step 0: 5.7.6 SATA Drive Connection The NANO-945GSE is shipped with two SATA drive cables and one SATA drive power cable. To connect the SATA drives to the connectors, please follow the steps below.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-16: 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 5-17. 853H90 Step 4: Connect the SATA power cable. Connect the SATA power connector to the back of the SATA drive. See Figure 5-17.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-17: SATA Power Drive Connection 5.7.7 Single RS-232 Cable (w/o Bracket) The single RS-232 cable consists of one serial port connector attached to a serial communications cable that is then attached to a D-sub 9 male connector. To install the single RS-232 cable, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Locate the connector. The location of the RS-232 connector is shown in Chapter 3. Step 2: Insert the cable connector.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-18: Single RS-232 Cable Installation Step 3: Secure the bracket. The single RS-232 connector has two retention screws that must be secured to a chassis or bracket. Step 4: Connect the serial device. Once the single RS-232 connector is connected to a chassis or bracket, a serial communications device can be connected to the system. Step 0: 5.7.8 USB Cable (Dual Port without Bracket) The NANO-945GSE is shipped with a dual port USB 2.0 cable.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard each cable connector with pin 1 on the NANO-945GSE USB connector. Step 3: Insert the cable connectors. Once the cable connectors are properly aligned with the USB connectors on the NANO-945GSE, connect the cable connectors to the on-board connectors. See Figure 5-19. 912H Figure 5-19: Dual USB Cable Connection Step 4: Attach the USB connectors to the chassis. The USB 2.0 connectors each of two retention screw holes.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Step 3: Insert the cable connectors. Once the cable connector is properly aligned with the 26-pin box-header connector on the PCIE-9452, connect the cable connector to the on-board connector. See Figure 5-20. 914H Figure 5-20: LPT Cable Connection Step 4: Attach the LPT connector to the chassis. To secure the LPT interface connector to the chassis please refer to the installation instructions that came with the chassis. Step 5: Connect LPT device.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-21: Connect the LPT Device 5.7.10 Dual RS-422/485 Cables The NANO-945GSE is shipped with one RS-422/485 dual serial port connector cable. The dual serial port connector cable connects the serial port connectors on the cable to the RS-422/485 serial port connectors on the NANO-945GSE. Follow the steps below to connect the dual serial port connector cable. Step 1: Locate the serial port connector.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-22: Dual Serial Port Connector Cable Connection Step 4: Attach DB-9 serial port connectors to the chassis. The dual DB-9 serial port connectors can be inserted into dual preformed holes in the chassis. Once, inserted the DB-9 connectors should be secured to the chassis with retention screws.Step 0: 5.8 External Peripheral Interface Connection The following external peripheral devices can be connected to the external peripheral interface connectors.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5.8.1 LAN Connection (Single Connector) There are two external RJ-45 LAN connectors. The RJ-45 connectors enable connection to an external network. To connect a LAN cable with an RJ-45 connector, please follow the instructions below. Step 1: Locate the RJ-45 connectors. The locations of the USB connectors are shown in Chapter 4. Step 2: Align the connectors. Align the RJ-45 connector on the LAN cable with one of the RJ-45 connectors on the NANO-945GSE. See Figure 5-23.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Step 1: Locate the dual PS/2 connector. The location of the PS/2 connector is shown in Chapter 3. Step 2: Insert the keyboard/mouse connector. Insert the PS/2 connector on the end of the PS/2 y-cable into the external PS/2 connector. See Figure 5-24. 918H Figure 5-24: PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector Step 3: Connect the keyboard and mouse. Connect the keyboard and mouse to the appropriate connector.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Chapter 3. Step 2: Insert the serial connector. Insert the DB-9 connector of a serial device into the DB-9 connector on the external peripheral interface. See Figure 5-25. 861H9 Figure 5-25: Serial Device Connector Step 3: Secure the connector. Secure the serial device connector to the external interface by tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector. Step 0: 5.8.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 5-26.Step 0: Figure 5-26: USB Connector 5.8.5 VGA Monitor Connection The NANO-945GSE 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-945GSE, please follow the instructions below. Step 1: Locate the female DB-15 connector. The location of the female DB-15 connector is shown in Chapter 3. Step 2: Align the VGA connector.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 5-27: VGA Connector Step 4: Secure the connector. Secure the DB-15 VGA connector from the VGA monitor to the external interface by tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Chapter 6 6 BIOS Screens Page 109
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NANO-945GSE 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 6.2 Main The Main BIOS menu (BIOS Menu 1) appears when the BIOS Setup program is entered. 864H92 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard o 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 2: Advanced 6.3.1 CPU Configuration Use the CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) to view detailed CPU specifications 873H91 and configure the CPU.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 3: CPU Configuration The CPU Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3) lists the following CPU details: 874H932 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 6.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 4: IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configurations [Compatible] Use the ATA/IDE Configurations option to configure the ATA/IDE controller. Disabled Disables the on-board ATA/IDE controller. Compatible 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. Enhanced DEFAULT Configures the on-board ATA/IDE controller to be in Enhanced mode.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Legacy IDE Channels [PATA Pri, SATA Sec] Only the SATA drives are enabled. SATA Only SATA Pri, PATA Sec DEFAULT The IDE drives are enabled on the Primary IDE channel. The SATA drives are enabled on the Secondary IDE channel. The IDE drives are enabled on the primary PATA Only and secondary IDE channels. SATA drives are disabled. IDE Master and IDE Slave When entering setup, BIOS auto detects the presence of IDE devices.
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NANO-945GSE 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.) Type: Indicates the type of devices a user can manually select Vendor: Lists the device manufacturer Size: List the storage capacity of the device.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard interrupt if block mode is not used. Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt. PIO Mode: Indicates the PIO mode of the installed device. Async DMA: Indicates the highest Asynchronous DMA Mode that is supported. Ultra DMA: Indicates the highest Synchronous DMA Mode that is supported. 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Use the LBA/Large Mode option to disable or enable BIOS to auto detects LBA (Logical Block Addressing). LBA is a method of addressing data on a disk drive. In LBA mode, the maximum drive capacity is 137 GB. 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 0 PIO mode 0 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 3.3MBps 1 PIO mode 1 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 5.2MBps 2 PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8.3MBps 3 PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11.1MBps 4 PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16.6MBps (This setting generally works with all hard disk drives manufactured after 1999.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Ultra DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer UDMA1 rate of 16.6MBps Ultra DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer UDMA1 rate of 25MBps 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Prevents the BIOS from using 32-bit data transfers. Disabled Enabled DEFAULT Allows BIOS to use 32-bit data transfers on supported hard disk drives. 6.3.3 Super IO Configuration Use the Super IO Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 6) to set or change the 87H936 configurations for the FDD controllers, parallel ports and serial ports. BIOS Menu 6: Super IO Configuration Parallel Port Address [Disabled] Use the Parallel Port Address option to select the parallel port base address.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 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. The parallel port operates in the enhanced parallel EPP port mode (EPP).
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Use the Serial Port1 Address option to select the Serial Port 1 base address.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Serial Port 2 I/O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt 2E8/IRQ3 address is IRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode [Normal] Use the Serial Port2 Mode option to select the Serial Port2 operational mode.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 3 3E8 Serial port 4 I/O port address is 3E8 2E8 DEFAULT Serial port 4 I/O port address is 2E8 2F0 Serial port 4 I/O port address is 2F0 2E0 Serial port 4 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. 10 11 DEFAULT Serial port 4 IRQ address is 10 Serial port 4 IRQ address is 11 6.3.
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NANO-945GSE 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. Limit of OFF CPU Temp.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 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. Limit of OFF option can only be set if the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is set to Automatic Mode. Use the CPU Temp.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 16 PWM 32 PWM 64 PWM The following system parameters and values are shown. The system parameters that are monitored are: System Temperatures: The following system temperatures are monitored o o CPU Temperature System Temperature Fan Speeds: The CPU cooling fan speed is monitored. o CPU Fan Speed Voltages: The following system voltages are monitored o o o o o o o o CPU Core +1.05V +3.30V +12.0 V +1.5V +1.8V 5VSB VBAT 6.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 8: Power Configuration 6.3.5.1 ACPI configuration The ACPI Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 9) configures the Advanced Configuration 80H93 and Power Interface (ACPI).
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 9: ACPI Configuration Suspend Mode [S1(POS)] Use the Suspend Mode BIOS option to specify the sleep state the system enters when it is not being used. S1 (POS) DEFAULT System appears off. The CPU is stopped; RAM is refreshed; the system is running in a low power mode. S3 (STR) System appears off. The CPU has no power; RAM is in slow refresh; the power supply is in a reduced power mode. 6.3.5.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 10:Advanced Power Management Configuration Restore on AC Power Loss [Last State] Use the Restore on AC Power Loss BIOS option to specify what state the system returns to if there is a sudden loss of power to the system. Power Off The system remains turned off Power On The system turns on Last State The system returns to its previous state. If it was on, it DEFAULT turns itself on. If it was off, it remains off.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard turned on or off When the power button is pressed the system goes into Suspend suspend mode Resume on Keyboard/Mouse [Disabled] Use the Resume on Keyboard/Mouse BIOS option to enable activity on either the keyboard or mouse to rouse the system from a suspend or standby state. That is, the system is roused when the mouse is moved or a button on the keyboard is pressed.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard activity Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled] Use the Resume On RTC Alarm option to specify the time the system should be roused from a suspended state. Disabled DEFAULT The real time clock (RTC) cannot generate a wake event Enabled If selected, the following appears with values that can be selected: RTC Alarm Date (Days) System Time After setting the alarm, the computer turns itself on from a suspend state when the alarm goes off. 6.3.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 11: 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 Enabled DEFAULT Remote access is disabled.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Terminal Type VT-UTF8 Combo Key Support These configuration options are discussed below. Serial Port Number [COM1] Use the Serial Port Number option allows to select the serial port used for remote access. COM1 DEFAULT System is remotely accessed through COM1 System is remotely accessed through COM2 COM2 NOTE: Make sure the selected COM port is enabled through the Super I/O configuration menu.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Flow Control [None] Use the Flow Control option to report the flow control method for the console redirection application. None DEFAULT No control flow, Hardware Hardware is set as the console redirection Software Software is set as the console redirection Redirection After BIOS POST [Always] Use the Redirection After BIOS POST option to specify when console redirection should occur.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard The VT100 Terminal Definition is the standard convention used to configure and conduct emergency management tasks with UNIX-based servers. VT100 does not support all keys on the standard PC 101-key layout, however. The VT-UTF8 convention makes available additional keys that are not provided by VT100 for the PC 101 keyboard. Disabled Disables the VT-UTF8 terminal keys DEFAULT Enables the VT-UTF8 combination key.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 12: USB Configuration USB Functions [Enabled] Use the USB Function option to enable or disable the USB controllers. USB controllers are enabled Disabled Enabled DEFAULT USB controllers are disabled USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] The USB 2.0 Controller BIOS option enables or disables the USB 2.0 controller USB function disabled Disabled Enabled DEFAULT USB function enabled USB2.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard The USB2.0 Controller Mode BIOS option sets the speed of the USB2.0 controller. The controller is capable of operating at full speed FullSpeed 12 Mb/s HiSpeed DEFAULT The controller is capable of operating at high speed 480 Mb/s Legacy USB Support [Enabled] Use the Legacy USB Support BIOS option to enable USB mouse and USB keyboard support.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 13: PCI/PnP Configuration IRQ# [Available] Use the IRQ# address to specify what IRQs can be assigned to a particular peripheral device.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 54KB reserved for legacy ISA devices 64K 6.5 Boot Use the Boot menu (BIOS Menu 14) to configure system boot options. 85H94 BIOS Menu 14: Boot 6.5.1 Boot Settings Configuration Use the Boot Settings Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 14) to configure advanced system 86H945 boot options.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menu 15: 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard The AddOn ROM Display Mode option allows add-on ROM (read-only memory) messages to be displayed. Force BIOS DEFAULT Allows the computer system to force a third party BIOS to display during system boot. Allows the computer system to display the Keep Current information during system boot. Bootup Num-Lock [Off] The Bootup Num-Lock BIOS option allows the Number Lock setting to be modified during boot up. Off DEFAULT Does not enable the keyboard Number Lock automatically.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Enabled DEFAULT Can be booted from a remote system through the LAN 6.5.2 Boot Device Priority Use the Boot Device Priority menu (BIOS Menu 16) to specify the boot sequence from 87H946 the available devices.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 6.6 Security Use the Security menu (BIOS Menu 17) to set system and user passwords. 8H947 BIOS Menu 17: 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.
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NANO-945GSE 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 18) to access the NorthBridge and SouthBridge 89H4 configuration menus WARNING! Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS selections in the Chipset BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 6.7.1 North Bridge Chipset Configuration Use the North Bridge Chipset Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 18) to configure the 890H4 Northbridge chipset settings. BIOS Menu 19:North Bridge Chipset Configuration Memory Hole [Disabled] The Memory Hole reserves the memory space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA expansion cards that require a specified area of memory to work properly.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard The Internal Graphic Mode Select option determines the amount of system memory that can be used by the Internal graphics device. Disable 1MB of memory used by internal graphics device Enable, 1MB Enable, 8MB DEFAULT 8MB of memory used by internal graphics device DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode] Use the DVMT Mode Select option to select the Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) operating mode.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Boot Display Device [CRT] The Boot Display Device BIOS option selects the display device the system uses when it boots. The available options are listed below: Auto DEFAULT CRT TV LFP LFP1 LVDS Panel Type Use the LVDS Panel Type to determine the LCD panel resolution.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard PAL TV type is set to PAL SECAM TV type is set to SECAM SMPTE240M TV type is set to SMPTE240M ITU-R television TV type is set to ITU-R television SMPTE260M TV type is set to SMPTE260M SMPTE295M TV type is set to SMPTE295M SMPTE296M TV type is set to SMPTE296M EIA-770.2 TV type is set to EIA-770.2 EIA-770.3 TV type is set to EIA-770.3 6.7.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Audio Controller [All Disabled] The Audio Controller option enables or disables the audio controller. Azalia Audio controller configured as Azalia AC’97 Audio Only The on-board AC’97 audio controller is enabled. All Disabled DEFAULT The on-board audio controller is disabled. 6.8 Exit Use the Exit menu (BIOS Menu 21) to load default BIOS values, optimal failsafe values 893H51 and to save configuration changes.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 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. Discard Changes Use the Discard Changes option to discard the changes and remain in the BIOS configuration setup program.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Chapter 7 7 Software Drivers Page 157
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NANO-945GSE 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. Visit the IEI website or contact technical support for the latest updates. The following drivers can be installed on the system: Chipset VGA LAN Audio Installation instructions are given below. 7.2 Starting the Driver Program To access the driver installation programs, please do the following.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-1: Start Up Screen Step 3: Click NANO-945GSE. Step 4: The screen in appears. Figure 7-2: Select Operating System Step 5: Select the operating system installed on the NANO-945GSE system.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard manual describes the installation for a Windows XP operating system. Step 6: The list of drivers in Figure 7-3 appears.Step 0: 953H Figure 7-3: Drivers 7.3 Chipset Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following. Step 1: Access the driver list shown in Figure 7-3. (See Section 7.2) 954H 95H Step 2: Click “1-Chipset Driver” Step 3: The setup files are extracted as shown in Figure 7-4.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-4: Chipset Driver Screen Step 4: When the setup files are completely extracted the Welcome Screen in Figure 957H 7-5 appears. Figure 7-5: Chipset Driver Welcome Screen Step 5: Click Next to continue.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Step 6: The license agreement in Figure 7-6 appears. 958H Step 7: Read the License Agreement. Step 8: Click the Yes icon to continue. Figure 7-6: Chipset Driver License Agreement Step 9: The Read Me file in Figure 7-7 appears. 95H Step 10: Click Next to continue.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-7: Chipset Driver Read Me File Step 11: Setup Operations are performed as shown in Figure 7-8.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-8: Chipset Driver Setup Operations Step 12: Once the Setup Operations are complete, click the Next icon to continue. Step 13: The Finish screen appears. Step 14: Select “Yes, I want to restart the computer now” and click the Finish icon. See Figure 7-9.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-9: Chipset Driver Installation Finish Screen 7.4 VGA Driver Installation To install the VGA driver, please do the following. Step 1: Access the driver list shown in Figure 7-3. (See Section 7.2) 962H 963H Step 2: Click “2-VGA” Step 3: The VGA Read Me file in Figure 7-10 appears. 964H Step 4: Click Next to continue.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-10: VGA Driver Read Me File Step 5: The installation files are extracted. See Figure 7-11. 965H Figure 7-11: VGA Driver Setup Files Extracted Step 6: The Welcome Screen in Figure 7-12 appears.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-12: VGA Driver Welcome Screen Step 7: Click Next to continue. Step 8: The license agreement in Figure 7-13 appears. 967H Step 9: Read the License Agreement. Step 10: Click the Yes icon to continue.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-13: VGA Driver License Agreement Step 11: The Read Me file in Figure 7-14 appears. 968H Step 12: Click Next to continue. Figure 7-14: VGA Driver Read Me File Step 13: Setup Operations are performed as shown in Figure 7-15.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-15: VGA Driver Setup Operations Step 14: Once the Setup Operations are complete, click the Next icon to continue. Step 15: The Finish screen appears. Step 16: Select “Yes, I want to restart the computer now” and click the Finish icon. See Figure 7-16.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 7.5 LAN Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following. Step 1: Access the driver list shown in Figure 7-3. (See Section 7.2) 971H 972H Step 2: Click “3-LAN” Step 3: The Welcome screen in Figure 7-17 appears. 973H Figure 7-17: LAN Driver Welcome Screen Step 4: Click Next to continue. Step 5: The Ready to Install screen in Figure 7-18 appears. 974H Step 6: Click Next to proceed with the installation.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-18: LAN Driver Welcome Screen Step 7: The program begins to install. Step 8: The installation progress can be monitored in the progress bar shown in Figure 975H 7-19.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Step 9: When the driver installation is complete, the screen in Figure 7-20 appears. 976H Step 0: Figure 7-20: LAN Driver Installation Complete 7.6 Audio Driver Installation To install the chipset driver, please do the following. Step 1: Access the driver list shown in Figure 7-3. (See Section 7.2) 97H Step 2: Click “4-Audio” Step 3: The screen in Figure 7-21 appears.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-21: Audio Driver Options 7.6.1 HD Audio Installation To install the HD Audio driver, please do the following: Step 1: Select “1-HDAudio” in Figure 7-21. 980H Step 2: Installation files are extracted as shown in Figure 7-22.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-22: Extract HD Audio Driver Installation Files Step 3: The Welcome screen in Figure 7-23 appears.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-23: HD Audio Driver Welcome Screen Step 4: Click Next to continue. Step 5: The system updates. See Figure 7-24.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-24: System Update Step 6: Follow the installation instructions until the HD Audio driver installation is complete.Step 0: 7.6.2 AC’97 Driver Installation To install the AC’97 audio driver, please do the following: Step 1: Select “2-AC’97” in Figure 7-21 984H Step 2: The installation files are extracted as shown in Figure 7-25.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-25: AC’97 Driver Installation File Extraction Step 3: The AC’97 Driver Installation screen in Figure 7-26 appears. 986H Step 4: Click Next to continue. Figure 7-26: AC’97 Driver Installation Welcome Screen Step 5: The Verification window in Figure 7-27 may appear. 987H Step 6: Click “Continue Anyway.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-27: AC’97 Driver Installation Verification Step 7: The driver installation begins. See Figure 7-28. 98H Figure 7-28: AC’97 Driver Installation Step 8: When the driver is installed, the driver installation finish screen in Figure 7-29 98H appears.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Figure 7-29: AC’97 Driver Installation Complete Step 10: The system reboots.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Appendix A A BIOS Menu Options Page 180
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard System Overview......................................................................................... 112 35H 90H System Time [xx:xx:xx] .............................................................................. 113 356H 91H System Date [xx/xx/xx] ............................................................................... 113 357H 92H ATA/IDE Configurations [Compatible] ......................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard CPU Fan Start PWM [070]........................................................................... 130 385H 102H Slope PWM [0.5 PWM].............................................................................. 130 386H 102H Suspend Mode [S1(POS)]........................................................................... 133 387H 102H Restore on AC Power Loss [Last State] ................................................... 134 38H 1023H Power Button Mode [On/Off]........
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard DMA Channel# [Available].......................................................................... 144 416H 105H Reserved Memory Size [Disabled]............................................................. 144 417H 1052H Quick Boot [Enabled].................................................................................. 146 418H 1053H Quiet Boot [Disabled] .................................................................................
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Appendix B B Terminology Page 184
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NANO-945GSE 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. AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a SATA Host controller register-level interface. ATA The Advanced Technology Attachment (ATA) interface connects storage devices including hard disks and CD-ROM drives to a computer.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard computer is usually a male DE-9 connector. 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard MAC The Media Access Control (MAC) protocol enables several terminals or network nodes to communicate in a LAN, or other multipoint networks. PCIe PCI Express (PCIe) is a communications bus that uses dual data lines for full-duplex (two-way) serial (point-to-point) communications between the SBC components and/or expansion cards and the SBC chipsets. Each line has a 2.5 Gbps data transmission rate and a 250 MBps sustained data transfer rate.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard 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 1.1 supports 12Mbps data transfer rates, while USB 2.0 supports 480Mbps data transfer rates.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Appendix C C DIO Interface Page 189
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard C.1 DIO Interface Introduction The DIO connector on the NANO-945GSE is interfaced to GPIO ports on the ITE IT8718 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.
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NANO-945GSE 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-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Appendix D D Watchdog Timer Page 192
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NANO-945GSE 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.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard NOTE: When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer, otherwise the system resets.
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Appendix E E Address Mapping Page 195
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Table E-1: IO Address Map Page 197
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard Appendix F F Hazardous Materials Disclosure Page 200
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NANO-945GSE EPIC Motherboard F.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.
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NANO-945GSE 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 X O O O O O 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 Board Metal Fasteners Cable Assembly Assemblies Battery O O: This toxic
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NANO-945GSE 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