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1. Installation Readme for Intel R Matrix Storage Manager Refer to the system requirements for the operating systems supported by Intel R Matrix Storage Manager This document makes references to products developed by Intel There are some restrictions on how these products may be used and what information may be disclosed to others Please read the Disclaimer section at the bottom of this document and contact your Intel field representative if vou would like more information xxXxXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX X XXXXXX XK Intel R Installation Frameworks Figure 7 41 Matrix Storage Manager Readme File Step 11 Read the Readme file information and click NEXT Page 185 _ IE IT echnology Gorp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 12 After the driver installation process is complete a confirmation screen appears Figure 7 42 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager 6 2 0 2002 The setup for the Intel R Matrix Storage Manager is complete You must restart this computer for the changes to take effect Would you like to restart the computer now Yes want to restart my computer now will restart my computer later Click Finish then remove any inst
2. Figure 4 4 5V Power Connector Location Table 4 4 45V ATX Power Connector Pinouts 2 6 RTechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 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 To enable an ATX power supply the AT Power Select jumper must also be configured Please refer to Chapter 3 for more details ATXCTL1 Dac IS Collum 5VSB Fm Ei ani a PS_ON ill Figure 4 5 ATX Power Supply Enable Connector Location Table 4 5 ATX Power Supply Enable Connector Pinouts IE I Technology Gorp 4 2 4 Audio Connector 9 pin CN Label J_AUDIO1 CN Type 9 pin header CN Location See Figure 4 6 CN Pinouts See Table 4 6 An optional module can be connected to the 10 p NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard in audio connector to provide the system with a high quality AC 97 or Azalia compatible codec that provides a complete integrated audio solution L nns J AUDIO1 9 g 2 J_AUDIO1 2 SYNC 9 SYNC ACS7 ACZ_RST 3 z BITCLK a SDATAOUT ACS
3. 4 2 1 155 DVMT FIXED Memory 128 2222 2 24 156 Boot Display Device Auto u u u J 156 Flat Panel Type 1024 768 18bits U J J 156 Audio Controller 97 Audio uu u T T 157 OnBoard LANI Auto reserare il sisaqa 158 On board LAN 158 Mini Card criterion ri rune nna runi unn na anna anna rura 158 Page 190 lt t RIechnology Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard Save Changes and EXIL III eese decer enar za uada 159 Discard Changes and 159 Discard GBa ng esSu coiere Dot uestre 159 Load Optimal Defaults u u u 160 Load Failsafe Defaults U U U I U 160 Page 191 9453 EPIC Motherboard THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK s w Page 192 in Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix B DIO Interface Page 193 _ 16 IT echnology Gorp NANO 9453
4. 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 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 Refer to Chapter 7 for driver installation instructions 5 6 5 SATA Drive Connection The NANO 9453 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 Step 1 Locate the connectors The locations of the SATA drive connectors are shown Page 88 E RIechnology Corp 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 ca
5. 102 6 3 ADVANCED T co 103 6 3 1 CPU uu NM 104 viii gt 7 1 Technology Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard 6 3 2 IDE aiias iei hx i pU M MP D E 106 6 3 2 1 IDE Master IDE Slave a a 107 6 3 3 Super TO essei cuta acid ond AD A EXE Iu EU IU UR 113 6 3 4 Hardware Health Configuration 117 6 3 5 VE rini 122 6 3 5 1 General on ait On s irruit 123 0 3 6 APM CORDERO OR E 125 6 3 7 MPS Configuration aaa RE Ran pnta psa 128 6 3 8 Remote Access 1 129 6 3 9 USB Configuration 133 6 3 9 1 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration 135 137 im 143 6 5 1 Boot Settings 143 6 3 2 i E yaqa 146 6 0 SECURITY G 148 6 7 CHIPSET
6. Corp password After the password has been added Install appears next to Change User NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Password 6 7 Chipset Use the Chipset menu BIOS Menu 20 to access the NorthBridge and SouthBridge configuration menus Setting the wrong values for the Chipset BIOS selections in the Chipset BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction BIOS SETUP UTILI Advanced Chipset Settings WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction BIOS Menu 20 Chipset Page 149 9453 EPIC Motherboard 6 7 1 NorthBridge Configuration Use the NorthBridge Configuration menu BIOS Menu 20 to configure the northbridge chipset BIOS SETUP UTILITY North Bridge Chipset Configuration 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 gt Auto DEFAULT Automatically selects the DRAM frequency gt 400MHz Sets the DRAM frequency to 400MHz gt 533 2 Sets the DRAM frequency to 533MHz Page 150 _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 667MHz Sets the DRAM frequency to 667MHz Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled Use the Configure DRAM Timing by SPD option to determi
7. 36 Figure 4 5 Power Supply Enable Connector Location 37 Figure 4 6 Audio Connector 8 38 Figure 4 7 Card Socket Location U 40 Figure 4 8 DIO Connector Locations 41 Figure 4 9 12V Fan Connector Location 42 Figure 4 10 Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations u u 43 Figure 4 11 Secondary IDE Device Connector Locations 45 Figure 4 12 Infrared Connector Pinout Locations eese 46 Figure 4 13 LVDS LCD Connector Pinout Locations u u u u 47 Figure 4 14 Mini PCle Connector Pinout Locations u u u u 49 Figure 4 15 Parallel Port Connector Location 50 Figure 4 16 104 Slot Location 52 Figure 4 17 SATA Drive Connector Locations u u uu u u u 54 Figure 4 18 RS 422 485 Serial Port Connector Location 55 Figure 4 19 4 port Serial Port Connector Pinout Locations 56 Figure 4 20 USB Connec
8. 76 clear 77 2 function 5 78 jumper configuration 75 LVDS voltage selection 79 104 SERIRQ Support 81 PCI 104 VIO Selector 80 keyboard 92 94 keyboard connector 4 keyboard controller 21 LED iiss 43 MED 43 LPG DUS ite cite ta 18 19 LPC interface 16 20 LVDS 79 voltage select 79 LVDS LCD connector 47 location and pinouts 47 LVDS pa el uu u 47 e 47 BO Dit iui e ene ta 47 dual channel 47 single channel 47 LVDS voltage selection jumper 79 aqa 80 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Tulle 79 Matrix Storage Manager 205 memory module installation 72 memory 12 83 installation 83 MOUSG 92 parallel
9. 119 CPU Temp Limit of Start 020 J J J J no J u cn 119 CPU Temp Limit of Full 080 l u u u u u u u 120 CPU Fan Start PWM 070 IIIa rua ae mne kx 121 Slope PWM 1 2 PWW u 121 Hardware Health Monitoring u u u J T 121 Page 188 _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard ACPI Aware O S IYYeS lll i A ii ii 123 Suspend Mode Auto 124 Repost Video 53 Resume No J 125 Power Management APM Enabled J J 126 Restore on AC Power Loss by IO Last 126 Power Button Mode 126 Resume on Ring Disabled 127 Resume PME Disabled 127 Resume On RTC Alarm 2 22 22 22 4 222 127 Alarm Date uu a u interitu ecu 127 E E H
10. 110 PIO Mode pue 110 DMA Mode Auto lll il i l i iii Ia AARAA AAAA A AAAA ANAA 111 SMART AUTO N 112 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled iere nete U u u J J 112 Serial Port1 Address 3F8 J J J J J J J J 113 Serial Mode Normal U U u u J J 114 Serial Port2 Address 2F8 IRQ3 J J 114 Serial Port2 Mode Normal u 114 Parallel Port Address Disabled 114 Parallel Port Mode Normal u u 115 Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 IILI i il ii asas 116 Serial Port3 Address 3E8 u 116 Serial Ports IRQ 11 tn eiie RC ea noce euo 116 Serial Port4 Address 2E8 J U v uec ce aen an en nen 116 Serial Port4 IRQ 10 LI l i 117 CPU FAN Mode Setting Full On Modce J T 118 CPU Temp Limit of OFF 000
11. Connector Type Label 12V ATX power supply connector 4 pin ATX connector CN1 and CN2 5V power connector 2 pin ATX connector CN3 ATX enable connector 3 pin wafer ATXCTL1 Audio connector 14 pin header J_AUDIO1 Compact Flash CF connector 50 pin header JCF1 Digital connector 10 pin header DIO1 Fan connector 3 pin wafer CPU_FAN1 Page 33 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 header INVERTER1 LVDS connector 30 pin crimp LVDS1 Parallel port connector 26 pin header LPT1 PCI 104 slot 104 pin slot 104_ 51 PCle 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 Serial port connectors Four RS 232 ports 40 pin header COM Serial port connector RS 422 485 4 pin wafer connector CN5 USB connector 8 pin header 05801 USB connector 8 pin header USB23 Table 4 1 Peripheral Interface Connectors 4 1 3 External Interface Panel Connectors Table 4 2 lists the rear panel connectors on the NANO 9453 Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in Section 4 3 on page 58 Connector Type Label Ethernet connector RJ
12. 21 115 116 parallel port connector 50 location and pinouts 50 parallel port 4 PCI Express GbE controller 18 PCI interface eter eese 17 104 SERIRQ Support jumper 81 PCI 104 SERIRQ Support jumper locati r c DE 81 SONGS Rt 81 PCI 104 slot 51 location and pinouts 51 PCI 104 VIO Selector jumper 80 PCI 104 voltage selection jumper 80 80 peripheral connectors 35 peripheral device cables 83 power button sese 43 _ e RITechnology Corp Power Button Mode 126 power LED 43 power 35 36 37 AT power 37 ATX power supply 35 36 37 woes 11 PS 2 5 94 PS 2 keyboard 59 94 CONNECTION 2 94 PS 2 mouse eit head 59 PAID 54 real time 17
13. Technology Corp GMA Driver Installation Welcome Screen 168 GMA Driver License 168 GMA Driver Installing Notice U J J J J J nnn 169 GMA Driver Installation Complete J 169 Access Windows Control Panel J 170 Double Click the System 170 Double Click the Device Manager 171 Device Manager A 171 Search for Suitable Driver l u u 172 Locate Driver FIGS 20 172 Location Browsing annen 173 4 AUDIO AC KIT883HD Windows Folder 174 HD Audio Driver Setup Extracting Files u u u 174 HD Audio Driver Setup Welcome Screen eese 175 HD Audio Driver Installation Complete u u u 175 CD 4 AUDIOAC KITOSR Windows Folder 1
14. PRINTER SELECT LN Table 4 15 Parallel Port Connector Pinouts 4 2 14 PCI 104 Slot CN Label PC104 PLUS1 CN Type 120 pin PCI 104 slot CN Location See Figure 4 16 CN Pinouts See Table 4 16 The PCI 104 slot enables a PCI 104 compatible expansion module to be connected to the board 9453 EPIC Motherboard PC104 PLUS1 T ram Fi T 82 11 HAT 825 1 822 1 GNO E z 12V Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard Column A Column B Column C Column D 2 em e mm x ee gt e m e wo en gt me e e gt e em e pe me fee gt fom o foe 2 me m ams fpe 2 eme B fw 2 ee GNTO IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard Column B Table 4 16 PCI 104 Slot Connector Pinouts 4 2 15 SATA Drive Connectors CN Label CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts 7 pin SATA drive connectors See Table 4 17 SATA1 and SATA2 See Figure 4 17 The two SATA drive connectors are each connected to a fi
15. 90 front panel connector 4 43 location and pinouts 43 front side bus 2 PGB 105 hard disk drives 54 HDD LED 43 heat sIDk iue 70 IDE 4 IDE connector 44 pin 44 location and pinouts 44 IDE tr tds 84 85 87 ATA flat 85 87 84 85 87 IDE flat cable 84 IDE flat cable en 84 IDE interface 16 infrared interface 46 Amplitude Shift Key Infrared 46 dieit tir etie in 46 Serial 46 46 infrared interface 4 46 location and pinouts 46 installation checklist 66 IrDA eterne 114 Page 222 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 75 AT power 5 1 37 CF card
16. 5V IRTX m NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Table 4 12 Infrared Connector Pinouts 4 2 11 LVDS LCD Connector CN Label LVDS1 CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts The 30 pin LVDS LCD connector can be connected to single channel or dual channel 18 bit or 36 bit LVDS panel LVDS1 8888 See Figure 4 13 See Table 4 13 30 pin crimp 2x10 PIN NO DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 1 GROUND 2 GROUND 3 LVDSA 0 4 LVDSA YO 5 LVDSA_Y1 6 LVDSA_Y1 7 LVDSA_Y2 8 LVDSA Y2 RITechnology Corp VCC2 VCCA NC3 VCC1 VCC3 NC4 _ 16 IE 9 LVDSA_CLK 10 LVDSA_CLK 11 N C 12 N C 13 GROUND 14 GROUND 15 LVDSB YO 16 LVDSB YO 17 LVDSB_Y1 18 LVDSB_Y1 19 LVDSB_Y2 20 LVDSB Y2 21 LVDSB_CLK 22 LVDSB_CLK 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 PCle Socket CN Label CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts The 52 pin mini PCle socket supports the latest PCle extension cards such as wireless CN4 26 pin box header See See LAN cards and other compatible devices Dmm nm 9453 EPIC Motherboard
17. _ IT echnology Gorp 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 Insert the USB Series A plug of a device into the USB Series A receptacle on the external peripheral interface See Figure 5 25 2 6 RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5 25 USB Connector 9453 EPIC Motherboard THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK s w Page 98 0 RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Chapter 6 AMI BIOS _ 16 IT echnology Gorp 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
18. l u u u u 108 Menu 6 Super IO Configuration 113 Menu 7 Hardware Health 118 Menu 8 ACPI Configuration u u u uu u u 123 Menu 9 General ACPI Configuration Advanced ACPI Configuration 124 Menu 10 Advanced Power Management Configuration 125 Menu 11 MPS Configuration U 128 Menu 12 Remote Access Configuration Advanced J 129 Menu 13 USB Configuration U u u u u u 133 Menu 14 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration u 135 Menu 15 PCI PnP Configuration U 138 Menu 16 BO OU 143 Menu 17 Boot Settings 144 Menu 18 Boot Device Priority Settings l u u u u 147 19 Security 2 2 148 205 58 nka sa u sanu 149 Menu 21 NorthBridge Chipset Configuration u u u u u u
19. 79 Figure 5 12 LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Pinout 80 Figure 5 13 104 VIO Selector Jumper Pinout Locations 81 Figure 5 14 PCI 104 SERIRQ Support Jumper Pinout 82 Figure 5 15 IDE Cable 84 Figure 5 16 5 1 Channel Audio Kit eese essen u u u u u 86 Figure 5 17 5 1 Channel Audio Kit 88 Figure 5 18 SATA Drive Cable Connection 89 Figure 5 19 SATA Power Drive Connection u u u u 90 Figure 5 20 Four Serial Port Connector Cable Connection 91 Figure 5 21 Dual USB Cable Connection eese eene u u u 92 Figure 5 22 VGA Connector alere a iade ener 93 Figure 5 23 PS 2 Connector eterne na tri iae hende LE RE de ARS eundo Du Rome 94 Figure 5 24 RJ 45 Ethernet 96 Figure 5 25 USB CONNECTION insiriscia aeaaaioii eenaa Aa Haa aeaaeae aaia 97 Figure 6 1 Video Function 155 Figure 7
20. amp Hardware profiles provide way for you to set up and store different hardware configurations Hardware Profiles DK Apply Figure 7 17 Double Click the Device Manager Step 4 Alist of system hardware devices appears Figure 7 18 Action e 22 m 89 08 Computer H Disk drives Display adapters DVD CD ROM drives H Floppy disk controllers Human Interface Devices H IDE ATA ATAPI controllers 8 Keyboards TA Mice and other pointing devices 3 Monitors EJ Network adapters 8 9 Ports COM amp LPT Sound video and game controllers System devices 2 8 Universal Serial Bus controllers 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 Page 171 9453 EPIC Motherboard Upgrade Device Driver Wizard 4 Install Hardware Device Drivers device driver is a software program that enables a hardware device to work with NS an operating system This wizard upgrades drivers for the following hardware device m 532DD35TA0378HannStar U171 Upgrading to a newer version of a device driver may add functionality to or improve the performan
21. 1 Name Volumed RAID Level RAIDO Stripe Disks el Strip Size 128KB Capacity 298 0 GB Create Volume Enter a string between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to uniquely identify the RAID volume This name is case sensitive and cannot contain special characters 1 1 Tab Next ESC1 Previous Menu 1 1 Figure E 2 Create RAID Volume Name Page 209 Step 3 Choose the level Select a RAID level from the list levels include NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard RAID 0 1 5 and 10 See Figure E 3 RAID 0 and RAID1 levels require a minimum of two hard drives RAID 10 level requires a minimum of four hard drives RAID5 level requires a minimum of three hard drives e AID Leve 8120 51 Figure 3 Choose the Raid Level Page 210 a 42 2 lt o A 9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure E 4 Select the Stripe Size Step 5 Enter the Volume Capacity Enter the volume capacity or press ENTER to accept the default capacity See Figure E 5 Figure E 5 Enter the Volume Capacity Page 211 gt 7 22 y m m VE 2 P d Z I 7 9453 Motherboard
22. Short Support Table 5 7 1 104 SERIRQ Support Jumper Settings The PCI 104 SERIRQ Support jumper location is shown in Figure 5 12 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Figure 5 14 104 SERIRQ Support Jumper Pinout Locations 5 5 Chassis Installation 5 5 1 Airflow 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 In a system with an individual power supply unit the cooling fan of a power supply can also help generate airflow through the board surface _ e RTechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard IEI has a wide range of backplanes available Please contact your NANO 9453 vendor reseller or IEI sales representative sales iei com tw or visit the 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 1 Peripheral Device Cables The cables l
23. e 15 2 6 3 Intel ICH7M IDE Interface ettet 16 2 6 4 Intel ICH7M Low Pin Count ELPC pe deus 16 _ 16 IE T echnology Gorp Page vi gt 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 6 5 Intel ICH7M PCI Interface eerte tette 17 2 6 6 Intel ICH7M Real Time Clock m main 17 2 6 7 Intel ICH7M SATA Es qune aida ebd 17 2 6 8 Intel ICH7M USB Controllef ten IR otha Mp 17 2 7 PCIE BUS COMPONENTE 18 2 7 1 UA M C 18 2 7 2 Broadcom PCI Express GbE interface 18 2 1 3 Mimi PCle E X 18 2 8 LPC BUS COMPONENTS u uyu norm Mosa ue EM MEE 19 26A LPG Bus E 19 E TRI UR RERO UN 19 2 0 3 S per TO acus px 19 2 5 2 1 S per VO LPC Interface rrr end 20 2 8 3 2 S per TO T6650 DS DP Due ae 20 2 8 3 3 Super I O Enhanced Hardware Monitor 20 2 8 3 4 Super I O Fan Speed Controller 20 2 6 3 5 nuper Parallel 21 2 8 3 6 Super I O Keyboard Controller
24. 55 56 controller 17 serial port connector cable 90 devices 57 Serial ri 20 57 SIR interface 46 USB 1 1 57 SIS964 setis m reus 157 57 socket 479 CPU USB 57 cooling 70 USB 2 0 57 134 cooling kit installation 70 USB 2 0 port teas 61 eect 44 67 USB cable SO DIMM RE tee Reine 72 d alipOTE 91 installation 72 USB connector internal 5 57 specifcations 72 location and pinouts 57 Super 19 VGA 93 5 58 61 58 technical specifications 5 92 93 temperature arra eren u 117 2 2 93 UNPACKING sese 26 warranty validation 66 unpacking checklist 27 Page 224 Ener lt
25. 3 1 ENTER1 Select Menu Figure E 8 Delete RAID Volume Menu Page 213 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 2 Select RAID Volume to be Deleted Use the arrow keys to highlight the RAID volume to be deleted and press ENTER See Figure E 9 o 00 0 Bootable RAIDO CStripe 298 0GB Normal Yes Figure E 9 Select RAID Volume to be Deleted Step 3 Delete Volume Verification After reading the warning press Y to delete the specified RAID volume or N to return to the Delete Volume menu See Figure E 10 Figure E 10 Delete Volume Verification Page 214 lt Srdo Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 4 Non RAID Disks After deleting the RAID volume the disks belonging to the volume will be shown as non RAID disks See Figure E 11 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM 5 0 0 1032 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 Create RAID Volume 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID 4 Exit 1 Uolunes None defined Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial 512 Type Status Vol ID Maxtor 67160 0 45 5 152 7GB WDC WD1600JD 75H UD UCAL92193433 149 0GB 1111 1 5 1 CENTER Select Menu Figure E 11 Non RAID Disks E 4 3 Resetting a
26. NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard RTechnology Corp RESERVED_10 RESERVED_9 33V 2 GND11 1 5V_3 LED_WPAN LED_WLAN LED_WWAN GND10 28 JSB_PP7 USED ED USB PN7 RESERVED 5 RESERVED 4 RESERVED 3 GND9 PETP2 Bea PETpO PETN2 era PETnO C 2 SMBDATA GND7 SMBCLK GND6 2 lt PERpO PERN2 lt _ lt _ PERNO GND4 UIM C4 C8 w DISABLE PERST ERR GND2 CLK PCIE MINI REFCLK CLK_PCIE_MINI REFCLK LE CLKREQ RESERVED_2 RESERVED_1 PCIE_WAKE arcane swe we IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard Table 4 14 Mini PCle Socket Pinouts 4 2 13 Parallel Port Connector CN Label LPT1 CN Type 26 pin box header CN Location See Figure 4 15 CN Pinouts See Table 4 15 The 26 pin parallel port connector connects to a parallel port connector interface or some other parallel port device such as a printer o mo 1 26 1 SLIN LP ACK 1413 PE EO TP Ser Figure 4 15 Parallel Port Connector Location 9453 EPIC Motherboard _ e RITechnology Corp DESCRIPTION PINNO DESCRIPTION z mm 2 emi p m 2 ems s om 7 ems s ome D ms s xe hs
27. 150 Menu 22 SouthBridge Chipset Configuration l 157 23 EX 159 9453 EPIC Motherboard Technology Corp Glossary AC 97 ACPI APM ARMD ASKIR ATA BIOS CFII CMOS CPU Codec COM DAC DDR DIMM DIO DMA EIDE EIST FDD FDC FFIO FIFO FSB IrDA Audio Codec 97 Advanced Configuration and Power Interface Advanced Power Management ATAPI Removable Media Device Shift Keyed Infrared Advanced Technology Attachments Basic Input Output System Compact Flash Type 2 Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor Central Processing Unit Compressor Decompressor Serial Port Digital to Analog Converter Double Data Rate Dual Inline Memory Module Digital Input Output Direct Memory Access Enhanced IDE Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology Floppy Disk Drive Floppy Disk Connector Flexible File Input Output First In First Out Front Side Bus Infrared Data Association HDD Hard Disk Drive IDE Integrated Data Electronics Input Output Controller Hub 4 L1 Cache Level 1 Cache L2 Cache Level 2 Cache LCD Liquid Crystal Display LPT Parallel Port Connector LVDS Low Voltage Differential Signaling MAC Media Access Controller OS Operating System PCI Peripheral Connect Interface PIO Programmed Input Output PnP Plug and Play POST Power On Self
28. 21 2 9 ENVIRONMENTAL AND POWER SPECIFICATIONS 21 201 System M nit ring DANI SR 21 2 9 2 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control 22 2 9 3 Power Gon WO casos ebat taie Init NEM REIS A 23 UNPACKING e 25 3 1 ANTI STATIC PRECAUTIONS 26 3 2L UNPACKING 26 2 2 4 Unpacking Precautlols 26 3 3 UNPACKING CHECRIIST t 27 3 3 1 Pack g Contents 27 M aA 29 CONNECTOR PINOUT S 31 4 1 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS 32 2 14 NANO 9453 coisecra aa a E 32 4 1 2 Peripheral Interface Connectors 33 1 Technology Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard 4 1 3 External Interface Panel Connectors 34 4 2 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS i tvi 35 4 2 1 12V ATX Power Supply Connector 35 4 2 2 42V ATX Power Supply 36 4 2 3 Power Supply Enable Connect
29. AE 149 6 7 1 NorthBridge Configuration 150 6 7 1 1 Video Function Configuration ooo eot 154 6 7 2 SouthBridge Chipset Configuration 157 6 0 EXIT m 159 DRIVER INSTALLATION 161 7 1 AVAILABLE SOFTWARE DRIVERS 162 DRIVER CD AUTORUN ssp T 162 7 3 CHIPSET DRIVER INSTALLATION 163 7 4 INTEL GRAPHICS MEDIA ACCELERATOR DRIVER eene 165 7 5 BROADCOM LAN DRIVER FOR LAN INSTALLATION 169 7 6 REALTEK HD AUDIO DRIVER ALC883 INSTALLATION 173 BIOS Setup IRR 173 7 0 2 Driver Installation 179 7 7 REALTEK 97 AUDIO DRIVER ALC665 INSTALLATION 176 7928 8 18 Setup 176 Z Z 2 D MU mI Mm 176 7 8 INTEL MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER INSTALLATION eene enne rennes 181 _ 16 IE T echnology Gorp A BIOSOPTIONS 187 D
30. An assembly program to enable digital input functions is listed below MOV AX Sets the digital port as input INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H BIOS call B 3 2 Enable the DIO Output Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital An assembly program to enable digital output functions is listed below MOV AX 6F09H Sets the digital port as output MOV BL 09H INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H BIOS call Page 195 9453 EPIC Motherboard THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK s w Page 196 Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix C Watchdog Timer Page 197 _ 16 198 9453 EPIC Motherboard The following discussion applies to DOS environment 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 When the CPU stops working correctly Watchdog Timer either performs a hardware reset cold boot or a Non Maskable Interrupt NMI to bring the syste
31. _ 16 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 4 The welcome screen in Figure 7 3 appears Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility 8 1 1 1010 Welcome to the Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility This program will install the Plug and Play components for the Intel R chipset that is on this system It is strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before continuing Intel A Installation Frameworks 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 Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility 8 1 1 1010 License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the Page Down key to view the rest of the agreement INTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IHY IS Distribution amp Single User IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not use or load this software and any associated materials collectively the Software until you have carefully read the following terms and conditions By loading or using the Software you agree to the terms of this Agreement If do not wish to so agree do not install or use the Software Please Note f you are an Original Equipment Manufacturer Independent Hardware Vendor or Independent Software Vendor ISV
32. 199 _ 0 RITechnology Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK s w Page 200 Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix D Address Mapping Page 201 D 1 Address 1 address Range NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Description 000 01 DMA Controller 020 021 Interrupt Controller 040 043 System time 060 06F Keyboard Controller 070 07F System CMOS Real time Clock 080 09F DMA Controller 0A0 0A1 Interrupt Controller 0CO ODF DMA Controller OFO OFF Numeric data processor 1 0 1 7 Primary IDE Channel 2E8 2EF 2F8 2FF 378 37F Serial Port 2 COM2 Serial Port 2 COM2 Parallel Printer Port 1 LPT1 3B0 3BB Intel Graphics Controller 3C0 3DF Intel Graphics Controller 3E8 3EF Serial Port 3 COM3 3F6 3F6 Primary IDE Channel 3F7 3F7 Standard floppy disk controller 3F8 3FF Table D 1 IO Address Map Serial Port 1 1 D 2 1st MB Memory Address Map Memory address Description 00000 9FFFF System memory A0000 BFFFF buffer F0000 FFFFF System BIOS 1000000 Extend BIOS Table D 2 1 MB Memory Ad
33. 3 9 10 11 DEFAULT Serial port 4 IRQ address is 3 Serial port 4 IRQ address is 9 DEFAULT Serial port 4 IRQ address is 10 Serial port 4 IRQ address is 11 6 3 4 Hardware Health Configuration The Hardware Health Configuration menu BIOS Menu 7 shows the operating temperature fan speeds and system voltages Page 117 9453 EPIC Motherboard Hardware Health Configuration CPU Temperature System Temperature Temperature System FAN Speed CPU Core 1 8U 3 30U Aree en or be v 49 C 120 F 42 107 5887 RPM 1 040 U 1 76 9 3 360 U 4 992 11 800 U 0 880 1 1 472 0 4 800 U 3 168 U BIOS Menu 7 Hardware Health Configuration CPU Mode Setting Full Mode Use the CPU FAN Mode Setting option to configure the second fan gt Full On Mode gt Automatic mode gt PWM Manual mode When the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is in the Automatic Mode the following parameters can be set DEFAULT Fan is the time Fan is off when the temperature is low enough Parameters must be set by the user Pulse width modulation set manually m CPU Temp Limit of OFF Page 118 _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard m CPU Temp Limit of Start m CPU Temp Limit of Full m CPU Fan Start PWM Slope PWM 1 When the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is in th
34. Back Bsearch 405 GE config engine32 E Owings kernel layout Select an item to view its description Sh alcchkid README 8 setcbfmt Documents alcrmy9x setup ibt Setup E akupd 4 a setup SRBALCXDEV a setup isn setup iss 4 CPLIcon amp SetupEx datal sounoman See also My Network Places 4 Computer 81 object s 5 80 MB 5 My Computer Figure 7 26 CD 4 AUDIOAC KITOSR 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 EN Starting InstallShield wizard Figure 7 27 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 Page 177 _ IE Realtek AC 97 Audio InstallShield Wizard NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Instat 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
35. 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 1 Installation Notices WARNING The installation instructions described in this manual should be carefully followed in order to prevent damage to the NANO 9453 NANO 9453 components and injury to the user Before and during the installation please DO the following m user manual O Theuser manual provides a complete description of the NANO 9453 installation instructions and configuration options m Wear electrostatic discharge cuff ESD O Electronic components are easily damaged by ESD Wearing an ESD cuff removes ESD from the body and helps prevent ESD damage m Place the NANO 9453 on an antistatic pad O Wheninstalling or configuring the motherboard place it on an antistatic pad This helps to prevent potential ESD damage m Turn all power to the NANO 9453 off _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard 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 installa
36. 186 Page xiii _ IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard List of Tables Table 1 1 Technical Specifications 6 Table 2 1 Processor Features U 11 Table 2 2 Supported Processors U U U u u 12 Table 2 3 Supported HDD 5 2 222 4 2 11 16 Table 2 4 Power Consumption U U u u u u uu u 23 Table 3 1 Package List Contents u u u u u J 28 Table 3 2 Optional Items cauaa du cuu u u vag J J 30 Table 4 1 Peripheral Interface Connectors U U J 34 Table 4 2 Rear Panel Connectors U 35 Table 4 3 12V Power Connector Pinouts eese 36 Table 4 4 5V ATX Power Connector Pinouts eese nennen u u 36 Table 4 5 Power Supply Enable Connector J 37 Table 4 6 Audio Connector Pinouts U esee nennen u u u u 38 Table 4 7 CF Card Soc
37. 200 pin SO DIMM Socket Figure 2 4 200 pin SO DIMM Socket 2 5 3 Intel 945GM Integrated Graphics The Intel 945GM northbridge chipset has an Intel Gen 3 5 integrated graphics engine that supports the following display devices m Analog CRT LVDS m S DVO _ 16 IE 2 5 3 1 Intel 945GM Analog CRT Support NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard A DB 15 connector on the external peripheral interface connector panel is interfaced to the Intel 945GM graphics engine The Intel 945GM internal graphics engine with an integrated 400MHz RAMDAC and hot plug CRT support supports analog CRT monitors up to QXGA 2 5 3 2 Intel 945GM LVDS Support A 30 pin LVDS crimp connector is interfaced to the Intel 945GM graphics engine The Intel 945GM internal graphics engine supports LVDS displays with the following features m Upto UXGA monitors with a maximum resolution 1600 x 1200 m 18 bit 25 2 to 112MHz single channel or dual channel LVDS screens m CPIS 1 5 compliant LVDS screens 2 5 3 3 Intel 945GM SDVO Support The Intel 945GM internal graphics engine has the following SDVO output features m Concurrent operation PCle x 1 with SDVO m Supports second VGA out m SDVO is mixed onto the PCle pins 2 5 4 Intel 945GM Direct Media Interface DMI Intel 945GM northbridge GMCH is connected to the Intel ICH7M Southbridge Chipset through the chip to chip Direct Media Interface
38. Step 6 Create the RAID Volume Press ENTER to create the RAID volume as specified See Figure E 6 reate Uolune Figure E 6 Create the RAID Volume Step 7 Create RAID Volume Verification After reading the warning press Y to create the RAID volume as specified or N to return to the Create RAID Volume menu See Figure E 7 Are you sure you want to create this volume Y N Figure E 7 Create RAID Volume Verification Page 212 9453 EPIC Motherboard E 4 2 Deleting a RAID Volume _ o Corp All data stored on the member drives of a RAID volume are destroyed during the RAID deletion process Make sure any data to be saved has been moved or backed up before deleting a RAID volume Step 1 Select Delete RAID Volume Use the arrow keys to highlight Delete RAID Volume and press ENTER See Figure E 8 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option v5 0 0 1032 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 1 Create RAID Volume p Delete RAID Volune 4 Reset Disks to Non RAID Exit 1 RAID Uolunes ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable 0 Yolumed RAIDO Stripe 128KB 298 0GB Yes Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Size Type Status Vol ID Haxtor 6Y160MO Y45TDYSE 152 261 WDC UD1600JD 75H UD UCAL92193433 149 0GB 1111 1
39. deem 133 USB 2 0 Controller Enabled 134 Legacy USB Support Enabled J T 134 USB2 0 Controller Mode 134 BIOS EHCI Handoff Enabled 135 all 136 Emulation Type A to irt recette 136 Page 189 e IE IT echnology Gorp eia 138 Plug amp Play O S 0 u u an aaa u qS iecit tete Aree hace rt node uctus te steve 138 PCI Latency Timer 641 corri e tne en en 139 Allocate IRQ to PCI 2 2 139 Palette Snooping Disabled U J 139 PCI IDE BusMaster Enabled 140 OffBoard IDE Card Autco U u u 140 IRQ Available l P 141 Channels Available cannon tnc u u nonam aa 142 Reserved Memory Size Disabled U 142 Quick Boot Enabled
40. RITechnology Corp DB 15 connector 93 digital input output connector 41 location and pinouts 41 8 8 external peripheral interface connector panel cried mide 9 dual port USB 91 electrostatic discharge 26 64 Enhanced Hardware Monitor 20 Ethernet ait 92 RJ 45 cable connector 92 RJ 45 connector 5 Ethernet connectors 58 Ethernet controllers 60 external indicators 43 external peripheral interface 92 connection 92 Su D a uq aussi ha 92 External Peripheral Interface Connector Keyboard Mouse 59 aie e Ee 60 61 61 external switches 43 fan 4 42 location and pinouts 42 fan speed controller 20 Page 221 _ 16 IE IT echnology Gorp FDD 113 four serial port cable
41. eT U Ci Am Vista 5265 README WDM R140 Windows Select an item to view its description See also My Documents My Network Places My Computer object s 24 3 MB 5 Computer 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 Realtek HD Audio InstallShield Wizard Extractirp Files The contents of this package are being extracted Please wait while the InstallShield Wizard extracts the files needed to install Realtek HD Audio on your computer This may take a few moments Reading contents of package Cancel Figure 7 23 HD Audio Driver Setup Extracting Files Page 174 1 RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 5 The Welcome screen appears Click See Figure 7 24 Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Setup 2 15 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek High Definition Audio Driver Vizard vel instal High Audio Driver on your computer 00 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 Realtek High Definition Audio Driv
42. lt lt Technology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Chapter 5 Installation Page 63 _ 16 9453 EPIC Motherboard 5 1 Anti static Precautions 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 It is therefore critical that whenever the NANO 9453 or any other electrical component is handled the following anti static precautions are strictly adhered to m Wear an anti static wristband Wearing a simple anti static wristband can help to prevent ESD from damaging the board Self grounding Before handling the board touch any grounded conducting material During the time the board is handled frequently touch any conducting materials that are connected to the ground m Use an anti static pad When configuring the NANO 9453 place it on an antic static pad This reduces the possibility of ESD damaging the NANO 9453 w Only handle the edges of the PCB When handling the PCB hold the PCB by the edges lt _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 5 2 Installation Considerations
43. 9 GND GND 11 DATA CARRI ER DETECT DCD2 DATA SET READY DSR2 13 RECEIVE DATA RXD2 REQUEST TO SEND RTS2 15 TRANSMI T DATA TXD2 CLEAR TO SEND CTS2 17 DATA TERMI NAL READY DTR2 RING INDICATOR RI 2 19 GND GND 21 DATA CARRIER DETECT DCD3 DATA SET READY DSR3 23 RECEIVE DATA RXD3 REQUEST TO SEND RTS3 25 TRANSMIT DATA TXD3 CLEAR TO SEND CTS3 27 DATA TERMI NAL READY DTR3 RING INDICATOR 29 GND GND 31 DATA CARRIER DETECT DCD4 DATA SET READY DSR4 33 RECEIVE DATA RXD4 34 REQUEST TO SEND RTS4 35 TRANSMI T DATA TXD4 36 CLEAR TO SEND CTS4 37 DATA TERMI READY 4 38 RING INDICATOR RI 4 39 GND 40 GND Table 4 19 4 Port Serial Port Connector 4 2 18 USB Connectors Internal CN Label 05801 and 05823 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 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 bus expansion ITechnology GCorp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 45V USB DTO USB_DT1 USB_DT0 PIN NO DESCRIPTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 VCC GND 3 DATA DATA 5 DATA DATA 7 GND VCC Table 4 20 USB Port Connector Pinouts 4 3 External Peripheral Interface Connecto
44. OT 83 5 6 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL DEVICE CONNECTIONS 0000 enne nennen 83 5 6 1 Peripheral Device Cables FIER CX HEAT 83 2052 IDE Cable Connection 84 5 6 3 5 1 Channel Audio Kit Installation 85 5 6 4 7 1 Channel Audio Kit Installation 87 2 6 5 Drive Connection 68 5 6 6 Serial Port Connector Cable Four Ports Cable Connection 90 5 6 7 USB Cable Dual Port ie eerte tte oreet ke 9 5 7 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTION nennen nenne 92 5 7 1 VGA Monitor Connection 93 5 7 2 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connection 94 3 7 3 RIJ 43 Ethernet Connection 95 ILA USB Connec M 96 6 AMI BIOS c rm 99 D 1 INTRODUCTION 100 6 1 1 St rting 100 2 Using SetuP NT T 100 6 1 3 Getting Help stt da d 101 6 1 4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes 101 6 1 5 BIOS Menu BOE eO tud mm M qu mn Ia 101 0 2 ES
45. PC104 SERIRQ support 1 2 3 Technical Specifications NANO 9453 technical specifications are listed in Table 1 1 See Chapter 2 for details Specification NANO 9453 Form Factor EPIC Socket 479 Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile System CPU Socket 479 Intel Core Duo Socket 479 Intel Core Solo Front Side Bus 667MHz System Chipset Northbridge Intel 945GM _ 16 IE IT echnology Gorp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Specification 9453 Southbridge Intel ICH7M Memory One 200 pin SO DIMM socket supports one 533MHz or 667MHz DDR2 SO DIMM with a maximum capacity of 1GB Display Dual VGA Integrated in the Intel 945GM to support CRT LVDS Dual channel 18 bit LVDS LCD panel BIOS AMI BIOS Audio 7 1 channel or 5 1 channel audio with an optional AC KIT LAN COM Two Broadcom PCle GbE controllers Three RS 232 internal serial ports One RS 232 RS 422 or RS 485 serial port USB2 0 Six USB 2 0 devices supported IDE SATA Keyboard mouse One 44 pin IDE connects to two Ultra ATA33 66 100 devices Two 3 0Gb s SATA drives supported One PS 2 connector supports mouse and keyboard connectivity Watchdog Timer Software programmable 1 255 sec by super Power Supply 12V only AT and ATX supported Temperature 0 60 C 32 F 140 F Humidity operating 59679596 non condensing D
46. jm Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard Repost Video 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 gt DEFAULT VGA BIOS post is invoked gt Yes The 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 Configuration Advanced Resume Event Controls BIOS Menu 10 Advanced Power Management Configuration Page 125 Power Management APM Enabled 9453 EPIC Motherboard 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 gt Disabled Disables the Advanced Power Management APM feature gt DEFAULT Enables the APM feature Restore AC Power Loss by IO Last State Use the Restore on AC Power Loss by IO BIOS option to specify what state the system returns to if there is a sudden loss of power to the system gt The system remains turned off gt Power On The system turns on Last State DEFAULT system returns to its previous state it was on it turns itself on If it wa
47. this complete LICENSE AGREEMENT applies must accept all the terms of the license agreement in order to continue the setup program Do you accept the terms Intel R Installation Frameworks 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 Page 164 EC 9 lt 9453 EPIC Motherboard Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility 8 1 1 1010 Readme File Information Refer to the Readme file below to view system requirements and installation n tel information Press the Page Down key to view the rest of the file n Product Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility m Release Production Version 8 1 1 1010 Target Chipset s 0953 0955 955 5955 and 3000 3010 3100 and 5000 Series Date November 08 2006 For the list of supported chipsets please refer to the Release Notes Intel R Installation Frameworks 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 Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility 8 1 1 1010 The Intel R Chipset Software Installation Utility is complete The setup program successfully installed Plug and Play components onto the system Click Finish to ex
48. 108 _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard m 5 Indicates whether or not the Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology protocol is supported m 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 gt Not Installed BIOS is prevented from searching for an IDE disk drive on the specified channel Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the IDE disk drive type attached to the specified channel This setting should be used if an IDE hard disk drive is attached to the specified channel gt CD DVD The CD DVD option specifies that an IDE CD ROM drive is attached to the specified IDE channel The BIOS does not attempt to search for other types of IDE disk drives on the specified channel gt This option specifies Removable Media Device These include but are not limited to gt ZIP 15 120 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 Page 109 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt Disabled BIOS is prevented from using the LBA mode control on th
49. 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 Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the Page Down key to view the rest of the agreement INTEL Single SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT ISV Distribution amp User IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not use or load this software and any associated materials collectively the Soltware until you have carefully read the following terms and conditions loading using the Software you agree to the terms of this Agreement If you do not with to so agree do not install or use the Software Please Also Note If you an Original Equipment Manufacturer Independent Hardware Vendor or Independent Software Vendor IS V this complete LICENSE AGREEMENT apples x You must accept all of the terms of the license agreement in order to continue the setup program Do you accept the terms intel Instat 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 Page 168 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 9453 EPIC Motherboard Installing version 6 14 10 4497 Figure 7 13 GMA Driver Installi
50. 8 48e C Windows ME 98 8 48 1 Windows Server 2003 32 bit 8 48e C Windows Server 2003 1464 8 48e CJ Windows Server 2003 x86 64EM64T 8 48e Windows XP x86 64EM64T 8 48e WindowsNT4 8 48e WindowsXP 8 48e WindowsXP 1464 8 48 8 readme txt 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 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 Goto Southbridge Configuration menu Set the Audio Controller option to Azalia See Chapter 6 for details Step 3 Press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS setup The system reboots 7 6 2 Driver Installation Step 1 Insert the CD that came with the package Step 2 From the main driver menu navigate to XMM AUDIOVAC KIT883HD Windows or other appropriate OS represents the system CD drive A new window Page 173 9453 EPIC Motherboard appears showing the folder contents Figure 6 26 File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Back gt Qsearch GyroWders lt 2 Um GE gt Address a E M AUDIOLAC KIT883HDVWindows gt
51. 9453 Overview Front View A labeled photo of the peripheral connectors on the back of the NANO 9453 is shown in Figure 1 1 6 gt 9453 EPIC Motherboard CompactFlash Figure 1 2 NANO 9453 Overview Rear View 1 2 2 NANO 9453 Peripheral Connectors and Jumpers The 9453 has the following connectors on board m 1 5 ATX power connector m 1x 12V ATX power connector m 1 enable connector m 1 x Audio connector m 1x Compact flash connector m 1 x Digital input output connector m 1x Fan connector m 1 Front panel connector m 1 IDE disk drive connector m 1 x Infrared interface connector m 1 x Inverter connector 1 Keyboard and mouse connector m 1xLVDS connector m 1 x Parallel port connector m 104 slot m 1x Mini PCle card slot _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 x Serial ATA SATA drive connectors 1 x Serial port connector RS 422 or RS 485 m 1 Serial port connector RS 232 m 2x USB connectors The NANO 9453 has the following external peripheral interface connectors on the board rear panel m 2 Ethernet connectors 1 5 2 keyboard or mouse connector 2x USB port connectors m 2x VGA connectors The NANO 9453 has the following on board jumpers m Clear CMOS LCD voltage selector m CF card setting COM 2 port mode setting PC104 VIO selector
52. CD Auto run All the drivers for the NANO 9453 are on the CD that came with the system To install the drivers please follow the steps below Step 1 Insert the CD into a CD drive connected to the system Step 2 The starts up automatically Step 3 Select NANO 9453 from the initial menu shown in Step 4 Anew screen with a list of available drivers appears Figure 7 1 Page 162 Ai 2 lt t RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Intel 915 945 965 IE Technology Corp INF a VGA LAN AUDIO SATA 5 Manual a IDE ITE8211F Back Visit IEI Website Explore CD Exit Figure 7 1 Available Drivers Step 5 Select the driver to install from the list in Figure 7 1 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 Anew window opens Figure 7 2 riw View Favorites Tools gt seach GhFolders UE X A Address E 1 INF L A infinst_autol readme relnotes Select an item to view its description See also My Documents My Network Places My Computer 8 object s 764 Computer Figure 7 2 Chipset Driver Installation Program Step 3 Double click the infinst Autol icon in Figure 7 2 Page 163
53. EPIC Motherboard B 1 DIO Interface Introduction The DIO connector on the NANO 9453 is interfaced to GIO ports on the iTE Super 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 For further information please refer to the datasheet the iTE Super chipset B 2 DIO Connector Pinouts The following table describes how the DIO connector pins are connected to the Super I O GPIO port 1 Pin No Description Super I O Pin Super I O Pin Descripton 1 Ground N A N A 2 vcc N A N A 3 Output 0 GP14 General purpose 1 port 1 bit 4 4 Output 1 GP15 General purpose 1 port 1 bit 5 5 Output 2 GP16 General purpose 1 port 1 bit 6 6 Output 3 GP17 General purpose 1 port 1 bit 7 7 Input 0 GP10 General purpose 1 port 1 bit 0 8 Input 1 GP11 General purpose 1 port 1 bit 1 9 Input 2 GP12 General purpose 1 port 1 bit 2 10 Input 3 GP13 General purpose 1 port 1 bit 3 Page 194 lt _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard B 3 Assembly Language Samples B 3 1 Enable the DIO Input Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital
54. Multiple display output options m Storage flexibility with support for SATA II drives IDE drives and CompactFlash CF disks m Expandable system with 104 and mini PCle slots wm DDR2 support enables faster data transfers m Multiple I O interfaces provide connectivity to a broad range of external peripheral devices 1 1 2 NANO 9453 Features Some of the NANO 9453 features are listed below Support for Socket 479 Intel Core 2 Duo or Core Solo CPUs m Maximum FSB of 667MHz m Supports 200 pin 533MHz or 667MHz 1GB DDR2 SO DIMM memory m Two SATA Il drives with transfer rates of 3 0Gb s supported m Two Ultra ATA 100 Ultra ATA 66 or Ultra ATA 33 IDE HDDs supported m Six USB 2 0 devices supported m Dual PCle GbE Ethernet connectivity Multiple display options including dual VGA out and dual channel LVDS EE Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard m form factor m RoHS compliant m 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 PCle 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 5V Power Inverter RS 422 RS 485 Figure 1 1 NANO
55. Storage Manager To access the Intel Matrix Storage Manager please follow the steps below Step 1 Connect SATA drives to the system Connect two or more SATA drives to the system Make sure the drives have the same capacity are the same type and have the same speed Make sure the SATA drives are EXACTLY the same when they are configured in a RAID configuration If they are not the same size disk drive capacity is sacrificed and overall performance affected Step 2 Enable SATA drives in BIOS Start the computer and access the BIOS setup program Enable SATA support for all IDE devices Refer to the applicable BIOS configuration section in this user manual Page 207 _ 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 3 Save and Exit BIOS After the SATA support option is enabled save and exit the BIOS Step 4 Reboot the system Reboot the system after saving and exiting the BIOS Step 5 Press Ctrl I During the system boot process press Ctrl I when prompted to enter the RAID configuration software Step 6 Configure the RAID settings Use the Intel Matrix Storage Manager to configure the RAID array Brief descriptions of configuration options are given below Step 7 Install the OS After the RAID array has been configured install the OS To do this please refer to the documentation that came with the OS E 4 RAID Configuration E 4 1 Creatin
56. Test RAM Random Access Memory SATA Serial ATA S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SPD Serial Presence Detect S PDI Sony Philips Digital Interface SDRAM Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SIR Serial Infrared UART Universal Asynchronous Receiver transmitter USB Universal Serial Bus VGA Video Graphics Adapter Page xvii RIechnology Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK Page xix lt Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Chapter 1 Introduction _ 16 IE IT echnology Gorp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 1 1 Introduction The NANO 9453 EPIC form factor CPU card is a Socket 479 Intel Core Duo or Socket 479 Intel Core Solo CPU platform The NANO 9453 has a maximum front side bus FSB frequency of 667MHz and comes with a VGA interface and dual PCI Express PCle Gigabit Ethernet GbE The NANO 9453 supports up to two second generation serial ATA SATA hard disk drives HDD with maximum transfer rates of 3Gb s and up to six USB 2 0 devices The NANO 9453 also has a 104 socket and a Mini PCI Express PCle socket for system expansion Multiple display support adds versatility to the system enabling system integrators and designers increased flexibility in selecting display panel options 1 1 1 NANO 9453 Benefits Some of the NANO 9453 benefits are listed below
57. UTILITY ACPI Settings 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 all comply with ACPI gt Disables the ACPI support the OS This selection should be disabled if the OS does not support ACPI gt Yes DEFAULT Enables the ACPI support for the operating system This selection should be enabled if the OS does support ACPI 6 3 5 1 General ACPI Configuration Use the General ACPI Configuration menu BIOS Menu 9 to select the ACPI state when the system is suspended Page 123 9453 EPIC Motherboard General fiCPI Configuration 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 gt 51 5 The system enters S1 POS sleep state The system appears off The CPU is stopped RAM is refreshed the system is running in a low power mode gt S3 STR The system enters a S3 STR sleep state The CPU has no power RAM is in slow refresh the power supply is in a reduced power mode gt Auto DEFAULT The BIOS automatically selects a sleep state for the system Page 124
58. VGA Connector M 61 5 INSTALLATION 63 5 L ANTI STATIC PREGAUTIONS uy 64 5 2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS Sadi estes sha 65 2 2 1 Installation nisi p RAUM nA M RUN NRI NR aT ERE SE 65 2 245 Installation Checklist ta vier E MR PIA NU A SEM 66 5 3 CPU CPU COOLING KIT AND DIMM INSTALLATION eene 67 5 3 1 Socket 479 CPU Installation a a 67 5 3 2 Cooling Kit CF 479B RS Installation 70 2 9 2 SO DIMM Installation atio rt Oe Han ecu n 72 Page vii _ 16 IE T echnology Gorp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 2 4 Card Installatioti x eet tai aie 73 5 4 JUMPER 75 5 4 CF C fd Set p PRIORES 76 3452 Clear CMOS nessis 77 5 4 3 2 Function Select JUMPpeT uuu RUE XA 78 5 4 4 LVDS Voltase etu poi hn 79 5 4 5 PCI 104 VIO Selector aea task SES Dd 60 5 4 6 PCI 104 SERIRO Support Jumper 1 5 3 CHASSIS INSTALLATION au u niyawa buic sau pe 82 OMEN UTI HS 82 5 5 2 Motherboard
59. and Part Number Image 1 5 1 Channel audio kit with Realtek ALC655 P N AC KITO8R 7 1 Channel HD audio kit with Realtek ALC883 supporting dual audio streams P N AC KIT 883HD Table 3 2 Optional Items RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Chapter 4 Connector Pinouts Page 31 IE IT echnology Gorp 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 PANEL 1 JP3 JP2 xy 210051 INVERTER1 CN1 amp CN2 PLUS1 ATXCTL1 4 SATA2 CPU FAN1 lg SATA1 USB23 5 01 ny TE DIO1 LPT1 LAN2 IR1 9 ooo of ERO USB C45 KB Figure 4 1 Connector and Jumper Locations NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard CN4 _ e RTechnology Corp 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
60. anti static pad with the solder side facing up 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 6 _ 0 RITechnology Corp 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 5 3 4 CF Card Installation NANO 9453 can support both CF cards and CF Type cards For the complete specifications of the supported CF cards please refer to Chapter 2 To install the a CF card Type 1 or Type 2 onto the NANO 9453 please follow the steps below Step 1 Locate the CF card socket Place the 9453 on an anti static pad with the solder side facing up Locate the CF card Step 2 Align the CF card Make sure the CF card is properly aligned with the CF socket Step 3 Insert the CF card Gently insert the CF card into the socket making sure the socket pins are properly inserted into the socket See Figure 5 7 6 gt 9453 EPIC Mothe
61. cinco ecc ennt cene nnn 144 Quiet Boot Disabled need nein edn ee eee 144 AddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS u u u u 145 Bootup Num Lock On 145 PS 2 Mouse Support Auto 145 Giga LAN Boot Support Disabled l l l 146 Change Supervisor Password U 148 Change User Password u u u u u uu u u 148 DRAM Frequency Autco J J J J J J J J J J J 150 Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled 151 DRAM CASH Latency B uuu lll 151 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 6 DRAM Clocks 152 DRAM RAS Precharge 6 DRAM Clocks J 152 DRAM RAS Activate to Precha 15 DRAM 1 152 Memory Hole Disabled III i sisa 153 Boots Graphics Adapter IGD J J 154 Internal Graphics Mode Select Enable 8 2 2 2 154 DVMT Mode Select DVMT
62. enter a decimal number between 000 and 127 The temperature range is specified below m Minimum Value 0 m Maximum Value 127 gt CPU Temp Limit of Full 080 Setting this value too high may cause the fan to start rotating at full speed only when the CPU is at a high temperature and therefore cause the system to be damaged The CPU Temp Limit of Full option can only be set if the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is set to Automatic Mode Use the CPU Temp Limit of Full option to select the CPU temperature at which the cooling fan starts to rotate at full speed When the CPU temperature exceeds the temperature specified in this option the fan starts to rotate at full speed To select a value select the CPU Temp Limit of Full option and enter a decimal number between 000 and 127 The temperature range is specified below m Minimum Value 0 C m Maximum Value 127 lt _ e RITechnology Corp 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 00
63. hard disk image to be connected as a floppy image This option works only for drives formatted with FAT12 FAT16 or FAT32 Allows the USB device to be emulated as hard disk responding to INT13h calls that return DL values of 29 4 54 jm I Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard 80h or above gt CDROM Assumes the CD ROM is formatted as bootable media All the devices that support block sizes greater than 512 bytes can only be booted using this option 6 4 PCI PnP Use the PCI PnP menu BIOS Menu 13 to configure advanced PCI and PnP settings Setting wrong values for the BIOS selections in the PCIPnP BIOS menu may cause the system to malfunction BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI PnP Settings WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction Page 137 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 gt DEFAULT System does not clear NVRAM during system boot gt Yes System clears NVRAM during system boot gt Plug amp Play O S No Use the Plug amp Play O S BIOS option to specify whether system plug and play devices are configured by the operating sys
64. 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 The CPU CPU cooling kit and DIMM are the most critical components of the NANO 9453 If one of these component is not installed the NANO 9453 cannot run 5 3 1 Socket 479 CPU Installation CPUs are expensive and sensitive components When installing the CPU please be careful not to damage it in anyway Make sure the CPU is installed properly and ensure the correct cooling kit is properly installed To install a socket 479 CPU onto the NANO 9453 follow the steps below 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 1 When handling the CPU only hold it on the sides DO NOT touch the pins at the bottom of the CPU 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 Cut edge Figure 5 1 Make sure the CPU socket retention screw is unlocked Step 2 Step 3 Step 4 Inspect the CPU socket Make sure there are no bent pins and make sure the Socket contacts are free of foreign material If any debris is found remove it with comp
65. or the F1 key again 6 1 4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes If the computer cannot boot after changes to the system configuration is made CMOS defaults Use the jumper described in Chapter 5 6 1 5 BIOS Menu Bar The menu bar on top of the BIOS screen has the following main items Main Changes the basic system configuration m Advanced Changes the advanced system settings m PCIPnP Changes the advanced PCI PnP Settings m Boot Changes the system boot configuration m Security Sets User and Supervisor Passwords m Chipset Changes the chipset settings m Power Changes power management settings m Exit Selects exit options and loads default settings The following sections completely describe the configuration options found in the menu items at the top of the BIOS screen and listed above Page 101 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 SETUP UTILITY EE System vervieu AMIBIOS Version 08 00 13 Build Date 03 19 07 ID BOSIMR10 Processor Type gt Speed 255 2 Count 255 System Memory Size 504 1 System Overview The System Overview lists a brief summary of different system components The fields in System Overview cannot be changed T
66. should be reserved for legacy ISA devices gt Disabled DEFAULT No memory block reserved for legacy ISA devices gt 16K 16KB reserved for legacy ISA devices gt 32K 32KB reserved for legacy ISA devices gt 64 reserved legacy ISA devices Page 142 lt jm Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard 6 5 Boot Use the Boot menu BIOS Menu 16 to configure system boot options Boot Settings 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 Page 143 9453 EPIC Motherboard omm BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Settings Configuration BIOS Menu 17 Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot Enabled Use the Quick Boot BIOS option to make the computer speed up the boot process gt Disabled No POST procedures are skipped gt 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 gt Disabled DEFAULT Normal POST messages displayed gt Enabled OEM Logo displayed instead of POST messages Page 144 _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard AddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS Use the AddOn ROM Display Mode opt
67. the Remote Access option to enable or disable access to the remote functionalities of the system gt Disabled DEFAULT Remote access is disabled gt Enabled Remote access configuration options shown below appear gt Serial Port Number gt Serial Port Mode gt Flow Control gt Redirection after BIOS POST gt Terminal Type VT UTF8 Combo Key Support These configuration options are discussed below gt Serial Port Number COM1 Use the Serial Port Number option allows to select the serial port used for remote access gt COM1 DEFAULT System is remotely accessed through gt 2 System is remotely accessed through 2 gt System is remotely accessed through gt System is remotely accessed through NOTE Make sure the selected COM port is enabled through the Super configuration menu Page 130 lt _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 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 gt Serial Port Mode 115200 8 n 1 Use the Serial Port Mode option to select baud rate through which the console redirection is made The following configuration options are available 115200 8 n 1 DEFAULT m 57600 8 n 1 m 38400 8 n 1 m 19200 8 n 1 09600 8 n 1 Identical ba
68. two ways 1 Press the DELETE key as soon as the system is turned on or 2 Press the DELETE key when the Press Del to enter SETUP message appears on the screen If the message disappears before the DELETE key is pressed restart the computer and try again 6 1 2 Using Setup Use the arrow keys to highlight items press ENTER to select use the PageUp and PageDown keys to change entries press F1 for help and press Esc to quit Navigation keys are shown in rmm Move to previous item Move to next item Move to the item on the left hand side Right arrow Move to the item on the right hand side Esc key Main Menu Quit and not save changes into CMOS Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Exit current page and return to Main Menu Page Up key Increase the numeric value or make changes Page Dn key Decrease the numeric value or make changes Page 100 Ai 2 lt _ e RITechnology Corp 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
69. 0 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 113 117 118 121 122 123 124 125 128 129 131 133 135 137 138 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 Page 220 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 150 157 159 BIOS chipset etre 18 19 Cable itti eed ae seas 83 dual port 91 four serial 90 39 73 installation 73 location and pinouts 39 setup jumper 76 39 card setup jumper 76 fore ee 76 Settings de UHR 76 82 installation 82 12 northbridge 12 chipset 163 165 clear CMOS jumper 5 77 77 Iu 77 i 77 clear CMOS 77 M HM 15 15 COM 2 ul uuu 56 2 function select 78 connector location and pinouts 56 COM 2 function select jumper 56 78 eee 78 56105 u u uuu n aaa 78 lt 9453 EPIC Motherboard S uu nas
70. 0 and 127 The temperature range is specified below PWM Minimum Mode 0 PWM Maximum Mode 127 gt Slope PWM 1 2 PWN The Slope PWM 1 option can only be set if the CPU FAN Mode Setting option is set to Automatic Mode Use the Slope PWM 1 option to select the linear rate at which the PWM mode increases with respect to an increase in temperature A list of available options is shown below 0 PWM m 1 PWM m 2 PWM m 4 PWM m 8 PWM 16 PWM m 32 PWM 64 PWM gt Hardware Health Monitoring Use the Hardware Health Configuration menu BIOS Menu 7 monitor system environmental parameters The following health parameters are monitored m Temperature monitoring The following system temperatures are monitored O CPU Temperature O System Temperature O PWM Temperature Page 121 9453 EPIC Motherboard m Fan Speed Monitoring The following system fan speeds are monitored O System FAN Speed m Voltage Monitoring The following system voltages are monitored CPU cCore 1 8V 3 30V 5 00V 12 0V 0 9V 1 5V 5VSB VBAT O O O O O O O O O 6 3 5 ACPI Configuration The ACPI Configuration menu BIOS Menu 8 configures the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI and Power Management options Page 122 27 gt 54 842 jm Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS SETUP
71. 0 below 9453 EPIC Motherboard 9 CMOS1 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 COM 2 Function Select Description Short 1 2 RS 232 Short 3 4 RS 422 Short 5 6 RS 485 Table 5 4 COM 2 Function Select Jumper Settings The COM 2 Function Select jumper location is shown in Table 5 4 9453 EPIC Motherboard RITechnology Corp Figure 5 11 2 Function Select Jumper Location 5 4 4 LVDS Voltage Selection Permanent damage to the screen and 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 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 The LVDS Voltage Selection jumper settings are shown in Table 5
72. 1 Available 163 Figure 7 2 Chipset Driver Installation Program l u u u 163 Figure 7 3 Chipset Driver Installation Welcome Screen 164 Figure 7 4 Chipset Driver Installation License Agreement 164 Figure 7 5 Chipset Driver Readme File Information u u 165 Figure 7 6 Chipset Driver Installation Complete l u u u 165 Figure 7 7 Select the Operating System uu u u u u 166 Figure 7 8 VGA DriVeruu uu 166 Figure 7 9 GMA Driver Readme File 167 Figure 7 10 GMA Driver File Extraction u u u u u u 167 Page xii Figure 7 11 Figure 7 12 Figure 7 13 Figure 7 14 Figure 7 15 Figure 7 16 Figure 7 17 Figure 7 18 Figure 7 19 Figure 7 20 Figure 7 21 Figure 7 22 Figure 7 23 Figure 7 24 Figure 7 25 Figure 7 26 Figure 7 27 Figure 7 28 Figure 7 29 Figure 7 30 Figure 7 31 Figure 7 32 Figure 7 33 Figure 7 34 Figure 7 35 Figure 7 36 Figure 7 37 Figure 7 38 Figure 7 39 Figure 7 40 Figure 7 41 Figure 7 42 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard
73. 127 Power Supply Mode ATX l u u u u u u J J 128 MPS R evisio I 4 l uu a A ae a 129 Remote Access 130 Serial Port N mberu uu reiten aera iae 130 Port jpIMmMD 130 diu evil 130 Redirection after BIOS POST J J J J J J J J J 130 Terminal 130 VT UTF8 Combo Key Suppor t U u u u u u u 130 Serial Port Number COMY T UU UI II 130 Base Address IRQ 3E8h 4 Ir reuera cernens Deua Cn aoc a vana 131 Serial Port Mode 115200 8 1 131 Flow Control JULI iio ca a ae cr 131 Redirection After BIOS POST Always J J 131 Terminal Type 132 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Disabled u u 132 Sredir Memory Display Delay Disabled u u u 132 USB Function 6 USB
74. 15 OF X Address Gl 2 Eu d amp Q ee Autodesk Plot Autodesk Automatic Date Time Display Control Panel Style Manager Plotter Updates Use the settings Control Panel to ay A personalize your computer Folder Options Fonts Game Intel R Internet Select an item to view its description Controllers Extreme Options Windows Update E hia Windows 2000 Support N Java Keyboard Mail Mouse Network and Dial up Phone and Power Options Printers Program Regional Modem Updates Options a amp 2 Scanners and Scheduled Sounds and System Users and Cameras Tasks Multimedia Passwords 30 object s Computer Figure 7 16 Double Click the System Icon Double click the Device Manager tab Figure 7 17 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 1 RiIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard System Properties 21x General Network Identification Hardware User Profiles Advanced Hardware Wizard lt The Hardware wizard helps you install uninstall repair unplug eject and configure your hardware Hardware Wizard Device Manager The Device Manager lists all the hardware devices installed on your computer Use the Device Manager to change the properties of any device Driver Signing r Hardware Profiles
75. 3 6 Page 103 9453 EPIC Motherboard MPS Configuration see Section 6 3 6 m Remote Access Configuration see Section 6 3 8 m 058 Configuration see Section 6 3 8 Advanced Settings WARNING Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction 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 Page 104 Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure advanced CPU settings Module Uersion 13 03 Manufacturer Intel Brand String Frequency 255 2 FSB Speed 667HHz Cache L1 0 KB Cache L2 0 KB 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 m Frequency Lists the CPU processing speed m FSB Speed Lists the FSB speed m Cache L1 Lists the CPU L1 cache size m Cache L2 Lists the CPU L2 cache size The following CPU Configuration menu items can be configured m Intel amp SpeedStep tech Page 105 6 3 2 IDE Configuration NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Use the IDE Configuration menu BIOS Menu 4 to ch
76. 4 1 Creating a RAID Volume 208 E 4 2 Deleting a RAID 213 E 4 3 Resetting a Disk to Non RAID 215 4 4 Exiting the Matrix Storage Manager 218 9453 EPIC Motherboard 1 Technology Corp List of Figures Figure 1 1 NANO 9453 Overview Front View 3 Figure 1 2 NANO 9453 Overview Rear View J J 4 Figure 2 1 NANO 9453 Dimensions 42 420 2 1 8 Figure 2 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions mm u u 9 Figure 2 3 Data Flow Block Diagram u u u u u u u 10 Figure 2 4 200 pin SO DIMM Socket 13 Figure 4 1 Connector and Jumper Locations u u u u 32 Figure 4 2 Connector and Jumper Locations Solder Side 33 Figure 4 3 12V Power Connector u u u 35 Figure 4 4 5V ATX Power Connector
77. 45 Ethernet connector RJ 45 LAN2 Keyboard and mouse connector PS 2 connector KB MS1 Page 34 lt _ e RITechnology Corp 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 1 12V ATX Power Supply Connector CN Label CN1 and CN2 CN Type 4 pin ATX power connector 1x4 CN Location See Figure 4 3 CN Pinouts See Table 4 3 The 4 pin 12V ATX power supply connector is connected to a 12V ATX power supply CN1 amp CN2 O Wasa OR Figure 4 3 12 ATX Power Connector Location IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard Table 4 3 12 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 45V power supply connector is connected to a 5V ATX power supply CN3 _ 2 1 5 o 5o um x
78. 5 Short 1 2 3V LVDS Default Short 2 3 5V LVDS Table 5 5 LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Settings 9453 EPIC Motherboard The LVDS Voltage Selection jumper location is shown in Figure 5 12 Figure 5 12 LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Pinout Locations Omm 1 J VLVDS1 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 104 voltage to be set The PCI 104 VIO Selector jumper settings are shown in Table 5 5 PCI 104 VIO Select Description Short 1 2 Short 2 3 Table 5 6 1 104 Selector Jumper Settings The PCI 104 VIO Selector jumper location is shown in Figure 5 12 24 842 53 lt RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 re T LL 1 m Figure 5 13 PCI 104 VIO Selector Jumper Pinout Locations 5 4 6 104 SERIRQ Support Jumper Jumper Label JP3 Jumper Type 2 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 5 7 Jumper Location See Figure 5 14 104 SERIRQ Support jumper enables or disable SERIRQ on the PCI 104 The PCI 104 SERIRQ Support jumper settings are shown in Table 5 5 Description None
79. 53 is shipped with the following components Quantity Item and Part Number 1 NANO 9453 4 RS 232 adapter cable P N 32200 025401 RS IDE cable 44p 44p P N 32200 000009 RS KB MS cable P N 32000 000138 5 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 SATA cables P N 32000 062800 5 1 SATA power cable P N 32100 088600 5 1 Power cable P N 32100 087100 RS p 1 Mini jumper Pack iis 1 Quick Installation Guide _ __ 1 Utility CD Table 3 1 Package List Contents 3 3 2 Opt 9453 EPIC Motherboard _ e RITechnology Corp ional 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 Quantity Item and Part Number Image 1 USB cable 5 ho A P N 32000 070300 RS E 1 RS 422 485 cable P N 32200 074800 RS LPT cable P N 32200 000017 RS ATX cable P N 32100 052100 RS CPU cooler P N CF 479B RS _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard Quantity Item
80. 7 SDOUT PCBEEP PCBEEP 3 SDATAINO ACS7 SDIN AG97 RST ACZ_BITCLK 97 AC97 GNDO AC97 12V AC97 GND1 Figure 4 6 Audio Connector Pinouts DESCRIPTION AC97 VCC DESCRIPTION eame Table 4 6 Audio Connector Pinouts RIechnology Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard 4 2 5 Compact Flash Socket CN Label CF1 solder side CN Type 50 pin header 2x25 CN Location See Figure 4 7 CN Pinouts See Table 4 7 A CF or Type memory NANO 9453 is inserted to the CF socket on the solder side of the _ IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard 6 CFD1 SDD11 8 SDD12 9 SDD13 0 SDD14 SDD15 SDCS3 45V 7 SDIOR SDIOW 7 18015 9 CSEL SHDADY lt lt DERST SDDREG 4 SDDACK HD LED2 LID GROUND VCC IN CHECK1 m fe oms omas m memo m DESCRIPTION 8 DESCRIPTION OS lt mme RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard uw w e ee e e wc Table 4 7 CF Card Socket Pinouts 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 throu
81. 77 97 Audio Driver Install Shield Wizard Starting 177 97 Audio Driver Setup 2 2 1 2 4 178 97 Audio Driver Welcome Screen 178 97 Audio Driver Software Configuration 179 97 Audio Driver Digital 222222 2 2 21 179 97 Audio Driver Installation 2222 2 2 180 97 Audio Driver Installation Complete 180 SATA Driver Installation Program 181 SATA Setup Program 182 InstallShield Wizard Setup Screen J 182 Matrix Storage Manager Setup Screen 183 Matrix Storage Manager Welcome Screen 183 Matrix Storage Manager Warning Screen 184 Matrix Storage Manager License Agreement 184 Matrix Storage Manager Readme File eee 185 Matrix Storage Manager Setup Complete
82. 9453 EPIC Motherboard 1 Technology Corp Table 4 24 USB Port Pinouts U U u uu u u u 61 Table 4 25 VGA Connector Pinouts U 62 5 1 uu III 75 Table 5 2 Card Setup Jumper 76 Table 5 3 Clear CMOS Jumper 5 77 Table 5 4 COM 2 Function Select Jumper Settings u u u u u 78 Table 5 5 LVDS Voltage Selection Jumper Settings u u u 79 Table 5 6 104 VIO Selector Jumper Settings u u u 80 Table 5 7 104 SERIRQ Support Jumper Settings 81 Table 5 8 IEI Provided Cables J 83 Table 6 1 BIOS Navigation Keys U 101 9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS Menus T EIU 102 Men 2 Advanced mc 104 Menu 3 CPU 105 Menu 4 IDE Configuration 106 Menu 5 IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration
83. ANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 8 LPC Bus Components 2 8 1 LPC Bus Overview The LPC bus is connected to components listed below BIOS chipset m Super chipset 2 8 2 BIOS Chipset The BIOS chipset has a licensed copy of AMI BIOS installed on the chipset Some of the BIOS features are listed below AMI Flash BIOS SMIBIOS DMI compliant m Console redirection function support m Pre boot Execution Environment support m USB booting support 2 8 3 Super chipset The IT8712F Super I O chipset is connected to the ICH6 southbridge through the LPC bus The IT8712F is an LPC interface based Super I O device that comes with Environment Controller integration Some of the features of the IT8712F chipset are listed below LPC Interface m 98 99 2001 ACPI and LANDesk Compliant wm Enhanced Hardware Monitor m Fan Speed Controller m SmartGuardian Controller m Single 5V Power Supply Two 16C550 UARTS for serial port control m One IEEE 1284 Parallel Port m Floppy Disk Controller m Keyboard Controller _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard Watchdog Timer Serial IRQ Support m amp Vcch Support Single 5V Power Supply Some of the Super I O features are described in more detail below 2 8 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
84. CF Card Setup jumper settings are shown in Table 5 2 CF Card Setup Description Open Slave Default Short Master Table 5 2 CF Card Setup Jumper Settings The CF Card Setup jumper location is shown in Figure 5 9 O OE m O x H 5 1 Figure 5 9 CF Card Setup Jumper Location _ e RITechnology Corp 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 If the CMOS Settings Wrong message is displayed during the boot up process the fault may be corrected by pressing the F1 to enter the CMOS Setup menu Do one of the following m Enter the correct CMOS setting Load Optimal Defaults m 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 3 Clear CMOS Description Short 1 2 Keep CMOS Setup Default Short 2 3 Clear CMOS Setup Table 5 3 Clear CMOS Jumper Settings The location of the clear CMOS jumper is shown in Figure 5 1
85. DE adapter card Only select this slot if the adapter card is installed in PCI Slot 4 gt PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 5 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 5 gt PCI Slot 6 PCI Slot 6 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 6 gt IRQ Available Use the IRQ address to specify what IRQs can be assigned to a particular peripheral device gt Available DEFAULT The specified IRQ is available to be used by PCI PnP devices gt Reserved The specified IRQ is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Available IRQ addresses are IRQ3 1804 m 1805 m 7 m 1809 m 18010 m IRQ11 141 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard m 1014 m IRQ15 gt DMA Channel Available Use the DMA Channel option to assign a specific DMA channel to a particular PCI PnP device gt Available DEFAULT The specified DMA is available to be used by PCI PnP devices gt Reserved The specified DMA is reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Available DMA Channels are Channel 0 Channel 1 Channel 3 Channel 5 Channel 6 Channel 7 Reserved Memory Size Disabled Use the Reserved Memory Size BIOS option to specify the amount of memory that
86. DMI Features of the Intel 945GM DMI are listed below m 2GB s 1GB s in each direction bus speed m 32 bit downstream address _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 6 Intel ICH7M Southbridge Chipset 2 6 1 Intel ICH7M Overview The Intel ICH7M southbridge chipset is connected to the Intel 945GM northbridge GMCH through the chip to chip Direct Media Interface DMI Some of the features of the Intel ICH7M are listed below Complies with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1 0a Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2 3 and supports 33MHz PCI operations m Supports ACPI Power Management Logic m Contains Enhanced DMA controller Interrupt controller Timer functions Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations interfaced to two SATA connectors on the NANO 9453 m Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100 66 33 m Supports the six USB 2 0 devices on the NANO 9453 with four UHCI controllers and one EHCI controller Complies with System Management Bus SMBus Specification Version 2 0 m Supports Audio Codec 97 AC 97 Revision 2 3 m Supports Intel High Definition Audio m Contains Low Pin Count LPC interface m Supports Firmware Hub FWH interface 2 6 2 Intel ICH7M Audio Codec 97 Controller The Audio Codec 97 AC 97 controller integrated into the ICH7M complies with AC 97 Component Specification Version 2 3 The AC 97 con
87. Disk to Non RAID All data stored on the disk drive of RAID volume is destroyed when resetting it to non RAID Make sure any data to be saved has been moved or backed up before resetting a disk to non RAID Page 215 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 1 Select Reset Disk to Non RAID Use the arrow keys to highlight Reset Disk to Non RAID and press ENTER See Figure E 12 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option v5 0 0 1032 ICH7R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 1 Create RAID Volume 2 Delete RAID Volume Reset Disks to Non RAID 4 Exit 1 RAID Volumes ID Name Level Strip Size Status Bootable 0 1 RAIDO CStripe 128KB 298 0GB Yes Physical Disks Port Drive Model Serial Type Status Vol ID 2 Maxtor 6 145 UDC UD1600 75H WD WCAL 1111 1 1 1 CENTER Select Menu Figure E 12 Reset Disk to Non RAID Menu Step 2 Select Disks to Reset Use the arrow keys to scroll through the disk drives and press SPACE to select which drives are to be reset as non RAID After all the disks to be reset have been chosen press ENTER See Figure E 13 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM 5 0 0 1032 wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 1 Create RAID Volume 1 Resetting RAID data
88. F A cooling fan and 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 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 9 3 Power Consumption t RIechnology Corp Table 2 4 shows the power consumption parameters for the NANO 9453 running with a 2 16GHz Intel Core 2 Duo mobile processor with 1GB of 533MHz DDR2 memory Voltage Current 12V 3 29A 5VSB 0 26A Table 2 4 Power Consumption 9453 EPIC Motherboard THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK s w Page 24 diii t lt Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Chapter 3 Unpacking Page 25 _ 16 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 It is therefore critical that whenever the NANO 9453 or any other electrical componen
89. Graphics device is installed in the system so the ISA based Graphics card functions correctly This does not necessarily indicate a physical ISA adapter card The graphics chipset can be mounted on a PCI card Always check with the adapter card manual first before modifying the default settings in the BIOS PCIIDE BusMaster Enabled Use the PCI IDE BusMaster BIOS option to enable or prevent PCI IDE busmastering gt Disabled Busmastering is prevented gt Enabled DEFAULT IDE controller on the PCI local bus has mastering capabilities OffBoard IDE Card Auto Use the OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card BIOS option to select the OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card gt Auto The location of the Off Board PCI IDE adapter card is automatically detected by the AMIBIOS gt 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 gt PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 2 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 2 gt PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 3 is selected as the location of the OffBoard Page 140 lt _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard PCI IDE adapter card Only select this slot if the adapter card is installed in PCI Slot 3 gt PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 4 is selected as the location of the OffBoard PCI I
90. IEI Technology Corp MODEL NANO 9453 e A D gt adi o0 4 19 7 Rev 1 0 March 2007 Rous 6 9453 EPIC Motherboard Revision MODEL NANO 9453 Socket 479 Intel Motherboard Revision Number Description Date of Issue 1 0 Initial release March 2007 9453 EPIC Motherboard 1 Technology Corp 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 This document contains proprietary information protected by copyright All rights are reserved No part of this manual may be reproduced by any mechanical electronic or other means in any form without prior written permission of the manufacturer TRADEMARKS IBM PC is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation INTEL is a registered trademark of INTEL Corporation Other product names mentioned herein are used for identification purposes only and may be tr
91. IOINTERFACE 193 B 1 DIO INTERFACE INTRODUCTION 020400 0 000 194 B 2 DIO CONNECTOR 2 88 eirst 194 ASSEMBLY LANGUAGE 5 5 2 00000 1111 195 B 3 1 Enable ihe DIO Input FWRCHOR 195 H 3 2 Enable the DIO Output Function 195 WATCHDOG TIMER 197 D ADDRESS MAPPING 201 D LADDSRESSMAP uH an 202 D 2 1ST MB MEMORY ADDRESS 0 20 202 D2 IRQ MAPPING TABLE uu uu 203 D 4 DMA CHANNEL 55 6 2 00000000000 es sese esaet eese esse eniin 203 E INTEL MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER 205 INTRODUCTION 206 EJ Precautions i cree ee eMe a 206 E 2 FEATURES AND BENEFITS 0021 eene inti 207 ACCESSING THE INTEL MATRIX STORAGE MANAGER eee 207 RAID CONFIGURATION an 208 E
92. If the 5 1 channel audio kit is used the ALC655 Realtek codec driver must be installed Refer to Chapter 7 for driver installation instructions _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 5 6 4 7 1 Channel Audio Kit Installation 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 The remaining four audio jacks Line In Front Out Rear Out and Center Subwoofer connect to speakers To install the audio kit please refer to the steps below Step 1 Connect the audio kit cable The audio kit is shipped with a cable that connects the audio kit to the NANO 9453 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 onboard connector with pin 1 on the audio kit cable connector Pin 1 on the audio kit cable connector is indicated with a white dot See Figure 5 16
93. LT base address is assigned to the Parallel Port gt 378 Parallel Port I O port address is 378 gt 278 Parallel Port I O port address is 278 gt 3BC Parallel Port I O port address is 3BC gt Parallel Port Mode Normal Use the Parallel Port Mode option to select the mode the parallel port operates in gt Normal DEFAULT Bi directional gt Epp gt EcP EPP The normal parallel port mode is the standard mode for parallel port operation Parallel port outputs are 8 bits long Inputs are accomplished by reading 4 of the 8 bits on the status register The parallel port operates in the enhanced parallel port mode EPP The EPP mode supports bi directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode The parallel port operates in the extended capabilities port ECP mode The ECP mode supports bi directional communication between the system and the parallel port device and the transmission rates between the two are much faster than the Normal mode The parallel port is also be compatible with EPP devices described above Page 115 _ 16 IE IT echnology Gorp gt Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Use the Parallel Port IRQ option to set the parallel port interrupt address gt IRQ5 IRQ5 is assigned as the parallel port interrupt address gt IRQ7 DEFAULT is ass
94. M 2 is an RS 232 serial communication channel but with the COM 2 function select jumper can be configured as either an RS 422 or RS 485 serial communications channel The serial port locations are specified below m 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 30 4 is located on pin 31 to pin 40 p we 1058 15001 D1 RISI 51 NDTR1 IXDi pa 409939 GND1 CGND1 NDCD2 GND1 CND1 NDSR2 NSINZ ui 0562 2 om NSOUT2 TXD2 ates NCTS2 3 NDTR2 pp p18 2 COM q DTR2 R2 p18 n gt GND2 CGND2 20 E NDCD3 GND2 GND2 NDSR3 NSINS D DSR3 NRTS3 NSOUTS D RISS 528 ANCIS3 coven i DTR3 RI3 ZARI NDCD4 GND3 CGND3 55 1 NDSR4 o 2881 NSING DCD4 DSR4 D34 NRTS4 NSOUTA D RIS Pae NCTS4 DTR4 TXD4 154 Pag XRM 399 4 GND4 40 NO DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 1 DATA CARRIER DETECT DCD1 2 DATA SET READY DSR1 REQUEST TO SEND RTS1 5 TRANSMIT DATA TXD1 6 CLEAR TO SEND CTS1 9453 EPIC Motherboard _ e RITechnology Corp PIN NO DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION 7 DATA TERMI NAL READY DTR1 RING INDICATOR RI 1
95. SB 2 0 Controller Enabled Use the USB 2 0 Coniroller BIOS option to enable or disable the USB 2 0 controller gt Disabled USB 2 0 controller disabled gt Enabled DEFAULT USB 2 0 controller enabled Legacy USB Support Enabled Use the Legacy USB Support BIOS option to enable USB mouse and USB keyboard support Normally if this option is not enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard does not become available until a USB compatible operating system is fully booted with all USB drivers loaded When this option is enabled any attached USB mouse or USB keyboard can control the system even when there is no USB driver loaded onto the system gt Disabled Legacy USB support disabled gt Enabled DEFAULT Legacy USB support enabled gt Auto Legacy USB support disabled if no USB devices are connected USB2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed Use the USB2 0 Controller Mode option to set the speed of the USB2 0 controller gt FullSpeed The controller is capable of operating at 12Mb s Page 134 jm I Piechnology Corp gt HiSpeed DEFAULT The controller is capable of operating at 480Mb s NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt BIOS 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 gt Disabled Systems with OSes that do not support EHCI can use the EHCI handoff functionality gt Ena
96. a dex 56 connector location and pinouts 56 85 232 raa 56 56 connector location and pinouts 56 19 292 2 u 56 ee 39 socket location and pinouts 39 connectors pinouts and location 12V ATX power supply 35 5V ATX power supply 36 power supply enable 37 cer M M 38 CompaciFlash 39 digital input output 41 TP 42 IDE uum n tore 44 infrared interface 46 LVDS LCD 30 47 parallel port 50 PCI 104 Slot 51 serial port 4 55 serial port RS 422 485 55 USB internal 57 82 lio a u 82 cooling fan aaa asss 42 70 71 cooling kit installation 70 CPU cooling 70 70 installation 67 u a M 11 compaltlible 11 monitor ottenere 93 _ e
97. ademarks and or registered trademarks of their respective owners Page iii _ 16 9453 EPIC Motherboard Packing List 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 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 1 x NANO 9453 single board computer 1 x4 RS 232 adapter cable 1 x Power cable 1xIDE cable 1 x SATA power cable 2 SATA cables 1 x KB MS cable 1 x Mini jumper pack 1 x Utility CD 1 x QIG quick installation guide Images of the above items are shown in Chapter 3 Page iv 1 Technology Corp IL INTRODUCTION 1 1 1 INTRODUCTION c 2 1 1 1 NANO 9453 Ben filS 2 1 1 2 NANO 9453 Features Ere M x pa EE HIA 2 1 2 NANO 9453 OVERVIEW u uu 3 1 2 1 NANO 9453 Overview Photo 3 1 2 2 9453 Peripheral Connectors Jumpers 4 1 2 3 Technical u an
98. allation media from the drives Figure 7 42 Matrix Storage Manager Setup Complete Step 13 The confirmation screen offers the option of restarting the computer now or later For the settings to take effect the computer must be restarted Click FINISH to restart the computer Page 186 EC 9 lt 2 Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix BIOS Options Page 187 9453 EPIC Motherboard System OVORVICW 102 System Time 103 System Date DoOuxx Xx uda 103 ATA IDE Configurations Compatible u eene u u u 106 Legacy IDE Channels SATA Pri PATA Sec 107 IDE Master and IDE Slave esses U sienne ee snnm nnn u 107 Auto Detected Drive 108 Type Auto os 109 ZIP 109 109 LBA Large Mode Auto 222 zr nura cria caue 109 Block Multi Sector Transfer Auto
99. an a 5 2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS 7 2 OVERVIEW M 8 2 2 DIMENSIONS Do i eii e 8 2 21 Board Dimensions 8 2 2 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions 9 2 3 DATA FOW M 10 2A COMPATIBLE PROCESSORS 11 2 4 1 Compatible Processor Overview a 11 2 4 2 Supported PROUSSSUES EM hus 11 2 5 INTEL 945GM NORTHBRIDGE CHIPSET eerte tenens 12 2 5 Tate 045 MC sura READ SO RID BU HER DROP 12 2 5 2 Intel 945GM Memory SUPPOTt pda pp 12 2 5 3 Intel 945GM Integrated Graphics 13 2 5 3 1 Intel 945GM Analog Suppott 14 2 5 3 2 Intel 945GM LVDS SUDDOER o usss E S 14 2 5 3 3 Intel 945GM SDVO 311 14 2 5 4 Intel 945GM Direct Media Interface DMI 14 2 6 INTEL ICH7M SOUTHBRIDGE CHIPSET cette 15 2 6 1 Intel 15 2 6 2 Intel ICH7M Audio Codec 97 Controller
100. anel Connector Pinout Locations IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard Table 4 10 Front Panel Connector Pinouts 4 2 9 IDE Connector 44 pin CN Label CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts One 44 pin IDE device connector on the NANO 9453 supports connectivity to two hard disk drives IDE1 44 pin header 2x22 See Figure 4 11 See Table 4 11 FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION Power 1 PWRBTSW Power LED 2 Button 3 Ground 4 Ground HDD LED 5 Reset 6 SYSRST 7 HDLED 8 GND _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard IDERST gt gt DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION RESET GROUND s 7 mms s emu ems a ems m m ps ema fe hs ema e foma pr e oms IDE DACK GROUND DEFAULT 9453 EPIC Motherboard qe _ Table 4 11 Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts 4 2 10 Infrared Interface Connector 5 pin CN Label CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts The infrared interface connector supports both Serial Infrared SIR and Amplitude Shift IR1 5 pin header 1x5 See Figure 4 12 See Table 4 12 Key Infrared ASKIR interfaces sees tS
101. ange and or set the configuration of the IDE devices installed in the system IDE Configuration BIOS Menu 4 IDE Configuration gt ATA IDE Configurations Compatible gt Disabled Disables the on board ATA IDE controller gt 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 Enhanced Configures the on board ATA IDE controller to be in Enhanced mode In this mode IDE channels and SATA Page 106 9453 EPIC Motherboard _ e RITechnology Corp channels are separated This mode supports up to 6 storage devices Some legacy OS do not support this mode gt Legacy IDE Channels SATA Pri PATA Sec gt SATA Only Enables SATA channels only gt SATA Pri PATA Sec DEFAULT Puts SATA channels before channels gt Only Enables 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 The following IDE devices are detected and are shown in the IDE Configuration menu m Primary IDE Master m Primary IDE Slave m Secondary IDE Master m Secondary IDE Slave The IDE Configuration menu BIOS Menu 4 allows changes to the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system If an IDE device is d
102. assignments are listed in the following table DESCRI PTI ON PIN DESCRI PTI ON Bom opem z Table 4 22 LAN Pinouts ACT LNK LED LED Figure 4 23 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector The RJ 45 Ethernet connector has two status LEDs one green and one yellow The green LED indicates activity on the port and the yellow LED indicates the port is linked See Table 4 23 _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard STATUS DESCRIPTION STATUS DESCRIPTION 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 DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION 5 2 6 DATA 3 7 DATA 4 GROUND 8 GROUND Table 4 24 USB Port Pinouts 4 3 4 VGA Connector CN Label VGA1 and VGA2 CN Type 15 pin Female CN Location See Figure 4 21 CN Pinouts See Figure 4 24 and Table 4 25 The NANO 9453 has two 15 pin female connectors for connectivity to standard display devices 9453 EPIC Motherboard 15 11 Figure 4 24 VGA Connector DESCRIPTION PN DESCRIPTION BLUE NC Table 4 25 VGA Connector Pinouts A2 2
103. ble Connect the SATA power connector to the back of the SATA drive See Figure 5 19 IE 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 The location of the 40 pin serial port connector is shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Align the connectors Correctly align pin 1 on the cable connector with pin 1 on the NANO 9453 40 pin serial port connector See Figure 5 20 Step 3 Insert the cable connectors Once the cable connector is properly aligned with the 40 pin serial port connector on the 9453 connect the cable connector to the onboard connectors See Figure 5 20 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 5 6 7 USB Cabl
104. bled DEFAULT Systems with OSes that do not support EHCI cannot use the EHCI handoff functionality 6 3 9 1 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Use the USB Mass Storage Device Configuration menu BIOS Menu 14 to configure USB mass storage class devices USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Device 1 JetFlash TS1GJF110 BIOS Menu 14 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration Page 135 _ 16 IT echnology Gorp Device NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 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 Please note that the device s formatted type and the emulation type Page 136 provided by the BIOS must match for a device to boot properly If both types do not match then device s behavior is undefined To make sure both types match format the device using BIOS INT 13h calls after selecting the 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 Floppy Forced FDD Hard Disk DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the current USB The USB device will be emulated as a floppy drive The device can be either A or B responding to INT13h calls that return DL O or DL 1 respectively Allows a
105. board Controller The Super keyboard controller can execute the 8042 instruction set Some of the keyboard controller features are listed below m The 8042 instruction is compatible with a PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse m Gate A20 and Keyboard reset output m Supports multiple keyboard power on events m Supports mouse double click and or mouse move power on events 2 9 Environmental and Power Specifications 2 9 1 System Monitoring Three thermal inputs on the NANO 9453 Super I O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following temperatures m System temperature m Power temperature m CPU temperature Eight voltage inputs on the NANO 9453 Super I O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following voltages _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard m Vcore m 2 5V m 3 3V m 5 0V m 12 0V m DDR Vit m 1 5V m 5VSB The NANO 9453 Super I O Enhanced Hardware Monitor also monitors the following voltages internally The NANO 9453 Super I O Enhanced Hardware Monitor also monitors the following fan speeds m CPU Fan speed The values for the above environmental parameters are all recorded in the BIOS Hardware Health Configuration menu 2 9 2 Operating Temperature and Temperature Control The maximum and minimum operating temperatures for the NANO 9453 are listed below m Minimum Operating Temperature 0 C 32 F m Maximum Operating Temperature 60 140
106. ce of this device What you want the wizard to do Search for a suitable driver for my device recommended Display a list of the known drivers for this device so that choose a specific driver Back Next gt Cancel 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 Upgrade Device Driver Wizard Locate Driver Files Where do you want Windows to search for driver files S Search for driver files for the following hardware device 532DD36TAD0373HannStar 171 The wizard searches for suitable drivers in its driver database on your computer and in any of the following optional search locations that you specify To start the search click Next If you are searching on a floppy disk or CD ROM drive insert the floppy disk or CD before clicking Next ptional search locations 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 is the system CD drive Page 172 ci IC _ RITechnology Corp L C Linux bcm5700 8 3 14 Linux tg3 3 43f BROADCOM BCM57xx Netware ODI16 8 27 Drivers 2082 NDIS2 8 28 SL SCO OpenServer 8 3 2 SCO UnixWare 8 3 2 Solaris x86 86 64 EM64T 8 3 1 1 Windows 2000
107. d RAID 0 can be combined to provide higher performance capacity and fault tolerance CAUTION A configured RAID volume which may consist of multiple hard drives appears to an operating system as a contingent storage space The operating system will not be able to distinguish the physical disk drives contained in a RAID configuration E 1 1 Precautions One key benefit a RAID configuration brings is that a single hard drive can fail within a RAID array without damaging data With RAID1 array a failed drive can be replaced and the RAID configuration restored Irrecoverable data loss occurs if working drive is removed when trying to remove a failed drive It is strongly recommended to mark the physical connections of all SATA disk drives Drive locations can be identified by attaching stickers to the drive bays If a drive member of a RAID array should fail the failed drive can then be correctly identified Page 206 lt _ RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Do not accidentally disconnect the SATA drive cables Carefully route the cables within the chassis to avoid system down time E 2 Features and Benefits m Supports RAID levels 0 1 5 and 10 m Supports connectivity to two or more disk drives m Supported Operating Systems include Windows XP Windows Server 2003 and Windows Vista E 3 Accessing the Intel Matrix
108. dress Map Page 202 lt RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard D 3 IRQ Mapping Table System Timer 1208 RTC clock Keyboard IRQ9 ACPI Available IRQ10 LAN COM4 COM2 11 LAN USB2 0 SATA COM1 IRQ12 PS 2 mouse SMBus Controller l RO13 FPU FDC IRQ14 Primary IDE Available IRQ15 Secondary IDE Table D 3 IRQ Mapping Table D 4 DMA Channel Assignments Function Available Available Floppy disk 8 bit transfer Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available Table D 4 IRQ Mapping Table Page 203 9453 EPIC Motherboard THIS PAGE IS INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK s w Page 204 4 9453 EPIC Motherboard Appendix Intel Matrix Storage Manager Page 205 _ 16 9453 EPIC Motherboard E 1 Introduction The Intel ICH7R chipset can provide data protection for serial ATA SATA disks via the Intel Matrix Storage Manager using one of three fault tolerant RAID levels RAID 1 5 or 10 When using two hard drives matrix RAID allows RAID 0 and RAID 1 functions to be combined where critical files can be stored on RAID 1 and RAID 0 can be used for non critical items such as software RAID 5 an
109. e 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 Step 1 Locate the connectors The locations of the USB connectors are shown in Chapter 3 WARNING If the USB pins are not properly aligned the USB device can burn out Step 2 Align the connectors The cable has two connectors Correctly align each cable connector with pin 1 on the NANO 9453 USB connector RITechnology Corp _ 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 3 Insert the cable connectors Once the cable connectors are properly aligned with the USB connectors on the 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 5 7 External Peripheral Interface Connection The following external peripheral devices can be connected to the external peripheral interface connectors m Mouse and keyboard m USB devices m RJ 45 Ethernet cable connectors VGA monitors _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard To install these devices connect the corresponding cable connector from the actual d
110. e PWM Manual Mode the following parameters can be set m CPU Fan PWM control Temp Limit of OFF 000 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 Limit of OFF option to select the CPU temperature at which the cooling fan should automatically turn off To select a value select the CPU Temp Limit of OFF option and enter a decimal number between 000 and 127 The temperature range is specified below m Minimum Value 0 C m Maximum Value 127 CPU Temp Limit of Start 020 Setting this value too high may cause the fan to start only when the CPU is at a high temperature and therefore cause the system to be Page 119 120 _ 16 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
111. e specified channel gt Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects 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 gt Disabled BIOS is prevented from using Multi Sector Transfer on the specified channel The data to and from the device occurs one sector at a time gt Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects Multi Sector Transfer support on the drive on the specified channel If supported the data transfer to and from the device occurs multiple sectors at a time gt PIO Mode Auto Use the PIO Mode option to select the IDE PIO Programmable I O mode program timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases gt Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the PIO mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined gt 0 PIO mode 0 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 3 3MBps gt 1 PIO mode 1 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 5 2MBps gt 2 PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8 3MBps gt 3 PIO mode 3 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 11 1MBps Page 110 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt 4 _ e RITechnology Corp PIO mode 4 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 16 6MBps This setting generally works with all hard disk drive
112. ed from a remote system gt Disabled DEFAULT Cannot be booted from a remote system through the LAN gt Enabled Can be booted from a remote system through the LAN 6 5 2 Boot Device Priority Use the Boot Device Priority menu BIOS Menu 18 to specify the boot sequence from the available devices Possible boot devices may include m 1 FLOPPY DRIVE m HDD m CD DVD Page 146 54 lt jm Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Device Priority BIOS Menu 18 Boot Device Priority Settings Page 147 9453 EPIC Motherboard 6 6 Security Use the Security menu BIOS Menu 19 to set system and user passwords Security Settings Supervisor Passuord Not Installed User Password Not Installed 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 Change User Password Use the Change User Password to set or change a user password The default for this option is Not Installed user password must be installed select this field and enter the Page 148
113. elp Address a E 5 SATAVINTEL Go C Floppy Configuration Utility iata62_cd exe readme txt amp amp releasenotes html gt Type Application Size 19 3 19 3 g My Computer 2 Figure 7 35 SATA Setup Program Icon Step 5 Figure 7 36 shows the InstallShield Wizard preparing to guide the user through the rest of the process Intel R Matrix Storage Manager InstallShield Wizard Preparing Setup Please wait while the InstallShield wizard prepares the setup Intel R Matrix Storage Manager Setup is preparing the InstallShield wizard which will guide you through the rest of the setup process Please wait InstallShield Figure 7 36 InstallShield Wizard Setup Screen Page 182 2 Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 6 Figure 7 37 shows the Matrix Storage Manager software configuring the installation process Intel R Matrix Storage Manager Setup Setup Status Intel R Matrix Storage Manager is configuring your new software installation Installing InstallShield Figure 7 37 Matrix Storage Manager Setup Screen Step 7 Figure 7 38 shows the Matrix Storage Manager welcome screen Intel R Matrix Storage Manager 6 2 0 2002 Welcome to the setup for the Intel R Matrix Storage Manager This setup program will install Intel R Matrix Storage Manager onto your computer It is s
114. ents m BIOS chipset lt _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard m Super chipset 2 6 5 Intel ICH7M PCI Interface The PCI interface on the ICH7M is compliant with the PCI Revision 2 3 implementation Some of the features of the PCI interface are listed below m PCI Revision 2 3 compliant m 33MHz m 5V tolerant PCI signals except PME m Integrated PCI arbiter supports up to seven PCI bus masters 2 6 6 Intel ICH7M Real Time Clock 256 bytes of battery backed RAM is provided by the Motorola 14681 8 real time clock RTC integrated into the ICH6 The RTC operates on 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 7 Intel ICH7M SATA Controller The integrated SATA controller on the ICH7M southbridge supports two SATA drives on the NANO 9453 with independent DMA operations SATA controller specifications are listed below m Supports two SATA drives m Supports 3Gb s data transfer speeds m Supports Serial ATA Specification Revision 1 0a 2 6 8 Intel ICH7M USB Controller Up to six high speed full speed or low speed USB devices are supported by the ICH7M on the NANO 9453 High speed USB 2 0 with data transfers of up to 480MB s is enabled with the ICH7M integrated Enhanced Host Controller Interface EHCI compliant host controller USB full speed and low speed signaling is s
115. er Setup 2 15 Maintenance Complete k High Definition click Finish to complete setup Figure 7 25 HD Audio Driver Installation Complete Step 8 The confirmation screen shown in Figure 7 25 allows you to restart the Page 175 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 7 7 Realtek AC 97 Audio Driver ALC665 Installation To install the Realtek 97 audio driver please follow the steps below 7 7 1 BIOS Setup Step 1 Enter the BIOS setup do this reboot the system and press DEL during POST Step 2 Goto the Southbridge Configuration menu Set the Audio Controller option to 97 See Section 6 7 2 for details Step 3 Press F10 to save the changes and exit the BIOS setup The system reboots 7 7 2 Driver Installation Step 1 Insert the CD that came with the package Step 2 From the main driver menu navigate to X 4 AUDIO AC KITO8R Windows other appropriate OS represents the system CD drive A new window appears showing the folder contents Figure 7 26 Page 176 Ener lt 1 RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard do n x File Edit View Favorites Tools
116. etected and one of the above listed four BIOS configuration options are selected the IDE configuration options shown in Section 6 3 2 1 appear 6 3 2 1 IDE Master IDE Slave Use the IDE Master and IDE Slave configuration menu to view both primary and secondary IDE device details and configure the IDE devices connected to the system Page 107 9453 EPIC Motherboard BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device Not Detected BIOS Menu 5 IDE Master and IDE Slave Configuration gt 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 m Device Lists the device type e g hard disk CD ROM etc m Indicates the type of devices a user can manually select Mode Indicates whether the LBA Logical Block Addressing is method of addressing data on a disk drive is supported or not Block Mode Block mode boosts IDE drive performance by increasing the amount of data transferred Only 512 bytes of data can be transferred per interrupt if block mode is not used Block mode allows transfers of up to 64 KB per interrupt Mode Indicates the PIO mode of the installed device Async Indicates the highest Asynchronous DMA Mode that is supported Page
117. evice 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 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 Align the male DB 15 connector on the VGA screen cable with the female DB 15 connector on the external peripheral interface Step 3 Insert the VGA connector Once the connectors are properly aligned with the insert the male connector from the VGA screen into the female connector on the NANO 9453 See Figure 5 22 Figure 5 22 VGA Connector Step 4 Secure the connector Secure the DB 15 VGA connector from the VGA _ IE IT echnology Gorp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard monitor to the external interface by tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector 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 9453 please follow the instruct
118. g a RAID Volume data previously stored on the member drives of RAID configuration are destroyed during the RAID initialization process If used drives are used to create a RAID array make sure the data has been moved or backed up before creating a RAID array out of the disk drives Page 208 Ener lt SSN co EST 7 SA gt 7 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 1 Select Create Volume Use the arrow keys to highlight Create Volume and press ENTER See Figure E 1 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option u5 0 0 1032 wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved 1 2 Delete RAID Volume 3 Reset Disks to Non RAID 4 Exit RAID Volumes None defined Physical Disks 2 Maxtor 6 0 4 2 5 Non RAID Disk 3 WDC 40166 934 4 Non RAID Disk Port Driue Model Serial i Type Status Vol ID CyJ Select ESCI Exit CENTER Select Menu Figure E 1 Matrix Storage Manager Main Menu Step 2 Name the RAID volume Enter a name for the RAID volume or press ENTER to accept the default volume name Upper and lower case alphabetic numeric space and underscore characters are all applicable for naming an array See Figure E 2 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager option ROM v5 0 0 1032 ICH R wRAIDS Copyright C 2003 05 Intel Corporation All Rights Reserved
119. ger or N to return to the Main menu See Figure E 17 Figure E 17 Exit Verification Page 218 i lt _ RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Index Page 219 _ 16 12V ATX power supply connector 35 location and pinouts 35 5V ATX power supply connector 36 location and pinouts 36 AGPI ete 122 123 124 Advanced Power 126 Ip 82 anti static precautions 26 64 anti static 26 64 anti static wristband 26 64 26 64 self grounding 26 64 ASKIR interface 46 AT power select jumper 37 ATA flat cable iter 85 87 12V power 4 power 4 ATX power supply enable connector 37 location and pinouts 37 Audio Codec 97 15 audio 4 38 location and pinouts 38 BIOS 19 10
120. gh a Super chip The DIO connector pins are user programmable GPI27X GPI24X GPO23X NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard PIN DESCRIPTION PIN NO DESCRIPTION Table 4 8 DIO Connector Pinouts 4 2 7 Fan Connector CN Label CPU_FAN1 CN Type 3 pin header 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 FANSPEED1 12 Figure 4 9 12V Fan Connector Location NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard RITechnology Corp PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 Rotation Signal 2 12V 3 GND Table 4 9 12V Fan Connector Pinouts 4 2 8 Front Panel Connector 12 pin CN Label CN Type F PANEL1 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 These indicators and switches include nu 1 Power button Reset button Power LED HDD LED Figure 4 10 Front P
121. gle User IMPORTANT READ BEFORE COPYING INSTALLING OR USING Do not use or load this software and any associated materials collectively the Software until you have carefully read the following terms and conditions By loading or using the Software you agree to the terms of this Agreement you do not wish to so agree do not install or use the Software Please Also Note If you are an Original Equipment Manufacturer OEM Independent Hardware Vendor or Independent Software Vendor ISV this complete LICENSE AGREEMENT applies You must accept all of the terms of the license agreement in order to continue the setup program Do you accept the terms lt Back Intel R Installation Frameworks Figure 7 40 Matrix Storage Manager License Agreement Page 184 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 9453 EPIC Motherboard _ e RITechnology Corp Step 10 Read the license agreement To accept the terms and conditions stipulated in the license agreement shown click YES and the Readme information file shown in Figure 7 41 appears Intel R Matrix Storage Manager 6 2 0 2002 Readme File Information Refer to the Readme file below to view system requirements and installation information Press the Page Down key to view the rest of the file
122. he items shown in the system overview include AMI BIOS Displays auto detected BIOS information O Version Current BIOS version Build Date Date the current BIOS version was made 1 Installed BIOS ID m Processor Displays auto detected CPU specifications O Type Names the currently installed processor Page 102 _ e RTechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Speed Lists the processor speed Count The number of CPUs on the motherboard System Memory Displays the auto detected system memory Size Lists memory size The System Overview field also has two user configurable fields gt 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 3 Advanced Use the Advanced menu BIOS Menu 2 to configure the CPU and peripheral devices through the following sub menus Setting the wrong values in the sections below may cause the system to malfunction Make sure that the settings made are compatible with the hardware m CPU Configuration see Section 6 3 1 m IDE Configuration see Section 6 3 2 m SuperlO Configuration see Section 6 3 3 Hardware Health Configuration see Section 6 3 4 m ACPI Configuration see Section 6 3 5 Configuration See Section 6
123. hnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard QK Production Version Releases Microsoft Windows 2000 Microsoft Windows XP Driver Revision 6 14 10 4497 Package 26137 Production Version 14 19 50 4497 February 8 2006 NOTE This document refers to systems containing the Following Intel chipsets Intel R 8556 Chipset 4 gt lt Back Next gt Cancel Figure 7 9 GMA Driver Readme File Step 7 Click NEXT to extract the GMA driver files See Figure 7 10 amp Intel R Chipset Graphics Driver Software InstallShield R Wizard Extracting Files The contents of this package are being extracted Please wait while the InstallShield R Wizard extracts the files needed to install InteKR Chipset Graphics Driver Software on your computer This may take a few moments Reading contents of package Lee uem Figure 7 10 Driver File Extraction Step 8 The welcome screen shown in Figure 7 11 appears Page 167 _ 16 IE Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver Welcome to the setup for the Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver This program wil install the Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver thes computer It is strongly recommended that you ext all Windows programs before continuing Figure 7
124. igned as the parallel port interrupt address gt Serial Port3 Address 3E8 Use the Serial Port3 Address option to select the base addresses for serial port 3 gt Disabled No base address is assigned to serial port 3 gt 3F8 Serial port 3 I O port address is gt 2F8 Serial port 3 I O port address is 2F8 gt 3E8 DEFAULT Serial port 3 I O port address is 3E8 gt 2E8 Serial port 3 I O port address is 2E8 gt 2F0 Serial port 3 I O port address is 2 0 gt 2 0 Serial port 3 I O port address is 2 0 Serial Port3 IRQ 11 Use the Serial Port3 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 3 gt 4 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 4 gt 9 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 9 gt 10 Serial port 3 IRQ address is 10 gt 11 DEFAULT Serial port 3 IRQ address is 11 gt Serial Port4 Address 2E8 Use the Serial Port4 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 4 Page 116 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard v V V _ e RITechnology Corp 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 port address is 2 0 2b0 Serial port 3 I O port address is 2 0 gt Serial Port4 IRQ 10 Use the Serial Port4 IRQ option to select the interrupt address for serial port 4 gt
125. ily sSpec CPU Speed Processor Bus Speed Mfg Tech Stepping Cache Size Core Duo SL8VT 2 GHz T2500 667 MHz 65 nm CO 2 MB SL9DN 1 66 GHz T2300E 667 MHz 65 nm CO 2 MB Core Solo SL92X 1 83 GHz T1400 667 MHz 65 nm CO 2 MB Table 2 2 Supported Processors 2 5 Intel 945GM Northbridge Chipset 2 5 1 Intel 945GM Overview The Intel 945GM 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 m Front Side Bus FSB m System Memory Interface m Graphics Interface m Direct Media Interface DMI 2 5 2 Intel 945GM Memory Support Only DDR2 memory module can be installed on the NANO 9453 Do not install DDR memory modules If a DDR memory module is installed on the 9453 the NANO 9453 may be irreparably damaged The Intel 945GM northbridge chipset on the NANO 945GM supports one DDR2 200 pin SO DIMM with the following features m 200 pin SO DIMM only EE S8 Ki Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard m DDR2 only DO NOT install a DDR SO DIMM m Single channel or dual channel m Capacities of 256MB 512MB 158 m Transfer speeds of 533MHz 667 2 m 64 bit wide channel The memory socket is shown in Figure 2 4
126. imensions LxW 165mm x 115mm Weight GW NW 8009 260g Table 1 1 Technical Specifications lt Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard Chapter 2 Detailed Specifications _ IE 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 1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below m Length 165mm m Width 115mm Figure 2 1 NANO 9453 Dimensions mm 1 RIechnology Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 2 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions External peripheral interface connector panel dimensions are shown in Figure 2 2 Figure 2 2 External Interface Panel Dimensions mm 6 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 L Socket 479 Intel Core 2 Duo Intel Core Duo Intel Core Solo 667MHz PCle Bus PCI Bus Fig
127. interface supports both LDRQ and SERIRQ protocols as well as PCI PME interfaces 2 8 3 2 Super 16C550 UARTs The onboard Super I O has two integrated 16C550 UARTs that can support the following m Two standard serial ports COM1 and COM2 m 1 0 and ASKIR protocols Another two chipsets connected to the LPC bus provided connectivity to another two serial port connectors COM3 and COMA 2 8 3 3 Super Enhanced Hardware Monitor The Super Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitors three thermal inputs VBAT internally and eight voltage monitor inputs These hardware parameters are reported in the BIOS and can be read from the BIOS Hardware Health Configuration menu 2 8 3 4 Super Fan Speed Controller The Super fan speed controller enables the system to monitor the speed of the fan One of the pins on the fan connector is reserved for fan speed detection and interfaced to the fan speed controller on the Super I O The fan speed is then reported in the BIOS _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 8 3 5 Super I O Parallel Port The Super I O parallel port LPT supports standard mode enhanced mode and high speed mode parallel port devices The LPT is compliant with the following LPT modes m Standard mode Bi directional SPP compliant m Enhanced mode EPP v1 7 compliant EPP v1 9 compliant m High speed mode O ECP IEEE 1284 compliant 2 8 3 6 Super I O Key
128. ion to allow add on ROM read only memory messages to be displayed gt Force BIOS DEFAULT The system forces third party BIOS to display during system boot gt Keep Current The system displays normal information during system boot gt Bootup Num Lock On Use the Bootup Num Lock BIOS option to specify if the number lock setting must be modified during boot up gt Does not enable the keyboard Number Lock automatically To use the 10 keys on the keyboard press the Number Lock key located on the upper left hand corner of the 10 key pad The Number Lock LED on the keyboard lights up when the Number Lock is engaged gt On DEFAULT Allows the Number Lock on the keyboard to be enabled automatically when the computer system boots up This allows the immediate use of the 10 key numeric keypad located on the right side of the keyboard To confirm this the Number Lock LED light on the keyboard is lit 5 2 Mouse Support Auto Use the PS 2 Mouse Support option adjusts PS 2 mouse support capabilities gt Disabled PS 2 mouse support is disabled and prevented from using system resources Page 145 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt Enabled Allows the system to use a PS 2 mouse gt 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 boot
129. ions below Step 1 Locate the PS 2 connector The location of the PS 2 connector is shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Align the PS 2 connector Align the PS 2 connector the keyboard and mouse cable with the PS 2 connector on the external peripheral interface Step 3 Insert the PS 2 connector Once the connectors are properly insert thePS 2 connector from the keyboard and mouse cable into the PS 2 connector on the NANO 9453 See Figure 5 23 Figure 5 23 PS 2 Connector _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 4 Connect the keyboard and mouse Once the cable is connected to the NANO 9453 PS 2 connector Connect the keyboard and mouse to their respective PS 2 connector on the keyboard and mouse cable 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 Follow the steps below to connect an RJ 45 Ethernet connector to the NANO 9453 Step 1 Locate the RJ 45 connector The location of the RJ 45 connector is shown in Chapter 3 Step 2 Insert an RJ 45 plug Insert the RJ 45 plug of a LAN into the RJ 45 receptacle on the external peripheral interface See Figure 5 24
130. isted in Table 5 8 are shipped with the NANO 9453 Quantity Type 1 IDE Cable 44p 44p 1 4 RS 232 adapter cable 2 SATA drive cables 1 SATA drive power cable 1 Power cable Table 5 8 IEI Provided Cables Optional cables are listed below m USB cable m RS 232 422 485 cable m LPT cable m ATX power cable I Technology Gorp 5 6 2 IDE Cable Connection NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 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 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 771 79 4 54 i I 9453 EPIC Motherboard _ e RITechnology Corp 5 6 3 5 1 Channel Audio Kit Installation This is optional item that must be ordered separately For further information please contact the nearest NANO 9453 distributor reseller or
131. it setup IntelFi Installation Frameworks 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 Step 2 Anew window opens Figure 7 7 Page 165 _ e RITechnology Corp _ IE T echnology Gorp amp 2 vGA PY x File Edit Favorites Tools Help 9453 EPIC Motherboard Hk 3 Bsearch E Dz EH aw wa Vista WINZK WINXP64 Select an item to view its description See also My Documents My Network Places My Computer 4 object s 0 bytes My Computer Figure 7 7 Select the Operating System Step 3 Select the operating system from those shown in Figure 7 7 Step 4 Anew window appears Figure 7 8 Ci ums Eile Edit Favorites Tools Help Back gt Qsearch nodes 84 Ri Address 7 E 2 VGA WIN2K_XP Ti readme 2k xp relnotes 2k win2k_xp1424 WIN2K XP Select an item to view its description See also My Documents My Network Places My Computer object s 8 23 My Computer 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 Page 166 RITec
132. ket Pinout U esee nennen u uu u u 41 Table 4 8 DIO Connector Pinouts U 42 Table 4 9 12V Fan Connector Pinouts u u u u 43 Table 4 10 Front Panel Connector Pinouts 44 Table 4 11 Secondary IDE Connector Pinouts J J 46 Table 4 12 Infrared Connector Pinouts U U u u u u u 47 Table 4 13 LVDS LCD Port Connector Pinout eese u 48 Table 4 14 Mini PCle Socket Pinouts 50 Table 4 15 Parallel Port Connector Pinouts u u u u 51 Table 4 16 104 Slot Connector Pinouts 54 Table 4 17 SATA Drive Connector 55 Table 4 18 RS 422 RS 485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts 55 Table 4 19 4 Port Serial Port Connector u u u u u u 57 Table 4 20 USB Port Connector Pinouts 58 Table 4 21 Mini DIN 6 PS 2 Connector Pinouts 59 Table 4 22 LAN Pinouls u uu rerit 60 Table 4 23 RJ 45 Ethernet Connector LEDS eese 61 Page xiv
133. lign the cooling kit Make sure its four spring screw fasteners can pass through the pre drilled holes on the PCB Step 3 Secure the cooling kit From the solder side of the PCB align the support bracket to the screw threads on heat sink that were inserted through the PCB holes See Figure 5 4 RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Support Bracket 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 Heatsink Figure 5 5 Connect the cooling fan cable I Technology Gorp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 5 3 3 SO DIMM Installation 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 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 d p Figure 5 6 SO DIMM Installation Step 1 Locate the SO DIMM socket Place the NANO 9453 on an
134. m back to a known state A BIOS function call INT 15H is used to control the Watchdog Timer INT 15H AH 6FH Sub function AL 2 Sets the Watchdog Timer s period BL Time out value Its unit second is dependent on the item Watchdog Timer unit select in CMOS setup Table C 1 AH 6FH Sub function Call sub function 2 to set the time out period of Watchdog Timer first If the time out value is not zero the Watchdog Timer starts counting down While the timer value reaches zero the system resets To ensure that this reset condition does not occur calling sub function 2 must periodically refresh the Watchdog Timer However the Watchdog timer is disabled if the time out value is set to zero A tolerance of at least 1096 must be maintained to avoid unknown routines within the operating system DOS such as disk that can be very time consuming lt 9453 EPIC Motherboard A NOTE When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer otherwise the system resets Example program INITIAL TI MER PERIOD COUNTER W LOOP MOV AX 6F02H setting the time out value MOV BL 30 time out value is 48 seconds INT 15H ADD THE APPLI CATI ON PROGRAM HERE 1 is the application over JNE W LOOP No restart the application MOV AX 6F02H disable Watchdog Timer MOV BL 0 INT 15H
135. m data transfer rate of 66 6MBps To use this mode it is required that an 80 conductor ATA cable is used gt UDMA5 Ultra DMA mode 5 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 99 9MBps To use this mode it is required that an 80 conductor ATA cable is used S M A R T Auto Use the S M A R T option to auto detect disable or enable Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology SMART on the drive on the specified channel S M A R T predicts impending drive failures The S M A R T BIOS option enables or disables this function gt DEFAULT BIOS auto detects HDD SMART support gt Disabled Prevents BIOS from using the HDD SMART feature gt Enabled Allows BIOS to use the HDD SMART feature 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled Use the 32Bit Data Transfer BIOS option to enables or disable 32 bit data transfers gt Disabled Prevents the BIOS from using 32 bit data transfers gt Enabled DEFAULT Allows BIOS to use 32 bit data transfers on supported hard disk drives Page 112 jm Corp 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 Configure ITE8712 Super 10 Chipset BIOS Menu 6 Super IO Configuration 2 Serial Port1 Address 3F8 Use the Serial Port1 Address option to select the Serial Port 1 base add
136. nd to exit the BIOS configuration setup program gt 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 Page 159 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard Use the Discard Changes option to discard the changes and remain in the BIOS configuration setup program gt 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 Page 160 RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Chapter 7 Driver Installation Page 161 9453 EPIC Motherboard 7 1 Available Software Drivers 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 m Chipset driver m VGAdriver m LAN driver Installation instructions are given below 7 2 Driver
137. ndard PC 101 key layout however The VT UTF8 convention makes available additional keys that are not provided by VT100 for the PC 101 keyboard gt Disabled DEFAULT Disables the VT UTF8 terminal keys gt Enabled Enables the VT UTF8 combination key Support for ANSI VT100 terminals 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 Page 132 lt jm Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard m DEFAULT m Delay 1 sec m Delay 2 sec m 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 USB Configuration Module Uersion 2 24 0 11 4 USB Devices Enabled 1 Drive BIOS Menu 13 USB Configuration USB Function 6 USB ports 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 Page 133 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt Disabled USB function support disabled gt 2 USB Ports Two USB ports are enabled gt 4 USB Ports Four USB ports are enabled 3 6 USB Ports DEFAULT USB ports are enabled U
138. ne 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 The SPD enables the BIOS to read the spec sheet of the DIMMs on boot up and then adjust the memory timing parameters accordingly gt Disabled DRAM timing parameters are manually set using the DRAM sub items gt Enabled DEFAULT DRAM timing parameter are set according to the DRAM Serial Presence Detect SPD If the Configure DRAM Timing by SPD option is disabled the following configuration options appear DRAM CAS Latency 5 DRAM RAS to CAS Delay 6 DRAM Clocks DRAM RAS Precharge 6 DRAM Clocks DRAM Activate to Precha 15 DRAM Clocks DRAM CAS Latency 5 Use the CAS Latency Time configuration option to set the Column Address Strobe CAS delay time To be able to change this configuration option the DRAM Latency Timing configuration option must be set to Manual The following configuration options are available m nanoseconds m 5 nanoseconds DEFAULT m 4 nanoseconds 151 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard m nanoseconds gt DRAM 5 to CAS Delay 6 DRAM Clocks Use the DRAM RAS to CAS Delay option to specify the
139. ng Notice Step 13 A confirmation screen shown in Figure 7 14 appears The setup for the Intel R Graphics Media Accelerator Driver is complete You must restart this computer for the changes to take effect Would you like to restart the computer now 6 Yes want to restart my computer now will restart my computer later Remove any disks from their drives and then click Finish Bion Frameworks Figure 7 14 GMA Driver Installation Complete Step 14 After selecting when to restart the computer in Figure 7 14 click FINISH 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 Page 169 _ e RITechnology Corp Step 2 Step 3 Page 170 New Office Document Open Office Document Set Program Access and Defaults Windows Update gt Program Updates Programs e Documents Settings gt Control Panel A Search Network and Dial up Connections Printers e Help Taskbar amp Start Menu Run e Log Off paulsharpe Shut Down fisse HERO gt Figure 7 15 Access Windows Control Panel Double click the System icon Figure 7 16 gt Ele Edit View Favorites Tools Help Desk gt Carodes 29
140. 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 To be able to change this configuration option the Configure DRAM Timing by SPD configuration option must be set to Disabled Configuration options are listed below 2 Clocks DRAM Clocks 4 DRAM Clocks 5 DRAM Clocks 6 Clocks DEFAULT DRAM 5 Precharge 6 DRAM Clocks Use the DRAM RAS Precharge option to set the speed at which the RAM terminates the access of one row and start accessing another To be able to change this configuration option the DRAM RAS Precharge configuration option must be set to Manual The following configuration options are available 2 DRAM Clocks DRAM Clocks 4 DRAM Clocks 5 DRAM Clocks 6DRAM Clocks DEFAULT DRAM RAS Activate to Precha 15 DRAM Clocks Page 152 Use the DRAM RAS Activate to Precha option to specify the length of the delay between the activation and precharge commands for the RAS signal That is how long after activation can the access cycle be started again This influences row activation time that is considered when memory has hit the last column in a specific row or when an _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard entirely different memory location is re
141. o Mode is selected the maximum amount of graphics memory is 128MB Configuration options are listed below m 64MB m 128MB DEFAULT m Maximum DVMT Boot Display Device Auto Use the Boot Display Device option to select the display device used by the system when it boots Configuration options are listed below m Auto DEFAULT m CRTI m LFP m CRT2 m CRT1 LFP m CRT1 CRT2 Panel Type 1024 768 18bits Use the Flat Panel Type option to select the type of flat panel connected to the system Configuration options are listed below m 640 480 18bits m 800 600 18bits m 1024x768 18bits m 1280 1024 36bits 1400 1050 36bits m 1600 1200 36bits m 1280x768 18685 1680x1050 36bits 156 jm Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 1920x1200 36bits m 1024x768 48bits m 1440x900 36bits m 1440x900 48bits m 1280x800 18bits m 1280x600 18bits m 2048x1536 36bits 6 7 2 SouthBridge Chipset Configuration The SouthBridge Chipset Configuration menu BIOS Menu 22 the southbridge chipset to be configured South Bridge Chipset Configuration BIOS Menu 22 SouthBridge Chipset Configuration Audio Controller 97 Audio The Audio Controller option allows selection of the audio controller to use Page 157 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard HD Audio DEFAULT In
142. or 37 4 2 4 A dio Connector UIS 38 4 2 Compact Flash SOeKet a asassanqasaqaqashwaaasqasqtassasyassansayaqaqqasaqaqashiwaaqaqsha 39 4 2 6 Digital Input Output DIO Connector 41 4 2 7 42 4 2 8 Front Panel Connector 12 pin RU a un 43 4 2 9 IDE Connector 44 pin 44 4 2 10 Infrared Interface Connector 5 pin 46 JI LVDS LED auda 47 4 2 12 Mim UID 48 4 2 13 Parallel Port 50 SI0ti T 51 4 2 13 SATA Drive usen ptt 54 4 2 16 Serial Port Connector RS 422 or RS 485 55 4 2 17 4 port Serial Port Connector RS 232 55 4 2 18 USB Connectors Internal eee 57 4 3 EXTERNAL PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTOR 58 4 3 1 Keyboard Mouse Connector PI 59 43 2 LAN gg o o 60 LISSE DOTT 61 4 3 4
143. ount of system memory that can be used by the Internal graphics device gt Disable gt Enable 1MB 1MB of memory used by internal graphics device gt Enable 8MB DEFAULT 8MB of memory used by internal graphics device 6 7 1 1 Video Function Configuration Use the Video Function Configuration menu to configure the video device connected to the system Page 154 lt NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Corp Uideo Function Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY 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 gt Fixed Mode gt Mode gt Combo Mode A fixed portion of graphics memory is reserved as graphics memory Graphics memory is dynamically allocated according to the system and graphics needs A fixed portion of graphics memory is reserved as graphics memory If more memory is needed graphics memory 15 dynamically allocated according to the system and graphics needs Page 155 _ 16 IE IT echnology Gorp gt DVMT FIXED Memory 128MB NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 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 Comb
144. quested To be able to change this configuration option the Configure DRAM Timing by SPD configuration option must be set to Disabled The following configuration options are available 4 DRAM Clocks 5 DRAM Clocks 6 DRAM Clocks 7 DRAM Clocks 8 DRAM Clocks 9 DRAM Clocks 10 DRAM Clocks m 11 DRAM Clocks 12 DRAM Clocks 13 DRAM Clocks 14 DRAM Clocks 15 Clocks DEFAULT gt Memory Hole Disabled Use the Memory Hole option to reserve memory space between 15MB and 16MB for ISA expansion cards that require a specified area of memory to work properly If an older ISA expansion card is used please refer to the documentation that came with the card to see if itis necessary to reserve the space gt Disabled DEFAULT Memory is not reserved for ISA expansion cards gt 15MB 16MB Between 15MB and 16MB of memory is reserved for ISA expansion cards Page 153 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 Configuration options are listed below m 150 DEFAULT m Graphics Mode Select Enable 8MB Use the Internal Graphic Mode Select option to specify the am
145. r 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 These connectors are accessible when the NANO 9453 is installed in a chassis USB_C45 VGA1 VGA2 LAN1 LAN2 KB_MS1 s E Figure 4 21 NANO 9453 External Peripheral Interface Connector _ e RITechnology Corp 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 Figure 4 22 PS 2 Pinouts DESCRIPTION KEYBOARD DATA MOUSE DATA KEYBOARD CLOCK MOUSE CLOCK Table 4 21 Mini DIN 6 PS 2 Connector Pinouts _ 16 IE 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 The pin
146. rboard Figure 5 7 CF Card Installation 5 4 Jumper Settings A 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 NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 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 _ e RITechnology Corp PLASTIC CLIP CLOSED Hl 1 2 3 OPEN 2 3CLOSED 4 Figure 5 8 Jumper Locations Before the NANO 9453 is installed in the system the jumpers must be set in accordance with the desired configuration The jumpers on the NANO 9453 are listed in Table 5 1 Description Label Type CF card setup JCF1 2 pin header Clear CMOS J_CMOS1 3 header COM 2 function select JP1 6 pin header LVDS voltage selection J_VLVDS1 3 pin header 104 VIO Selector JP2 3 pin header PC1044 SERIRQ support JP3 2 pin header Table 5 1 Jumpers 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 card or CF Type II cards as either the slave device or the master device
147. reset button 43 RJ 45 connector 95 RJ 45 Ethernet 95 RJ 45 Ethernet 5 60 RJ 45 LAN connectors 60 56 2 location and 5 56 COM location and pinouts 56 COM 4 location and pinouts 56 connector location and pinouts 56 85422 55 8 485 55 SATA 2 2 2 17 SATA cto pei ee aedes 88 ud Rad 88 COMMOCTION irit 88 Page 223 _ 16 IT echnology Gorp power cable 88 unpacking precautions 26 SATA drive connector 5 54 USB iinu 2 57 58 91 96 133 134 location and pinouts 54 cable SATA UOS a 54 dual uude derit 91 serial port e e 91 four port cable cable connecltion 92 four ports 90 RM 96 serial port connector 55 56 connectorSs 91 location and pinouts
148. ress gt Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 1 gt 3F8 DEFAULT Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3F8 gt 3E8 Serial Port 1 port address 15 3E8 gt 2E8 Serial Port 1 port address is 2E8 Page 113 IT echnology Gorp Serial Port Mode Normal NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Use the Serial Port1 Mode option to select the transmitting and receiving mode for the first serial port gt Normal DEFAULT Serial Port 1 mode is normal gt ASKIR Serial Port 1 mode is ASK IR gt Serial Port2 Address 2F8 IRQ3 Use the Serial Port2 Address option to select the Serial Port 2 base address gt Disabled No base address is assigned to Serial Port 2 gt 2F8 IRQ3 DEFAULT Serial Port 2 port address is 3F8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 gt 3E8 IRQ4 Serial Port 2 I O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 gt 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 2 I O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 Serial Port2 Mode Normal Use the Serial Port2 Mode option to select the Serial Port2 operational mode gt Normal DEFAULT Serial Port 2 mode is normal Serial Port 2 mode is IrDA gt ASK IR Serial Port 2 mode is ASK IR gt Parallel Port Address Disabled Use the Parallel Port Address option to select the parallel port base address Page 114 Ene lt 9453 EPIC Motherboard _ e RITechnology Corp gt Disabled DEFAU
149. ressed air Correctly Orientate the CPU Make sure the IHS integrated heat sink side is facing upwards Correctly position the CPU Match the Pin 1 mark with the cut edge on the CPU socket See Figure 5 1 IEI RIechnology Corp 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 Pin 1 location Figure 5 2 Lock the CPU Socket Retention Screw _ IE IT echnology Gorp 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 479 CPU cooling kit can be purchased separately The cooling kit comprises a CPU heat sink and a cooling fan 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 To install the CF 479B RS cooling kit please follow the steps below Step 1 Place the cooling kit onto the CPU sure the CPU cooling fan cable can be properly routed when the cooling kit is installed Step 2 Properly a
150. rst 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 SATA2 SATA1 Figure 4 17 SATA Drive Connector Locations PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 TX 3 TX NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard PIN NO DESCRIPTION 4 GND 5 RX 6 RX 7 GND Table 4 17 SATA Drive Connector Pinouts 2 6 RTechnology Corp 4 2 16 Serial Port Connector RS 422 or RS 485 CN Label CN5 CN Type CN Location CN Pinouts See Table 4 18 4 pin header 2x7 See Figure 4 18 The 4 pin serial port connector supports RS 422 or RS 485 serial port B aad sz RXD485 Figure 4 18 RS 422 485 Serial Port Connector Location TXD485 TXD485 RXD485 RXD485 Table 4 18 RS 422 RS 485 Serial Port Connector Pinouts 4 2 17 4 port Serial Port Connector RS 232 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard CN Label COM CN Type 40 pin header 2x20 CN Location See Figure 4 19 CN Pinouts See Table 4 19 The 40 pin serial port connector contains the following four serial ports COM 1 COM 2 COM 3 and COM 4 COM 3 and COM 4 are RS 232 serial communications channels COM 2 is a multi function channel In default mode CO
151. s manufactured after 1999 For other disk drives such as IDE CD ROM drives check the specifications of the drive gt DMA Mode Auto Use the DMA Mode BIOS selection to adjust the DMA mode options gt Auto gt swpmao gt SWDMAi swDMA2 MWDMAO MWDMA1 mwoma2 gt UDMA1 UDMA1 DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the DMA mode Use this value if the IDE disk drive support cannot be determined Single Word mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 2 1 MBps Single Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 4 2MBps Single Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 8 3MBps Multi Word DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 4 2MBps Multi Word DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 13 3MBps Multi Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 16 6MBps Ultra DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 16 6MBps Ultra DMA mode 1 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 25MBps Page 111 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt UDMA2 Ultra DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 33 3MBps gt UDMA3 Ultra DMA mode 3 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 44MBps To use this mode it is required that an 80 conductor ATA cable is used gt UDMA4 Ultra DMA mode 4 selected with a maximu
152. s off it remains off Power Button Mode On Off Use the Power Button Mode BIOS to specify how the power button functions gt On Off DEFAULT When the power button is pressed the system is either turned on or off gt When the power button is pressed the system goes into suspend mode Page 126 E lt _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt 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 gt Disabled DEFAULT Wake event not generated by an incoming call gt Enabled Wake event generated by an incoming call Resume on Disabled Use the Resume on PME BIOS option to enable activity on the PCI PME power management event controller to rouse the system from a suspend or standby state gt Disabled DEFAULT Wake event not generated by PCI PME controller activity gt Enabled Wake event generated by PCI PME controller activity Resume RTC Alarm Disabled Use the Resume On RTC Alarm option to specify the time the system should be roused from a suspended state gt Disabled DEFAULT The real time clock RTC cannot generate a wake event gt Enabled If selected the following appears with values that can be selected RTC Alarm Date Days Sy
153. stem Time After setting the alarm the computer turns itself on Page 127 9453 EPIC Motherboard from a suspend state when the alarm goes off gt Power Supply Mode ATX Use the Power Supply Mode BIOS option to select the power supply that is connected to the system gt AT An AT power supply is connected to the system gt 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 multi processor table mm BIOS SETUP UTILITY MPS Configuration BIOS Menu 11 MPS Configuration Page 128 jm Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard MPS Revision 1 4 Use the Multiprocessor Specification MPS for OS option to specify the MPS version to be used gt 1 1 MPS version 1 1 is used gt 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 Configure Remote Access type and parameters BIOS Menu 12 Remote Access Configuration Advanced Page 129 Remote Access Disabled NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Use
154. t is handled the following anti static precautions are strictly adhered to m Wear an anti static wristband Wearing a simple anti static wristband can help to prevent ESD from damaging the board Self grounding Before handling the board touch any grounded conducting material During the time the board is handled frequently touch any conducting materials that are connected to the ground m Use an anti static pad When configuring the NANO 9453 place it on an antic static pad This reduces the possibility of ESD damaging the NANO 9453 Only handle the edges of the PCB When handling the PCB hold the PCB by the edges 3 2 Unpacking 3 2 1 Unpacking Precautions When the NANO 9453 is unpacked please do the following m Follow the anti static precautions outlined in Section 3 1 m sure the packing box is facing upwards so the NANO 9453 does not fall out of the box m Make sure all the components shown in Section 3 3 are present lt 3 3 Unpacki NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard oro RITechnology Corp ng 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 1 Package Contents The NANO 94
155. tel High Definition Audio controller is enabled AC 97 Audio The on board AC 97 controller is enabled Disabled All audio controllers are disabled OnBoard LAN1 Auto The OnBoard LAN1 option enables or disables the on board LAN1 gt Auto DEFAULT on board controller is automatically detected and enabled Enabled The on board controller is manually enabled gt Disabled The on board controller is manually disabled On board LAN2 Auto The On board LAN2 option enables or disables the on board LAN2 gt Auto DEFAULT on board LAN2 controller is automatically detected and enabled Enabled The on board LAN2 controller is manually enabled Disabled The on board LAN controller is manually disabled gt Mini Card Auto The Mini Card option enables or disables the PCI Express Mini Card gt Auto DEFAULT PCI Express Mini Card is automatically detected and enabled Enabled The PCI Express Mini Card is manually enabled Disabled The PCI Express Mini Card is manually disabled Page 158 lt jm Corp 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 Exit Options BIOS Menu 23 Exit Save Changes and Exit Use the Save Changes and Exit option to save the changes made to the BIOS options a
156. tem or the BIOS gt DEFAULT ff the operating system does not meet the Plug and Play specifications this option allows the BIOS to configure all the devices in the system Page 138 _ e RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt Yes This setting allows the operating system to change the interrupt and DMA settings Set this option if the system is running Plug and Play aware operating systems Latency Timer 64 Use the PCI Latency Timer option to specify the PCI latency time The latency time is measured in units of PCI clock cycles for the PCI device latency timer register Configuration options are m 32 64 DEFAULT 96 m 128 160 m 192 m 224 m 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 gt Yes Default Assigns an IRQ to a PCI VGA card if card requests IRQ gt No 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 gt Disabled DEFAULT Unless the VGA card manufacturer requires palette snooping to be enabled this option should be disabled Page 139 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt Enabled PCI devices are informed that an ISA based
157. the new software as shown in Figure 7 30 Realtek 7 Audio Setup 5 18 Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for Realtek AC 97 Audio 2 InstaliS heel Ward wd instal 37 gt ga Nee Install l Figure 7 29 AC 97 Audio Driver Welcome Screen Page 178 RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Install Figure 7 30 AC 97 Audio Driver Software Configuration Step 7 At this stage the Digital Signal Not Found screen appears Figure 7 31 continue the installation process click the YES button I Digital Signature Not Found The Microsoft digital signature affirms that software has been tested with Windows and that the software has not been altered since was tested The software you are about to install does nol contain Microsoft digital signature Therefore there is no guarantee that this software works correctly with Windows Reaktek 97 Audio If you want to search for Microsoft digitally signed software visit the Windows Update Web site at http windowsupdate microsoft com to see if one is available Do you want to continue the installation No Figure 7 31 97 Audio Driver Digital Signal Page 179 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 8 After clicking the YES button in Fig
158. tion 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 Allow screws to come in contact with the PCB circuit connector pins or its components 5 2 2 Installation Checklist The following checklist is provided to ensure the NANO 9453 is properly installed All the items in the packing list are present The CPU is installed The CPU cooling kit is properly installed A compatible memory module is properly inserted into the slot The CF or CF Type card is properly installed into the CF socket The jumpers have been properly configured The 9453 is inserted into a chassis with adequate ventilation The correct power supply is being used The following devices are properly connected IDE device SATA drives Keyboard and mouse cable Audio kit Power supply USB cable Serial port cable O O O O O O O Parallel port cable The following external peripheral devices are properly connected to the chassis O VGA screen RITechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard Keyboard Mouse RS 232 serial communications device 5 3 CPU CPU Cooling Kit and DIMM Installation A CPU should never be turned on without the specified cooling kit being installed If the cooling kit heat sink and fan is
159. tor Pinout Locations esses u u u 58 Figure 4 21 NANO 9453 External Peripheral Interface Connector 58 Figure 4 22 5 2 amp 59 Figure 4 23 RJ 45 Ethernet 60 4 24 CONNEC OT 62 Figure 5 1 Make sure the CPU socket retention screw is unlocked 68 _ 16 T echnology Gorp Figure 5 2 Lock the CPU Socket Retention Screw esee 69 Figure 5 3 IEI CF 479B RS Cooling 70 Figure 5 4 Cooling Kit Support Bracket u u u u u 71 Figure 5 5 Connect the cooling fan cable u u u u u 71 Figure 5 6 SO DIMM Installation U 72 Figure 5 7 CF Card Installation 74 Figure 5 8 Jumper Locations J 75 Figure 5 9 Card Setup Jumper 76 Figure 5 10 Clear CMOS Jumper U U U u u u u u 78 Figure 5 11 2 Function Select Jumper Location u u u
160. troller is connected to the onboard audio connector The audio connector is connected to an optional 5 1 channel or 7 1 channel audio kit with an embedded AC 97 audio codec The AC 97 controller supports up to six PCM audio output channels Complete surround sound requires six channel audio consisting of _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard m Front left m Front right m Back left m Back right m Center m Subwoofer 2 6 3 Intel ICH7M IDE Interface The integrated IDE interface on the ICH7M southbridge supports two IDE hard disks and ATAPI devices 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 m Ultra ATA 100 with data transfer rates up to 100MB s m Ultra ATA 66 with data transfer rates up to 66MB s m Ultra 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 6 MB s DMA UDMA designation UDMA3 4 UDMA 3 4 2 DMA UDMA Transfer 100MB s 66MB s 33MB s Controller Interface 5V 5V 5V Table 2 3 Supported HDD Specifications 2 6 4 Intel ICH7M Low Pin Count LPC Interface The ICH7M LPC interface complies with the LPC 1 1 specifications The LPC bus from the ICH6 is connected to the following compon
161. trongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before continuing setup Intel R Installation Frameworks Figure 7 38 Matrix Storage Manager Welcome Screen Page 183 _ IT echnology Gorp Step 8 Click NEXT and a warning appears Figure 7 39 Read the warning carefully and decide whether or not to continue the installation process Intel R Matrix Storage Manager 6 2 0 2002 Warning Please read the following information The driver you are about to install might be used to control the hard drive from which this computer is booting or to control a hard drive that contains important data For this reason you cannot remove or uninstall this driver from the computer after installation However you can uninstall other non critical components The following components can be uninstalled Intel R Matrix Storage Console Help Documentation Start Menu Shortcuts System Tray Icon Service Event Monitor Service Click Next to continue the setup Click Cancel to exit the setup Intel R Installation Frameworks Figure 7 39 Matrix Storage Manager Warning Screen Step 9 Click NEXT and a license agreement appears Figure 7 40 Intel R Matrix Storage Manager 6 2 0 2002 4 License Agreement Please read the following license agreement carefully Press the Page Down key to view the rest of the agreement INTEL SOFTWARE LICENSE AGREEMENT IHY 2 ISV Distribution amp Sin
162. ud rate setting musts be set on the host a management computer running a terminal software and the slave gt Flow Control None Use the Flow Control option to report the flow control method for the console redirection application gt DEFAULT No control flow gt Hardware Hardware is set as the console redirection gt 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 131 _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard gt Disabled The console is not redirected after POST gt Boot Loader Redirection is active during POST and during Boot Loader gt Always DEFAULT Redirection is always active Some OSes may not work if set to Always gt Terminal Type ANSI Use the Terminal Type BIOS option to specify the remote terminal type gt ANSI DEFAULT The target terminal type is ANSI gt VT100 The target terminal type is VT100 The target terminal type is VT UTF8 VT UTF8 Combo Key Support Disabled Use the VT UFT8 Combo Key Support option to enable additional keys that are not provided by VT100 for the PC 101 keyboard 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 sta
163. upported by the ICH7M integrated Universal Host Controller Interface UHCI controllers _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 7 PCle Bus Components 2 7 1 PCle Bus Overview The PCle bus is connected to components listed below Two PCle GbE Broadcom LAN chipsets One Mini PCle socket 2 7 2 Broadcom PCI Express GbE interface The BCM5787M Broadcom PCI Express PCle GbE controller is a 10 100 1000BASE T Ethernet LAN controller The BCM5787M combines a triple speed IEEE 802 3 compliant Media Access Controller MAC with a triple speed Ethernet transceiver a PCle bus interface and an on chip buffer memory Some of the BCM5787 controller features are listed below Integrated 10 100 1000BASE T transceiver Automatic MDI crossover function PCle v1 0a 10 100 1000BASE T full half duplex MAC Wake on LAN support meeting the ACPI requirements Statistics for SNMP MIB Ethernet like MIB and Ethernet MIB 802 32 clause 30 Serial EEPROM or serial flash support JTAG support 2 7 3 Mini PCle The Mini PCle socket supports Mini PCle cards that are compliant with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1 0a The Mini PCle cards are easily installed into the socket Mini PCle cards are 30mm wide 50 95mm long and 5mm high and come with a single 52 pin edge connector Supported Mini PCle components include wireless LAN cards _ e RITechnology Corp N
164. ure 2 3 Data Flow Block Diagram 2 RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 2 4 Compatible Processors 2 4 1 Compatible Processor Overview The NANO 9453 supports the following socket 479 processors m Intel Core 2 Duo Mobile processors m Intel Core Duo processors m Intel Core Solo processors All three of the above processors communicate with the Intel 945GM northbridge chipset through 667MHz front side bus FSB Features of the supported processors are listed in Table 2 1 CPU Features Core 2 Duo Mobile Core Duo Core Solo Dual core Yes Yes No Enhanced Halt State No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technolgy Execute Disable Bit Yes Yes Yes Intel EM64T Yes No No Intel Virtualization Technology Yes Yes No Table 2 1 Processor Features 2 4 2 Supported Processors Specifications for the compatible processors are listed in Table 2 2 below Family sSpec CPU Speed Processor Bus Speed Mfg Tech Stepping Cache Size Core 2 Duo Mobile 5195 2 33 GHz T7600 667 MHz 65 nm B2 4 MB SL9SK 2 16 GHz T7400 667 MHz 65 nm B2 4 MB SL9SL 2 GHz T7200 667 MHz 65 nm B2 4 MB 5195 1 83 GHz T5600 667 MHz 65 nm B2 2 MB SL9SQ 1 66 GHz T5500 667 MHz 65 nm B2 2 MB _ 16 IE 9453 EPIC Motherboard Fam
165. ure 7 31 the installation of the driver begins Figure 7 32 Install d Cancel Figure 7 32 AC 97 Audio Driver Installation Begins Step 9 After the driver installation process is complete a confirmation screen shown Figure 7 33 appears Realtek 97 Audio Setup 5 18 InstallShield Wizard Complete has finished installing Realtek ACS7 Audio on your computer Figure 7 33 AC 97 Audio Driver Installation Complete 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 Page 180 lt 1 RIechnology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard 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 7 8 Intel Matrix Storage Manager Installation To install the Intel Matrix Storage Manager driver please follow the steps below Step 1 Select SATA from the list in Figure 7 1 Step 2 Anew window opens Figure 7 34 gt objeck s D bytes g My Computer 2 Figure 7 34 SATA RAID Driver Installation Program Step 3 Double click the INTEL folder Step 4 Double click the iata62 cd exe program icon in Figure 7 35 Page 181 _ 16 IE IT echnology Gorp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard E 5 SATA INTEL File Edit Favorites Tools H
166. 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 The remaining two audio jacks Line In and Line Out connect to two speakers To install the audio kit please refer to the steps below Step 1 Step 2 Step 3 Connect the audio kit cable The audio kit is shipped with a cable that connects the audio kit to the NANO 9453 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 Locate the audio connector The location of the 10 pin audio connector is shown in Chapter 3 Align pin 1 Align pin 1 on the onboard connector with pin 1 on the audio kit cable connector Pin 1 on the audio kit cable connector is indicated with a white dot See Figure 5 16 IE 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 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
167. will remove internal RAID structures from the selected RAID disks By removing these structures the drive will revert back to a non RAID disk Port Drive Model Serial Size Status 2 Maxtor 6 160 0 Y4S5 TDYSE 152 7GB Member Disk WDC 401600 0 5 WD WCAL9Z 33 149 0GB Select the disks that should be reset CtJ Previous Next SPACE Selects ENTER1 Selection Complete 111 5 1 CENTER1 Select Menu Figure E 13 Select Disk to Reset Page 216 Srdo Corp 9453 EPIC Motherboard Step 3 Reset Disk Verification After reading the warning press Y to reset the selected disks as non RAID or N to return to the Reset RAID Data menu See Figure E 14 Figure E 14 Reset Disk Verification Step 4 Disk Drive and RAID Volume Status After the disk drives have been reset the Matrix Storage Manager Main menu is shown indicating the status of the RAID volumes and disk drives See Figure E 15 Delete RAID Volume Reset Disks to Non RAID Figure E 15 Disk Drive and RAID Volume Status Page 217 Technology Corp NANO 9453 EPIC Motherboard E 4 4 Exiting the Matrix Storage Manager Step 1 Select Exit Use the arrow keys to highlight Exit and press ENTER See Figure E 16 Figure E 16 Exit Menu Step 2 Exit Verification Press Y to exit the Matrix Storage Mana

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