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Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................... 1

1.1

NTRODUCTION

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1.2

NANO-945GSE3

VERVIEW

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1.2.1 Dimensions......................................................................................................... 3

1.2.2 Data Flow .......................................................................................................... 5

1.2.3 Technical Specifications..................................................................................... 6

2 UNPACKING ................................................................................................................. 8

2.1

NPACKING

HECKLIST

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2.2

NPACKING

RECAUTIONS

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ACKING

IST

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2.2.1 Optional Items...................................................................................................11

3 CONNECTORS ........................................................................................................... 13

3.1

ERIPHERAL

NTERFACE

ONNECTORS

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3.2

ERIPHERAL

NTERFACE

ONNECTORS

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3.2.1 External Interface Panel Connectors............................................................... 16

3.3

NTERNAL

ERIPHERAL

ONNECTORS

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3.3.1 +5 V Power Connector .................................................................................... 16

3.3.2 AT Power Connector........................................................................................ 17

3.3.3 ATX Power Supply Enable Connector ............................................................. 18

3.3.4 Audio Connector .............................................................................................. 19

3.3.5 Backlight Inverter Connector .......................................................................... 19

3.3.6 CAN Bus connectors ........................................................................................ 20

3.3.7 CompactFlash® Socket.................................................................................... 21

3.3.8 CPU Fan Connector (+12V, 3-pin).................................................................. 22

3.3.9 Debug Port....................................................................................................... 23

3.3.10 Digital Input/Output (DIO) Connector.......................................................... 24

3.3.11 Front Panel Connector (8-pin)....................................................................... 25

3.3.12 IDE Connector ............................................................................................... 25

3.3.13 Infrared Interface Connector ......................................................................... 27

Summary of Contents for NANO-945GSE3

Page 1: ...rp User Manual NANO 945GSE3 MODEL NANO 945GSE3 EPIC Single Board Computer with Intel Atom N270 1 6 GHz Processor Gigabit Ethernet VGA LVDS Six USB Audio RS 232 RS 232 422 485 CAN Bus CompactFlash Type...

Page 2: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page ii Revision Date Version Changes 24 June 2010 1 00 Initial release...

Page 3: ...es 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...

Page 4: ...4 3 2 PERIPHERAL INTERFACE CONNECTORS 15 3 2 1 External Interface Panel Connectors 16 3 3 INTERNAL PERIPHERAL CONNECTORS 16 3 3 1 5 V Power Connector 16 3 3 2 AT Power Connector 17 3 3 3 ATX Power Sup...

Page 5: ...al Port Connector COM1 40 3 4 4 USB Connector 41 3 4 5 VGA Connector 41 4 INSTALLATION 43 4 1 ANTI STATIC PRECAUTIONS 44 4 2 INSTALLATION CONSIDERATIONS 44 4 2 1 SO DIMM Installation 45 4 2 2 CompactF...

Page 6: ...ges 66 5 1 5 BIOS Menu Bar 66 5 2 MAIN 67 5 3 ADVANCED 68 5 3 1 CPU Configuration 69 5 3 2 IDE Configuration 70 5 3 2 1 IDE Master IDE Slave 72 5 3 3 Super IO Configuration 77 5 3 4 Hardware Health Co...

Page 7: ...ition 118 B 2 5 Create Factory Default Image 120 B 3 SETUP PROCEDURE FOR LINUX 125 B 4 RECOVERY TOOL FUNCTIONS 128 B 4 1 Factory Restore 130 B 4 2 Backup System 131 B 4 3 Restore Your Last Backup 132...

Page 8: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page viii ROHS COMPLIANT UNDER 2002 95 EC WITHOUT MERCURY 147...

Page 9: ...Location 21 Figure 3 10 12V Fan Connector Location 23 Figure 3 11 Debug Port Connector Locations 23 Figure 3 12 DIO Connector Locations 24 Figure 3 13 Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations 8 pin 25...

Page 10: ...Cable to Power Supply 56 Figure 4 11 LAN Connection 57 Figure 4 12 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector 58 Figure 4 13 Serial Device Connector 59 Figure 4 14 USB Connector 60 Figure 4 15 VGA Connector 61 Fig...

Page 11: ...ux 126 Figure B 20 System Configuration for Linux 127 Figure B 21 Access menu lst in Linux Text Mode 127 Figure B 22 Recovery Tool Menu 128 Figure B 23 Recovery Tool Main Menu 129 Figure B 24 Restore...

Page 12: ...ts 24 Table 3 12 DIO Connector Pinouts 24 Table 3 13 Front Panel Connector Pinouts 8 pin 25 Table 3 14 IDE Connector Pinouts 27 Table 3 15 Infrared Connector Pinouts 27 Table 3 16 Keyboard Mouse Conne...

Page 13: ...e 4 2 AT Power Select Jumper Settings 48 Table 4 3 CAN Bus Terminal Resistor 120 Jumper Settings 49 Table 4 4 Clear CMOS Jumper Settings 51 Table 4 5 COM2 Function Select Jumper Settings 51 Table 4 6...

Page 14: ...Remote Access Configuration 85 BIOS Menu 10 USB Configuration 88 BIOS Menu 11 USB Mass Storage Device Configuration 90 BIOS Menu 12 PCI PnP Configuration 92 BIOS Menu 13 Boot 94 BIOS Menu 14 Boot Sett...

Page 15: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 1 Chapter 1 1 Introduction...

Page 16: ...ctor a VGA port a TV out connector and a SDVO connector The NANO 945GSE3 also comes with a PCI Express PCIe Gigabit Ethernet GbE connector a RS 232 serial port and a RS 232 422 485 connector four USB...

Page 17: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 3 Figure 1 2 NANO 945GSE3 Overview 1 2 1 Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below Length 165 mm Width 115 mm...

Page 18: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 4 Figure 1 3 NANO 945GSE3 Dimensions mm...

Page 19: ...ge 5 1 2 2 Data Flow 6Figure 1 4 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 Figure...

Page 20: ...DDR2 SDRAM SO DIMM supported system max 2 0 GB Southbridge Chipset Intel ICH7M Audio Audio connector for optional audio kit BIOS AMI BIOS Digital I O 8 bit 4 bit input 4 bit output Ethernet Controlle...

Page 21: ...sh Type II socket Parallel ATA One Parallel ATA IDE connector Serial ATA Two independent serial ATA SATA channels with 1 5 Gb s data transfer rates Environmental and Power Specifications Power Supply...

Page 22: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 8 Chapter 2 2 Unpacking...

Page 23: ...ischarge Self grounding Touch a grounded conductor every few minutes to discharge any excess static buildup Use an anti static pad When configuring any circuit board place it on an anti static mat Onl...

Page 24: ...ct an IEI sales representative directly by sending an email to 32sales iei com tw The NANO 945GSE3 is shipped with the following components Quantity Item and Part Number Image 1 NANO 945GSE3 P N NANO...

Page 25: ...1 Channel HD audio kit with Realtek ALC883 codec support P N AC KIT883HD R10 Dual USB cable without bracket P N 32000 044300 RS LPT cable without bracket P N 32200 015100 RS IDE cable 44 pin to 44 pin...

Page 26: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 12 SATA cable P N 32000 062800 RS...

Page 27: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 13 Chapter 3 3 Connectors...

Page 28: ...s Figure 3 1 shows the on board peripheral connectors rear panel peripheral connectors and on board jumpers Figure 3 1 Connector and Jumper Locations Front Side Figure 3 2 shows the solder side of the...

Page 29: ...1 CAN Bus connectors 3 pin wafer CAN1 CAN2 CompactFlash socket 50 pin CF socket CF1 DD2 SO DIMM slot SO DIMM socket DIMM1 Debug Port 12 pin DBG_PORT1 Digital input output DIO connector 10 pin header D...

Page 30: ...I O panel Connector Type Label Ethernet connector RJ 45 LAN1 Keyboard mouse PS 2 KB_MS1 RS 232 serial port connector Male DB 9 COM1 Dual USB port USB port USB_C23 USB_C45 VGA port connector 15 pin fem...

Page 31: ...n 1 VCC 2 GND Table 3 3 5 V Power Connector Pinouts 3 3 2 AT Power Connector CN Label CN1 CN2 CN Type 4 pin 2x2 AT power connector CN Location See Figure 3 4 CN Pinouts See Table 3 4 The 4 pin AT powe...

Page 32: ...he ATX power supply enable connector enables the NANO 945GSE3 to be connected to an ATX power supply In default mode the NANO 945GSE3 can only use an AT power supply To enable an ATX power supply the...

Page 33: ...escription Pin Description 1 AC97_SYNC 2 AC97_BITCLK 3 AC97_SDOUT 4 AC97_PCBEEP 5 AC97_SDIN 6 AC97_RST 7 AC97_VCC 8 AC97_GND 9 AC97_12V 10 AC97_GND Table 3 6 Audio Connector Pinouts 3 3 5 Backlight In...

Page 34: ...Backlight Control 2 GROUND 3 12V 4 GROUND 5 BACKLIGHT Enable Table 3 7 Panel Backlight Connector Pinouts 3 3 6 CAN Bus connectors CN Label CAN1 CAN2 CN Type 3 pin wafer CN Location See 6Figure 3 10 CN...

Page 35: ...eader 2x25 CN Location See Figure 3 9 CN Pinouts See Table 3 9 A CF Type I or Type II memory card is inserted to the CF socket on the solder side of the NANO 945GSE3 Figure 3 9 CF Card Socket Location...

Page 36: ...47 DATA 8 23 DATA 2 48 DATA 9 24 N C 49 DATA 10 25 VCC IN CHECK2 50 GROUND Table 3 9 CF Card Socket Pinouts 3 3 8 CPU Fan Connector 12V 3 pin CN Label CPU_FAN1 CN Type 3 pin header CN Location See 6F...

Page 37: ...able 3 10 12V Fan Connector Pinouts 3 3 9 Debug Port CN Label DBG_PORT1 CN Type connectors CN Location See 6Figure 3 21 CN Pinouts See 6Table 3 21 The Debug port connector is used to a debugging devic...

Page 38: ...e 10 pin header 2x5 CN Location See Figure 3 12 CN Pinouts See Table 3 12 The digital input output connector is managed through a Super I O chip The DIO connector pins are user programmable Figure 3 1...

Page 39: ...card These indicators and switches include Power button Reset Power LED HDD LED Figure 3 13 Front Panel Connector Pinout Locations 8 pin FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION FUNCTION PIN DESCRIPTION 1 PWR_BTN 2...

Page 40: ...UND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 GROUND 20 N C 21 IDE DRQ 22 GROUND...

Page 41: ...nnector CN Label IR1 CN Type 5 pin header 1x5 CN Location See 6Figure 3 15 CN Pinouts See 6Table 3 15 The infrared interface connector supports both Serial Infrared SIR and Amplitude Shift Key Infrare...

Page 42: ...ctor connects to a PS 2 Y cable that can be connected to a PS 2 keyboard and mouse Figure 3 16 Keyboard Mouse Connector Location Pin Description 1 5 V KB DATA 2 MS DATA 3 MS CLK 4 KB DATA 5 KB CLK 6 G...

Page 43: ...SA_Y1 6 LVDSA_Y1 7 LVDSA_Y2 8 LVDSA_Y2 9 LVDSA_CLK 10 LVDSA_CLK 11 N C 12 N C 13 GROUND 14 GROUND 15 LVDSB_Y0 16 LVDSB_Y0 17 LVDSB_Y1 18 LVDSB_Y1 19 LVDSB_Y2 20 LVDSB_Y2 21 LVDSB_CLK 22 LVDSB_CLK 23 N...

Page 44: ...on Pin Description 1 RESET 2 GROUND 3 DATA 7 4 DATA 8 5 DATA 6 6 DATA 9 7 DATA 5 8 DATA 10 9 DATA 4 10 DATA 11 11 DATA 3 12 DATA 12 13 DATA 2 14 DATA 13 15 DATA 1 16 DATA 14 17 DATA 0 18 DATA 15 19 GR...

Page 45: ...CN Location See Figure 3 19 CN Pinouts See Table 3 19 The 26 pin parallel port connector connects to a parallel port connector interface or some other parallel port device such as a printer Figure 3 1...

Page 46: ...ed CN Type 45 pin flat ribbon cable connector CN Location See Figure 3 20 CN Pinouts See Table 3 20 The SDVO port is for system expansion Primarily designed for graphics it is also programmable to per...

Page 47: ...ND 14 N C 38 SDVO_CLK 15 N C 39 SDVO_DATA 16 GND 40 PCIRST 17 SDVOC_INT 41 VCC 18 SDVOC_INT 42 VCC 19 GND 43 VCC 20 N C 44 N C 21 N C 45 N C 22 GND 23 N C 24 N C Table 3 20 SDVO Connector Pinouts 3 3...

Page 48: ...PIN NO DESCRIPTION 1 GND 2 TX 3 TX 4 GND 5 RX 6 RX 7 GND Table 3 21 SATA Drive Connector Pinouts 3 3 20 Serial Port Connector RS 232 422 485 CN Label COM2 CN Type 14 pin header 2x7 CN Location See Fi...

Page 49: ...RXD 4 NRTS2 5 TXD 6 NCTS2 7 DTR 8 NRI2 9 GND 10 GND 11 TXD485 12 TXD485 13 RXD485 14 RXD485 Table 3 22 Serial Port Connector Pinouts 3 3 21 TV Out Connector CN Label TV1 CN Type 6 pin header 2x3 CN Lo...

Page 50: ...CVBS Table 3 23 TV Port Connector Pinouts 3 3 22 USB Connectors Internal CN Label USB01 CN Type 8 pin header 2x4 CN Location See 6Figure 3 24 CN Pinouts See 6Table 3 24 The 2x4 USB pin connector provi...

Page 51: ...DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 GND 8 VCC Table 3 24 USB Port Connector Pinouts 3 3 23 XC95288XL Programming Connector CN Label CN4 CN Type 8 pin header CN Location See 6Figure 3 21 CN Pinouts See 6Table 3 21 T...

Page 52: ...Interface Connector Panel The figure below shows the external peripheral interface connector EPIC panel The EPIC panel consists of the following Figure 3 26 External Peripheral Interface Connector 3...

Page 53: ...CK Table 3 26 Keyboard Connector Pinouts 3 4 2 LAN Connector CN Label LAN1 CN Type RJ 45 CN Location See Figure 3 26 CN Pinouts See Table 3 27 A 10 100 1000 Mb s connection can be made to a Local Area...

Page 54: ...een 100 Mb s orange 1000 Mb s Table 3 28 Connector LEDs 3 4 3 Serial Port Connector COM1 CN Label COM1 CN Type DB 9 connectors CN Location See Figure 3 26 CN Pinouts See Table 3 29 The serial port con...

Page 55: ...e 3 30 The USB connector can be connected to a USB device Pin Description Pin Description 1 USBV3L 5 V 2 GND 3 USBP4N 4 USBP5P 5 USBP4P 6 USBP5N 7 GND 8 USBV3L 5 V Table 3 30 USB Port Pinouts 3 4 5 VG...

Page 56: ...Manual Page 42 Figure 3 30 VGA Connector Pin Description Pin Description 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 NC 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 VCC NC 10 GND 11 NC 12 DDC DAT 13 HSYNC 14 VSYNC 15 DDCCLK Table 3 31 VGA...

Page 57: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 43 Chapter 4 4 Installation...

Page 58: ...stband 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 conduct...

Page 59: ...945GSE3 on an antistatic pad o When installing or configuring the motherboard place it on an antistatic pad This helps to prevent potential ESD damage Turn all power to the NANO 945GSE3 off o When wor...

Page 60: ...e arms clip into place See Figure 4 1 Step 4 4 2 2 CompactFlash Installation NOTE Both CompactFlash Type I and Type II cards are supported To install the CompactFlash card please follow the steps belo...

Page 61: ...sists of two or three metal pins and a small metal clip often protected by a plastic cover that slides over the pins to connect them To CLOSE SHORT a jumper means connecting the pins of the jumper wit...

Page 62: ...Settings NOTE The AT Power Select Jumper is the same as the ATX Enable connector Jumper Label ATXCTL1 Jumper Type 3 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 4 2 Jumper Location See Figure 4 3 The AT Powe...

Page 63: ...ocation See Figure 4 8 The CAN Bus Terminal Resistor 120 Setting jumpers turns the CAN Bus Terminal Resister 120 on or off The CAN Bus Terminal Resistor 120 Setting jumper settings are shown in Table...

Page 64: ...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 displ...

Page 65: ...abel JP1 Jumper Type 6 pin header Jumper Settings See Table 4 5 Jumper Location See Figure 4 6 The COM2 Function Select jumper sets the communication protocol used by the second serial communications...

Page 66: ...ected to the LVDS1 connector to be configured The LVDS1 Panel Resolution jumper settings are shown in Table 4 6 DESCRIPTION LVDS1 Pin 1 2 Pin 3 4 Pin 5 6 Pin 7 8 Resolution OPEN OPEN OPEN OPEN 800 x 6...

Page 67: ...header Jumper Settings See Table 4 7 Jumper Location See Figure 4 8 The LVDS Voltage Selection jumpers allow the LVDS screen voltages to be set J_VLVDS1 sets the voltage connected to LVDS1 The LVDS Vo...

Page 68: ...unit the cooling fan of a power supply can also help generate airflow through the board surface 4 4 2 Motherboard Installation To install the NANO 945GSE3 motherboard into the chassis please refer to...

Page 69: ...able to the Motherboard Connect the 4 pin 2x2 Molex type power cable connector to the AT ATX power connector on the motherboard See Figure 4 9 Figure 4 9 Power Cable to Motherboard Connection Step 6 C...

Page 70: ...ces can be connected to the external peripheral interface connectors RJ 45 Ethernet cable connectors PS 2 devices Serial port devices USB devices VGA monitors To install these devices connect the corr...

Page 71: ...e LAN cable with one of the RJ 45 connectors on the NANO 945GSE3 See Figure 4 11 Figure 4 11 LAN Connection Step 9 Insert the LAN cable RJ 45 connector Once aligned gently insert the LAN cable RJ 45 c...

Page 72: ...12 PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Connector Step 3 Connect the keyboard and mouse Connect the keyboard and mouse to the appropriate connector The keyboard and mouse connectors can be distinguished from each oth...

Page 73: ...ctor Step 3 Secure the connector Secure the serial device connector to the external interface by tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector Step 0 4 6 4 USB Connection Dual Co...

Page 74: ...as 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 945GSE3 please follow the instru...

Page 75: ...ecure the DB 15 VGA connector from the VGA monitor to the external interface by tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector Step 0 4 7 Software Installation All the drivers for...

Page 76: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 62 Step 2 The driver main menu appears Figure 4 16 Figure 4 16 Introduction Screen Step 3 Click NANO 945GSE3 Step 4 Figure 4 17 Operating Systems...

Page 77: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 63 Step 5 A new screen with a list of available drivers appears Figure 4 18 Figure 4 18 Available Drivers Install all of the necessary drivers in this menu...

Page 78: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 64 Chapter 5 5 BIOS Screens...

Page 79: ...ssed restart the computer and try again 5 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...

Page 80: ...boot after changes to the system configuration is made CMOS defaults Use the jumper described in Chapter 5 5 1 5 BIOS Menu Bar The menu bar on top of the BIOS screen has the following main items Main...

Page 81: ...ct Screen Select Item Enter Go to SubScreen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 1 Main System Overview The System Overview lists a b...

Page 82: ...e Advanced menu BIOS Menu 2 to configure the CPU and peripheral devices through the following sub menus WARNING Setting the wrong values in the sections below may cause the system to malfunction Make...

Page 83: ...CPU Configuration Use the CPU Configuration menu BIOS Menu 3 to view detailed CPU specifications and configure the CPU BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPNP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Configu...

Page 84: ...ary IDE Master Not Detected Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected DISABLED disable the integrated IDE controller PRIMARY enables only the Primary IDE controller SECONDARY enables only the Secondary IDE con...

Page 85: ...d IDE Slave When entering setup BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices BIOS displays the status of the automatically detected IDE devices The following IDE devices are detected and are...

Page 86: ...imes The following configuration options are available 0 seconds 5 seconds DEFAULT 10 seconds 15 seconds 20 seconds 25 seconds 30 seconds 35 seconds The best setting to use if the onboard IDE controll...

Page 87: ...parameters are listed as follows Device Lists the device type e g hard disk CD ROM etc Type Indicates the type of devices a user can manually select Vendor Lists the device manufacturer Size List the...

Page 88: ...channel 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 cha...

Page 89: ...e program timing cycles between the IDE drive and the programmable IDE controller As the PIO mode increases the cycle time decreases Auto DEFAULT BIOS auto detects the PIO mode Use this value if the I...

Page 90: ...MWDMA2 Multi Word DMA mode 2 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 16 6 MB s UDMA0 Ultra DMA mode 0 selected with a maximum data transfer rate of 16 6 MB s UDMA1 Ultra DMA mode 1 selected with...

Page 91: ...transfers Disabled Prevents the BIOS from using 32 bit data transfers 5 3 3 Super IO Configuration Use the Super IO Configuration menu BIOS Menu 6 to set or change the configurations for the FDD cont...

Page 92: ...port operation Bi directional Parallel port outputs are 8 bits long Inputs are accomplished by reading 4 of the 8 bits on the status register EPP The parallel port operates in the enhanced parallel p...

Page 93: ...the interrupt address is IRQ4 3E8 IRQ4 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 3E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ4 2E8 IRQ3 Serial Port 1 I O port address is 2E8 and the interrupt address is IRQ3 Serial...

Page 94: ...to select the Serial Port2 operational mode Normal DEFAULT Serial Port 2 mode is normal IrDA Serial Port 2 mode is IrDA ASK IR Serial Port 2 mode is ASK IR Serial Port3 Address 3E8 Use the Serial Por...

Page 95: ...System Temperature 47 C 116 F CPU Fan Speed 4821 RPM CPU Core 1 200 V 1 05V 1 056 V 3 30V 3 344 V 5 00V 5 107 V 12 0V 12 160 V 1 5V 1 504 V 1 8V 1 824 V 5VSB 5 107 V VBAT 3 360 V Fan Configuration Mo...

Page 96: ...Value 127 C CPU Temperature Limit of On 020 WARNING CPU failure can result if this value is set too high When the fan is off it will only start when the temperature exceeds this setting Minimum Value...

Page 97: ...d of the fan PWM Minimum Mode 0 PWM Maximum Mode 127 Hardware Health Monitoring The following system parameters and values are shown The system parameters that are monitored are System Temperatures o...

Page 98: ...and Exit ESC Exit v02 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 8 ACPI Configuration Current Jumper Setting AT The Current Jumper Setting displays the AT Power Jumper setting AT DEFAULT...

Page 99: ...t v02 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 9 Remote Access Configuration Remote Access Disabled Use the Remote Access option to enable or disable access to the remote functionaliti...

Page 100: ...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 57600 8 n 1 38400 8 n 1 19...

Page 101: ...at 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 doe...

Page 102: ...rends Inc BIOS Menu 10 USB Configuration USB Configuration The USB Configuration field shows the system USB configuration The items listed are Module Version x xxxxx xxxxx USB Devices Enabled The USB...

Page 103: ...rol the system even when there is no USB driver loaded onto the system Disabled Legacy USB support disabled Enabled DEFAULT Legacy USB support enabled Auto Legacy USB support disabled if no USB device...

Page 104: ...eset Delay option to set the number of seconds POST waits for the USB mass storage device after the start unit command 10 Sec POST waits 10 seconds for the USB mass storage device after the start unit...

Page 105: ...r drives formatted with FAT12 FAT16 or FAT32 Hard Disk Allows the USB device to be emulated as hard disk responding to INT13h calls that return DL values of 80h or above CDROM Assumes the CD ROM is fo...

Page 106: ...DMA Channel 7 Available Reserved Memory Size Disabled Available Specified IRQ is available to be use the PCI PnP devices Reserved Specified IRQ is reserved for use by legacy ISA devices Select Screen...

Page 107: ...reserved for use by Legacy ISA devices Available DMA Channels are DM Channel 0 DM Channel 1 DM Channel 3 DM Channel 5 DM Channel 6 DM Channel 7 Reserved Memory Size Disabled Use the Reserved Memory S...

Page 108: ...ds Inc BIOS Menu 13 Boot 5 5 1 Boot Settings Configuration Use the Boot Settings Configuration menu BIOS Menu 14 to configure advanced system boot options BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPNP Boot...

Page 109: ...booted from a remote system through the LAN Enabled DEFAULT Can be booted from a remote system through the LAN Quiet Boot Disabled Use the Quiet Boot BIOS option to select the screen display when the...

Page 110: ...numeric keypad located on the right side of the keyboard To confirm this the Number Lock LED light on the keyboard is lit 5 5 2 Boot Device Priority Use the Boot Device Priority menu BIOS Menu 15 to s...

Page 111: ...ETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPNP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Hard Disk Drives 1st Drive Hard Drive 1 2nd Drive Hard Drive 2 3rd Drive Hard Drive 3 Specifies the boot sequence from the available...

Page 112: ...creen Select Item Enter Go to SubScreen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 17 Removable Drives 5 5 5 CD DVD Drives Use the CD DVD D...

Page 113: ...ot sequence from the available devices Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to SubScreen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 61 Copyright 1985 2006 American Megatrends Inc BIOS Menu 18 CD DVD...

Page 114: ...nd enter the password After the password has been added Install appears next to Change User Password Clear User Password Use the Clear User Password to clear a user s password The default for this opt...

Page 115: ...ion Use the Northbridge Chipset Configuration menu BIOS Menu 21 to configure the Northbridge chipset BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPNP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Northbridge Configuration...

Page 116: ...ternal Graphic Mode Select option to specify the amount of system memory that can be used by the internal graphics device Disable Enable 1 MB 1 MB of memory used by internal graphics device Enable 8 M...

Page 117: ...unt of graphics memory is 128 MB Configuration options are listed below 64 MB 128 MB Default Boot Display Device Auto Use the Boot Display Device option to select the display device used by the system...

Page 118: ...igure the Southbridge chipset BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPNP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Southbridge Configuration Audio Controller Auto Spread Spectrum Mode Disabled Select Screen Selec...

Page 119: ...Use the Exit menu BIOS Menu 23 to load default BIOS values optimal failsafe values and to save configuration changes BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced PCIPNP Boot Security Chipset Power Exit Exit Optio...

Page 120: ...ion to discard the changes and remain in the BIOS configuration setup program Load Optimal Defaults Use the Load Optimal Defaults option to load the optimal default values for each of the parameters o...

Page 121: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 107 Appendix A A BIOS Options...

Page 122: ...Multi Sector Transfer Auto 75 PIO Mode Auto 75 DMA Mode Auto 75 S M A R T Auto 77 32Bit Data Transfer Enabled 77 Parallel Port Address Disabled 78 Parallel Port Mode Normal 78 Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 7...

Page 123: ...ec 90 Device 90 Emulation Type Auto 90 IRQ Available 92 DMA Channel Available 93 Reserved Memory Size Disabled 93 Quick Boot Enabled 95 Boot From LAN Support Disabled 95 Quiet Boot Disabled 95 AddOn R...

Page 124: ...3 User Manual Page 110 Audio Controller Auto 104 Spread Spectrum Mode Disabled 105 Save Changes and Exit 105 Discard Changes and Exit 106 Discard Changes 106 Load Optimal Defaults 106 Load Failsafe De...

Page 125: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 111 Appendix B B One Key Recovery...

Page 126: ...e key recovery software B 1 1 System Requirement The partition created for recovery images must be big enough to contain both the factory default image and the user backup image The size must be calcu...

Page 127: ...Fedora Core 11 Leonidas o Fedora Core 10 Cambridge o Fedora Core 8 Werewolf o Fedora Core 7 Moonshine o RedHat RHEL 5 4 o RedHat 9 Ghirke o Ubuntu 8 10 Intrepid o Ubuntu 7 10 Gutsy o Ubuntu 6 10 Edgy...

Page 128: ...tup Procedure for Windows Prior to using the recovery tool to backup or restore system a few setup procedures are required Step 6 Hardware and BIOS setup Step 7 Create partitions Step 8 Install operat...

Page 129: ...e to the NANO 945GSE3 and insert the recovery CD Step 4 Turn on the system Step 5 Press the DELETE key as soon as the system is turned on to enter the BIOS Step 6 Select the connected optical disk dri...

Page 130: ...is for the OS installation the other is for saving recovery files and images which will be an invisible partition Press Enter after entering each line below system32 diskpart DISKPART list vol DISKPA...

Page 131: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 117 Figure B 3 Partition Creation Commands...

Page 132: ...tition labeled as Recovery is for use by the system recovery tool and should not be used for installing the operating system or any applications NOTE The operating system installation program may offe...

Page 133: ...he recovery tool setup menu appears press 2 then Enter Figure B 4 System Configuration for Windows Step 5 The Symantec Ghost window appears and starts configuring the system to build up a recovery par...

Page 134: ...configure the system to a factory default environment including driver and application installations To create a factory default image please follow the steps below Step 1 Turn on the system When the...

Page 135: ...al Page 121 Figure B 8 Recovery Tool Menu Step 3 The About Symantec Ghost window appears Click OK button to continue Figure B 9 About Symantec Ghost Window Step 4 Use mouse to navigate to the option s...

Page 136: ...ath Step 5 Select the local source drive as shown in Figure B 11 Then click OK Figure B 11 Select a Local Source Drive Step 6 Select a source partition from basic drive as shown in Figure B 12 Then cl...

Page 137: ...S drive and enter a file name called iei Figure B 13 Click Save The factory default image will then be saved in the selected recovery drive and named IEI GHO WARNING The file name of the factory defau...

Page 138: ...h to make the image file smaller Figure B 14 Compress Image Step 9 The Proceed with partition image creation window appears click Yes to continue Figure B 15 Image Creation Confirmation Step 10 The Sy...

Page 139: ...e system S t e p 0 Figure B 18 Press Any Key to Continue B 3 Setup Procedure for Linux The initial setup procedures for Linux system are mostly the same with the procedure for Microsoft Windows Please...

Page 140: ...reserve enough space for partition 3 for saving recovery images Figure B 19 Partitions for Linux Step 3 Create a recovery partition Insert the recovery CD into the optical disk drive Follow Step 1 Ste...

Page 141: ...ppears and starts configuring the system to build up a recovery partition After completing the system configuration press any key to reboot the system Eject the recovery CD Figure B 20 System Configur...

Page 142: ...ault image Follow Step 2 Step 12 described in Section B 2 5 to create a factory default image S t e p 8 B 4 Recovery Tool Functions After completing the initial setup procedures as described above use...

Page 143: ...aved in the hidden partition 3 Restore your last backup Restore the last system backup image 4 Manual Enter the Symantec Ghost window to configure manually 5 Quit Exit the recovery tool and restart th...

Page 144: ...nu Step 10 The Symantec Ghost window appears and starts to restore the factory default A factory default image called iei GHO is created in the hidden Recovery partition Figure B 24 Restore Factory De...

Page 145: ...13 The Symantec Ghost window appears and starts to backup the system A backup image called iei_user GHO is created in the hidden Recovery partition Figure B 26 Backup System Step 14 The screen is show...

Page 146: ...press Enter in the main menu Step 16 The Symantec Ghost window appears and starts to restore the last backup image iei_user GHO Figure B 28 Restore Backup Step 17 The screen is shown as in Figure B 29...

Page 147: ...the steps below Step 18 Type 4 and press Enter in the main menu Step 19 The Symantec Ghost window appears Use the Ghost program to backup or recover the system manually Figure B 30 Symantec Ghost Win...

Page 148: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 134 Appendix C C Terminology...

Page 149: ...a binary 0 while a high amplitude signal represents a binary 1 BIOS The Basic Input Output System BIOS is firmware that is first run when the computer is turned on and can be configured by the end us...

Page 150: ...edStep Technology EIST allows users to modify the power consumption levels and processor performance through application software The application software changes the bus to core frequency ratio and t...

Page 151: ...transfers between storage devices and the computer chipsets The SATA bus has transfer speeds up to 1 5 Gbps and the SATA II bus has data transfer speeds of up to 3 0 Gbps S M A R T Self Monitoring Ana...

Page 152: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 138 Appendix D D Digital I O Interface...

Page 153: ...asheet for the Super I O chipset D 2 DIO Connector Pinouts The following table describes how the DIO connector pins are connected to the Super I O GPIO port 1 Pin Description Super I O Pin Super I O P...

Page 154: ...ital I O input functions is listed below MOV AX 6F08H Sets the digital port as input INT 15H Initiates the INT 15H BIOS call D 3 2 Enable the DIO Output Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H contro...

Page 155: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 141 Appendix E E Watchdog Timer...

Page 156: ...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 E 1 AH 6FH Sub function Call sub...

Page 157: ...is not deactivated the system will automatically restart after the Timer has finished its countdown EXAMPLE PROGRAM INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP MOV AX 6F02H setting the time out value MOV BL 3...

Page 158: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 144 Appendix F F Compatibility...

Page 159: ...ere have been tested by the IEI R D team and found to be compatible with the NANO 945GSE3 F 1 Compatible Operating Systems The following operating systems have been successfully run on the NANO 945GSE...

Page 160: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 146 Appendix G G Hazardous Materials Disclosure...

Page 161: ...e presences of small quantities of certain materials in the product and is applicable to China RoHS only A label will be placed on each product to indicate the estimated Environmentally Friendly Use P...

Page 162: ...it Board X O O O O X Metal Fasteners X O O O O O Cable Assembly X O O O O X Fan Assembly X O O O O X Power Supply Assemblies X O O O O X Battery O O O O O O O This toxic or hazardous substance is cont...

Page 163: ...NANO 945GSE3 User Manual Page 149 RoHS RoHS Pb Hg Cd CR VI PBB PBDE X O O O O X X O O O O X X O O O O X X O O O O O X O O O O X X O O O O X X O O O O X O O O O O O O SJ T11363 2006 X SJ T11363 2006...

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