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SECOnITX-ION

 

 

Single Board Computer with Intel

®

 Celeron

 T3100 or Intel

®

 Atom

 

N270 CPU and NVIDIA

®

 MMP9 Embedded ION

 Chipset on nanoITX 

form factor 

 

 

 

 

 

SECOnITX-ION 

Us

e

r Manual

 

Summary of Contents for SECOnITX-ION

Page 1: ...SECOnITX ION Single Board Computer with Intel Celeron T3100 or Intel Atom N270 CPU and NVIDIA MMP9 Embedded ION Chipset on nanoITX form factor SECOnITX ION User Manual...

Page 2: ...l is prohibited Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this manual however SECO s r l accepts no responsibility for any inaccuracies errors or omissions herein SECO s r l reserves the r...

Page 3: ...ct Flash socket 21 3 3 2 S ATA connectors 22 3 3 3 Serial Port COM1 22 3 3 4 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 23 3 3 5 FAN Connector 23 3 3 6 Mini PCI Express Slot 24 3 3 7 VIDEO OUTPUTS 25 3 3 7 3 LVDS Connec...

Page 4: ...NU 41 4 7 CHIPSET MENU 42 4 7 1 Northbridge MMP9 ION Configuration Submenu 42 4 7 2 Southbridge Configuration 44 4 7 3 Fan Control Options Submenu 46 4 8 EXIT MENU 47 4 9 VIDEO SETTINGS UTILITY 48 4 9...

Page 5: ...rst Edition 0 1 Last Edition 1 2 Author S B Reviewed by G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 5 Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION Warranty Information and assistance RMA number request Safety Electrosta...

Page 6: ...A Online Authorization number for returning the item must be put both on the packaging and on the documents brought with the items that have to be not damaged not tampered with all accessories in thei...

Page 7: ...Repairing center it is possible to send the faulty product to SECO Repairing Centre In this case follow this procedure Returned items have to be provided with RMA Number Items sent without RMA number...

Page 8: ...ue to unwanted contacts with other components of the board Never connect the board to an external power supply unit or battery if the board has become wet Make sure that all cables are correctly conne...

Page 9: ...n 0 1 Last Edition 1 2 Author S B Reviewed by G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 9 Chapter 2 OVERVIEW Introduction Technical Specifications Electrical specifications Supported Operating Sy...

Page 10: ...ependent monitors using CRT HDMI and LVDS or DVI interfaces LVDS is available only in alternative to DVI interface NVIDIA ION MMP9 manages also directly the access to memory which is available on a si...

Page 11: ...ional CRT connector with resolution up to 1920x1440 75Hz QXGA Optional HDMI connector with resolution up to 1920x1200 Optional LVDS or DVI connector with resolution up to 1600 x 1200 Full HD support b...

Page 12: ...board is able to work in ATX mode following ACPI specifications for Power Management For this reason on board there is a connector carrying signals for the Power Button to be used to put the system in...

Page 13: ...Clock and CMOS memory mounted onboard It is also possible to connect an external 3 3V Battery using dedicated connector CNX6 that is a 2 pin header P 2 54 mm with following pinout External Battery Pin...

Page 14: ...G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 14 2 4 Supported Operating Systems SECOnITX ION supports the following operating systems Microsoft Windows 7 see Appendix A Microsoft Windows Vista Micr...

Page 15: ...ewed by G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 15 2 5 Mechanical specifications According to nanoITX form factor board dimensions are 120 x 120 mm 4 72 x 4 72 The printed circuit of the board...

Page 16: ...ION pag 16 2 6 Heatsink For thermal dissipation of SECOnITX ION board a custom finned heatsink directly provided by SECO is necessary This heatsink can be supplied with our without fan best board s pe...

Page 17: ...N User Manual Rev First Edition 0 1 Last Edition 1 2 Author S B Reviewed by G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 17 Chapter 3 CONNECTORS Connectors placement Connectors overview Connectors D...

Page 18: ...l containing box Please notice that all video connectors are optional so that final configuration can be different from that shown in the next picture HDD power connector Battery Holder S ATA 0 connec...

Page 19: ...SECOnITX ION User Manual Rev First Edition 0 1 Last Edition 1 2 Author S B Reviewed by G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 19 Compact Flash Socket MiniPCI Express slot...

Page 20: ...ATA 0 CN40 DVI CN4 S ATA 1 CN41 VGA CN6 Compact flash CNX2 Hard Disk Power CN10 mini PCI Express slot CNX3 PS 2 Keyboard CN11 COM1 CNX4 Power Button CN18 Battery Holder CNX5 GPIO CN19 Dual Audio Jack...

Page 21: ...ut is standard for this kind of sockets however it is reported here following for completeness of documentation Compact Flash Socket CN6 PIN Signal PIN Signal 1 GND 26 GND 2 IDE_D3 27 IDE_D11 3 IDE_D4...

Page 22: ...1 Managed directly by NVIDIA MMP9 Embedded ION chipset onboard there is an RS 232 compliant serial port Signals for this serial port COM1 are reported on a 10 pin Dual Row male connector p2 54mm type...

Page 23: ...in p2mm connector type MOLEX 89400 0420 or equivalent with following pinout PS 2 Keyboard Connector CNX3 Pin Signal 1 5VDC 2 PS2_KEYB_CLOCK 3 PS2_KEYB_DATA 4 GND 3 3 5 FAN Connector SECOnITX ION board...

Page 24: ...rd miniPCI Express one and uses board s USB lane 6 with the pinout shown in the following table pinout compliant to miniPCI Express specifications Release 1 1 Mini PCI Express Connectors CN10 Pin Sign...

Page 25: ...standard related pinout is reported in the following table however for completeness of documentation VGA Connector CN41 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 RED 2 GREEN 3 BLUE 4 N C 5 GND 6 GND 7 GND 8 GND 9 5VDC...

Page 26: ...ale straight P2 low profile polarized is provided with the following pin out LVDS Connector CN22 Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 N C 2 N C 3 N C 4 N C 5 LVDS_A0 6 GND 7 LVDS_VDD_EN 8 LVDS_A0 9 LVDS_A1 10 LVDS...

Page 27: ...I_TX_Clock 11 GND 12 HDMI_TX_Clock 13 N C 14 N C 15 HDMI_DDC_Clock 16 HDMI_DDC_DATA 17 GND 18 5VHDMI 19 HDMI_Hot_Plug_Detect 3 3 8 Gigabit Ethernet Connector On board there is an Ethernet RJ 45 10 100...

Page 28: ...u use does implement this feature USB connector CN36 USB connector CN37 Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 5VSB 5 5VSB 1 5VSB 5 5VSB 2 USB_P0 6 USB_P1 2 USB_P2 6 USB_P3 3 USB_P0 7 USB_P1 3...

Page 29: ...on an internal connector p1 25mm type MOLEX 53047 0410 or equivalent with following pinout Line In Connector CNX9 Pin Signal 1 Line_In Left 2 Line_In Jack_Detect 3 GND_Audio 4 Line_In Right 3 3 12 GPI...

Page 30: ...ich can be used for the connection of SM Bus compliant devices Pinout is shown in the following table SM Bus Pin Header CNX7 Pin Signal 1 SMBus_Data 2 SMBus_Clock 3 GND 3 3 14 SO DIMM DDR3 Slot NVIDIA...

Page 31: ...0 1 Last Edition 1 2 Author S B Reviewed by G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 31 Chapter 4 BIOS SETUP AMIBIOS UTILITY MAIN SETUP MENU ADVANCED MENU PCIPnP MENU BOOT MENU SECURITY MENU CHI...

Page 32: ...elp screen F10 F10 key allows save any changes made and exit Setup After pressing F10 key BIOS Setup utility will request for a confirmation before saving and exiting By pressing Cancel key this funct...

Page 33: ...yte cache whenever there is a request for a 64 byte cache line in order to reduce Cache Latency time This feature can be disabled or enabled to increase performances Max CPUID Value Limit Enabled Disa...

Page 34: ...time out value for detecting ATA ATAPI device s ATA PI 80Pin Cable Detection Host Device Host Device Select the mechanism for detecting 80Pin ATA PI Cable that is necessary for use of higher Ultra DM...

Page 35: ...to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports it PIO Mode Auto 0 1 2 3 4 Auto Configures the PIO Mode DMA Mode Auto SWDMAn MWDMAn UDMAn Select DMA Mode Auto Auto detected SWD...

Page 36: ...data to the AMI code during ACPI O S operations Headless mode Enabled Disabled Enable or Disable Headless operation mode through ACPI BIOS and O S will run without keyboard monitor or mouse Must be s...

Page 37: ...Auto Disabled Enabled Enables or Disables PCI Express Device No Snoop option Maximum Read Request Size Auto 128 Bytes 256 Bytes 512 Bytes 1024 Bytes 2048 Bytes 4096 Bytes Set the maximum Read request...

Page 38: ...ve this item to Don t change Clearing the TPM Press Enter By pressing Enter it is possible to clear data saved in TPM 4 3 8 USB Configuration Submenu Grayed out items are USB devices that are found to...

Page 39: ...OffBoard PCI ISA IDE Card Auto PCI Slot 1 2 3 4 5 6 Some PCI or ISA IDE cards needs that this option is set to the real PCI slot number that is holding the card for proper working Auto Works for most...

Page 40: ...t will display third party messages only if third party manufacturer programmed the add on device to do so Bootup Num Lock On Off Select the state of Numlock key at system boot PS 2 Mouse Support Auto...

Page 41: ...s only limited fields to be changed such as Date and Time View Only allows access to the Setup Utility but the fields cannot be changed No Access prevents User Access to the Setup Utilitu Password Che...

Page 42: ...Low Frequency Mode in Stutter Mode Disabled Enabled When system is idle for example in Standby then stutter mode allows chipset and other components to bypass the processor and access the memory Stutt...

Page 43: ...s FSB frequency for CPU in range from 400 to 2500 MHz Any value that is not in this range will have no effect Note System will be in unstable condition if selected FSB speed is not supported Memory Ti...

Page 44: ...Frame Buffer Size Auto Detect iGPU Frame Buffer Size Disabled 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB This option can be changed only when iGPU Frame Buffer Detect is set to Disabled iGPU Frame Buffer Size ADD2...

Page 45: ...down C2 Popup Disabled Enabled This option allows to enable the popup to C2 state in case of busmastering activities during C3 and C4 states Power Saver See Submenu 4 7 2 1 Power Saver submenu MENU I...

Page 46: ...Last Edition 1 2 Author S B Reviewed by G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 46 4 7 3 Fan Control Options Submenu MENU ITEM Options Description FAN0 Level Ctrl Always HI Always LOW 1 2 3 14...

Page 47: ...this operation Discard Changes and Exit Exit system setup without saving any changes ESC key can be used for this operation Discard Changes Discard changes done so far to any of the setup questions F7...

Page 48: ...displayed KEY LEGEND Selects one of the setup item Change value of selected setup item D D key allows resetting video parameters to system default C C key allows resetting video parameters to actuall...

Page 49: ...simply using the first three lines of LVDS interface instead of the full LVDS interface With 24 Non Conv setting the colour mapping is made using the Non Conventional mapping which allows using only 2...

Page 50: ...ser Manual Rev First Edition 0 1 Last Edition 1 2 Author S B Reviewed by G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 50 Appendix A Application Notes Microsoft Windows 7 Installation Procedure for I...

Page 51: ...7 normally booting from Setup Drive During first steps Windows 7 will copy all necessary files on SECOnITX ION connected Hard Disk then it will continue setup procedure expanding the copied files and...

Page 52: ...SECOnITX ION User Manual Rev First Edition 0 1 Last Edition 1 2 Author S B Reviewed by G M Copyright 2011 SECO s r l SECOnITX ION pag 52 www seco it...

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