CPU Socket P for Intel® Core™2
Duo, Celeron M,
up to 2.4GHz CPU Front
SideBus ( FSB
) 533MHz/800MHz Chipset
Intel® GME965 chipset
ICH8M BIOS Award BIOS, ACPI supported System Memory Two DDR2 sockets supports
up to 4GB DDR2 SDRAM 533/667 DDR SDRAM Integrated
VGA Intel® GME965
built-in Graphics Media Accelerator X3100, supports
CRT and LVDS
Supports DVMT 4.0 for memory allocation
Maximum shared memory - 384MB LCD Interface Supports 24-bit, single or
dual channel LVDS Primary LAN Intel® 82566MC/DC
Gigabit LAN (MI910E and MI910EF) Secondary LAN Optional, Marvell 88E8053
PCI Express Gigabit LAN (for MI910EF, MI910EF
supports dual Gigabit LAN) Audio ICH8M built-in Intel®High
Definition audio + AC97 Codec ALC885 w/ 7.1
channels Multi I/O Winbond W83627EHF:
PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse, 2x serial (RS232) &
Hardware monitor (3 thermal inputs, 4 voltage
monitor inputs, VID0-4 & 2 fan headers)
IDE Interface
Built in ICH8M; One enhanced IDE channel supports
2 IDE devices; supports UDMA33/66/100
FEATURES
Supports
Intel® Core™2
Duo / Celeron M CPU
Up to 2.4GHz, 533MHz/800MHz FSB
DDR2
DIMM x 2, Max. 4GB
Supports
CRT, LVDS, optional DVI
10/100
BaseT LAN, Gigabit LAN or dual Gigabit LAN
2
x SATA II, 6 x USB 2.0, 2 x COM, 1394
Watchdog
timer, Digital I/O
1
x Mini PCI, 1 x PCI, 1 x PCI-E (x1)
Serial Ports
Two COM ports (1x RS232, 1x RS232/422/485) Serial ATA II
Supports 2 ports 1394
2 ports (1 port @ edge, 1 via pin header) USB (2.0)
Supports 6 USB ports (4 ports + 2 ports via pin
header) Keyboard and Mouse Connector
PS/2 type Watchdog Timer
Generates system reset; 256 levels Hardware Monitoring Built in W83627EHF; monitors system/CPU
temperature and voltage status Digital I/O
4 in / 4 out Expansion Slot
1 Mini PCI, 1 PCI, 1 PCIe(x1) Form Factor
Mini-ITX Motherboard Dimensions
170mm x 170mm
In March 2001, the chipset manufacturer
VIA Technologies released a reference design for
an ITX motherboard, to promote the low power C3
processor they had bought from Centaur Technology,
in combination with their chipsets. Designed by
Robert Kuo, VIA's chief R&D expert, the 215
mm x 191 mm VT6009 ITX Reference Board was demonstrated
in "Information PC" and set-top box
form factors. He would later go on to design the
Mini-ITX form factor. The ITX form factor was
never taken up by manufacturers, who instead produced
smaller boards based on the very similar 229 mm
x 191 mm FlexATX form factor.
In October 2001, VIA announced their decision
to create a new motherboard division, to provide
standardized infrastructure for lower-cost PC
form factors and focus on embedded devices.
The result was the November 2001 release of
the VT6010 Mini-ITX reference design, once again
touted as an "Information PC", or
low cost entry level x86 computing platform.
Manufacturers were still reticent, but customer
response was much more receptive, so VIA decided
to manufacture and sell the boards themselves.
In April 2002 the first Mini-ITX motherboards¡XVIA's
EPIA 5000 (fanless 533 MHz Eden processor) and
EPIA 800 (800 MHz C3)¡Xwere sold to industrial
customers.