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Page 2 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Revision Date Version Changes May, 2008 1.00 Initial release Page ii...
Page 3 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Copyright COPYRIGHT NOTICE The information in this document is subject to change without prior notice in order to improve reliability, design and function and does not represent a commitment on the part of the manufacturer. In no event will the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages arising out of the use or inability to use the product or documentation, even if advised of the possibility of such damages.
Page 4 Cautionary messages should also be heeded to help reduce the chance of losing data or damaging the NANO-LX2. Cautions are easy to recognize. The word “caution” is written as “CAUTION,” both capitalized and bold and is followed. The text is the cautionary message.
Page 5 “NOTE,” both capitalized and bold and is followed by text. The text is the cautionary message. A note message is shown below: NOTE: This is an example of a note message. Notes should always be read. Notes contain critical information about the NANO-LX2. Please take note messages seriously. Page v...
Page 6: Packing List
NANO-LX2 from or contact an 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-LX2 package. 1 x NANO-LX2 single board computer 1 x 44-pin IDE cable...
Page 7: Table Of Contents
1.1.1 Applications ....................... 2 1.1.2 Benefits....................... 2 1.1.3 Features ......................3 1.2 NANO-LX2 O .................... 4 VERVIEW 1.2.1 NANO-LX2 CPU Board Connectors..............5 1.2.2 Technical Specifications: ................... 6 2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS .................. 9 2.1 O ....................... 10 VERVIEW 2.2 D ......................
Page 8 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 2.6.2 BIOS......................... 24 2.6.3 Winbond W83627HG Super I/O chipset ............24 2.6.3.1 Super I/O LPC Interface ................25 2.6.3.2 Super I/O UART Controller..............26 2.6.3.3 Super I/O Hardware Monitor Functions ........... 26 2.6.3.4 Super I/O Keyboard and Mouse Controller ..........26 2.6.3.5 Super I/O GPIO Ports ................
Page 9 5.3.1 AT/ATX Power Mode ..................64 ® 5.3.2 CompactFlash Master/Slave................65 5.4 C ................... 66 HASSIS NSTALLATION 5.4.1 Airflow......................66 5.4.2 NANO-LX2 Installation ................... 66 5.5 I ............66 NTERNAL ERIPHERAL EVICE ONNECTIONS 5.5.1 ATA Flat Cable Connection ................66 5.5.2 USB Cable......................68 5.5.3 Audio Kit Installation..................
Page 10 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 6.1.2 Using Setup ...................... 78 6.1.3 Getting Help..................... 79 6.1.4 Unable to Reboot After Configuration Changes..........79 6.1.5 Main BIOS Menu ..................... 79 6.2 S CMOS F .................. 82 TANDARD EATURES 6.2.1 IDE Primary Master/Slave ................84 6.3 A...
Page 11 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard F COMPATIBILITY..................... 149 F.1 C ................ 150 OMPATIBLE PERATING YSTEMS F.2 C ................150 OMPATIBLE EMORY ODULES G HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DISCLOSURE ............153 G.1 H IPB P AZARDOUS ATERIALS ISCLOSURE ABLE FOR RODUCTS ERTIFIED AS HS C 2002/95/EC W ........
Page 12 Figure 4-10: Power Button Connector Location................48 Figure 4-11: Reset Button Connector Locations...............49 Figure 4-12: USB Connector Pinout Locations .................50 Figure 4-13: NANO-LX2 On-board External Interface Connectors ..........51 Figure 4-14: Ethernet Connector....................51 Figure 4-15: PS/2 Connector .......................52 Figure 4-16: Serial Port Pinout Locations ..................54...
Page 13 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 4-17: VGA1 Connector .....................55 Figure 5-1: SO-DIMM Installation ....................61 Figure 5-2: CF Card Installation ....................63 Figure 5-3: Power Mode Jumper Pinout Location..............64 Figure 5-4: CompactFlash® Master/Slave Jumper Pinout Location ........65 Figure 5-5: IDE Cable Connection....................67 Figure 5-6: Dual USB Cable Connection ..................68...
Page 14 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-23: Audio Driver Installation Complete ..............124 Figure 7-24: Device Manager Update..................125 Figure 7-25: Locate the Setup Program Icon................125 Figure 7-26: Preparing Setup Screen ..................126 Figure 7-27: Install Wizard Welcome Screen ................126 Figure 7-28: Installing Screen ....................
Page 15 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard List of Tables Table 1-1: Technical Specifications....................7 Table 2-1: Geode LX Graphics Features ..................15 Table 2-2: Supported HDD Specifications..................19 Table 2-3: Power Consumption....................27 Table 3-1: Package List Contents ....................32 Table 3-2: Package List Contents ....................32 Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors ................36 Table 4-2: Rear Panel Connectors ....................36...
Page 16 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard BIOS Menus BIOS Menu 1: Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility ................80 BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Features..................82 BIOS Menu 3: IDE Channel Master .....................84 BIOS Menu 4: Advanced BIOS Features ..................87 BIOS Menu 5: Advanced Chipset Features................93 BIOS Menu 6: Integrated Peripherals ..................95...
Page 17: Introduction
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Chapter Introduction Page 1...
Page 18: Nano-Lx2 Cpu Board Overview
1.1 NANO-LX2 CPU Board Overview Figure 1-1: NANO-LX2 The EPIC form factor NANO-LX2 is a highly integrated AMD Geode™ LX 800 motherboard platform. The NANO-LX2 is specifically optimized for multi-media applications requiring minimum installation space. The NANO-LX2 is particularly suitable for low power and fan-less applications.
Page 19: Features
Rebooting automatically if the BIOS watchdog timer detects that the system is no longer operating Small form factor is ideally suited for thin client applications 1.1.3 Features Some of the NANO-LX2 motherboard features are listed below: EPIC form factor Complies with RoHS Embedded AMD Geode™ LX 800 CPU Mini PCI expansion slot Supports one 1.0 GB 128 MB DDR SO-DIMM...
Page 20: Nano-Lx2 Overview
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 1.2 NANO-LX2 Overview Figure 1-2: Overview (Front Side) Page 4...
Page 21: Nano-Lx2 Cpu Board Connectors
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 1-3: Overview (Solder Side) 1.2.1 NANO-LX2 CPU Board Connectors The NANO-LX2 has the following connectors onboard: 1 x Audio connector 1 x CD-in connector 1 x CompactFlash® socket 1 x Digital I/O (DIO) connector 1 x IDE connector...
Page 22: Technical Specifications
The location of these connectors on the motherboard can be seen in Figure 4-1. These connectors are fully described in Chapter 4. 1.2.2 Technical Specifications: NANO-LX2 motherboard technical specifications are listed in Table 1-1. Detailed descriptions of each specification can be found in Chapter 2. SPECIFICATION...
Page 23: Table 1-1: Technical Specifications
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard SPECIFICATION NANO-LX2 RealTek RTL8100C Two RS-232 ports Two external USB 2.0 ports USB2.0 One internal USB 2.0 pin header (for two USB 2.0 ports) One 44-pin IDE connects to two Ultra ATA33/66/100 devices One PS/2 connector for keyboard...
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Page 25: Detailed Specifications
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Page 26: Overview
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 2.1 Overview This chapter describes the specifications and on-board features of the NANO-LX2 in detail. 2.2 Dimensions 2.2.1 Board Dimensions The dimensions of the board are listed below: Length: 165mm Width: 115mm Figure 2-1: NANO-LX2 Dimensions (mm) 2.2.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions...
Page 27: Data Flow
Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (mm) 2.3 Data Flow The NANO-LX2 motherboard comes with an AMD Geode™ LX 800 and an AMD Geode™ CS5536 linked together by the GeodeLink™ Interface Unit. Figure 2-3 shows the data flow between the system chipset, the CPU and other components installed on the motherboard.
Page 28: Amd Geode™ Lx 800 Cpu Support
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram 2.4 AMD Geode™ LX 800 CPU Support The NANO-LX2 series motherboards all come with a preinstalled AMD Geode™ LX 800 500 MHz CPU. 2.4.1 AMD Geode™ LX 800 500 MHz Overview The specifications for the 500 MHz AMD®...
Page 29: Amd Geode™ Lx 800 Memory Support
2.4.2 AMD Geode™ LX 800 Memory Support The AMD Geode™ LX 800 supports 64-bit DDR memory modules with frequencies up to 400 MHz. The NANO-LX2 has a single 200-pin SO-DIMM socket that supports one 200-pin 333 MHz or 400 MHz 1.0 GB (max.) DDR SO-DIMM.
Page 30: Amd Geode™ Lx 800 500 Mhz Graphics Processor
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 2.4.4 AMD Geode™ LX 800 500 MHz Graphics processor The AMD Geode™ LX 800 BitBLT/vector engine graphics processor supports pattern generation, source expansion, pattern/source transparency, 256 ternary raster operations, alpha blenders to support alpha- BLTs, incorporated BLT FIFOs, a GeodeLink interface and the ability to throttle BLTs according to video timing.
Page 31: Amd Geode™ Lx 800 500 Mhz Power Management
I/O companion SUSP#/SUSPA# power controls Lower power I/O Wakeup on SMI/INTR 2.5 AMD Geode™ CS5536 System Chipset The NANO-LX2 series motherboards all have a preinstalled AMD Geode™ CS5536 system chipset. The system chipset features are listed below. 82xx Legacy Devices Page 15...
Page 32: Geodelink™ Pci Bridge Overview
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard System Management Bus (SMB) Controller 8 Multi-Function General Purpose Timers (MFGPTs) Power Management Controller ACPI v2.0 compliant 2.5.1 GeodeLink™ PCI Bridge Overview The GeodeLink™ PCI Bridge (GLPCI) module provides a PCI interface for GeodeLink Interface Unit-based designs. The GLPCI module is composed of six major blocks:...
Page 33: Figure 2-5: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controllers
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard GeodeLink™ PCI Bridge to the CPU and system chipset. The Realtek RTL8100C controller provides 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Ethernet connectivity to the NANO-LX2. Figure 2-5: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controllers Some of the features of the RealTek RTL8100C are listed below.
Page 34: Amd Geode™ Cs5536 Ata-6 Controller
2.5/3.3V power supply with 5V tolerant I/Os 2.5.3 AMD Geode™ CS5536 ATA-6 Controller The single NANO-LX2 IDE connector supports two ATA-6 HDDs. An ATA-6 (Ultra ATA/100) compliant IDE controller on the AMD Geode™ CS5536 has a maximum transfer rate of 100MB/s. ATA-6 includes advancements in error checking and ATA-6 drives are compatible with future interface additions.
Page 35: Amd Geode™ Cs5536 Audio Codec 97 (Ac'97) Controller
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard The onboard ATA-6 controller is able to support the following IDE HDDs: Ultra ATA/100, with data transfer rates up to 100MB/s Ultra ATA/66, with data transfer rates up to 66MB/s Ultra ATA/33, with data transfer rates up to 33MB/s...
Page 36: Figure 2-7: Ac'97 Codec And Audio Connector
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 2-7: AC’97 Codec and Audio Connector The codec meets performance requirements for audio on PC99/2001 systems. Some of the codec features are listed below. Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 2.0 audio requirements 20-bit DAC and 18-bit ADC resolution 18-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with independent and variable sampling rate Complies with AC'97 2.3 specifications...
Page 37 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Two analog line-level mono input: PCBEEP, PHONE-IN Supports double sampling rate (96KHz) of DVD audio playback Two software selectable MIC inputs +6/12/20/30dB boost preamplifier for MIC input Stereo output with 6-bit volume control Mono output with 5-bit volume control...
Page 38: Amd Geode™ Cs5536 Flash Interface
Figure 2-8: CompactFlash Connector 2.5.6 AMD Geode™ CS5536 USB Controller Four USB ports on the NANO-LX2 board are interfaced to the chipset USB controller. Four USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 devices can be connected simultaneously to the NANO-LX2. The chipset USB controller has the following specifications: 4 USB ports USB 1.1 and USB 2.0 compliant...
Page 39: Amd Geode™ Cs5536 Real Time Clock
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 2-9: USB Connectors 2.5.7 AMD Geode™ CS5536 Real Time Clock The system chipset has a battery backed up 256-byte real-time clock (RTC) with CMOS RAM. 2.6 LPC Bus Components 2.6.1 LPC Bus Overview The LPC bus is connected to components listed below:...
Page 40: Bios
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 2.6.2 BIOS The BIOS flash memory chip on the NANO-LX2 has a licensed copy of AMI BIOS loaded onto it. The BIOS flash memory chip is connected to the chipset via the LPC bus. The flash BIOS features are listed below:...
Page 41: Super I/O Lpc Interface
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 2-11: Super I/O Chipset The Winbond W83627HG is an LPC interface-based Super I/O device that comes with Environment Controller integration, floppy disk controller, and UART controller. Some of the features of the Winbond W83697EHG chipset are listed below: LPC Spec.
Page 42: Super I/O Uart Controller
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 2.6.3.2 Super I/O UART Controller There are two high-speed 16550 compatible UART controllers integrated onto the Super I/O chipset. Both controllers have 16-byte send/receive FIFO. Some of the features of the UART controllers are listed below:...
Page 43: Super I/O Gpio Ports
2.7 Environmental and Power Specifications 2.7.1 System Monitoring Three thermal inputs on the NANO-LX2 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following temperatures: Current CPU Temperature Eight voltage inputs on the NANO-LX2 Super I/O Enhanced Hardware Monitor monitor the following volatages: Vcore VccMEM +3.30V...
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Page 45: Unpacking
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Page 46: Anti-Static Precautions
When the NANO-LX2 is unpacked, please do the following: Follow the anti-static precautions outlined in Section 3.1. Make sure the packing box is facing upwards so the NANO-LX2 does not fall out of the box. Make sure all the components shown in Section 3.3 are present.
Page 47: Unpacking Checklist
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-LX2 from or contact an IEI sales representative directly. To contact an IEI sales representative, please send an email to sales@iei.com.tw.
Page 48: Optional Items
Item Image Mini jumper pack Quick Installation Guide Utility CD Table 3-1: Package List Contents 3.3.2 Optional Items The following NANO-LX2 components are optional: Item Image NANO-LX2-CE050 Windows® CE 5.0 and BSP, S/W CD, Licensed sticker (without CPU board) NANO-LX2-XPE Windows®...
Page 49: Connector Pinouts
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Page 50: Peripheral Interface Connectors
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO 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-LX2 Layout Figure 4-1 shows the on-board peripheral connectors, rear panel peripheral connectors and on-board jumpers.
Page 51: Peripheral Interface Connectors
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 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-LX2. Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found below. Connector Type...
Page 52: External Interface Panel Connectors
USB connectors 8-pin header USB2 Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors 4.1.3 External Interface Panel Connectors Table 4-2 lists the rear panel connectors on the NANO-LX2. Detailed descriptions of these connectors can be found in Section 4.1. Connector Type Label Ethernet connector...
Page 53: Cd In Connector
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard The 10-pin audio connector is connected to external audio devices including speakers and microphones for the input and output of audio signals to and from the system. Figure 4-3: Audio Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO.
Page 54: Compactflash® Socket
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 4-4: Audio CD In Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION CD Signal (Left) Ground Ground CD Signal (Right) Table 4-4: Audio CD In Connector Pinouts 4.2.3 CompactFlash® Socket CN Label: CN7 (solder side) CN Type: 50-pin header (2x25)
Page 55: Figure 4-5: Cf Card Socket Location
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 4-5: CF Card Socket Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION GROUND DATA 3 DATA 11 DATA 4 DATA 12 DATA 5 DATA 13 DATA 6 DATA 14 DATA 7 DATA 15 Page 39...
Page 56: Digital I/O Connector
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION HDC_CS0# HDC_CS1 GROUND IOR# IOW# VCC5 IRQ15 VCC5 VCC5 CSEL HDD_RESET DACK# HDD_ACTIVE# DATA 0 CABLEID DATA 1 DATA 8 DATA 2 DATA 9 DATA 10 GROUND Table 4-5: CF Card Socket Pinouts 4.2.4 Digital I/O Connector...
Page 57: Ide Connector
Table 4-6: Digital I/O Connector Pinouts 4.2.5 IDE Connector CN Label: 44-pin box header (2x22) CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 4-7 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-7 One 44-pin IDE device connector on the NANO-LX2 supports connectivity to two hard disk drives. Page 41...
Page 58: Figure 4-7: Ide Connector Location
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 4-7: IDE Connector Location PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION RESET# GROUND DATA 7 DATA 8 DATA 6 DATA 9 DATA 5 DATA 10 DATA 4 DATA 11 DATA 3 DATA 12 DATA 2 DATA 13...
Page 59: Mini Pci Slot
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION DATA 1 DATA 14 DATA 0 DATA 15 GROUND IDE DRQ GROUND IOW# GROUND IOR# GROUND IDE CHRDY GROUND IDE DACK GROUND–DEFAULT INTERRUPT HDC CS0# HDC CS1# HDD ACTIVE# GROUND...
Page 60: Figure 4-8: Mini Pci Slot Location
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Page 61 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PINTD# VCC5 VCC3 PINTC# VCC3SB CLK_MPCI PCI_RST1# VCC3 PCI_REQ2# PCI_GNT2# VCC3 PAD31 PPME# PAD29 PAD30 PAD27 VCC3 PAD25 PAD28 PAD26 PC/BE3# PAD24 PAD23 PAD29 PAD21 PAD22 PAD19 PAD20 PPAR Page 45...
Page 62 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PAD17 PAD18 PC/BE2# PAD16 PIRDY# VCC3 PFRAME# PTRDY# SERR# PSTOP# VCC3 PERR# PDEVSEL# PC/BE1# PAD14 PAD15 PAD13 PAD12 PAD11 PAD10 PAD9 PAD8 PC/BE0# PAD7 VCC3 VCC3 PAD6 PAD5 PAD4 PAD2...
Page 63: Power And Hdd Led Connector
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION PIN NO. DESCRIPTION VCC3SB Table 4-8: Mini PCI Slot Pinouts 4.2.7 Power and HDD LED Connector CN Label: LED1 CN Type: 6-pin wafer See Figure 4-9 CN Location: See Table 4-9 CN Pinouts: The Power and HDD LED Connector connects to the computer’s power and hard drive...
Page 64: Power Button Connector
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard PIN NO. DESCRIPTION GROUND PWRLED+ PWRLED- Table 4-9: Power and HDD LED Connector Pinouts 4.2.8 Power Button Connector CN Label: 2-pin wafer CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 4-10 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-10 The power button connector is connected to a power switch on the system chassis to enable users to turn the system on and off.
Page 65: Reset Button Connector
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 4.2.9 Reset Button Connector CN Label: 2-pin wafer (1x2) CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 4-11 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-11 The reset button connector is connected to a reset switch on the system chassis to enable users to reboot the system when the system is turned on.
Page 66: External Interface Connectors
Table 4-12: USB Port Connector Pinouts 4.3 External Interface Connectors Figure 4-13 shows the NANO-LX2 motherboard external interface connectors. The NANO-LX2 on-board external interface connectors are listed below and shown in Figure 4-13: 4.3.1 Ethernet Connector 4.3.2 Keyboard and Mouse Connector 4.3.3 Power Input Connector...
Page 67: Ethernet Connector
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 4-13: NANO-LX2 On-board External Interface Connectors 4.3.1 Ethernet Connector CN Label: LAN_USB1, LAN2 CN Type: RJ-45 CN Location: See Figure 4-13 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-13 A 10/100 Mbps connection can be made between the Ethernet connector and a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub.
Page 68: Keyboard And Mouse Connector
CN Type: CN Location: See Figure 4-13 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-15 and Figure 4-15 The NANO-LX2 has two PS/2 connectors on the mounting bracket for easy connection to a PS/2 keyboard and PS/2 mouse. Figure 4-15: PS/2 Connector Page 52...
Page 69: Power Input Connector
See Figure 4-13 CN Pinouts: See Table 4-16 The power input connector is for connecting a 5 V power supply to the NANO-LX2. The 5 V DC power jack is connected directly to the power input connector. PIN NO. DESCRIPTION...
Page 70: Usb Ports
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION DCD# DSR# RTS# CTS# DTR# Table 4-17: Serial Port Pinouts Figure 4-16: Serial Port Pinout Locations 4.3.5 USB Ports CN Label: LAN_USB1 CN Type: USB Combo ports CN Location: See Figure 4-13 CN Pinouts:...
Page 71: Vga Connector
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Table 4-18: USB Connector Pinouts 4.3.6 VGA Connector CN Label: VGA1 CN Type: D-sub 15-pin female connector CN Location: See Figure 4-13 See Figure 4-17 and Table 4-19 CN Pinouts: The standard 15-pin female VGA connector connects to a CRT or LCD monitor.
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Page 73: Installation
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Page 74: Anti-Static Precautions
Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can cause serious damage to electronic components, including the NANO-LX2. Dry climates are especially susceptible to ESD. It is therefore critical that whenever the NANO-LX2, or any other electrical component is handled, the following anti-static precautions are strictly adhered to.
Page 75: Installation Considerations
This helps to prevent potential ESD damage. Turn all power to the NANO-LX2 off: When working with the NANO-LX2, make sure that it is disconnected from all power supplies and that no electricity is being fed into the system. Page 59...
Page 76: Installation Checklist
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-LX2 is properly installed. All the items in the packing list are present A compatible memory module is properly inserted into the slot...
Page 77: So-Dimm Installation
Figure 5-1. Figure 5-1: SO-DIMM Installation Step 1: Locate the SO-DIMM socket. Place the NANO-LX2 on an 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.
Page 78: Cf Card Installation
The NANO-LX2 can support both CF Type I cards and CF Type II 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-LX2, please follow the steps below: Step 1: Locate the CF card socket.
Page 79: Jumper Settings
OPEN a jumper means removing the plastic clip from a jumper. Before the NANO-LX2 is installed in the system, the jumpers must be set in accordance with the desired configuration. The jumpers on the NANO-LX2 are listed in Table 5-1. Page 63...
Page 80: At/Atx Power Mode
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Description Label Type AT/ATX Power Mode Select 2-pin header CompactFlash® Master/Slave 2-pin header Table 5-1: Jumpers 5.3.1 AT/ATX Power Mode Jumper Label: Jumper Type: 2-pin header Jumper Settings: See Table 5-2 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-3 The Power Mode jumper specifies the systems power mode as AT or ATX.
Page 81: Compactflash ® Master/Slave
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard ® 5.3.2 CompactFlash Master/Slave Jumper Label: 2-pin header Jumper Type: Jumper Settings: See Table 5-3 Jumper Location: See Figure 5-4 The CompactFlash® Master/Slave jumper allows the CompactFlash® to be set as IDE Master or IDE Slave. The CompactFlash® Master/Slave jumper settings are shown in Table 5-3 and the jumper location is shown in Figure 5-4.
Page 82: Chassis Installation
USB dual port cable Table 5-4: IEI Provided Cables 5.5.1 ATA Flat Cable Connection The ATA 33 flat cable connects the NANO-LX2 to one or two IDE devices. To connect an IDE HDD to the NANO-LX2 please follow the instructions below. Page 66...
Page 83: Figure 5-5: Ide Cable Connection
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Step 1: Locate the IDE connector. The location/s of the IDE device connector is shown in Chapter 3. Step 2: Insert the connector. Connect the IDE cable connector to the onboard connector. See Figure 5-5. A key on the front of the cable connector ensures it can only be inserted in one direction.
Page 84: Usb Cable
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 5.5.2 USB Cable The NANO-LX2 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.
Page 85: Audio Kit Installation
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 5.5.3 Audio Kit Installation The Audio Kit that came with the NANO-LX2 connects to the 10-pin audio connector on the NANO-LX2. 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.
Page 86: External Peripheral Interface Connection
5.6.1 Keyboard and Mouse The NANO-LX2 has a dual PS/2 connector on the external peripheral interface panel. The dual PS/2 connector is used to connect to a keyboard and mouse to the system. Follow the steps below to connect a keyboard and mouse to the NANO-LX2.
Page 87: Lan
Locate the RJ-45 connectors. The locations of the USB connectors are shown in Chapter 4. Step 2: Align the connectors. Align the RJ-45 connector on the LAN cable with one of the RJ-45 connectors on the NANO-LX2. See Figure 5-9. Page 71...
Page 88: Serial Device
RJ-45 connector into the on-board RJ-45 connector. Step 0: 5.6.3 Serial Device The NANO-LX2 has a single female DB-9 connector on the external peripheral interface panel for a serial device. Follow the steps below to connect a serial device to the NANO-LX2.
Page 89: Usb
5.6.4 USB 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-LX2. Step 1: Locate the USB Series "A" receptacle connectors. The location of the USB Series "A"...
Page 90: Vga Monitor
Figure 5-11: USB Connector 5.6.5 VGA Monitor The NANO-LX2 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-LX2, please follow the instructions below.
Page 91: Figure 5-12: Vga Connector
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 5-12: VGA Connector Step 4: Secure the connector. Secure the DB-15 VGA connector from the VGA monitor to the external interface by tightening the two retention screws on either side of the connector. Step 0:...
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Page 93: Bios Setup
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Chapter BIOS Setup Page 77...
Page 94: Introduction
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 6.1 Introduction A licensed copy of Phoenix Award 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.
Page 95: Getting Help
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Function General help, only for Status Page Setup Menu and Option Page Setup Menu Item help Previous values for the page menu items Fail-safe defaults for the current page menu items Optimized defaults for the current page menu items...
Page 96: Bios Menu 1: Award Bios Cmos Setup Utility
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard BIOS Menu 1: Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility NOTE: The following sections will completely describe the menus listed below and the configuration options available to users. The following menu options are seen in BIOS Menu 1.
Page 97: Load Fail-Safe Defaults
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Load Fail-Safe Defaults Use the Load Fail-Safe Defaults option to load failsafe default values for each BIOS parameter in the setup menus. Press F6 for this operation on any page. Load Optimized Defaults Use the Load Optimized Defaults option to load optimal default values for each BIOS parameter in the setup menus.
Page 98: Standard Cmos Features
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 6.2 Standard CMOS Features Use the Standard CMOS Features BIOS menu (BIOS Menu 2) to set basic BIOS configuration options. BIOS Menu 2: Standard CMOS Features Date [Day mm:dd:yyyy] Use the Date option to set the system date Time [hh/mm/ss] Use the Time option to set the system time.
Page 99: Halt On [All, But Keyboard]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE device configurations are changed or set in the IDE Configuration menu (BIOS Menu 3). If an IDE device is detected, and one of the above listed two BIOS configuration options is selected, the IDE configuration options shown in Section 6.2.1 appear.
Page 100: Ide Primary Master/Slave
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Total Memory The Total Memory is NOT user configurable. 6.2.1 IDE Primary Master/Slave Use the IDE Primary Master/Slave menu (BIOS Menu 3) to set or change the master/slave IDE configurations. BIOS Menu 3: IDE Channel Master...
Page 101: Access Mode [Auto]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Channel 0 Master Channel 0 Slave Channel 1 Master Channel 0 Slave None If no drives are connected to the IDE channel select this option. Once set, this IDE channel becomes inaccessible and any drives attached to it are undetected.
Page 102: Cylinder
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Cylinder The Cylinder specification indicates how many cylinders (tracks) are on the HDD installed in the system. Head The Head specification indicates how many logical heads are on the HDD installed in the system. Precomp The Precomp specification indicates on what track the write precompensation begins.
Page 103: Advanced Bios Features
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 6.3 Advanced BIOS Features Use the Advanced BIOS Features menu (BIOS Menu 4) to configure the CPU and peripheral device configuration options. BIOS Menu 4: Advanced BIOS Features Virus Warning [Disabled] NOTE: Many disk diagnostic programs can cause the above warning message to appear when the program attempts to access the boot sector table.
Page 104: Cpu Internal Cache [Enabled]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Enabled Activates automatically when the system boots up causing a warning message to appear when anything attempts to access the boot sector or HDD partition table. (Default) No warning message appears when there is an attempt Disabled to access the boot sector or HDD partition table.
Page 105: Boot Other Device [Enabled]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Boot Device configuration options are: Floppy LS120 HDD-0 SCSI CDROM HDD-1 HDD-2 HDD-3 ZIP100 USB-FDD USB-ZIP USB-CDROM USB-HDD Disabled Boot Other Device [Enabled] Use the Boot Other Device option to determine whether the system uses a second or third boot device if the first boot device is not found.
Page 106: Gate A20 Option [Fast]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Gate A20 Option [Fast] Use the Gate A20 Option option to set if the keyboard controller or the chipset controls the Gate A20 switching. Normal The keyboard controller does the switching. (Default) The chipset does the switching.
Page 107: Typematic Delay (Msec) [250]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Typematic Delay (Msec) [250] The Typematic Rate option can only be configured if the Typematic Rate Setting is enabled. Use the Typematic Delay option to specify the delay time between when a key is first pressed and when the acceleration begins.
Page 108: Console Redirection [Disabled]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Console Redirection [Disabled] Use the Console Redirection [Disabled] enables and disabled console redirection. Console redirection allows the system to be controlled by a host system by redirecting keyboard input through the serial port. This feature is used to changed BIOS or RAID settings remotely.
Page 109: Advanced Chipset Features
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Enabled EPA logo appears during boot up. 6.4 Advanced Chipset Features Use the Advanced Chipset Features menu (BIOS Menu 5) to change chipset configuration options. BIOS Menu 5: Advanced Chipset Features CPU Frequency [500MHz] Use the CPU Frequency option to set the CPU frequency. The CPU Frequency options...
Page 110: Memory Frequency [333Mhz]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Memory Frequency [333MHz] Use the Memory Frequency option to set the frequency of the installed DRAM modules. The Memory Frequency options are: 200MHz 266MHz 333MHz (Default) 400MHz Video Memory Size [8M] Use the Video Memory Size option to determine how much memory is allocated to the video graphics device.
Page 111: Integrated Peripherals
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 6.5 Integrated Peripherals Use the Integrated Peripherals menu (BIOS Menu 6) to change the configuration options for the attached peripheral devices. BIOS Menu 6: Integrated Peripherals On-Chip IDE Channel 1 [Enabled] Use the On-Chip IDE Channel 1 option to specify if the system uses the integrated primary IDE channel or not.
Page 112: Ide Udma [Auto]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Mode 0 PIO mode 0 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 3.3MBps. PIO mode 1 selected with a maximum transfer rate of Mode 1 5.2MBps. Mode 2 PIO mode 2 selected with a maximum transfer rate of 8.3MBps.
Page 113: Power Management Setup
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard the system IDE drive can support. Block mode is also called block transfer, multiple commands, or multiple sector read/write. Disabled Block mode is not supported. Enabled Block mode is supported. EFAULT Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Use the Onboard Serial Port 1 option to select the I/O address and IRQ for the onboard serial port 1.
Page 114: Bios Menu 7: Power Management Setup
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard BIOS Menu 7: Power Management Setup Wake Up On LAN [Disabled] Use the Wake Up On LAN option to enable activity on the LAN to rouse the system from a suspend or doze state. Disabled (Default) Wake event not generated by LAN activity.
Page 115: Pnp/Pci Configurations
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Power-On by Alarm [Disabled] Use the Power-On by Alarm to set the time when the system should automatically be turned on. Disabled (Default) The real time clock (RTC) cannot generate a wake event. Enabled If selected, the tune (hh:mm:ss) options can be set to specify the exact time the system is roused.
Page 116: Reset Configuration Data [Disabled]
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard specifications, BIOS configures all the devices in the system. Set this option if the system is running Plug and Play aware operating systems. The operating system changes the interrupt, I/O, and DMA settings. Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Use the Reset Configuration Data option to reset the Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) when exiting setup if booting problems occur after a new add-on is installed.
Page 117: Bios Menu 9: Irq Resources
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard BIOS Menu 9: IRQ Resources The IRQ Resources menu has the following options: IRQ-3 assigned to IRQ-4 assigned to IRQ-5 assigned to IRQ-7 assigned to IRQ-10 assigned to IRQ-11 assigned to The above options all have the following default options.
Page 118: Bios Menu 10: Dma Resources
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard DMA Resources [Press Enter] The DMA Resources menu (BIOS Menu 10) can only be accessed if the Resources Controlled By option is set to Manual. Use DMA Resources to select a base address and the length for the memory area used by a peripheral that requires high memory.
Page 119: Pc Health Status
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Play standard whether designed for the PCI or ISA bus architecture. Legacy ISA The IRQ is assigned to legacy ISA for devices compliant with the original PC AT bus specification PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Use the PCI/VGA Palette Snoop option to enable the system to determine whether or not...
Page 120: Bios Menu 11: Pc Health Status
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard BIOS Menu 11: PC Health Status The following system parameters are monitored by the PC Health Status menu. System Temperature The following temperatures are monitored: Current CPU Temperature Voltages The following voltages are monitored: Vcore Vmem 3.3V...
Page 121: Software Drivers
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Page 122: Available Software Drivers
To install the drivers, please access the W . To do this, follow the INDOWS EVICE ANAGER instructions below. Step 1: Insert the CD into a CD drive of the system that contains the NANO-LX2. Step 2: Open W . (See Figure 7-1) INDOWS ONTROL ANEL...
Page 123: Figure 7-1: Access Windows Control Panel
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-1: Access Windows Control Panel Step 3: The Window in Figure 7-2 appears. Page 107...
Page 124: Figure 7-2: Performance And Maintenance
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-2: Performance and Maintenance Step 4: Double click the P option in Figure 7-2. ERFORMANCE AND AINTENANCE Step 5: The screen in Figure 7-3 appears. Figure 7-3: Access the System Step 6: Double click the S option in Figure 7-3.
Page 125: Figure 7-4: System Properties
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Step 7: The S screen in Figure 7-4 appears. YSTEM ROPERTIES Figure 7-4: System Properties Step 8: Double click the H tab in the Systems Property window Figure 7-4. ARDWARE Step 9: The screen in Figure 7-5 appears.
Page 126: Figure 7-5: Open Device Manager
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-5: Open Device Manager Step 10: Double click the D tab in Figure 7-5. EVICE ANAGER Step 11: The Device Manager screen in Figure 7-6 appears. Step 0: Page 110...
Page 127: Vga Driver Installation
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-6: Device Manager 7.3 VGA Driver Installation To install the VGA driver, please follow the instructions below. Step 1: Open the D . See Section 7.2. EVICE ANAGER Step 2: Right-click the VGA C (VGA C...
Page 128: Figure 7-7: Video Controller (Device Manager)
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-7: Video Controller (Device Manager) Step 3: The small window in Figure 7-8 appears. Figure 7-8: Update Driver Selection Page 112...
Page 129: Figure 7-9: Hardware Update Wizard
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Step 4: Select the U option in the small window shown in Figure 7-8. PDATE RIVER Step 5: The H in Figure 7-9 appears. ARDWARE PDATE IZARD Figure 7-9: Hardware Update Wizard Step 6: Make sure the driver CD is in the disk.
Page 130: Figure 7-10: Vga Driver Installation Start
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-10: VGA Driver Installation Start Step 9: Select the recommended option in Figure 7-10. Step 10: The Wizard then searches for the driver. See Figure 7-11. Page 114...
Page 131: Figure 7-11: Wizard Search
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-11: Wizard Search Step 11: The warning screen in Figure 7-12 appears. Figure 7-12: Wizard Warning Screen Page 115...
Page 132: Figure 7-13: Vga Driver Installation
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Step 12: Click the Continue Anyway tab. Step 13: The Wizard updates the driver. See Figure 7-13. CAUTION: When the VGA driver is installed the system first sets a system restore point and backs up old files. This may take some time. Be patient and wait for the installation procedure to be completed.
Page 133: Figure 7-14: Vga Driver Installation Complete
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-14: VGA Driver Installation Complete Step 15: Click the Finish tab in to complete the Figure 7-14 installation. Step 16: The Device Manager refreshes and the Graphics Driver can be seen in the Display adapters option. See Figure 7-15.
Page 134: Audio Driver Installation
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-15: Device Manager Update 7.4 Audio Driver Installation To install the Audio driver, please follow the instructions below. Step 1: Open the D . See Section 7.2. EVICE ANAGER Step 2: Right-click the M option listed under O...
Page 135: Figure 7-16: Audio Controller (Device Manager)
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-16: Audio Controller (Device Manager) Step 3: The small window in Figure 7-17 appears. Figure 7-17: Update Audio Driver Selection Page 119...
Page 136: Figure 7-18: Hardware Update Wizard
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Step 4: Select the U option in the small window shown in Figure 7-17. PDATE RIVER Step 5: The H in Figure 7-18 appears. ARDWARE PDATE IZARD Figure 7-18: Hardware Update Wizard Step 6: Make sure the driver CD is in the disk.
Page 137: Figure 7-19: Audio Driver Installation Start
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-19: Audio Driver Installation Start Step 9: Select the recommended option in Figure 7-19. Step 10: The Wizard then searches for the driver. See Figure 7-20. Page 121...
Page 138: Figure 7-20: Wizard Search
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-20: Wizard Search Step 11: The warning screen in Figure 7-21 appears. Figure 7-21: Wizard Warning Screen Page 122...
Page 139: Figure 7-22: Audio Driver Installation
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Step 12: Click the Continue Anyway tab. Step 13: The Wizard updates the driver. See Figure 7-22. CAUTION: When the Audio driver is installed the system first sets a system restore point and backs up old files. This may take some time. Be patient and wait for the installation procedure to be completed.
Page 140: Figure 7-23: Audio Driver Installation Complete
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-23: Audio Driver Installation Complete Step 15: Click the Finish tab in to complete the Figure 7-23 installation. Step 16: The Device Manager refreshes and the Audio Driver can be seen in the Sound, Video and Game Controllers option. See Figure 7-24.
Page 141: Lan Driver
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure 7-24: Device Manager Update 7.5 LAN Driver To install the LAN driver, please follow the steps below. Step 1: Click LAN from the AMD LX/GX CD Driver Menu to open a window to the X:\LAN\Realtek (where X:\ is the system CD drive) folder on the driver CD.
Page 142: Figure 7-26: Preparing Setup Screen
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Step 4: Double click the Setup program icon in Figure 7-25. Step 5: The Install Shield Wizard is prepared to guide the user through the rest of the process (Figure 7-26). Figure 7-26: Preparing Setup Screen Step 6: Once initialized, the Install Wizard welcome screen appears (Figure 7-27).
Page 143: Figure 7-28: Installing Screen
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Step 7: Click N to continue the installation or C to stop the installation. ANCEL Step 8: The Install Wizard starts to install the LAN driver. Step 9: Once the installation is complete, the InstallShield Wizard Complete screen appears (Figure 7-28).
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Page 145: Abios Options
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Page 146 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Below is a list of BIOS configuration options in the BIOS chapter. Load Fail-Safe Defaults .......................81 Load Optimized Defaults.....................81 Set Supervisor Password....................81 Set User Password ......................81 Save & Exit Setup ........................81 Exit Without Saving ......................81 Date [Day mm:dd:yyyy] .......................82 Time [hh/mm/ss] ........................82...
Page 147 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard OS Select For DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2] ................91 Console Redirection [Disabled] ..................92 Baud Rate [19200]........................92 Agent after boot [Disabled]....................92 Small Logo (EPA) Show [Disabled]..................92 CPU Frequency [500MHz] ....................93 Memory Frequency [333MHz] .....................94 Video Memory Size [8M]......................94 OnBoard Audio [Enabled] ....................94...
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Page 149: B Terminology
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Page 150 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard AC ’97 Audio Codec 97 (AC’97) refers to a codec standard developed by Intel® in 1997. ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) is an OS-directed configuration, power management, and thermal management interface. AHCI Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is a SATA Host controller register-level interface.
Page 151 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Direct Memory Access (DMA) enables some peripheral devices to bypass the system processor and communicate directly with the system memory. DIMM Dual Inline Memory Modules are a type of RAM that offer a 64-bit data bus and have separate electrical contacts on each side of the module.
Page 152 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Liquid crystal display (LCD) is a flat, low-power display device that consists of two polarizing plates with a liquid crystal panel in between. LVDS Low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) is a dual-wire, high-speed differential electrical signaling system commonly used to connect LCD displays to a computer.
Page 153: C Digital I/O Interface
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Page 154: Introduction
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard C.1 Introduction The DIO connector on the NANO-LX2 is interfaced to GPIO ports on the Winbond W83627HG Super I/O chipset. The DIO has both 4-bit digital inputs and 4-bit digital outputs. The digital inputs and digital outputs are generally control signals that control the on/off circuit of external devices or TTL devices.
Page 155: Assembly Language Samples
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard C.3 Assembly Language Samples C.3.1 Enable the DIO Input Function The BIOS interrupt call INT 15H controls the digital I/O. An assembly program to enable digital I/O input functions is listed below. Sets the digital port as input...
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Page 157: D Watchdog Timer
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Page 158 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard NOTE: The following discussion applies to DOS environment. IEI support is contacted or the IEI website visited for specific drivers for more sophisticated operating systems, e.g., Windows and Linux. The Watchdog Timer is provided to ensure that standalone systems can always recover from catastrophic conditions that cause the CPU to crash.
Page 159 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard NOTE: When exiting a program it is necessary to disable the Watchdog Timer, otherwise the system resets. EXAMPLE PROGRAM: ; INITIAL TIMER PERIOD COUNTER W_LOOP: AX, 6F02H ;setting the time-out value BL, 30 ;time-out value is 48 seconds ;...
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Page 161: E Address Mapping
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Page 162: Io Address Map
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard E.1 IO Address Map I/O address Range Description 000-01F 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 0C0-0DF DMA Controller 0F0-0FF Numeric data processor...
Page 163: St Mb Memory Address Map
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard E.2 1 MB Memory Address Map Memory address Description 00000-9FFFF System memory A0000-BFFFF VGA buffer F0000-FFFFF System BIOS 1000000- Extend BIOS Table E-2: 1 MB Memory Address Map E.3 IRQ Mapping Table IRQ0 System Timer IRQ8...
Page 164: Dma Channel Assignments
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard E.4 DMA Channel Assignments Channel Function Available Available Floppy disk (8-bit transfer) Available Cascade for DMA controller 1 Available Available Available Table E-4: IRQ Mapping Table Page 148...
Page 165: F Compatibility
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Page 166: Compatible Operating Systems
The compatible items described here have been tested by the IEI R&D team and found to be compatible with the NANO-LX2 F.1 Compatible Operating Systems The following operating systems have been successfully run on the NANO-LX2. MS-DOS 6.22 Windows 2000 Service Pack 4...
Page 167 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Transcend 112517-0081[LN] 1.0 GB 333 MHz Apacer 2005172-05571 512 MB 333 MHz Apacer 2004397-90129 256 MB 333 MHz Page 151...
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Page 169: G Hazardous Materials Disclosure
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Page 170: Hazardous Materials Disclosure Table For Ipb Products Certified As Rohs Compliant Under 2002/95/Ec Without Mercury
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard G.1 Hazardous Materials Disclosure Table for IPB Products Certified as RoHS Compliant Under 2002/95/EC Without Mercury The details provided in this appendix are to ensure that the product is compliant with the Peoples Republic of China (China) RoHS standards. The table below acknowledges the presences of small quantities of certain materials in the product, and is applicable to China RoHS only.
Page 171 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Part Name Toxic or Hazardous Substances and Elements Lead Mercury Cadmium Hexavalent Polybrominated Polybrominated Biphenyls Diphenyl (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) Chromium (CR(VI)) (PBB) Ethers (PBDE) Housing Display Printed Circuit Board Metal Fasteners Cable Assembly Fan Assembly Power Supply...
Page 172 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard 此附件旨在确保本产品符合中国 RoHS 标准。以下表格标示此产品中某有毒物质的含量符合中国 RoHS 标准规定的限量要求。本产品上会附有”环境友好使用期限”的标签，此期限是估算这些物质”不会有泄漏或突变”的年限。本产品可能包含有较短的环境友好使用期限的可替换元件，像是电池或灯管，这些元件将会单独标示出来。部件名称有毒有害物质或元素铅汞镉六价铬多溴联苯多溴二苯醚 (Pb) (Hg) (Cd) (CR(VI)) (PBB) (PBDE) 壳体显示印刷电路板金属螺帽电缆组装风扇组装电力供应组装电池 Page 156...
Page 173: Hac'97 Audio Codec
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Page 174: Introduction
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard H.1 Introduction The motherboard comes with an onboard Realtek ALC655 CODEC. The ALC655 is a 16-bit, full-duplex AC'97 Rev. 2.3 compatible six-channel audio CODEC that provides three pairs of stereo outputs with 5-bit volume control, a mono output, and multiple stereo and mono inputs, along with flexible mixing, gain, and mute functions.
Page 175: Sound Effect Configuration
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure H-1: Control Panel Sound Effect Manager H.2 Sound Effect Configuration H.2.1 Accessing the Sound Effects Manager Follow the steps below to access the Sound Effect Manager. Step 1: Install the ALC655 audio CODEC driver. Step 2: Click the Sound Effect Manager icon in the system task bar (Figure H-2).
Page 176: Sound Effect Manager Configuration Options
NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Figure H-3: Sound Effects Manager (ALC655) NOTE: The Sound Effect Manager shown in Figure H-3 is for the Realtek ALC655 audio Codec. Different Codecs may have different sound manager appearances. The following section describes the different configuration options in the Sound Effect Manager.
Page 177 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Sound Effect Karaoke Mode Equalizer Speaker Configuration Speaker Test S/PDIF-In S/PDIF-Out Connector Sensing HRTF Demo Microphone Effect General NOTE: Not all Realtek Sound Effect Managers have all the above listed options. The Sound Effect Manager loaded onto the system may only have some of the options listed above.
Page 178 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Channel mode for 5.1 speaker output Synchronize the phone jack switch with speakers settings Speaker Test - Each speaker connected to the system is tested individually to see if the 4-channel or 6-channel audio operates properly.
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Page 180 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard CF card ............62 installation..........62 socket ............38 AC’97 controller chassis ............66 specification v2.3........19 installation..........66 ACPI ............15, 16 chipset............15 ACPI v2.0 ..........16 Chipset airflow ............66 AMD Geode™ CS5536 .....6, 11 ALC655............158 CompactFlash® Master/Slave jumper ..6 AMD VGA driver ........106 connectors, pinouts and location AMD™...
Page 181 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard location and pinouts ......40 connector........67, 69 dimensions..........10 IEM-LX ............ 106 board .............10 installation checklist ........60 external peripheral interface connector panel ..........10 DIO connector..........5 jumper ............63 display AT power select ........64 CRT/LCD mode select ......65 CRT/LCD mode select......65 jumper configuration ......63...
Page 182 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard Sound Effect Configuration..... 159 Sound Effects Manager ......159 peripheral connectors ........36 Super I/O chipset ........24 power and HDD LED connector ....5 power button connector ......48 location and pinouts ......48 unpacking...........30 power button connector .......5 unpacking checklist .......31 power management ........15...
Page 183 NANO-LX2 EPIC NANO Motherboard VGA port ............50 warranty validation ........60 Page 167...

IEI Technology NANO-LX2 User Manual

Table of Contents

1 Introduction

Figure 1-1: NANO-LX2

Figure 1-2: Overview (Front Side)

Figure 1-3: Overview (Solder Side)

Table 1-1: Technical Specifications

2 Detailed Specifications

Figure 2-1: NANO-LX2 Dimensions (MM)

Figure 2-2: External Interface Panel Dimensions (MM)

Figure 2-3: Data Flow Block Diagram

Figure 2-4: Memory Modules

Table 2-1: Geode LX Graphics Features

Figure 2-5: 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet Controllers

Figure 2-6: IDE Connector

Table 2-2: Supported HDD Specifications

Figure 2-7: AC'97 Codec and Audio Connector

Figure 2-8: Compactflash Connector

Figure 2-9: USB Connectors

Figure 2-10: BIOS Chipset

Figure 2-11: Super I/O Chipset

Table 2-3: Power Consumption

3 Unpacking

Table 3-1: Package List Contents

Table 3-2: Package List Contents

4 Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-1: Connector and Jumper Locations

Figure 4-2: Connector and Jumper Locations (Solder Side)

Table 4-1: Peripheral Interface Connectors

Table 4-2: Rear Panel Connectors

Table 4-3: Audio Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-3: Audio Connector Location

Table 4-4: Audio CD in Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-4: Audio CD in Connector Location

Figure 4-5: CF Card Socket Location

Table 4-5: CF Card Socket Pinouts

Table 4-6: Digital I/O Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-6: Digital I/O Connector Locations

Figure 4-7: IDE Connector Location

Table 4-7: IDE Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-8: Mini PCI Slot Location

Table 4-8: Mini PCI Slot Pinouts

Figure 4-9: Power and HDD LED Connector Location

Table 4-9: Power and HDD LED Connector Pinouts

Table 4-10: Power Button Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-10: Power Button Connector Location

Table 4-11: Reset Button Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-11: Reset Button Connector Locations

Table 4-12: USB Port Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-12: USB Connector Pinout Locations

Table 4-13: Ethernet Connector Pinouts

Figure 4-13: NANO-LX2 On-Board External Interface Connectors

Figure 4-14: Ethernet Connector

Table 4-14: Connector Leds

Figure 4-15: PS/2 Connector

Table 4-15: PS/2 Connectors

Table 4-16: Power Input Connector Pinouts

Table 4-17: Serial Port Pinouts

Figure 4-16: Serial Port Pinout Locations

Figure 4-17: VGA1 Connector

Table 4-18: USB Connector Pinouts

Table 4-19: VGA1 Connector Pinouts

5 Installation

Figure 5-1: SO-DIMM Installation

Figure 5-2: CF Card Installation

Figure 5-3: Power Mode Jumper Pinout Location

Table 5-1: Jumpers

Table 5-2: Power Mode Jumper Settings

Figure 5-4: Compactflash® Master/Slave Jumper Pinout Location

Table 5-3: Compactflash® Master/Slave Jumper Settings

Table 5-4: IEI Provided Cables

Figure 5-5: IDE Cable Connection

Figure 5-6: Dual USB Cable Connection

Figure 5-7: Audio Kit Connection

Figure 5-8: PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Connector

Figure 5-9: LAN Connection

Figure 5-10: Serial Device Connector

Figure 5-11: USB Connector

Figure 5-12: VGA Connector

6 Bios Setup