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Copyright Notice ® SA-5082 Intel Atom™ D525/N455 Mini-ITX Motherboard With VGA/ LVDS/ Audio/ 2LAN COPYRIGHT NOTICE This user’s manual is meant to assist users in installing and setting up the system. The information contained in this document is subject to change without any notice.
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Copyright Notice FCC NOTICE This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device, pursuant to part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment.
Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION About This Manual…............System Specification…............1-3 Safety Precautions…............CHAPTER 2 SYSTEM CONFIGURATION Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table…....Component Locations…............ How to Set the Jumpers…..........Clear CMOS Data Selection….…………………………. LVDS Panel Voltage Selection….……………..…… Reset/ NMI Watchdog Selection………………..…..
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APPENDIX A EXPANSION BUS & SYSTEM ASSEMBLY PCI Bus Pin Assignment………………………………………... Mini-PCIe Bus Pin Assignment………………………………… Compact Flash Card Pin Assignment…………………………… DC Jack Pin Assignment………………………………………... Exploded Diagram for SA-5082 Whole System………………... APPENDIX B TECHNICAL SUMMARY Block Diagram…................Interrupt Map…................DMA Channels Map………............
CHAPTER INTRODUCTION This chapter gives you the information for SA-5082. It also outlines the System specification. Section includes: About This Manual System Specifications Safety precautions Experienced users can skip to chapter 2 on page 2-1 for Quick Start. Page:1-1...
Atom ™ D525/N455 Mini-ITX Motherboard with VGA/LVDS/Audio/2LAN, which is fully PC/AT compatible. SA-5082 provides faster processing speed, greater expandability and can handle more tasks than before. This manual is designed to assist you how to install and set up the system. It contains four chapters. You can apply...
1 x 3.5" SATA HDD & 1 x Slim DVD-ROM or 2 x Drive Bay 2.5” SATA HDD / 1 x DVD-ROM Expansion Slots 1 x CF slot, 1 x mini PCIe slot, 1 x PCI slot ′ Page: 1-3 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
3. Disconnect power when you change any hardware devices. For instance, when you connect a jumper or install any cards, a surge of power may damage the electronic components or the whole system. ′ Page: 1-5 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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CHAPTER HARDWARE CONFIGURATION ** QUICK START ** Helpful information that describes the jumper and connector settings, and component locations. Sections included: Jumper & Connector Quick Reference Table Component Locations Configuration and Jumper settings Connector’s Pin Assignments Page 2-1...
PIN1 & PIN2 to create one setting by shorting. You can either connect PIN2 & PIN3 to create another setting. The same jumper diagrams are applied all through this manual. The figure below shows what the manual diagrams look and what they represent. Page: 2-4 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Jumper Block looks like this JUMPER SETTINGS 2 pin Jumper close(enabled) Looks like this 3 pin Jumper 2-3 pin close(enabled) Looks like this Jumper Block 1-2 pin close(enabled) Looks like this ′ Page: 2-5 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
*To clear CMOS data, user must power-off the computer and set the jumper to “Clear CMOS” as illustrated above. After five to six seconds, set the jumper back to “Normal” and power-on the computer. Page: 2-6 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
2-5. LVDS PANEL VOLTAGE SELECTION : : : : L VDS Panel Voltage Selection The pin assignments are as follows: JUMPER SETTING JUMPER SELECTION (PIN CLOSED) ILLUSTRATION 3.3V Note: Manufacturing Default – 3.3V ′ Page: 2-7 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
2-6. RESET/ NMI WATCHDOG SELECTION : : : : R eset/ NMI Watchdog Selections The pin assignments are as follows: JUMPER SETTING JUMPER SELECTION (PIN CLOSED) ILLUSTRATION RESET Note: Manufacturing Default – RESET Page: 2-8 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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This connector is used to set the COM3 function. The jumper settings are as follows: JUMPER SETTINGS JUMPER SELECTION (PIN CLOSED) ILLUSTRATIONS RS-232 All Open RS-422 1-2, 3-4, 9-10 RS-485 1-2, 5-6, 7-8 Note: Manufacturing default – RS-232 ′ Page: 2-9 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
2-8. COM3/4 RI & VOLTAGE SELECTION JP_COM3 : COM3 RI & Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: JUMPER SETTING JUMPER SELECTION (PIN CLOSED) ILLUSTRATION JP_COM3 JP_COM3 JP_COM3 Note: Manufacturing Default – RI Page: 2-10 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration JP_COM4 : COM4 RI & Voltage Selection The selections are as follows: JUMPER SETTING JUMPER SELECTION (PIN CLOSED) ILLUSTRATION JP_COM4 JP_COM4 JP_COM4 Note: Manufacturing Default – RI ′ Page: 2-11 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignment is as follows: COM2 ASSIGNMENT DCD1 DTR1 DSR1 COM1 RTS1 CTS1 COM2 : COM2 Connector The COM2 is fixed as RS-232. The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT DCD2 DTR2 DSR2 RTS2 CTS2 Page: 2-12 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT DCD4 DTR4 COM4 DSR4 RTS4 CTS4 Note: COM4’s pin 9 is selectable for RI, +5V or +12V. For more information, please refer to our “COM RI and Voltage Selection”. ′ Page: 2-13 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT JPANEL1 RST_BTN 2-12. HARD DISK DRIVE LED CONNECTOR JPANEL1 (1, 3) : Hard Disk Drive LED Connector The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT HD_LED+ JPANEL1 HD_LED- Page: 2-14 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
JPANEL1 (6, 8, 10, 12) : External Speaker Connector The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT JPANEL1 P_SPK P_SPK P_SPK 2-15. POWER LED CONNECTOR JPANEL1 (2, 4) : Power LED Connector The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT PW_LED+ JPANEL1 PW_LED- ′ Page: 2-15 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT LPC1_FANPWM1 +12V CPU_FAN1 LPC1_FANIO1 2-17. SYSTEM FAN CONNECTOR : : : : SYS_FAN1 S ystem Fan connector The pin assignment is as follows: ASSIGNMENT LPC1_FANPWM2 +12V LPC1_FANIO2 SYS_FAN1 Page: 2-16 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-20. SERIAL ATA CONNECTOR SATA1, SATA2: The SA-5082 possesses two Serial ATA Connectors. The pin assignments are as follows: SATA1 : : : : S ATA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT SATA1 SATA_TXP0...
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Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration SATA3 : : : : S ATA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT SATA3 SATA_TXP2 SATA_TXN2 SATA_RXN2 SATA_RXP2 ′ Page: 2-19 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT VCCUSB01 VCCUSB01 USB1 USB0N USB1N USB0P USB1P USB2 : : : : U niversal Serial Bus Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT VCCUSB23 VCCUSB23 USB2 USB2N USB3N USB2P USB3P Page: 2-20 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
Orange Color on Giga LAN Speed Indicator No LAN switch/hub connected Right side LED: Yellow Color Blinking LAN Message Active No LAN Message Active USB Signal: ASSIGNMENT VCCUSB67 USB7N USB7P VCCUSB67 USB6N USB6P ′ Page: 2-21 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Orange Color on Giga LAN Speed Indicator No LAN switch/hub connected Right side LED: Yellow Color Blinking LAN Message Active No LAN Message Active USB Signal: ASSIGNMENT VCCUSB45 USB5N USB5P VCCUSB45 USB4N USB4P Page: 2-22 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
SPDIF (inside the Line-In hole) ASSIGNMENT AC_SPDIF0 Line-In: light blue color LINE_IN & SPDIF ASSIGNMENT LINE_L SPK_OUT LINE_R MIC_IN SPK-Out: light green color ASSIGNMENT AUDIO1 SPK_L SPK_R Mic-In: pink color ASSIGNMENT MIC_IN1 MIC_IN2 ′ Page: 2-23 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
SELECTION (PIN CLOSED) ILLUSTRATION Enable Disable Open Note: Manufacturing Default – Disable 2-27. LED CONNECTOR L_LED1 : : : : L ED Connector The pin assignments are as follows: ASSIGNMENT +3.3V L_LED1 LINK_LEDJ ′ Page: 2-25 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
LPT1 SLCTJ 2-29. MEMORY INSTALLATION ® Intel Atom D525 processor can support up to 4GB; DRAM BANK CONFIGURATION: TOTAL MEMORY DIMM1 DIMM2 SIZE 256 MB 256 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB Page: 2-26 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
Chapter 2 Hardware Configuration 2-30. VGA CONNECTOR VGA1: VGA Connector The pin assignments are as follows: VGA1 ASSIGNMENT CRTRED CRTGREEN CRTBLUE CRT_ALWAYS_ON CRTVCC_L CRTDATA HSYNC VSYNC CRTCLK ′ Page: 2-29 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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CHAPTER SOFTWARE UTILITIES This chapter comprises the detailed information of VGA driver, LAN driver, and Sound driver. Section includes: ® Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility VGA Driver Utility LAN Driver Utility SOUND Driver Utility Page: 3-1...
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Enclosed with our SA-5082 package, you will find a CD ROM disk containing all types of drivers we have. As a SA-5082 user, you will only need the some of the files contained in the CD ROM disk; please take note of the following...
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Click infinst911autol.exe file for utility installation. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation. Once installation is completed, shut down the system and restart in order for the changes to take effect. ′ Page:3-3 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Chapter 3 Software Utilities 3-3. VGA DRIVER UTILITY The VGA interface is embedded with our SA-5082 system to support CRT display. The following illustration briefly shows you the content of VGA driver in D:\Driver\VGA. 3-3-1. Installation of VGA Driver 1. Start the computer (Win XP//7).
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Chapter 3 Software Utilities 3-4. LAN DRIVER UTILITY 3-4-1. Introduction The SA-5082 is enhanced with LAN function that can support various network adapters. The content of the LAN driver is found as follows: For more details on Installation procedure, please refer to Readme.txt file found on LAN DRIVER UTILITY.
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2. Click on [Next] to continue the procedure. If the Windows popup "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software" message, press "Install this driver software anyway" to continue the installation. Finally, select to restart the system and press [Finish] to complete the installation. Page:3-6 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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CHAPTER BIOS SETUP This chapter shows how to setup the AMI BIOS. Section includes: Introduction Entering Setup Main Advanced PCIPnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Page: 4-1...
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BIOS setup menu functions itself and preventing unauthorized users from booting the system from peripheral devices. The following diagram illustrates the relationships between system hardware, BIOS, operating system, and application program: Page: 4-2 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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BIOS setup program. In a moment, the main menu of the AMI SETUP program will be shown on the screen: ′ Page: 4-3 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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You may move the cursor by up/down keys to highlight the individual menu items. As you highlight each item, a brief description of the highlighted selection will appear at the right side of the screen. Page: 4-4 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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System Time This setting allows you to set the system time. The format is [Hour: Minute: Second]. You can directly key-in value or use <+> or <-> arrow keys to increase/decrease it. ′ Page: 4-5 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Enter Go to Sub Screen General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.68 (c)Copyright 1985-2009 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Screen This menu provides advanced configurations such as CPU Configuration, IDE Configuration, SuperIO Configuration…etc. Page: 4-6 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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CPUs. Enable this function will improve parallelization of computation performed on PC microprocessor. For each processor core that is physically present, the operation system addresses two virtual processors, and shares the workload between them when possible. ′ Page: 4-7 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Windows NT. If user want to install mainstream operating system such as Windows XP, Vista or Win7, it is recommended to select [Enhanced] for better hard drive performance. Configure SATA as This setting specifies the function of the on-chip SATA controller Page: 4-8 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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(c)Copyright 1985-2009 American Megatrends, Inc. Primary IDE Master Screen Type Select the type of device connected to the system. LBA/Large Mode Enabling LBA causes Logical Block Addressing to be used in place of Cylinders, Heads and Sectors. ′ Page: 4-9 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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This gives you an opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place before the hard disk becomes offline. 32Bit Data Transfer Enables/Disable 32-bit data transfer. Page: 4-10 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Select IO address as serial ports default resource. Serial Port1~4 IRQ Select IO IRQ as serial ports default resource. Parallel Port Address Select IO address for parallel ports resource allocation. Parallel Port Mode Select the operation mode for parallel port. ′ Page: 4-11 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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(c)Copyright 1985-2009 American Megatrends, Inc. Hardware Health Configuration System Temperature This section shows system current temperature. CPU Temperature This section shows CPU current temperature. VCORE / 12V / VSB These items provide hardware health information. Page: 4-12 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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AC power restore back. Resume On Ring An input signal on the serial Ring Indicator (RI) line (in other words, an incoming call on the modem) awakens the system from a soft of state. ′ Page: 4-13 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Set a specific date value for RTC alarm function to wake up the system from soft off state. System Time Set a specific time value for RTC alarm function to wake up the system from soft off state. Page: 4-14 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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MS-DOS or SCO Unix. USB 2.0 Controller Mode Configure the onboard USB 2.0 controller operation mode to high Speed or full speed mode. USB Beep Message System will generate beep sound during USB device enumeration. ′ Page: 4-15 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Emulation Type Select which type of device that USB mass storage emulation. When you select [Auto], the USB storage size less than 530MB will be emulated as floppy drive and remaining as hard drive. Page: 4-16 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.68 (c)Copyright 1985-2009 American Megatrends, Inc. PCIPnP screen PCI IDE BusMaster This function allows the BIOS to use PCI BusMastering for reading or writing to IDE drives. ′ Page: 4-17 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC: Exit v02.68 (c)Copyright 1985-2009 American Megatrends, Inc. Boot Screen This menu provides control items for system boot configuration. Page: 4-18 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Enable this item allows BIOS POST to skip some tests during boot-up for saving boot time. Quiet Boot When set this option to [disabled], BIOS will display normal POST messages. Parity Check This setting enables or disables memory or parity error check. ′ Page: 4-19 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC: Exit v02.68 (c)Copyright 1985-2009 American Megatrends, Inc. Boot Device Priority Screen …Boot Device Choose the boot sequence from the available devices.. Page: 4-20 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu and press < ↑ > or < ↓ > arrow keys to select the device. Another way is to press <+> or <-> to move it up/down in the priority list. ′ Page: 4-21 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Change User Password User Password controls system access right when power on. These settings allow you to set or change the user password. Page: 4-22 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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North Bridge Configuration South Bridge Configuration Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC: Exit v02.68 (c)Copyright 1985-2009 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Chipset Settings Screen ′ Page: 4-23 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Select which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. Internal Graphics Mode Select This BIOS feature controls the amount of system memory that is allocated to the integrated graphics processor when the system boots up. Page: 4-24 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Setting it to DVMT Mode ensures that system memory is dynamically allocated for optimal balance between graphics and system performance. Boot Display Device Choose the default boot display device by user requirement such as [CRT+LVDS]. ′ Page: 4-25 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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ESC: Exit v02.68 (c)Copyright 1985-2009 American Megatrends, Inc. South Bridge Chipset Configuration Screen USB 2.0 Controller Enable or disable the USB 2.0 Controller. HDA Controller Enable or disable the onboard High-definition Audio controller. Page: 4-26 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Abandon all changes and exit the BIOS setup screen. You can also press the [ESC] key for this operation. Discard Changes Discard all changes done so far to the setup items. You can press the [F7] key for this operation. ′ Page: 4-27 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Press <Enter> on this item and it will show a confirmation dialog box with a message like below: To use the BIOS failsafe default values, change the prompt to "Ok" and press the <Enter > key. You can also press the [F8] key for this operation. Page: 4-28 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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APPENDIX EXPANSION BUS & SYSTEM ASSEMBLY This appendix indicates the pin assignments. Section includes: PCI BUS Pin Assignment Mini-PCIe BUS Pin Assignment Compact Flash Card Pin Assignment DC Jack Pin Assignment Exploded Diagram for SA-5082 Whole System Page: A-1...
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Appendix A Expansion Bu & System Assembly MINI-PCIe BUS CONNECTOR PIN ASSIGNMENT You will find a Mini-PCIe connector in our SA-5082. The pin assignments are as follows: M_PCIE1 ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT WAKE# +3.3V Reserved Reserved +1.5V CLKREQ# Reserved Reserved REFCLK- Reserved...
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Appendix A Expansion Bus & System Assembly COMPACT FLASH CARD PIN ASSIGNMENT There is a Compact Flash connector in SA-5082. The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT ASSIGNMENT -CD1 D111 D121 D131 D141 D151 -CS0 -CS11 A102 -VS1 -ATASEL...
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Appendix A Expansion Bu & System Assembly DC JACK PIN ASSIGNMENT There is an external DC jack for SA-5082. The pin assignments are as follows : ASSIGNMENT +12V ′ Page: A-5 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Appendix A Expansion Bus & System Assembly EXPLODED DIAGRAM FOR SA-5082 WHOLE SYSTEM Page: A-6 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 283F Intel(R) 82567V-3 Gigabit Network Connection Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2830 Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB2 Enhanced Host Controller - 2836 ′ Page: B-3 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Motherboard resources 0x00000081-0x00000083 Direct memory access controller 0x00000084-0x00000086 Motherboard resources 0x00000087-0x00000087 Direct memory access controller 0x00000088-0x00000088 Motherboard resources 0x00000089-0x0000008B Direct memory access controller 0x0000008C-0x0000008E Motherboard resources 0x0000008F-0x0000008F Direct memory access controller 0x00000090-0x0000009F Motherboard resources Page: B-4 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Intel(R) 82567V-3 Gigabit Network Connection 0x0000C400-0x0000C41F Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2835 0x0000C480-0x0000C49F Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2834 0x0000C800-0x0000C81F Intel(R) ICH8 Family USB Universal Host Controller - 2832 ′ Page: B-5 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Intel(R) ICH8M 3 port Serial ATA Storage 0x0000DC07 Controller - 2828 0x0000E000-0x0000EFFF Intel(R) ICH8 Family PCI Express Root Port 1 - 283F 0x0000EC00-0x0000EC1F Intel(R) 82574L Gigabit Network Connection 0x0000FFA0-0x0000FFAF Intel(R) ICH8M Ultra ATA Storage Controllers - 2850 Page: B-6 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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(3) Exit the extended function mode To exit the Extended Function Mode, writing 0xAA to the EFER is required. Once SuperIO exits the Extended Function Mode, it goes back to the normal running mode. ′ Page: B-7 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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;------ Logic device activation for watch dog timer ----------------------------------------- 030h ;------ Set second as counting unit ------------------------------------------------------------- 0F5h not 08h ;------ Set timeout interval as 30seconds and start counting -------------------------------- 0F6h ;------ Exit the extended function mode ------------------------------------------------------- 0AAh Page: B-8 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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Boot Device [SATA: PM-WDC WD1600] parenthesis has been disabled in the corresponding type menu. Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC: Exit v02.68 (c)Copyright 1985-2009 American Megatrends, Inc. ′ Page: B-9 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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You can type “AFUDOS/?” to see all the definition of each control options. The recommend option for BIOS BIN update include following parameters: Program main BIOS image. /B: Program Boot Block. /N: Program NVRAM. /C: Destroy CMOS checksum /X: Don’t check ROM ID. Page: B-10 ′ SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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After BIOS update procedures complete, the messages should be like the figure shown below. You can restart the system and boot up with new BIOS now. ′ Page: B-11 SA-5082 USER S MANUAL...
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