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INDUSTRIAL MOTHERBOARD
User`s Manual
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Contents
Introduction.........................................................1
Chapter 1 Features & Specifications................2
Features ...............................................................................3
Specifications.......................................................................4
Chapter 2 Jumper setting & Connectors..........9
Jumpers on the ITX-E8....................................................10
Jumper Locations on the ITX-E8 .......................................11
JP1: LCD PANEL Power Selection ...................................12
JP2, JP3: On-Board LAN Enable/Disable selection...........12
JP4, JP8: COM Power Selection ........................................12
JP5: CF Card Mode Selection ............................................13
JP6: Clear CMOS RAM Data.............................................13
JP7: COM6 Power Pin (Pin9).............................................13
AT_MODE: AT Mode Selection .......................................14
PWRMODE: AT Mode Selection......................................14
COM2MODE1 & COM4MODE1: RS232/RS422/RS485
Protocol Selection...............................................................15
Connectors on the ITX-E8...............................................16
Connector Locations on the ITX-E8 ..................................17
Front Panel Connector.....................................................18
BACKLIGHT Connector ...................................................19
IrDA Connector..................................................................20
DIO Connector ...................................................................20
EIDE Connectors................................................................21
COM1 Serial Port...............................................................23
COM2 Serial Port...............................................................23
COM3 Serial Port...............................................................24
COM4 Serial Port...............................................................24
COM5 Serial Port...............................................................25
COM6 Serial Port...............................................................25
LPT Port .............................................................................26
PS/2 Keyboard & Mouse Connector..................................27
VGA Connector..................................................................27
INT_VGA Connector.........................................................28
INT_KBMS Connector ......................................................28

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ATX-20P Power Connector...............................................29
ATX_12V Power Connector..............................................30
CPU Fan Power Connector................................................30
System Fan Power Connector............................................30
SATA1, SATA2 Connectors..............................................31
USB12, USB34 Connectors...............................................31
LANRJ45+USBx2 Connectors..........................................32
LAN- RJ45 Connectors......................................................32
LAN RJ45 LEDs................................................................33
AUDIO Connector .............................................................33
INT_AUDIO Connector.....................................................34
CD_IN Connector ..............................................................34
LVDS LCD Connector.......................................................35
Chapter 3 BIOS Setup.....................................36
BIOS Introduction............................................................37
Starting Setup.....................................................................37
Using Setup........................................................................38
Getting Help.......................................................................39
In Case of Problems...........................................................39
Main Menu........................................................................40
Standard CMOS Features...........................................................40
Advanced BIOS Features ............................................................40
Advanced Chipset Features.........................................................41
Integrated Peripherals ................................................................41
Power Management Setup...........................................................41
PnP / PCI Configuration.............................................................41
PC Health Status.........................................................................41
Frequency/Voltage Control.........................................................41
Load Fail-Safe Defaults ..............................................................41
Load Optimized Defaults.............................................................41
Supervisor / User Password........................................................41
Save & Exit Setup........................................................................41
Exit Without Save ........................................................................41
Standard CMOS Setup....................................................42
Channel 0 HDDs / Channel 1 HDDs........................................44
Drive A / Drive B...............................................................46
Video..................................................................................46
Halt On...............................................................................46
Advanced BIOS Features ................................................47
CPU Feature.....................................................................48
Delay Prior to Thermal.......................................................48

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Thermal Management.........................................................48
TM2 Bus Ratio...................................................................48
TM2 Bus VID.....................................................................48
Hard Disk Boot Priority...................................................49
Bootable ADD-in Cards .....................................................49
Virus Warning....................................................................49
CPU L1 & L2 Cache ..........................................................49
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking...........................................50
Quick Power On Self Test..................................................50
First/Second/Third/Other Boot Device...............................50
Boot Up NumLock Status ..................................................50
Typematic Rate Setting ......................................................50
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec)...............................................50
Typematic Delay (Msec)....................................................50
Security Option...................................................................51
MPS Version Control For OS.............................................51
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB..........................................51
Video BIOS Shadow ..........................................................51
Small Logo(EPA) Show.....................................................51
Advanced Chipset Features.............................................52
DRAM Settings..................................................................52
DRAM Clock/Drive Control............................................53
Current FSB Frequency......................................................53
Current DRAM Frequency.................................................53
DRAM Clock......................................................................53
DRAM Timing ...................................................................53
SDRAM CAS Latency [DDR/DDR...................................53
Bank Interleave...................................................................53
Precharge to Active(Trp)....................................................54
Active to Precharge(Tras)...................................................54
Active to CMD(Trcd).........................................................54
REF to ACT/REF (Trfc)....................................................54
ACT(0) to ACT(1) (TRRD) ..............................................54
AGP & P2P Bridge Control.............................................54
AGP Aperture Size.............................................................55
VGA Share Memory Size...................................................55
Direct Frame Buffer ...........................................................55
Select Display Device.........................................................55
Panel Type..........................................................................55
CPU & PCI Bus Control..................................................55
PCI Master 0 WS Write......................................................56

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PCI Delay Transaction.......................................................56
Memory Hole.....................................................................56
System BIOS Cacheable ....................................................56
Video RAM Cacheable......................................................56
Init Display First ................................................................56
Integrated Peripherals.....................................................57
VIA OnChip IDE Device .................................................57
OnChip SATA....................................................................58
SATA Mode.......................................................................58
IDE DMA transfer access ..................................................58
OnChip IDE Channel0.......................................................58
OnChip IDE Channel1.......................................................58
IDE Prefetch Mode ............................................................58
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave PIO ...............................58
Primary/Secondary Master/Slave UDMA..........................58
IDE HDD Block Mode.......................................................58
VIA OnChip PCI Device .................................................59
VIA-3058 AC97 Audio......................................................59
OnChip USB Controller.....................................................59
OnChip EHCI Controller ...................................................59
USB Emulation ..................................................................59
USB Keyboard Support......................................................60
USB Mouse Support ..........................................................60
SuperIO Device.................................................................60
Onboard Serial Port 1/Port 2..............................................60
UART Mode Select............................................................60
RxD, TxD Active...............................................................60
IR Transmission Delay.......................................................61
UR2 Duplex Mode.............................................................61
Onboard Parallel Port.........................................................61
Parallel Port Mode..............................................................61
EPP Mode Select................................................................61
ECP Mode Use DMA.........................................................61
PWRON After PWR-Fail...................................................61
Onboard Serial Port 3/Port 4/Port 5/Port 6.........................61
Serial Port 3/Port 4/Port 5/Port 6 Use IRQ ........................61
Watch Dog Timer Select....................................................61
Power Management Setup...............................................62
ACPI Function ...................................................................62
Power Management Option................................................63
HDD Power Down.............................................................63

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Suspend Mode....................................................................63
Video Off Option................................................................63
Video Off Method ..............................................................64
MODEM Use IRQ..............................................................64
Soft-Off by PWRBTN.......................................................64
IRQ/Event Activity Detect...............................................64
PS2KB Wakeup Select.......................................................65
PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5.........................................65
PS2MS Wakeup from S3/S4/S5.........................................65
USB Resume from S3 ........................................................65
VGA ...................................................................................65
LPT & COM.......................................................................65
HDD & FDD ......................................................................65
PCI Master..........................................................................65
PowerOn by PCI Card........................................................65
Modem Ring Resume.........................................................65
RTC Alarm Resume ...........................................................65
Date (of Month)..................................................................66
Resume Time (hh:mm:ss)...................................................66
IRQs Activity Monitoring................................................66
Primary INTR.....................................................................66
IRQ3 (COM 2) .................................................................66
IRQ4 (COM 1) .................................................................66
IRQ5 (LPT 2) ...................................................................67
IRQ6 (Floppy Disk)...........................................................67
IRQ7 (LPT 1) ...................................................................67
IRQ8 (RTC Alarm)............................................................67
IRQ9 (IRQ2 Redir)............................................................67
IRQ10 (Reserved)..............................................................67
IRQ11 (Reserved)..............................................................67
IRQ12 (PS/2 Mouse).........................................................67
IRQ13 (Coprocessor).........................................................67
IRQ14 (Hard Disk)............................................................67
IRQ15 (Reserved)..............................................................67
PnP/PCI Configuration Setup.........................................68
PNP OS Installed................................................................68
Reset Configuration Data...................................................68
Resources controlled by .....................................................69
IRQ Resources....................................................................69
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop.....................................................69
Assign IRQ For VGA.........................................................69

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Assign IRQ For USB .........................................................69
PC Health Status ..............................................................70
CPU Warning Temperature................................................70
Current System Temp ........................................................70
Current CPUDEI Temp......................................................70
Current CPU Temperature .................................................70
Current CPUFAN Speed....................................................71
Current SYSFAN Speed ....................................................71
Vcore/1.5V/3.3V/5V/12V/-12V/VBAT/5VSB Voltages...71
Shutdown Temperature......................................................71
CPU FAN Control..............................................................71
SYSTEM FAN Control......................................................71
Frequency/Voltage Control.............................................72
CPU Clock Ratio................................................................72
Spread Spectrum ................................................................72
Load Fail-Safe Defaults ...................................................73
Load Optimized Defaults.................................................73
Supervisor/User Password Setting..................................74
Exit Selecting ....................................................................75
Save & Exit Setup.............................................................75
Exit Without Saving...........................................................75
CHAPTER 4 Appendix....................................76
A. I/O Port Address Map.................................................77
B. Interrupt Request Lines (IRQ)...................................78
C. POST Beep...................................................................79

ITX-E8 User`s Manual 1
Introduction
This manual is designed to give you information on the ITX-E8
Mini-ITX MainBoard. The topics covered in this manual are as
follows:
 Features
 Specification
 Jumper setting and Connectors
 BIOS Setup
 Appendix

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Chapter 1
Features & Specifications
Features .....................................................................3
Specifications............................................................4

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Features
• Support both VIA C7 and EDEN NanoBGA2 CPU in V4 bus for
either High performance or Low Power.
• Compact design with Rich I/O functions for Panel PC, POS,
Thin-client, Network PC.
• Multiple I/O support, up to eight USB2.0 ports, six COM ports
and 1 x 8-bits DIO. COM1, COM2 can be powered by either 5V or
12V.
• Support LVDS LCD up to dual 24-bits channel. The resolution
can be up to 1600x1200. Dual Independent display and rotation
supported by Drivers.
• Dedicated LCD inverter connector with LCD Brightness control
by software. Software ready for Windows XP/2K.
• Dual 10/100/1000M LAN Design with Remote Boot and Wake
Up on LAN support.
• AC97 3D Audio Codec on board with internal connection for
Line-OUT, Line-IN, Microphone and Surrounding.
• Support versatile storage devices: 3.5”HDD, 2.5”HDD, Compact
Flash, DOM module in 40pins and 44pins.
• COM2 and COM4 support RS232/422/485, selectable by
jumpers.
• Dual SATA-II ports, support IDE mode, RAID0 and RAID1.
• Bundle Low noise CPU cooler for C7 1.5GHz or higher speed
CPU. FANLESS CPU heat sink available for EDEN 1.0GHz or
lower speed CPU.
• One Mini-PCI socket to support Mini-PCI module like WLAN
and Modem card.
• One Compact Flash Socket for CF Flash Card support.

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Specifications
• Processor Support:
 VIA nanoBGA2 V4 interface CPU mounted on board.
 Support VIA C7 High performance CPU 1.5G, 1.6G, 1.8G
and 2.0GHz.
 Support VIA EDEN (V4) Low Power CPU 400M, 500M,
600M, 800M, 1.0G, 1.2G, 1.5GHz.
• Major Chipset:
 VIA CN700 and VT8237RPlus chipset.
 RealTek RTL8110SC GbE LAN chip.
 Winbond 83627HF Super I/O.
 ALC655 AC97 Audio chip.
• System Memory:
 One DDR DIMM 184-pins Sockets support DDR
266/333/400 unregistered non-ECC up to 1.0 GB.
• Video Controller:
 CN700 Integrated S3 Graphic Engine.
 One 15-Pins D-Sub Female connector for CRT Displays.
 One 40-pins connector for Dual 18/24-bits LVDS LCD
displays.
 One 5-pins JST connector for Inverter power and brightness
control.
• Super I/O:
 Winbond 83627HF LPC I/F Super I/O chip.
 Six COM ports: One in D-Sub and five in 2x5 box-header,
support standard RS-232 protocols.
 COM1 and COM2 Pin9 are powered with either 5V or 12V or
Ring-In selected by jumpers.
 COM2 and COM4 are RS232/422/485 selectable by jumpers.
 1 x Parallel port supports SPP/ECP/EPP mode. (25-Pins
D-Sub Female on Rear).
 1 x IrDA port.
 Four USB2.0 ports on real panel for external access and four
with 2x5 box-header for internal devices access.
 PS2 Keyboard/mouse connector with Dual-Stack Mini-DIN
6-pins on external I/O ports.

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• Hardware Monitor:
 83627HF integrated hardware monitor chip to monitor
Voltages, temperatures and FAN speed.
 Temperature Monitor: CPU thermal diode, one sensor close
to CPU socket, one sensor close to 83627HF chip.
 One CPU FAN for CPU cooler and one SYS FAN for chassis
FAN. All FAN speed are monitored and can be controlled by
CPU and System temperature to turn-on or turn-off.
• 10/100/1000M Ethernet:
 Two RealTek RTL8110SC on board for dual 10/100/1000M
Ethernet connection.
 Support Wake Up-on-LAN.
 Two LAN connectors are RJ45 connectors on external I/O
ports. RJ45 connectors with Link, Activity and Speed LED
indicators.
 Remote BootAgent is supported with PXE and RPL protocol.
• PIDE and SATA:
 PIDE controller build in VT8237 support up to UltraDMA
mode 6 or ATA133 speed.
 One standard 40-pins box header to support 3.5” HDD,
CDROM, DVD player or DOM Flash Disk.
 One standard 44-pins box-header support 2.5” HDD, Slim
CD-ROM or DOM Flash Disk.
 One Compact Flash-II socket share with Secondary IDE
channel. Jumper selectable as Master or Slave device.
 Two SATA connectors from VT8237R support SATA-I and
SATA-II devices. Two SATA HDDs can be configured as
RAID0 or RAID1 through Option- ROM or Windows
Utilities.
• PCI Slot:
 One PCI slot to adapt standard 32-bits PCI connector.
Support up to 3 Bus-Master devices.
 One Mini-PCI socket supports Mini-PCI module like WLAN
and Modem card.
• Watchdog Timer:
 The disable/enable selection can be programmed in BIOS
setup. The timeout interval can be set up through programmed
I/O address 300h/301h.
 The timeout event will generate the RESET.

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• CMOS:
 On-board RTC with 242 bytes of Battery-back CMOS RAM.
 One 3-pins Jumper/2mm to clear CMOS data.
• Audio:
 RealTek ALC655 AC97 Audio chip on-board.
 Three Audio Jacks on real panel to support Line-Out, Line-In
and Microphone.
 One 14-pins pin-header to provide internal audio device
connection.
 One CD-IN connector for CD-ROM audio input.
• DIO:
 Use 83627HF GPIO port for Digital I/O control. Support 8-In
and 8-out.
• BIOS:
 Award Standard PnP Flash BIOS 6.0.
 4Mbit FlashROM with BootBlock for Fail-safe.
 BIOS utility for field update.
 VBIOS for LCD panel support and LAN remote BootROM
integrated.
• Power Connector:
 Support both AT mode or ATX mode operation.
 One ATX 20-pins power connector for system power
 One ATX-12V 4-pins connector for CPU power input.
• Software Compatibility:
 Microsoft windows: NT4.0, Win XP, Win 2K Prof, Win2K
Server, Win2003, .NET.
 Linux RedHat 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0.
 DOS 6.0 and 6.22.
 QNX v6.2, WinCE 5.0.
• Cooling:
 Two cooling FAN connectors close to CPU for CPU cooler
and System FAN.
 Flat Heat-sink on top of chipset.
 Fanless CPU heat sink available for EDEN 1.0GHz or lower
speed CPU.
 Low noise CPU cooler for C7 1.5GHz or higher speed CPU.

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• Others:
 One Buzzer (9mm) on-board for beep message.
• Operating Temperature:
 0~50°C Operation Rage.
 Relative Humility: 5~95%, non-condensing.
• Dimensions:
 170mm(W) x 170mm(L).

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Chapter 2
Jumper setting & Connectors
Jumpers on the ITX-E8...........................................10
Connectors on the ITX-E8......................................16

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Jumpers on the ITX-E8
The jumpers on the ITX-E8 allow you to configure your Main Board
according to the needs of your applications. If you have doubts about
the best jumper configuration for your needs, contact your dealer or
sales representative. The following table lists the jumpers on ITX-E8
and their respective functions.
Jumper Locations on the ITX-E8...................................... 11
JP1: LCD PANEL Power Selection...................................12
JP2, JP3: On-Board LAN Enable/Disable selection ..........12
JP4, JP8: COM Power Selection........................................12
JP5: CF Card Mode Selection............................................13
JP6: Clear CMOS RAM Data............................................13
JP7: COM6 Power Pin(Pin9).............................................13
AT_MODE: AT Mode Selection.......................................14
PWRMODE: AT Mode Selection......................................14
COM2MODE1 & COM4MODE1: RS232/RS422/RS485
Protocal Selection...............................................................15

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Jumper Locations on the ITX-E8

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JP1: LCD PANEL Power Selection
JP1 can be used to select the Panel LCD supple power: +3.3V or
+5V.The default setting is on +3.3V.User need to check the LCD panel
spec and adjust this jumper to make Panel work in specified power rail.
+3.3V +5V
JP2, JP3: On-Board LAN Enable/Disable selection
On-Board Fast Ethernet LAN chips can be disabled by shorting the JP2
or JP3 jumper.
Port # Enable Disable
LAN 1
JP2
JP2
LAN 2 1
JP3 1 JP3
JP4, JP8: COM Power Selection
JP4, JP8 can be used to select the COM supple power: +5V,Ring-IN or
+12V.
JP4: COM2 Pin9 power or Ring-IN
JP8: COM1 pin9 power or Ring-IN
+5V RI +12V