
4.6 Connector X3 Signal Description................................................................................................................. 24
4.7 Connector X4 Subsystems.......................................................................................................................... 26
4.7.1 Connector X4 (IDE 1, IDE 2, Ethernet, Miscellaneous) ................................................................................... 26
4.7.2 Connector X4 (Signal Levels).................................................................................................................... 27
4.7.3 Connector X4 Signal Description ............................................................................................................... 29
4.8 SDVO Connector J9 .................................................................................................................................. 31
4.8.1 Location of the connector........................................................................................................................ 31
4.8.2 SDVO Output ......................................................................................................................................... 31
4.8.3 Connector and Flat Foil Cable ................................................................................................................... 32
4.8.4 Software Requirements ........................................................................................................................... 32
4.8.5 Pinout Feature Connector J9 .................................................................................................................... 33
5Special Features............................................................................34
5.1 Watchdog Timer ...................................................................................................................................... 34
5.2 SATA Support.......................................................................................................................................... 34
5.3 Restrictions............................................................................................................................................ 34
5.3.1 ISA Bus ................................................................................................................................................ 34
5.3.2 ISA VGA................................................................................................................................................ 34
5.3.3 LVDS.................................................................................................................................................... 34
6Design Considerations ....................................................................35
6.1 Thermal Management............................................................................................................................... 35
6.2 Heat spreader......................................................................................................................................... 36
6.3 ETX-DC® onboard fan connector................................................................................................................. 36
6.3.1 Schematic of fan control.......................................................................................................................... 36
6.3.2 Location and Pinout of fan connector J8..................................................................................................... 37
7Important Technology Information....................................................38
7.1 I/O APIC vs 8259 PIC Interrupt mode ........................................................................................................... 38
7.1.1 Method of interrupts transmission............................................................................................................. 38
7.1.2 Interrupt priority ................................................................................................................................... 38
7.1.3 More interrupts ..................................................................................................................................... 38
7.2 Thermal Monitor and Catastrophic Thermal Protection .................................................................................... 38
7.3 ACPI Suspend Modes and Resume Events...................................................................................................... 38
8System Resources ..........................................................................40
8.1 Interrupt Request (IRQ) Lines .................................................................................................................... 40
8.1.1 In 8259 PIC mode................................................................................................................................... 40
8.1.2 In APIC mode ........................................................................................................................................ 41
8.1.3 Direct Memory Access (DMA) Channels ....................................................................................................... 41