VIA Technologies EPIA-P830 User manual

Operating Guide
EPIA-P830 Mainboard

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Table of Contents
Table of Contents .......................................................................................................................................................................................... i
VIA EPIA-P830 overview.............................................................................................................................................................................1
VIA EPIA-P830 layout ..................................................................................................................................................................................2
VIA EPIA-P830 spe ifi ations ...................................................................................................................................................................3
VIA EPIA-P830 pro essor SKUs ...............................................................................................................................................................4
VIA VX900 hipset overview.....................................................................................................................................................................5
VIA EPIA-P830 and P830-A board dimensions.................................................................................................................................6
VIA P830-B board dimensions.................................................................................................................................................................7
Power onsumption.....................................................................................................................................................................................8
VIA EPIA-P830 1.2 GHz .......................................................................................................................................................................... 8
Power Spe ifi ations....................................................................................................................................................................................9
VIA EPIA-P830 Mi rosoft and Linux driver support ......................................................................................................................10
Mi rosoft Driver Support ....................................................................................................................................................................10
Linux Driver Support .............................................................................................................................................................................10
Conta t information...................................................................................................................................................................................11

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VIA EPIA-P830 overview
The VIA EPIA-P830 Pi o-ITX Mainboard is a ompa t native x86 mainboard optimized for multimedia
appli ations. The mainboard is based on the VIA VX900 Unified Digital Media IGP hipset featuring the VIA
Chrome9™ HC with 2D/3D graphi s and video a elerators for ri h digital media performan e.
The VIA EPIA-P830 in ludes a powerful, se ure, and effi ient VIA Nano™ pro essor. The VIA Nano pro essor
in ludes the VIA Padlo k Se urity Engine, VIA CoolStream™ Ar hite ture, VIA StepAhead™ Te hnology Suite,
and VIA TwinTurbo™ te hnology.
The VIA EPIA-P830 in ludes one 1066/800 MHz DDR3 SODIMM slot that supports up to 4 GB. The VIA EPIA-
P830 provides support for high fidelity audio with its in luded VIA VT1708S High Definition Audio ode . In
addition it supports two SATA 3Gb/s storage devi es.
The VIA EPIA-P830 is fully ompatible with Mi rosoft
®
and Linux operating systems.

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VIA EPIA-P830 layout
Figure 1: EPIA-P830 layout
Figure 2: P830-A companion card

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VIA EPIA-P830 specifications
Model Name EPIA-P830-12L
Processor - VIA 1.2GHz U3300 N no processor
Thermal Solution - He tsink with f n
Chipset - VIA VX900 Unified Digit l Medi IGP Chipset
System Memory - 1 x DDR3 1066/800 MHz SODIMM slot (up to 4 GB)
VGA - Integr ted VIA Chrome9™ HD DX9 3D/2D Gr phics with MPEG-2, WMV9, n H.264
video decoding cceler tion
Onboard SATA - 2 x SATA connectors (with configur ble 5V input on pin #7 for DOM)
- 1 x SATA power connector
Onboard LAN - 1 x VIA VT6130 PCIe Gig bit LAN controllers
Onboard Audio - VIA VT1708S High Definition Audio Codec
Onboard SuperIO - Fintek 81801U-I
Onboard I/O Connectors - 1 x Single-ch nnel 24-bit LVDS connector
- 1 x LVDS inverter
- 1 x VGA-USB pin he der
- 1 x 20-pin USB pin he der for 5 ddition l USB ports
- 1 x USB device port (integr ted with 20-pin USB pin he der)
- 1 x LAN pin he der
- 1 x Digit l I/O pin he der (GPI x 4, GPO x 4)
- 2 x UART pin he ders
- 1 x LPC pin he der
- 1 x SMBUS pin he der
- 1 x Front udio pin he der: Line-out, Line-in, Mic-in
- 1 x SPI pin he der
- 1 x PS2 keybo rd/mouse pin he der
- 1 x Front-p nel pin he der
- 1 x System f n connector
- 1 x +12V±5% DC-in power connector
xpansion Slot - 2 x 1-l ne PCIe exp nsion connector (with one USB support)
Back Panel I/O - 1 x VGA port (on P830-A)
- 1 x HDMI port
- 1 x RJ-45 Gig bit LAN port (on P830-A)
- 2 x USB 2.0 ports (on P830-A)
BIOS - AMI BIOS
- 8Mbit SPI fl sh ROM
Operating System Windows 7 / XP / XPe / CE, Linux
System Monitoring &
Management
- W ke-on-LAN, Keybo rd power-on, RTC Timer power-on, W tch Dog Timer
- System power m n gement, AC Power f ilure recovery
Operating Temperature 0°C ~ 60°C
Operating Humidity 0% ~ 95% (rel tive humidity; non-condensing)
Form Factor - 12 l yer Pico-ITX (10 cm x 7.2 cm)
Compliance CE/FCC/RoHS/BSMI
* Specifications subject to change without notice.

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VIA EPIA-P830 processor SK s
The VIA EPIA-P830 is available in the following speed grade:
•VIA 1.2 GHz U3300 Nano pro essor (EPIA-P830-12L)

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VIA VX900 chipset overview
The VIA VX900 Unified Digital Media Chipset is designed to enable high quality digital video streaming and
DVD playba k in a new generation of small form fa tor PCs and IA devi es. The VIA VX900 features VIA
Chrome9™ HD with 2D/3D graphi s and video a eleration, DDR3 1066/800 MHz support, motion
ompensation and dual display support to ensure a ri h overall entertainment experien e.
Figure 3: V 900 as implemented in the EPIA-P830

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VIA EPIA-P830 and P830-A board dimensions
Figure 4: EPIA-P830 mainboard and P830-A daughterboard dimensions
Note:
The mounting holes t the four corners c n only fit M2 size screws (Ø1.86 mm – Ø1.89 mm).

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VIA P830-B board dimensions
Figure 5: P830-B daughterboard dimensions

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Power consumption
Power onsumption tests were performed on the VIA EPIA-P830 with the following omponents as shown in
the table below.
Component Description
Memory Corsair DDR3 2GB
Hard disk drive Fujitsu 2.5” STAT2 160GB
Power supply Seasoni SSA-0651-1
AC Input 110-240~2A, 50/60Hz
DC Output +12V/5A
The following table shows a breakdown of the voltage, amp and wattage values while running ommon
system appli ations.
VIA EPIA-P830 1.2 GH Z
Test Measured Voltage Measure Amp Watts
100% CPU usage 11.99 1.482 17.769
Burn-in 3DMark06, 1280 x 1024 (ben h mode) 12.03 1.393 16.758
Power DVD 8.0 (H.264 1080i, 10MB movie) 12.08 1.080 13.046
Power DVD 8.0 (MPEG2 1080p, 40MB movie) 12.06 1.182 14.255
Idle 12.13 0.863 10.468
Suspend 1 12.18 0.625 7.613
Suspend 3 12.29 0.122 1.499
Suspend 4 12.29 0.112 1.376
Suspend 5 12.29 0.112 1.376

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Power Specifications
The VIA EPIA-P830 mainboard is available with a 2-pin +12V
DC
power onne tor for onne ting to an external
power blo k that outputs +12V
DC
±5%/5A.
Pin Signal
1 +12V
2 GND

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VIA EPIA-P830 Microsoft and Linux driver support
M ICROSOFT D RIVER S UPPORT
The VIA EPIA-P830 mainboard is ompatible with Mi rosoft operating systems. The latest Windows 2000 and
Windows XP drivers an be downloaded from the VEPD website at www.viaembedded. om.
For embedded operating systems (Windows CE and Windows XP Embedded), the related drivers an be found
in the VIA Embedded website at www.viaembedded. om.
L INUX D RIVER S UPPORT
The VIA EPIA-P830 mainboard is highly ompatible with many Linux distributions.
Support and drivers are provided through various methods in luding:
•Drivers provided by VIA
•Using a driver built into a distribution pa kage
•Visiting www.viaembedded. om for the latest updated drivers
•Installing a third party driver (su h as the ALSA driver from the Advan ed Linux Sound
Ar hite ture proje t for integrated audio)
For OEM lients and system integrators developing a produ t for long term produ tion, other ode and
resour es may also be made available. You an submit a request to your VEPD support onta t.

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Contact information
For more information on the VIA EPIA-P830 Pi o-ITX mainboard onta t your sales representative or visit our
website at www.viaembedded. om
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