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