VIA EPIA-M8400 pages

Mini-ITX Series

Board Placement
PS2 KB/MS

ATX power supply connector

DC-in power connector (option)

VIA

EPIA-M840
Mini-ITX Nano™ E Board with
MPEG-2 & WMV9/VC1, IDE,
SATA, CF, Dual GigaLAN,
COM, Dual LVDS & PCIe

VGA

VIA Nano™ E processor
LVDS

2 x COM

VIA VX800 chipset
DDR2 533/667 SDRAM DIMM

4 x USB (bottom)/2 x RJ-45 (upper)

2 x SATA

3 x Audio jacks
IDE connector

Features

Specifications

Integrated VIA Chrome™9
HC3 DX9 3D/2D graphics with
MPEG-2 and WMV9 decoding
acceleration

Model Name
Processor
Chipset
Super I/O
System Memory

PCIe x 4

Supports one IDE and two
SATA

VGA

Supports two Gigabit
Ethernet

Onboard IDE
Onboard Serial ATA

Supports one digital I/O and
proprietary MFX interface

Onboard LAN
Onboard Audio
Onboard I/O Connectors

Supports one CF (Compact
Flash)
Supports six USB 2.0 ports
Supports eight COM ports (six
as pin headers)
Supports one 4-lane PCIe slot
Supports two dual-channel
24-bit LVDS panels

Rear I/O Connectors

BIOS
System Monitoring &
Management
Operating System
Power

EPIA-M840-16/EPIA-M840-16P
EPIA-M840-12E/EPIA-M840-12PE
1.6GHz VIA Nano™ E (with fan)
1.2GHz VIA Nano™ E (fanless)
VX800 Unified Digital Media IGP chipset
Fintek F81865-I
2 x DDR2 533/667 DIMM sockets
Up to 4GB memory size
Integrated VIA Chrome™9 HC3 DX9 3D/2D graphics with VC1, MPEG-2, WMV9
decoding acceleration
1 x UltraDMA 133/100 pin connector with 2.54mm 40-pin
2 x SATA connectors (pin#7 powered with selectable GND/5V)
2 x SATA 3.5” HDD power support (for DC-In SKU only)
2 x VIA VT6130 Gigabit LAN controllers
VIA VT1708S High Definition Audio Codec
1 x CF Type I
2 x USB ports
1 x Front audio pin header
1 x PS/2 keyboard/mouse pin header
6 x RS-232 pin headers (powered with selectable 5V/12V)
1 x LPT pin header
2 x Digital I/O pin headers (GPI x 8 + GPO x 8)
1 x System temperature reading pin header
1 x Front panel pin header
2 x Smart fan connectors for CPU/Sys
1 x SIR pin header (IRDA 1.0)
1 x LPC pin header
1 x SMBUS supporting VIA MFX-01 module
1 x S/PDIF-out pin header
1 x PCIe x4 slot
2 x Dual-channel 24-bit LVDS
2 x Backlight control connectors for inverter power and brightness control
1 x PS/2 KB/MS port
1 x VGA port
2 x Serial ports (powered with selectable 5V/12V)
4 x USB 2.0 ports
2 x GigaLAN ports
3 x Audio jacks (Line-out, Mic-in, Line-in)
Award BIOS
4/8Mbit SPI Flash ROM
Keyboard Power-on, Timer Power-on
System power management, AC power failure recovery
Wake-on LAN, Watch Dog Timer
Windows Embedded CE, Windows XP, Windows Embedded Standard, Linux
ATX Power (for EPIA-M840-16 & EPIA-M840-12E)
12V DC-in (for EPIA-M840-16P & EPIA-M840-12PE)