VIA EPIA-M8500 pages

Mini-ITX Series

Board Placement
PS2 KB/MS
VIA Nano™ E processor

VIA

EPIA-M850
Mini-ITX Nano™ E Board
with Full HD Video Support,
SATA, GigaLAN, COM, USB,
VGA/HDMI®/LVDS & PCIe

VGA (bottom)/COM (upper)
HDMI
LVDS connector
2 x USB
2 x USB (bottom)/1x RJ-45 (upper)
3 x Audio jacks
PCIe x4

Features

Model Name
Processor
Chipset
System Memory

Supports high-bandwidth
DDR3 memory, up to 8GB

VGA

USB connectors
VIA VX900 chipset
COM2, COM3, COM4 pin headers
Front panel pin header
Digital I/O pin headers
SATA connectors

Specifications

Integrated VIA Chrome™9
HD DX9 3D/2D graphics with
VC1, MPEG-2, WMV9 and
H.264 decoding acceleration

2 x DDR3 1066/800 SDRAM DIMM

Supports two SATA
Supports one Gigabit
Ethernet

Expansion Slot
Onboard LAN
Onboard LVDS
Onboard Audio
Onboard I/O Connectors

Supports eight USB 2.0 ports
(four as pin headers)
Supports four COM ports
(three as pin headers)
Supports two 16-bit GPIO
(8 x GPI + 8 x GPO)
Supports one 4-lane PCIe slot
Supports one VGA and one
HDMI port

Back Panel I/O

Supports one dual-channel
24-bit LVDS panel

BIOS
Operating System
System Monitoring &
Management
Operating Temperature
Operating Humidity
Form Factor

EPIA-M850-16L
EPIA-M850-12EL
EPIA-M850-16FL
1.6GHz VIA Nano™ E
1.2GHz VIA Nano™ E
1.6GHz VIA Nano™ E
VIA VX900 Media System Processor
2 x DDR3 1066/800 DIMM sockets
Up to 8GB memory size
Integrated VIA Chrome™9 HD DX9 3D/2D graphics with VC1, MPEG-2, WMV9 and
H.264 decoding acceleration
1 x PCIe x4 slot
1 x VIA VT6130 PCIe Gigabit Ethernet controller
1 x VIA VT1636 LVDS transmitter
VIA VT1708S High Definition Audio Codec
2 x USB pin headers for 4 USB 2.0 ports
1 x Front-panel audio pin header
1 x S/PDIF out connector
2 x Digital I/O pin headers (8 x GPI + 8 x GPO)
1 x KB/MS pin header
1 x LVDS connector (2-CH 24bit LVDS) - No LVDS for EPIA-M850-16FL SKU
3 x Serial port pin headers for COM ports
1 x LPC pin header
1 x SMBus pin header
1 x Front audio pin header
1 x SPI pin header
1 x ATX power connector
2 x SATA port connectors
2 x Smart Fan connectors for CPU and system fans
1 x PS2 KB/MS port
1 x VGA port
1 x Serial port
1 x HDMI port
1 x GigaLAN port
4 x USB 2.0 ports
3 x Audio phone jacks: Line-out, Line-in and Mic-in (Vertical type, Smart 5.1 support)
1 x TV connector (S-Video/Component/Composite) for EPIA-M850-16FL only
AMI BIOS
SPI 4/8Mbit flash memory
Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Embedded Standard, Windows Embedded CE,
Linux
CPU voltage monitoring, System temperature reading
Wake-on LAN, Keyboard Power-on, Timer Power-on, Watch Dog Timer, FAN speed
detection, System power management, AC power failure recovery
0°C ~ 60°C
0% ~ 95% (relative humidity; non-condensing)
Mini-ITX
17 cm x 17 cm (6.7" x 6.7")