Gigabyte Also Makes a VIA Nano-powered Mini-ITX motherboard

Cristian_25H · Jan 23, 2012, 08:21 AM

Besides the MSH61DK mentioned earlier today, Gigabyte Technology has recently unveiled another Mini-ITX motherboard, one M7V90PI which is based around VIA's VX900 chipset and is equipped with one Nano U3300 (1.2 GHz) single-core processor.

Aimed for the embedded market, the M7V90PI also packs (just) one DDR3 SO-DIMM slot, Chrome9 HD (DirectX 9) integrated graphics, a VIA Vinyl VT1708S audio codec, two SATA 3.0 Gbps ports, one PCIe x1 slot, Gigabit Ethernet, six USB 2.0 connectors, and D-Sub, plus DVI outputs.

Frick · Jan 23, 2012, 09:03 AM

Good. I just hope the price is decent and that you actually can find them in the wild. Also I want nano-itx.

micropage7 · Jan 23, 2012, 09:41 AM

yep good news. at least we heard something from VIA after a while

MrMilli · Jan 23, 2012, 09:41 AM

Only a 4-pin ATX plug? It must use very little power.

Cristian_25H · Jan 23, 2012, 09:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrMilli

Only a 4-pin ATX plug? It must use very little power.

The U3300 (which is a single-core chip, the news piece has been corrected) has a TDP of 6.8W and the VX900 tops about 4.5W.

csendesmark · Jan 23, 2012, 09:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrMilli

Only a 4-pin ATX plug? It must use very little power.

If I am correct, less than any other x86 PC ever

DanTheBanjoman · Jan 23, 2012, 10:01 AM

How would it switch on the PSU without using the 20/24pin ATX connector?

Frick · Jan 23, 2012, 10:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanTheBanjoman

How would it switch on the PSU without using the 20/24pin ATX connector?

Their website says this:

Quote:

Power DC on board 12V

If so this is even more interesting.

EDIT: To the left is a DC plug.

MrMilli · Jan 23, 2012, 01:05 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Frick

Their website says this:

If so this is even more interesting.

EDIT: To the left is a DC plug.

http://www.gigabyte.com/fileupload/p...6/5517_big.jpg

I don't get it.
It has a DC-IN on the back panel and also an 'ATX 12V DC In (4 Pin)' internally.
You can choose one or the other?

On a different note, does anybody know of a board that uses the VN1000 chipset?

Frick · Jan 23, 2012, 03:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrMilli

I don't get it.
It has a DC-IN on the back panel and also an 'ATX 12V DC In (4 Pin)' internally.
You can choose one or the other?

I don't know either and there's not a lot of info out now. I guess more info on that will come up. You can't even download drivers and manuals for the board yet. :P

otaku_ex · Jan 24, 2012, 01:51 AM

So, will it be faster than atom?

I don't understand, the idea of using an external adapter is to avoid the hassle of having a PSU in the case. The problem here is that this board needs a standard PSU for the CPU.

puplan · Jan 24, 2012, 07:51 AM

Quote:

I don't get it.
It has a DC-IN on the back panel and also an 'ATX 12V DC In (4 Pin)' internally.
You can choose one or the other?

You can use one or the other. This layout is standard for embedded motherboards.

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