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VIA EPIA PX10000 Pico-ITX Review
External Overview
The majority of the board is taken up by an extruded Aluminimum heatsink with a cutout for a fan in the centre. This covers all the major components of the board, leaving just the board connectors free. The heatsink is pleasantly small, measuring just 15mm in height with a 2mm gap above the board itself.
On the rear of the board are the only two "real" ports - the VGA connector and 10/100 LAN connector. Nestling behind the VGA connector is the familiar red CMOS reset jumper. The 12-pin Pico-ITX power connector is just visible on the far left of the board. To the left of the VGA connector is the COM (Serial Port) connector.
Approaching from another angle we can see most of the pin connectors are in a row on the other side of the board. They are: USB 2.0 (4 ports); PS/2 Keyboard and Mouse; Front Panel connector (Power, Reset switches, Power, HDD LEDs, Speaker); DVI/LVDS; Audio and Multimedia connector. There's also a connector for the heatsink fan.
On the side is the black 44-pin 2.0mm pitch IDE connector (ATA 133/100) next to the S-ATA connector.
The board itself appears to be stackable, much like some of its PC/104 relatives. The heatsink extends fully to each three corners and has a 2mm hole running all the way through it, the motherboard and 5mm mounting nut below.
On the reverse of the board we find the DDR2 533 SODIMM connector and the CR2032 battery holder. There are a lot of surface mounted components. We couldn't help but think VIA missed a trick with the battery holder - it sticks out a full 10mm above the surface of the board. Could they have shaved off 2 or 3mm here?
The aerial shot again. All the connectors are visible.
The PX-O I/O board -->
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