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March 4, 2012 by Lawrence Lee
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Product
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Jetway NF9C-2600 Mini-ITX Motherboard |
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Manufacturer
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Street Price
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~US$150 |
Jetway is a Taiwanese manufacturer which has produced a slew of minimalist,
energy efficient mini-ITX motherboards powered by Intel, AMD, and VIA processors
for OEMs, businesses, and DIY enthusiasts alike. The company's latest offering
is the NF9C-2600 powered by the dual core 1.6 GHz N2600, a mobile version of
the newest generation of Intel Atom CPUs, codename Cedarview.
Intel's Atom processor ushered in the age of the netbook and the nettop, significantly
altering the PC market. Its popularity has been waning of late due to growth
in the mobile sector and competition from AMD's Fusion line of APUs. Cedarview
is essentially the same as their last Atom, Pineview, but manufactured using
a smaller fabrication process (32nm rather than 45nm) and incorporating a new
GPU.
The Intel GMA 3150 graphics chip was arguably Pineview's biggest flaw as it
lacked hardware acceleration for the popular H.264 video codec. This has been
remedied with the GMA 3600 series which, interestingly enough, isn't even made
by Intel but by PowerVR, best known for powering the graphics on countless cell
phones and tablets. It's not an entirely positive move, as Intel drivers for
the chip currently support only 32-bit versions of Windows 7/8 and DirectX 9.
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CPU |
INTEL® Cedar Trail-M
Processor N2600 (1.6GHz) |
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Chipset |
INTEL®NM10 Express
chipset |
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Memory |
1 * DDR3 800MHz Single
CH SO-DIMM up to 2GB* |
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Expansion Slots |
1 * PCI slot
1 * MINI PCI-E |
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Storage |
1 * Serial ATAII (3Gb/s)
& 2 * Serial ATAIII (6Gb/s) connectors
1 * CFast card socket |
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Audio |
Realtek ALC662 6-Channel
HD Audio |
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Ethernet LAN |
1 * RTL8111E PCI-EVL Gigabit
LAN |
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LVDS |
1 * 18-bits Single CH &
1 * 24-bits Dual CH LVDS connectors |
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USB |
Embedded 7 * USB 2.0/1.1 |
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Special Features |
Support ACPI S3
Support CPU Smart FAN
Support Watch Dog |
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Rear Panel I / O |
3 * USB 2.0/1.1 ports
1 * RJ-45 port
1 * HDMI port
1 * COM port
Line-out connector
1 * 12V DC in |
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Internal I / O |
2 * USB 2.0/1.1 headers
for 4 USB 2.0 ports
1 * KB/MS headers
1 * VGA header
NB / Chassis Fan connectors;
2 * LVDS headers & 1 * GPIO header & 1 Parallel headers
3 * COM headers ( COM4 for RS232/422/485)
1 * AUDIO header
1 * chassis intrusion header |
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BIOS |
AMI 16MB DIP Flash ROM |
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Form Factor |
Mini ITX Form Factor (170mm
x 170mm) |
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Functional |
ATM, Security, Digital
Signage, POS, General Application, Transportation |
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Certificate |
CE, FCC, RoHS |
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Temperature
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Operating within
0~60° C
Storage within -20-85° C |
| *Note: Despite official
support for only up to 2GB of RAM, we used a 4GB SO-DIMM, and Windows 7
(32-bit) reported 3.3GB available. |
Jetway has two main mini-ITX motherboard series, the "NC" and "NF",
geared for consumer use and industrial purposes, respectively. The NF9C-2600
doesn't fit the mold of a board to power an SFF media PC. It could certainly
play that role as it has many of the common features you'd expect on a regular
desktop board, like a PCI slot, mini PCI Express slot, HDMI output, and gigabit
ethernet, but it also has multiple internal connectors for legacy serial ports,
LVDS devices, and a CFast card socket used to connect tiny solid state storage
devices. These connectivity options make it suitable for powering POS systems,
kiosks, network appliances, security devices and routers/firewalls as well.
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The Jetway NF9C-2600 box and AC power brick (sold separately).
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Box contents: board, I/O shield, driver disc, manual, serial port adapter, two SATA cables, and a power cable with one molex and two SATA connectors.
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