Page 2: Box, Parts
<B>Box</B>:
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The box is basically the same as the M9000, but it does have the M10000 thing on it. No mention of the Nehemiah CPU, make sure you know what you are buying. There are two versions of the M10000, it has the old Ezra core (which you don't want).
<B>Parts</B>:
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Here we have all the parts laid out. Included: the Manual, the board, the back plate, the IDE cables, the extra USB and Firewire thing, and a driver CD. On to the in depth parts. You've already seen the other stuff in the last review, time to check out the board up close.
<B>Board</B>:
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Remember the CPU from the other page? Yep, this is the Nehemiah. If you didn't see page 1 of the review, read it to find out about the technology.
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The board itself is the same size as the M9000, but there are differences. The board includes the 1Ghz Nehemiah CPU, 2 IDE ports, a floppy port, a single PCI slot, and a single DDR Ram slot which accepts up to a 1 GB stick of PC2100 RAM. I used some pretty crappy ram in this and there was no problems. Like I said before, you can see the variety of VIA chips on the board. The only thing you need to add is RAM and a hard drive to have a fully workable system.
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The EPIA has an impressive array of ports. Many people informed me of the lack of component Video Out on the board, the new thing I guess. Most of my TVs don't even have S-Video, so I really don't mind. The included ports are: The dual PS/2s, the VGA, Serial, Parallel, 2 (+2) USB 2.0 ports, (+2) Firewire ports, a NIC, and a sound system. The sound is a full 5.1 system using the AC' 97 codec. I still don't have the speaker system to test it, but it sounded good playing some movies and MP3s.
<B>Comparison</B>:
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The only thing to compare this board to is the older version of itself. The first picture shows the Ezra to the left and the Nehemiah to the right. The heatsink is noticeably larger on the newer board. The second picture shows a top view, with the Ezra on the right. Notice that the Nehemiah board has the large north and southbridge heatsink. The Ezra board only had the heatsink on the northbridge.
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</center>The box is basically the same as the M9000, but it does have the M10000 thing on it. No mention of the Nehemiah CPU, make sure you know what you are buying. There are two versions of the M10000, it has the old Ezra core (which you don't want).
<B>Parts</B>:
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</center>Here we have all the parts laid out. Included: the Manual, the board, the back plate, the IDE cables, the extra USB and Firewire thing, and a driver CD. On to the in depth parts. You've already seen the other stuff in the last review, time to check out the board up close.
<B>Board</B>:
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</center>Remember the CPU from the other page? Yep, this is the Nehemiah. If you didn't see page 1 of the review, read it to find out about the technology.
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</center>The board itself is the same size as the M9000, but there are differences. The board includes the 1Ghz Nehemiah CPU, 2 IDE ports, a floppy port, a single PCI slot, and a single DDR Ram slot which accepts up to a 1 GB stick of PC2100 RAM. I used some pretty crappy ram in this and there was no problems. Like I said before, you can see the variety of VIA chips on the board. The only thing you need to add is RAM and a hard drive to have a fully workable system.
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</center>The EPIA has an impressive array of ports. Many people informed me of the lack of component Video Out on the board, the new thing I guess. Most of my TVs don't even have S-Video, so I really don't mind. The included ports are: The dual PS/2s, the VGA, Serial, Parallel, 2 (+2) USB 2.0 ports, (+2) Firewire ports, a NIC, and a sound system. The sound is a full 5.1 system using the AC' 97 codec. I still don't have the speaker system to test it, but it sounded good playing some movies and MP3s.
<B>Comparison</B>:
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</center>The only thing to compare this board to is the older version of itself. The first picture shows the Ezra to the left and the Nehemiah to the right. The heatsink is noticeably larger on the newer board. The second picture shows a top view, with the Ezra on the right. Notice that the Nehemiah board has the large north and southbridge heatsink. The Ezra board only had the heatsink on the northbridge.