Thread: NVIDIA undressing ION

Upon receipt of the sample ION instructions were precise desarmenlo try it but do not change hardware hard drive or RAM do not touch the software. When turned on we realize that Windows Vista the operating system chosen by NVIDIA for this occasion was corrupt and refused to leave.

As we are obedient NVIDIA and were advised to send a new unit. While we could change the software apparently it is a sign that rotate among various media and it should come certificate from Santa Clara.

We then preceded to the second it apart. We take this task seriously and disarm such an extent that would move involving a soldering iron. Then see the photos.

The NVIDIA reference version is a small box of pico-ITX format that includes two exits eSATA USB 2.0 7-port analog outputs and digital audio a Gigabyte network port and DVI video outputs d-sub and HDMI. Its source of power is therefore external to the usage of power adapters for laptops. It should be noted that this product is not for commercial use, but a case of implementation so that third parties are excited and build their Nettops and Net books based on Ion.

To turn it around and take the first two screws we have a hard disk 2.5 SATA. The platform as such, includes two internal SATA ports, plus two external. In this case only one is still busy with this 200 GB disk.

Under the hard drive and easily accessible is the single RAM slot which in this case is populated with a DDR3 module. While we have no further details on the chip set memory controller 9400M we know that this is also able to use DDR2 memory in certain configurations, as in the case of the renewed line of white Apple Mac Book

That is all that can be accessed quickly and easily. To see the rest of the interiors of Ion we had to disarm the other side of the cabinet. This time we find two plate one plate carrier that carries the I / O and a plaque most importantly integrating the Atom processor and the GeForce 9400M chipse