desktop Arkiv - Daths Garage https://dathsgarage.dk/tag/desktop/ Projects from my garage Mon, 26 Jan 2026 13:40:54 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.7 https://dathsgarage.dk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/cropped-Untitled-Diagram-5-32x32.png desktop Arkiv - Daths Garage https://dathsgarage.dk/tag/desktop/ 32 32 185398447 VIA Artigo A1000 Pico-ITX https://dathsgarage.dk/retro-computer-collection/computers/others/via-artigo-a1000-pico-itx/ https://dathsgarage.dk/retro-computer-collection/computers/others/via-artigo-a1000-pico-itx/#respond Wed, 31 Mar 2021 10:34:23 +0000 http://dathsgarage.dk/?p=1247 DESCRIPTION This special desktop computer was the first in the VIA Artigo series. It is based on the EPIA PX10000G Pico-ITX motherboard. RAM is mounted …

Indlægget VIA Artigo A1000 Pico-ITX blev først udgivet på Daths Garage.

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VIA Artigo A1000 Pico-ITX

DESCRIPTION

This special desktop computer was the first in the VIA Artigo series. It is based on the EPIA PX10000G Pico-ITX motherboard. RAM is mounted in a slot at the underside of the mainboard and the hard drive beneath that. It came as a builder kit without RAM, hard drive or operating system. It has an internal power distribution board converting the 12V to the different voltages needed for the motherboard.

RELEVANCE

When the Artigo A1000 was released it was one of the smallest x86 desktop computers. The design is very attractive with the piano black finish and the fact that it can be mounted inside a regular desktop computer in one of the optical drive bays or as a car computer.
From a time before the Raspberry Pi and similar single board computers the idea about a computer this size was almost unimageable. It could be used as a regular desktop computer, a small media center or as the brain of a robot.

GALLERY

Top view piano black
Mounting holes
Rear connectors: power, VGA, Ethernet
Same form factor as a CD-ROM drive
Lid removed to show the mainboard

SPECIFICATIONS

ManufacturerVIA Technologies Inc.
ModelArtigo A1000
Form factorMini desktop computer
Released10/12 2007
PriceUS$300
CPU1 GHz, VIA C7
RAM1 GB, DDR2 SDRAM
Storage60 GB IDE 2.5″ HDD, SATA connector
Display–
OSWindows XP
Dimensions150 x 110 x 42 mm
Weight520 g
I/O ports4xUSB 2.0, Microphone, Line-out, VGA, RJ45 100MBit,
PowerDC 12 V, 5 A plug
Special featuresThe computer fits inside a 5.25″ optical drive bay
Pico-ITX mainboard
ConditionLike new with a few scratches. Working
Accessories –
Serial ID–
To doReinstall Windows XP and maybe install it inside a regular desktop computer

PURCHASE

I remember when the computer came out I really liked the design and form factor. Since I did not had a specific purpose for such a small computer I could not justify to buy it.
When I saw one for sale on DBA I had to buy it. The seller told me that it had been used as a remote computer for controlling some scientific measuring equipment. But since the support for Windows XP was ended the computer had to be upgraded.

RESTORATIONS AND MODIFICATION

When I got the computer it had a big sticker on top with logon information. On the underside was four big rubber feet. It was a hard job to remove all the glue especially bacause I didn’t want to scratch the surface.

After the cleaning of the enclosure was finished I disassembled the computer and cleaned the internal CPU fan from many years of dust.

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Indlægget VIA Artigo A1000 Pico-ITX blev først udgivet på Daths Garage.

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