AOpen MX3W-E3 Specification

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Overview

Hardware

Installation

Drivers &

Utilities

AWARD

BIOS Setup

Glossary

MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3

DOC. NO.: MX3WE3-OL-E0112B

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Troubleshooting &

Technical Support

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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3..........................................................................................................................1

What’s in this manual ......................................................................................................................................................2

You Must Notice ..............................................................................................................................................................8

Before You Start ..............................................................................................................................................................9

Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................10

Feature Highlight...........................................................................................................................................................11

Quick Installation Procedure..........................................................................................................................................14

Motherboard Map ..........................................................................................................................................................15

Block Diagram...............................................................................................................................................................16

Hardware Installation..................................................................................................................17

About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”…...................................................................................................................18

Clear CMOS Data..........................................................................................................................................................19

CPU Installation.............................................................................................................................................................20

JP23 Adjust FSB/PCI Clock Ratio..................................................................................................................................22

CPU Jumper-less Design...............................................................................................................................................24

CPU and Housing Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring)...............................................................................................29

DIMM Socket.................................................................................................................................................................30

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Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................................................32

ATX Power Connector ...................................................................................................................................................33

JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up....................................................................................................................................34

Power and RAM Power Indicate LED ............................................................................................................................35

AC Power Auto Recovery ..............................................................................................................................................36

IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................37

IrDA Connector..............................................................................................................................................................39

WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector.........................................................................................................40

WOL (Wake on LAN) .....................................................................................................................................................43

CNR (Communication and Network Riser) Expansion Slot ............................................................................................45

Support Intel

®

PRO/100 Network Connection (Optional)................................................................................................46

JP13 LAN Enable / Disable Select Jumper (Optional) ...................................................................................................47

PC99 Color Coded Back Panel......................................................................................................................................48

COM2 Connector...........................................................................................................................................................49

Support 2

nd

USB Port.....................................................................................................................................................50

DVO (Digital Video Out) Connector ...............................................................................................................................51

Chassis Intrusion Sensor...............................................................................................................................................52

CD Audio Connector......................................................................................................................................................53

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Modem Audio Connector ...............................................................................................................................................54

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AUX-IN Connector.........................................................................................................................................................55

Front Audio Connector...................................................................................................................................................56

GPO (General Purpose Output) Connector ...................................................................................................................57

Over-current Protection .................................................................................................................................................59

Hardware Monitoring .....................................................................................................................................................60

Resettable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................61

Low ESR Capacitor .......................................................................................................................................................62

Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) .................................................................................................................................64

Driver and Utility..........................................................................................................................65

Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc..............................................................................................................................66

Installing Chipset Software Installation Utility ................................................................................................................67

Installing Onboard AGP Driver.......................................................................................................................................68

Installing Intel IAA Driver...............................................................................................................................................69

Installing Onboard Sound Driver....................................................................................................................................70

Installing LAN Driver (Optional).....................................................................................................................................71

Installing Hardware Monitoring Utility ............................................................................................................................72

ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive.........................................................................................................................................73

ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR)........................................................................................................................................77

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AWARD BIOS ................................................................................................................................79

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How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program...................................................................................................................80

How To Enter BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................................................81

BIOS Upgrade...............................................................................................................................................................82

Overclocking ................................................................................................................................84

VGA Card & Hard Disk ..................................................................................................................................................85

Glossary .......................................................................................................................................86

AC97 .............................................................................................................................................................................86

ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)........................................................................................................86

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port)....................................................................................................................................86

AMR (Audio/Modem Riser)............................................................................................................................................87

AOpen Bonus Pack CD .................................................................................................................................................87

APM (Advanced Power Management)...........................................................................................................................87

ATA (AT Attachment)......................................................................................................................................................87

ATA/66...........................................................................................................................................................................87

ATA/100.........................................................................................................................................................................88

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................88

Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).........................................................................................................................................88

CNR (Communication and Networking Riser)................................................................................................................88

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CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ....................................................................................................................................89

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DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM................................................................................................................................89

DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................................................................89

DMA (Direct Memory Access)........................................................................................................................................89

ECC (Error Checking and Correction)............................................................................................................................90

EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory...........................................................................................................................90

EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM)....................................................................................................90

EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM).......................................................................................................................90

EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................91

FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)............................................................................................................................91

FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................91

Flash ROM ....................................................................................................................................................................91

FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock...........................................................................................................................................92

I

2

C Bus ..........................................................................................................................................................................92

IEEE 1394 .....................................................................................................................................................................92

Parity Bit........................................................................................................................................................................93

PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM).................................................................................................................................93

PC-100 DIMM................................................................................................................................................................93

PC-133 DIMM................................................................................................................................................................93

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PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM .................................................................................................................................93

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PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus....................................................................................................................94

PDF Format...................................................................................................................................................................94

PnP (Plug and Play) ......................................................................................................................................................94

POST (Power-On Self Test)...........................................................................................................................................94

RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)..............................................................................................................................................95

RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).........................................................................................................................95

SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ......................................................................................................................................95

Shadow E

2

PROM ..........................................................................................................................................................95

SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module)..........................................................................................................................96

SMBus (System Management Bus) ...............................................................................................................................96

SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .......................................................................................................................................96

Ultra DMA......................................................................................................................................................................97

USB (Universal Serial Bus)............................................................................................................................................97

VCM (Virtual Channel Memory).....................................................................................................................................98

ZIP file...........................................................................................................................................................................98

Troubleshooting...........................................................................................................................99

Technical Support......................................................................................................................103

Product Registration..................................................................................................................106

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How to Contact Us.....................................................................................................................107

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Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat is trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

AMD, the AMD logo, Athlon and Duron are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

Intel, the Intel logo, Intel Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation.

Microsoft, Windows, and Windows logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United

States and/or other countries.

All product and brand names used on this manual are used for identification purposes only and may be the registered

trademarks of their respective owners.

All of the specifications and information contained in this manual are subject to change without notice. AOpen reserves the right

to revise this publication and to make reasonable changes. AOpen assumes no responsibility for any errors or inaccuracies that

may appear in this manual, including the products and software described in it.

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No part of this document may be used or reproduced in any form or by any means, or stored in a database or retrieval

system without prior written permission from AOpen Corporation.

Copyright

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This Online Manual will introduce to the user how this product is installed. All useful information will be described in later

chapters. Please keep this manual carefully for future upgrades or system configuration changes. This Online Manual is saved

in PDF format

, we recommend using Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 for online viewing, it is included in Bonus CD disc or you can

get free download from Adobe web site

.

Although this Online Manual is optimized for screen viewing, it is still capable for hardcopy printing, you can print it by A4 paper

size and set 2 pages per A4 sheet on your printer. To do so, choose File > Page Setup and follow the instruction of your printer

driver.

Thanks for the help of saving our earth.

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Thank you for choosing AOpen MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 motherboard. This motherboard is Intel

®

Socket 370 motherboard (M/B)

based on the microATX form featuring the Intel

®

810E chipset (MX3W-E3) and Intel

®

810 chipset (MX3W-V3). With a high

performance chipset built in the M/B, this motherboard can support Intel

®

Socket 370 series Pentium

®

III & Celeron™ processor

(including Coppermine and Tualatin) and 66/100/133MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)

clock. In the AGP performance, it supports

on-board AGP function in 1X/2X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 533MB/sec. According to

different customer’s requirements, SDRAM

can be applied to this

motherboard and the maximum memory size can be up to 512MB. The

on-board IDE controller supports Ultra DMA

33/66/100 mode and the

transfer rate up to 100MB/s. Further flexibility can be achieved by

taking advantage of the Communication and Network Riser (CNR)

card

option that allows audio and modem configuration on a single

baseboard design. Besides, this motherboard has an AC97

CODEC

chipset onboard to provide high performance and amazing

surround stereo sound to let people enjoy working with it. Now,

welcome to enjoy all features from AOpen MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3

motherboard.

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CPU

Supports Intel

®

Socket 370 Pentium

®

III & Celeron™ 533MHz~1GHz+ with 66/100/133MHz FSB (Front Side Bus) designed for

Socket 370 technology.

Chipset

With the Intel

®

810E chipset, Intel delivers a discrete graphics solution with all the performance, innovative features and proven

reliability of the Intel

®

i810E2 chipset family. With its highly scalable design, the new 810E chipset offers an ideal, leading-edge

AGP graphics solution for Intel

®

Pentium

®

III / Celeron™ processor platforms. And the smart integration in the Intel 810E

chipset's I/O Controller Hub (ICH2) features internal LAN capability and two USB controllers supporting four USB ports. With

support for six channels of AC97 audio and the ability to make the most of soft audio/modem technology, the 810E chipset

delivers an ideal solution for innovative new form factors. The Intel® 810 chipset consists of a Graphics and Memory Controller

Hub (GMCH) Host Bridge and an I/O Controller Hub (ICH/ICH0) Bridge for the I/O subsystem. The GMCH integrates a system

memory DRAM controller that supports a 64-bit 100 MHz DRAM array.

Expansion Slots

Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one CNR expansion slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The

Communication & Nectworking Riser (CNR)

slot provided by MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 can support CNR interface for a

Modem/LAN/Audio card.

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Memory

This motherboard provides two 168-pin SDRAM DIMM socket that support up to 512MB of PC-100 or PC-133 compliant SDRAM

(Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory). You may install 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512MB with Non-ECC SDRAM modules.

Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE

Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels,

supports Ultra DMA

33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.

On-board AC97 Sound

MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 is equipped with Realtek ALC201 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording

and playback system.

Power Management/Plug and Play

The MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play

, which helps save users from

configuration problems, thus making to system user-friendlier.

Hardware Monitoring Management

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Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor

module and AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility

.

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Enhanced ACPI

Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows

®

95/98/ME/NT/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend

to RAM, S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4), WOM (Wake On Modem), WOL (Wake On LAN) features.

Super Multi-I/O

MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP

capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.

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This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.

1.

2.

3.

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11.

Installing CPU and Fan

Installing System Memory (DIMM

Connecting Front Panel Cable

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable

Connecting ATX Power Cable

Connecting Back Panel Cable

Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default

Setting CPU Frequency

Reboot

Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98)

Installing Driver and Utility

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Motherboard Map

Here we use MX3W-E3 motherboard as illustration.

370-pin CPU So

DVO Connector

cket with

Frequency/Voltage Auto-detection

that supports Intel

®

Pentium

®

III and

Celeron™ Processors (including

Coppermine and Tualatin)

533MHz~1GHz+ CPU

32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3

JP28 Keyboard/M

JP13 LAN Enable/Disable Select

Jumper (Optional)

ouse Wake-up

Enable/Disable Jumper

Low ESR Condensers

COM2 Port Connector

Fan3 Connector

A

TX Power Connector

Intel

®

810E Chipset for MX3W-E3

Or Intel

®

810 Chipset for MX3W-V3

168-pin DIMM Sock

CPU Fan Connector

et x2 supports

maximum memory size up to

512MB

RAM Power LED

JP23 FSB Select Jumper

MODEM-CN Connector

AUX-IN Connecto

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CD-IN Connecto

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Onboard AC97 CODEC Chip

IrDA Connector

CNR Expansion Slot

WOM (Wake on Modem)

WOL (Wake on LAN)

GPO Connector

Front Audio Connector

2

nd

USB Port Connector

System Power LED

PC99 Colored Back Panel

4MB Display Cache

JP14 CMOS Clear Jumper

Chassis Open Intruder

Front Panel Connector

FDD Connector

4Mbit Flash ROM BIOS

A

TA/100 IDE Connector x2

FAN2 Connector

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Graphics Memory

Control Hub

(GMCH)

66/100/133MHz

CPU

100MHz

Memory Bus

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PCI Card

I/O Control

Hub (ICH2)

ATA

33/66/100

IDE Bus

4Mb BIOS ROM

HDD/CDROM

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Clock Generator

Hub Link

LPC

Floppy

Low Pin

Count

Super

I/O

AC97 Link

CNR Card

MIC, Line-in

and Speaker

Audio

CODEC

Serial port, Printer

and PS/2 KB/Mouse

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This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.

Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and

other components. Always read the following precautions before you install a system component.

1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.

2. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a

component. If a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout any

procedure requiring ESD protection.

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When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are “Optional”,

and some are “Upgrade Optional”. This is because all of AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful features;

however, some of these are not frequently used on daily operation. Therefore, we define some key features as optional to meet

different requirements. Functions that can be upgraded by users are defined as “Upgrade Optional”. The other optional functions

which may have been built on the motherboards and which you cannot upgrade by yourself, we call them “Optional”. If needed,

you can contact your local distributors or resellers to purchase “Upgrade Optional” components. Also you can visit AOpen official

web site: www.aopen.com.tw

to get detailed information.

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You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pin1 & pin2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

Pin 1

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fail because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

1

Clear CMOS

Normal Operation

(

Default

)

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This motherboard supports Intel

®

Pentium III and Celeron Socket370 CPU. Beware of CPU orientation when you plug it into

CPU socket. To finish CPU installation, please follow the procedure as shown below:

2. Locate the position of Pin 1. You will find “CPU PIN1” marked at the

upper left of the socket on the motherboard. Aim CPU cut edge at Pin 1

position and insert CPU into the socket.

1. Pull up CPU socket lever up to

90-degree angle.

CPU cut edge

CPU socket

Lever

CPU pin 1

and cut edge

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N.B. These pictures are for reference only. They may slightly look different from the product you purchase.

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