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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3

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Drivers & Utilities AWARD BIOS Setup Glossary Technical Support Troubleshooting & 1 Hardware Installation MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Overview Online Manual MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 DOC. NO.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual W h a t ’s i n t h i s m a n u a l MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 ..........................................................................................................................1 What’s in this manual ......................................................................................................................................................2 You Must Notice ...............................................................................................................
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................................................32 ATX Power Connector ...................................................................................................................................................33 JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up..............................................................................................................
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual AUX-IN Connector .........................................................................................................................................................55 Front Audio Connector...................................................................................................................................................56 GPO (General Purpose Output) Connector ...............................................................................................
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ...................................................................................................................80 How To Enter BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................................................81 BIOS Upgrade ..............................................................................................................................................
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM................................................................................................................................89 DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................................................................89 DMA (Direct Memory Access) ..................................................................................................................................
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus....................................................................................................................94 PDF Format ...................................................................................................................................................................94 PnP (Plug and Play) ..........................................................................................................................
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual You Must Notice 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.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Before You Start 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.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Ov er vi e w 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.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual F e a t u r e Hi g h l i g h t 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.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual 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.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual 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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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Q ui c k I n s t a l l a t i o n P r o c e d ur e This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly. 1. Installing CPU and Fan 2. Installing System Memory (DIMM 3. Connecting Front Panel Cable 4. Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable 5. Connecting ATX Power Cable 6. Connecting Back Panel Cable 7. Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default 8. Setting CPU Frequency 9. Reboot 10.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Motherboard Map Here we use MX3W-E3 motherboard as illustration.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Bl o c k D i a g r a m CPU Clock Generator 66/100/133MHz Graphics Memory Control Hub (GMCH) Hub Link PCI Card PCI Bu s DIMM 100MHz Memory Bus HDD/CDROM I/O Control Hub (ICH2) ATA 33/66/100 IDE Bus 4xUSB 4Mb BIOS ROM CNR Card AC97 Link MIC, Line-in and Speaker Audio CODEC LPC Low Pin Count Super I/O 16 Floppy Serial port, Printer and PS/2 KB/Mouse
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Har dwar e Ins tal l ati o n 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.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual A b o u t “ O p t i o n a l ” a n d “ U p gr a d e O p t i o n a l ” … 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.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Cl e a r C M O S D a t a 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 1 Normal Operation (Default) 1 Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual C P U I n s t al l a ti o n 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.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual 3. Press down the CPU socket lever to finish CPU installation. CPU cut edge Note: If you do not insert CPU well or go wrong with its direction, you may damage the CPU. N.B. These pictures are for reference only. They may slightly look different from the product you purchase.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual J P 2 3 A dj u s t F S B/ P CI C l o c k Ra t i o This jumper is used to specify the relationship between PCI and FSB clock. Generally speaking, if you are not an overclocker, we don’t recommend you to change the default setting.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 Clock Ratio CPU (Host) PCI AGP Memory 2X 66MHz 33MHz 66 PCI x2 or x3 2X, overclocking 75MHz 37.5MHz 75MHz PCI x2 or x3 3X 100MHz 33MHz 66MHz PCI x2 or x3 or x4 3X, overclocking 112MHz 37.3MHz 74.6MHz PCI x2 or x3 or x4 4X 133MHz 33MHz 66MHz PCI x3 or x4 4X, overclocking 155MHz 38.75MHz 77.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual C P U J u m p er - l e s s D e si g n CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allow the user to set CPU frequency through BIOS setup; therefore, no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of original Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection anymore. Clock Generator Intel ® Socket 370 Pentium III & Celeron CPU Controlled CPU Freq.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Setting CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.3V to 2.0V. It is no need to set CPU Core Voltage.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual S e t t i n g C P U Fr e q u e n c y This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design; you can set CPU frequency in the BIOS setup. No jumpers or switches are needed. BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Speed Setting CPU Ratio 1.5x, 2x, 2.5x, 3x, 3.5x, 4x, 4.5x, 5x, 5.5x, 6x, 6.5x, 7x, 7.5x, and 8x CPU FSB 66~133MHz Warning: Intel® 810E chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and 810 chipset supports maximum 100MHz FSB. Both support 66MHz AGP clock.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual S upport e d CP U Fre que nc y Note: This motherboard supports CPU Core Frequency = CPU Bus Clock * CPU Ratio auto-detection function. Therefore, you don’t need to set CPU frequency by manual. PCI Clock = CPU Bus Clock / Clock Ratio AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2 CPU CPU Core Frequency FSB Clock Ratio Celeron 533 533MHz 66MHz 8x Celeron 566 566MHz 66MHz 8.5x Celeron 600 600MHz 66MHz 9x Celeron 667 667MHz 66MHz 10x Celeron 700 700MHz 66MHz 10.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Pentium III 533EB 533MHz 133MHz 4x Pentium III 600EB 600MHz 133MHz 4.5x Pentium III 667EB 667MHz 133MHz 5x Pentium III 733EB 733MHz 133MHz 5.5 Pentium III 800EB 800MHz 133MHz 6x Pentium III 866EB 866MHz 133MHz 6.5 Pentium III 933EB 933MHz 133MHz 7x Pentium III 1000EB 1GHz 133MHz 7.5x Pentium III 1G 1GHz 133MHz 7.5x Pentium III 1.13G 1.13GHz 133MHz 8.5x Pentium III 1.2G 1.2GHz 133MHz 9x Pentium III 1.3G 1.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual C P U a n d H o u s i n g F a n C o n n e c t o r ( w i t h H/ W M o ni t o r i n g ) Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. If you have chassis fan, you can also plug it on FAN2 or FAN3 connector. FAN3 Connector CPU Fan Connector SENSOR GND +12V Note: Some CPU fans do not have sensor pin, so they cannot support fan monitoring.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual DI M M S o c k e t This motherboard has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 memory up to 512MB. It also supports SDRAM Modules.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual H o w t o I ns t a l l Me m o r y M o d u l e s Please follow the procedure as shown to install memory. 1. Make sure to put the module pins face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. 2. 20 pins 60 pins 88 pins Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press firmly until the DIMM module is securely in place. Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot will close-up and hold the memory module in place when the module has been firmly located.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Fr o n t P a n e l C o n n e c t o r Attach the power LED, EMPI, speaker, power and reset switch connectors to the corresponding pins. If you enable “Suspend Mode” item in BIOS Setup, the ACPI & Power LED will keep flashing while the system is in suspend mode. Locate the power switch cable from your ATX housing. It is 2-pin female connector from the housing front panel. Plug this connector to the soft-power switch connector marked SPWR.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual ATX Power Connector The ATX power supply uses 20-pin connector shown below. Make sure you plug in the right direction. +12V +5V 5VSB +5V PW-OK -5V COM COM +5V COM COM COM +5V 33 PS-ON COM COM +3.3V -12V +3.3V +3.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wake-up This motherboard provides keyboard/mouse wake-up function. You can use the JP28 to enable or disable this function.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual P ow e r a n d R A M P ow e r I n d i c a t e L E D These two LED indicate if power is supplied to motherboard and memory properly. You can easily check the status of power supply when the system is powered on or when the system is under Suspend to RAM mode. RAM Power LED Warning: Do not install or remove the DIMM module when the RAM power LED is on.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual A C P o w er A u t o R ec o v er y A traditional ATX system remains power off when AC power resumes from power failure. This design is inconvenient for a network server or workstation, without an UPS, that needs to stay power-on. To solve this problem, this motherboard implements an AC Power Auto Recovery function.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual I D E a n d Fl o p p y C o n n e c t or Connect 34-pin floppy cable and 40-pin IDE cable to FDD floppy connector and IDE connector. For clear identification, the blue connector is IDE1. Be careful of the pin1 orientation. Wrong orientation may cause system damage.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual IDE1 is also known as a primary channel and IDE2 as secondary channel. Each channel supports two IDE devices that make a total of four devices. In order to work together, the two devices on each channel must be set differently to Master and Slave mode. Either one can be the hard disk or the CDROM. The setting as master or slave mode depends on the jumper on your IDE device, so please refer to your hard disk and CDROM manual accordingly.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual I r DA C o n n e c t o r The IrDA connector can be configured to support wireless infrared module, with this module and application software such as Laplink or Windows 95 Direct Cable Connection, the user can transfer files to or from laptops, notebooks, PDA devices and printers. This connector supports HPSIR (115.2Kbps, 2 meters) and ASK-IR (56Kbps).
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual WOM (Zero Voltage Wake on Modem) Connector This motherboard implements special circuit to support Wake On Modem, both Internal modem card and external box modem are supported. Since Internal modem card consumes no power when system power is off, it is recommended to use an internal modem. To use internal modem, connect 4-pin cable from RING connector of modem card to the WOM connector on the motherboard.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual W O M b y E xt er n al B OX M o d em Traditional Green PC suspend mode does not really turn off the system power supply, it uses external box modem to trigger MB COM port and resume back to active. Serial Port (Modem Side) Pin 1 Serial Port (Motherboard Side) N.B. This picture is for reference only. They may slightly look different from the product you purchase.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual W O M b y I n t er n al M o d e m C ar d With the help of the ATX soft power On/Off, it is possible to have a system totally power off, and wakeup to automatically answer a phone call as an answering machine or to send/receive a fax. You may identify whether or not your system is in true power off mode by checking to see if the fan of your power supply is off.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual WOL (Wake on LAN) This feature is very similar as Wake On Modem, but it goes through local area network. To use Wake On LAN function, you must have a network card with chipset that supports this feature, and connect a cable from LAN card to motherboard WOL connector.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual WOL Connector (Ethernet Card Side) WOL Connector (Motherboard Side) N.B. This picture is for reference only. They may slightly look different from the product you purchase.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual C N R ( C o m m u ni c a t i o n a n d N e t w or k Ri s e r ) E x pa n s i o n S l o t CNR is a riser card specification to replace the AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) that supports V.90 analog modem, multi-channel audio, and phone-line based networking. Owing to CPU computing power getting stronger, the digital processing job can be implemented in main chipset and share CPU power.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual S u p p o r t I n t e l ® P R O / 1 0 0 N e t w or k C o n n e c t i o n ( O p t i o n a l ) This motherboard has a fast Ethernet controller on chip. On the strength of LAN chip onboard, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office and home use, the Ethernet connector is located on top of USB connectors.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual J P 1 3 L A N E n a b l e / Di s a b l e S e l e c t J u m p e r ( O p t i o n a l ) This jumper allows you to enable or disable the LAN onboard function by adjusting the position of yellow cap.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual P C 9 9 C ol or C o d e d B a c k P a n e l The onboard I/O devices are PS/2 Keyboard, PS/2 Mouse, serial ports COM1 and COM2, Printer, four USB, AC97 sound and game port. The view angle of drawing shown here is from the back panel of the housing.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual C O M 2 C o n n e c t or This motherboard provides two serial ports. One of them are on back panel connector, the other is on the up-middle area of this motherboard. With proper cable, you can connect it to the back panel of chassis.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual S u p p o r t 2 n d U S B P or t This motherboard supports four USB ports. Two of them are on back panel connector, the other two are on the left side of this motherboard. With proper cable, you can connect them to front panel.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual DVO (Digital Video Out) Connector Through an external module attached to this DVO connector, you can connect a flat panel, digital CRT or 1.8V TV-Out interface.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual C h a s s i s I n t r u s i o n S e n s or The “CASE OPEN” header provides chassis intrusion-monitoring function. This function logged the event in the system BIOS when chassis is opened. You can use the 2-pin chassis intrusion sensor to connect with this header, and enable the chassis monitoring function of system BIOS.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual C D A u d i o C o n n e c t or This connector is used to connect CD Audio cable from CDROM or DVD drive to onboard sound.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual M o d e m A u di o C o n n e c t o r This connector is used to connect Mono In/MIC Out cable from internal modem card to onboard sound circuit. The pin 1-2 is Mono In, and the pin 3-4 is MIC Out. Please note that there is no standard for this kind of connector yet, only some internal modem cards implement this connector.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual A U X -I N C o n n e c t o r This connector is used to connect MPEG Audio cable from MPEG card to onboard sound.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Fr o n t A u d i o C o n n e c t o r If the housing has been designed with an audio port on the front panel, you’ll be able to connect onboard audio to front panel through this connector. Pin 1 1 2 GND +5V RET_R KEY RET_L MIC_IN2 MICBIAS2 FRONT_R NC FRONT_L 9 10 Note: Please remove the jumper cap from the Front Audio Connector before you connect the cable. Do not remove this yellow jumper cap if housing without an audio port on the front panel.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual GP O ( Ge n er al P u r p o s e O u t p u t ) C o n n e ct o r GPO (General Purpose Output) is an advanced specification developed by AOpen for power users to define the further function by oneself. For example, you can design a daughter board to provide additional capabilities, such as an alarm, a buzzer, a timekeeper, etc. Pin 1 1 2 3.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Battery-less and Long Life Design This Motherboard implements Flash ROM and a special circuit that allows you to save your current CPU and CMOS Setup configurations without the need of a battery. The RTC (real time clock) can also keep running as long as the power cord is plugged. If you lose your CMOS data by accident, you can just reload the CMOS configurations from Flash ROM and the system will recover as usual.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual O v e r - c ur r e n t P r o t e c t i o n The Over Current Protection was very popular implemented on ATX 3.3V/5V/12V switching power supply. However, the new generation CPU uses different voltage that has regulator to transfer 5V to CPU voltage (for example, 2.0V), and makes 5V over current protection useless. This motherboard is with switching regulator onboard supports CPU over-current protection; in conjunction with 3.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual H a r d w a r e M o ni t o r i n g This motherboard implements a hardware monitoring system. As you turn on your system, this smart design will continue to monitor your system’s working voltage, fan status and CPU temperature. If any of these systems’ status goes wrong, there will be an alarm through the AOpen Hardware Monitoring Utility to warn the user.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual R e se t ta b l e F u s e Traditional motherboard has fuse for Keyboard and USB port to prevent over-current or shortage. These fuses are soldered onboard that when it is broken (did the job to protect motherboard), user still cannot replace it and the motherboard is still malfunction. With expensive Resettable Fuse, the motherboard can back to normal function after fuse did the protection job.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual L o w E S R C a p a c i t or The quality of low ESR capacitor (Low Equivalent Series Resistance) during high frequency operation is very important for stability of CPU power. The location of where to put these capacitors is another know-how that requires experience and detail calculation.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual The power circuit of the CPU core voltage must be checked to ensure system stability for high speed CPUs (such as the new Pentium III, or when overclocking). A typical CPU core voltage is 1.75V, so a good design should control voltage between 1.45V and 1.8V. That is, the transient must be below 280mV. Below is a timing diagram captured by a Digital Storage Scope, it shows the voltage transient is only 143mv even when maximum 18A current is applied.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) For high frequency operation, especially overclocking, layout is the most important factor to make sure chipset and CPU working in stable condition. The layout of this motherboard implements AOpen’s unique design called “ Frequency Isolation Wall”.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual D ri v e r a n d U t i l i t y There are motherboard drivers and utilities included in AOpen Bonus CD. You don’t need to install all of them in order to boot your system. But after you finish the hardware installation, you have to install your operation system first (such as Windows 98) before you can install any drivers or utilities. Please refer to your operation system’s installation guide. Note: Please follow recommended procedure to install Windows 95 and Windows 98.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual A u t o - r u n Me n u f r o m B o n u s C D Di s c You can use the auto-run menu of Bonus CD disc. Choose the utility and driver and select model name.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g C h i p s e t S o f t w a r e I n s t a l l a t i o n Ut i l i t y Windows 95/98 cannot recognize this chipset, because it was released prior to the Intel 810E and 810 chipsets. You can install the Intel Chipset Software Installation Utility from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu to eliminate the “?” marks.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g O n b o a r d A G P Dr i v e r Intel 810E2 and 810 chipsets integrate a 2D/3D graphics accelerator and provides AGP 1X/2X incredible performance to access main memory at over 1GB/s. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD auto-run menu. Note: If you are using Windows95, you should install DCOM95 patch from the Bonus Pack auto-run menu first, before you install AGP driver.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g I n t e l I A A Dr i v e r You can install Intel IAA Driver to increase the performance of software applications and reduce PC boot times. in the AOpen Bonus Pack CD. Note: Installing this ATA/100 IDE driver may cause Suspend to Hard Drive failure.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g O n b o a r d S o u n d Dr i v e r This motherboard comes with a Realtek ALC201 AC97 CODEC. You can find the audio driver from the Bonus Pack CD disc auto-run menu.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g L A N Dr i v e r ( O p t i o n a l ) This motherboard integrates a total communication solution including 10/100Mb Fast Ethernet for Office requirement. You can install LAN Driver under Windows95/98, Windows NT, Windows 2000 & Windows XP by following steps. Manually Adding an Adapter in Windows 95 / 98 / ME / NT4 / 2000 / XP ===================================== LOCATION OF DRIVER: \Driver\Lan\E100BNT5.SYS (NDIS 5.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual I n s t a l l i n g H a r d w a r e M o n i t or i n g U t i l i t y You can install Hardware Monitoring Utility to monitor CPU temperature, fans and system voltage. The hardware monitoring function is automatically implemented by the BIOS and utility software. No hardware installation is needed.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual A C P I S u s p e n d t o H a r d Dr i v e ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive is basically controlled by Windows operation system. It saves your current work (system status, memory and screen image) into hard disk, and then the system can be totally power off. Next time, when power is on, you can resume your original work directly from hard disk within few seconds without go through the Windows booting process and run your application again.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual System Requirement 1. AOZVHDD.EXE 1.30b or later. 2. Delete config.sys and autoexec.bat. Fresh installation of Windows 98 on a new system 1. Execute "Setup.exe /p j" to install Windows 98 2. After Windows 98's installation is complete, go to the Control Panel > Power Management. a. Set Power Schemes > System Standby to "Never". b. Click on "Hibernate" and select "Enable Hibernate Support" then "Apply". c.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Changing from APM to ACPI (Windows 98 only) 1. Run "Regedit.exe" a. Go through the following path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT b. Select "ADD Binary" and name it as "ACPIOPTION". c. Right click and select Modify, add "01" after "0000" to make it "0000 01". d. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "ACPI BIOS" and remove "Plug and Play BIOS") 3.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE SOFTWARE MICROSOFT WINDOWS CURRENT VERSION DETECT ACPI OPTION b. Right click and select "Modify, change "01" to "02" to make it "0000 02". Tip: "02" means Windows 98 is ACPI acknowledged but the ACPI function is disabled. c. Save changes. 2. Select "Add New Hardware" under Control Panel. Allow Windows 98 to detect new hardware. (It will find "Plug and Play BIOS" and remove "ACPI BIOS") 3. Reboot system. 4.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual A C PI S u s p e n d t o R A M ( S T R ) This motherboard supports ACPI Suspend to RAM function. With this function, you can resume your original work directly from DRAM without going through the Windows 98 booting process and run your application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work in the system memory, it is faster than Suspend to Hard Drive but requires power supplied to DRAM, while Suspend to Hard Drive requires no power.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual To implement ACPI Suspend to DRAM, please follow the procedures as below: System Requirement 1. An ACPI OS is required. Currently, Windows 98 is the only choice. 2. The Intel ® Chipset Software Installation Utility must have been installed properly. Procedures 1. Changed the following BIOS settings. BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Function: Enabled BIOS Setup > Power Management Setup > ACPI Suspend Type: S3. 2. Go to Control Panel > Power Management.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual A W AR D B I O S System parameters can be modified by going into BIOS Setup menu, this menu allows you to configure the system parameters and save the configuration into the 128 bytes CMOS area, (normally in the RTC chip or in the main chipset). The AwardBIOS™ that installed in the Flash ROM of the motherboard is a custom version of an industry standard BIOS.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program Generally, you can use the arrow keys to highlight items that you want to choose, then press key to select, and use the and key to change setting value. You also can press key for help and press key to quit Award™ BIOS setup program. The following table provides details about how to use keyboard in the Award™ BIOS setup program.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual How To Enter BIOS Setup After you finish the setting of jumpers and connect correct cables. Power on and enter the BIOS Setup, press during POST (Power-On Self Test). Choose "Load Setup Defaults" for recommended optimal performance. Del Warning: Please avoid of using "Load Turbo Defaults", unless you are sure your system components (CPU, DRAM, HDD, etc.) are good enough for turbo setting.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual BI O S U p g r a d e By flashing your motherboard, you agree to accept the possibility of BIOS flash failure. If you motherboard is working and is stable, and there are no major bugs that were fixed by a latter BIOS revision, we recommend that you DO NOT try to upgrade your BIOS. By doing so, you are taking a risk of BIOS flash failure. If you indeed intent on upgrading, PLEASE BE SURE to use the right BIOS revision for the right motherboard model.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Below are the steps for easy flashing procedures: (applies for Award BIOS ONLY) 1. Download new BIOS upgrade zip file from AOpen's web site. For example, MX3WE3102.ZIP. 2. Run shareware PKUNZIP (http://www.pkware.com/) which supports miscellaneous operation systems to extract the binary BIOS file and the flash utility. Or Winzip (http://www.winzip.com/) in Windows environment. 3. Save the unzipped file into a bootable floppy disk. For example, MX3WE3102.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual O v e r cl o c k i n g As a leading manufacturer in motherboard industry, AOpen always listens to what customers want and develop products to fit different user's requirements. Reliability, compatibility, leading technology and friendly features are our basic goals when designing motherboards.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual VG A C ar d & H ar d D i s k VGA and HDD is key components for overclocking, for your reference, the following list are what have been successful overclocked in our lab. Please note that AOpen can not guaranty they can be successful overclocked again. Please check the Available Vendor List (AVL) by link to our official website. VGA: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/vga-oc.htm HDD: http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/report/overclk/mb/hdd-oc.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual G l os s a r y AC97 Basically, AC97 specification separates sound/modem circuit to two parts, digital processor and a CODEC for analogy I/O they are linked by AC97 link bus. Since digital processor can be put into motherboard main chipset, the cost of sound/modem onboard solution can be reduced. A C P I ( A d v a n c e d C o n f i g ur a t i o n & P ow e r I n te r f a c e ) ACPI is the power management specification of PC97 (1997).
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual A M R ( A u d i o/ M o d e m R i s e r ) The CODEC circuit of AC97 sound/modem solution can be put on motherboard or put on a riser card (AMR card) that connects to motherboard through AMR connector. A O pe n B o n us P a c k C D A disc bundled with AOpen motherboard product, there are motherboard drivers, Acrobat Reader for PDF online manual and other useful utilities.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual ATA/100 ATA/100 is a new IDE specification under developing. ATA/100 uses both rising edge and falling edge as ATA/66 but clock cycle time is reduced to 40ns. The data transfer rate is (1/40ns) x 2 bytes x 2 = 100MB/s. To use ATA/100, you need special 80-wire IDE cable, the same as ATA/66. B I O S ( Ba s i c I n p u t / O u t p u t S y s t e m ) BIOS is a set of assembly routine/program that reside in EPROM or Flash ROM.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual C O DE C ( C o d i n g a n d De c o di n g ) Normally, CODEC means a circuit that can do digital to analog conversion and also the analog to digital conversion. It is part of AC97 sound/modem solution. D D R ( D o u b l e Da t a R a te d ) S D R A M DDR SDRAM utilizes the existing DRAM infrastructure and technology while doubling the nominal bandwidth available to systems in an easy to design and simple to adopt way.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual E C C ( E r r or C he c k i n g a n d C or r e c t i o n ) The ECC mode needs 8 ECC bits for 64-bit data. Each time memory is accessed; ECC bits are updated and checked by a special algorithm. The ECC algorithm has the ability to detect double-bit error and automatically correct single-bit error while parity mode can only detect single-bit error. E DO ( E x t e n de d Da t a O u t p u t ) M e m or y The EDO DRAM technology is actually very similar to FPM (Fast Page Mode).
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual EV 6 B u s EV6 Bus in the technology of Alpha processor from Digital Equipment Corporation. EV6 bus uses both rising and falling clock edge to transfer data, similar as DDR SDRAM or ATA/66 IDE bus. EV6 Bus Speed = CPU external bus clock x 2. For example, 200 MHz EV6 bus is actually using 100 MHz external bus clock, but the equivalent speed is 200 MHz.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual F S B ( F r o n t S i d e B u s ) C l oc k FSB Clock means CPU external bus clock. CPU internal clock = CPU FSB Clock x CPU Clock Ratio I2C Bus See SMBus. IE EE 1 39 4 IEEE 1394 is a low-cost digital interface originated by Apple Computer as a desktop LAN and developed by the IEEE 1394 working group. The IEEE 1394 can transport data at 100, 200 or 400 Mbps. One of the solutions to connect digital television devices together at 200 Mbps.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual P a r i t y Bi t The parity mode uses 1 parity bit for each byte, normally it is even parity mode, that is, each time the memory data is updated, parity bit will be adjusted to have even count "1" for each byte. When next time, if memory is read with odd number of "1", the parity error is occurred and this is called single bit error detection.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual P CI ( P e r i ph e r a l C o m p o ne n t I n te r f a c e ) B u s Bus for the internal connection of peripheral devices, high-speed data channel between the computer and expansion card. P D F F o r ma t A file format for electronic document, PDF format is independent from platform, you can read PDF file under Windows, Unix, Linux, Mac … with different PDF reader.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual R D R A M ( R a mb u s D R A M ) Rambus is a memory technology that uses large burst mode data transfer. Theoretically, the data transfer should be high than SDRAM. RDRAM is cascaded in channel operation. For Intel 820, only one RDRAM channel is supported, 16-bit data per channel, and this channel may have maximum 32 RDRAM devices, no matter how many RIMM sockets.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual S I M M ( S i n gl e I n Li n e Me m o r y M o d u l e ) SIMM socket is only 72-pin, and is only single side. The golden finger signals on each side of PCB are identical. That is why it was called Single In Line. SIMM is made by FPM or EDO DRAM and supports 32-bit data. SIMM had been phased out on current motherboard design. S M B us ( S y s te m Ma n a g e m e n t B us ) SMBus is also called I2C bus.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual U l t ra D M A Ultra DMA (or, more accurately, Ultra DMA/33) is a protocol for transferring data between a hard disk drive through the computer’s data path (or bus) to the computer’s random access memory (RAM). The Ultra DMA/33 protocol transfers data in burst mode at a rate of 33.3MB/s, twice as fast as the previous Direct Memory Access (DMA) interface.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) NEC’s Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system’s ability to service multimedia requirements. VCM increases memory bus efficiency and performance of any DRAM technology by providing a set of fast static registers between the memory core and I/O pins. Using VCM technology results in reduced data access latency and reduced power consumption.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual T r ou b l e s h o o t i n g If you encounter any trouble to boot you system, follow the procedures accordingly to resolve the problem. Start Turn off the power and unplug the AC power cable, then remove all of the add-on cards and cables, including VGA, IDE, FDD, COM1, COM2 and printer. Make sure if all jumper settings are correct.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Continue Install the VGA card. Then connect your monitor and keyboard. Turn on the power Yes and check if the power supply and CPU fan work properly. No The problem is probably caused by power supply or motherboard failure. Please contact your reseller or local distributor for repairing.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Continue No Check if there is display? Perhaps your VGA card or monitor is defective. Yes Press and key at the same time, hold them and then press ~~to reboot the system. No Check if the system reboots? Yes Next 101 It is very possible that your keyboard is defective.~~
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Continue During system rebooting, press to enter BIOS setup. Choose “Load Setup Default”. Turn off the system and re-connect IDE cable. Check if the system can No reboot successfully? Yes Re-install the operating system such as Windows 98. End 102 The problem should be caused by the IDE cable or HDD itself.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual T e ch n ic a l Su p p o r t Dear Customer, Thanks for choosing AOpen products. To provide the best and fastest service to our customer is our first priority. However, we receive numerous emails and phone-calls worldwide everyday, it is very hard for us to serve everyone on time. We recommend you follow the procedures below and seek help before contact us. With your help, we can then continue to provide the best quality service to more customers.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual 5 News Group: Your problem probably had been answered by our support engineer or professional users on the news 6 7 Contact Distributors/Resellers: We sell our products through resellers and integrators. They should know your group. http://www.aopen.com.tw/tech/newsgrp/default.htm system configuration very well and should be able to solve your problem more efficiently than us.
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No.-E3 / MX MXPart 3W 3W-V3 MX3W-V3 Serial No. P/N: 91.88110.201 is part number, S/N: 91949378KN73 is serial number.
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MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 Online Manual Mo d e l n a m e a n d B I O S v e r s i o n Model name and BIOS version can be found on upper left corner of first boot screen (POST screen). For example: MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 R1.00 Jan.01.2001 AOpen Inc. Award Plug and Play BIOS Extension v1.0A Copyright © 1998, Award Software, Inc. MX3W-E3 / MX3W-V3 is model name of motherboard, R1.00 is BIOS version.
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