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MX3W Online Manual MX3W DOC. NO. : MX3W-OL-E0001A A Open 1 MX3W Before You Start Online Manual This Online Manual is 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. A Open 2 MX3W Quick Installation Procedure Online Manual 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 (RIMM) 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 Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98) 11 Installing Driver and Utility A Open 3 MX3W Motherboard Map Modem Audio CD Audio AMR JP12 Onboard Sound WOM Wakeup on Modem WOL Wakeup on LAN SB-Link Connector 4Mb Flash BIOS Virus Protection Wake on Timer Multi-Languare BIOS Panel Connector JP27 Housing Speaker JP14 Clear CMOS Housing Fan Battery-less Intel 810 Chipset 2X AGP On Chip 4 FDC IrDA Online Manual PC99 Back Panel COM2 Serial Port JP28 KB/MS Wakeup Resettable Fuse Low ESR capacitor Jumper-less Design Over-current Protection Thermal Protection CPU Fan Connector System Voltage & Fan Monitoring ATX Power Connector AC Power Auto Recovery PC100 DIMM Suspend to RAM RAM Power LED ATA 33/66 IDE Suspend to HDD JP23 AGP/FSB Clock Ratio Turbo AGP A Open MX3W Models of MX3W Series Socket 370 : Celeron Model Name MX3W-L MX3W MX3W-V Chipset Intel 810L Intel 810 DC-100 Intel 810 FC-PGA ATA-66 Display Cache  Online Manual FSB 100 100 Max FSB 155 155 155 Audio Onboard A Open 5 MX3W Block Diagram CPU 100 MHz FSB Graphics Memory Control Hub (GMCH) . Hub Link PCI Card PCI Bus USB I/O Control Hub (ICH) Online Manual Clock Generator 2X AGP DIMM PC100 Memory Bus HDD/CDROM ATA 33/66 IDE Bus 4Mb BIOS ROM AMR Card LPC I/F AC97 Link Audio CODEC Low Pin Count Super I/O Floppy Serial port, Printer and PS/2 KB/Mouse MIC, Line-in and Speaker A Open 6 MX3W Online Manual Hardware 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 observe 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. A Open 7 MX3W JP14 Clear CMOS Online Manual You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. 1 2 3 Normal Operation (default) 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 2. Remove ATX power cable from ATX power connector. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 1 2 3 Clear CMOS 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1-2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to ATX power connector. Tip: When should I Clear CMOS? 1. Boot fail because of overclocking... 2. Forget password... 3. Troubleshooting... A Open 8 MX3W JP28 Keyboard/Mouse Wakeup Online Manual This jumper is used to enable or disable Keyboard/Mouse Wake Up function. If you select Enable, you can decide the wake up mode from BIOS Setup > Integrated Peripherals > Power On Function. To implement this function, the power supply 5V standby current must be greater than 800mA. Note that only PS/2 mouse supports Wake on Mouse function. 123 123 Disable Enable Tip: You have to wait for system to successfully boot from operation system (such as Windows or DOS) before the Wake-On-Keyboard/Mouse can take effect. This is because the information of how to support this function must be stored into Super I/O Controller and then you can use it for next power on. A Open 9 MX3W Online Manual ATX standby power Super I/O Controller BIOS Keyboard PS2 Mouse A Open 10 MX3W CPU Slot and Fan Connector Plug CPU to slot1 connector. Be careful of CPU orientation. CPUFAN or FAN connector. Online Manual Plug in the fan cable to the 3-pin GND +12V SENSE Note: Some CPU fans do not have sense pin, so that cannot support fan monitoring. A Open 11 MX3W CPU Jumper-less Design Online Manual CPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The correct CPU information is saved into the EEPROM. With these technologies, the disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection and no need to re-open the housing in case of CMOS battery loss. Clock Generator Pentium II/III & Celeron CPU CPU Freq. Ratio CPU VID Signal CPU voltage Power Regulator (Automatically generates CPU voltage) Controlled Circuit BIOS A Open 12 MX3W Setting CPU Core Voltage Online Manual This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.3V to 3.5V.. A Open 13 MX3W Setting CPU Frequency Online Manual This motherboard is CPU jumper-less design, you can set CPU frequency through the BIOS setup, no jumpers or switches are needed. BIOS Setup > Frequency Control > CPU Speed Setting    Warning: INTEL 810 chipsets supports maximum 100MHz FSB and 66MHz AGP clock, higher clock setting may cause serious system damage. Tip: If your system hangs or fails to boot because of overclocking, simply use JP14 to clear CMOS and restore to the default setting (350MHz when FSB=100MHz). A Open 14 MX3W Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio !! !! !! !! !!! !!! !!!"# !!!"  Online Manual A Open 15 MX3W Online Manual !!!" !!!"# !!!" !!!"# !!!" !!!"# Note: The maximum FSB clock is different on different models of MX3W series. Please refer to Models of MX3W Series for detail. A Open 16 MX3W Online Manual JP23 AGP/FSB Clock Ratio (Turbo AGP) To improve system performance, this motherboard has implemented this jumper for setting the ratio of the display cache and CPU external frequency. Auto: No matter what the CPU type is, the onboard display cache will be set automatically. We recommend that you remain this default setting. 1/1: The display cache runs at a speed as same as the CPU external clock. 3/2: The display cache runs at a speed of 3/2 CPU external clock. 246 246 246 135 Auto (default) 135 2/3 135 1/1 A Open 17 MX3W DIMM Socket Online Manual This motherboard has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 memory up to 512MB. Only SDRAM is supported. Pin 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 Tip: The driving capability of new generation chipset is limited due to the lack of a memory buffer (to improve performance). This makes DRAM chip count an important factor to take into consideration when you install DIMMs. Unfortunately, there is no way that the BIOS can identify the correct chip count, you need to calculate the chip count by yourself. The simple rule is: By visual inspection, use only DIMMs which are less than 16 chips.. A Open 18 MX3W Online Manual DIMM can be single side or double side, it has 64 bit data and 2 or 4 clock signals. We strongly recommend choosing 4-clock SDRAM for its reliability Tip: To identify 2-clock and 4-clock DIMM, you may check if there are traces connected to the golden finger pins 79 and 163 of the SDRAM. If there are traces, the SDRAM is probably 4-clock; otherwise, it is 2-clock. Tip: To identify single-side or double-side DIMM, check golden finger pin 114 and pin 129. If there are traces connected to pin 114 and pin 129, the DIMM is probably double-side; otherwise, it is single-side. A Open 19 MX3W RAM Power LED Online Manual This LED indicates there is power applies to memory. It is useful to check RAM power during Suspend to RAM. Do not unplug RIMM when this LED is On. A Open 20