Chapter 1 Overview - AOpen MX3W-V User Manual

AWARD BIOS
Chapter 1
Overview
MX3W-V is a new generation Socket 370 based system board that utilizes
Intel 810 AGPset on Micro ATX PCI/ISA platform. This AGPset is designed
for Celeron PPGA CPU, and supports new architectures such as high speed
AGP graphic port, PC100 SDRAM, AMR slot, Ultra DMA 33/66, Bus master
IDE, PCI 2.2 and USB port. It has two Dual in-line Memory Module (DIMM)
slots that allow to install PC100 SDRAMs and expand up to a maximum of
512MB. Also, MX3W-V uses 4M bit Flash ROM BIOS to reserve for future
new functions.
In addition to the above features, MX3W-V also implements many special
features as follows.
Jumper-less Design Celeron PPGA VID signal and SMbus clock generator
provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU
frequency through the CMOS 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. The only jumper
left is to clear the CMOS, which is a safety hook if you forget the password.
Battery-less This motherboard implements EEPROM and a special circuit
(patent applied) 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
EEPROM and the system will recover as usual.
ACPI Suspend to DRAM You can resume your original work directly from
DRAM without going through the Win98 booting process and run your
application again. Suspend to DRAM saves your current work into the system
memory.
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