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2. Introduction
2. Introduction
The M81-MX series motherboard offers one of the highest performance solutions on the powerful
Intel PPGA370 processor. The motherboard uses the Intel i810 series chipset which includes
the FW82810/82810DC100 (North Bridge), FW82801AA/82801AB (South Bridge) and
N82802AB (Firmware Hub) chip in the Micro ATX form factor.
The principal feature of this motherboard is it can support PPGA370 Celeron processor
which is close to Pentium º performance because it includes the level-2 cache memory of
128K. However, they operate at a 66/100 MHz system bus and clock speed up to 500 MHz.
The i810 chipset is designed to reduce the cost and improve the multimedia capability of value
PCs. The chipset features an integrated AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) graphics controller
which is optimized to produce smooth rendition of 2D and 3D video. The graphics controller
improves performance and reduce cost by dynamically allocating a segment of active memory
as video memory. Also it uses Accelerated Hub Architecture to effectively double the bandwidth
between these components enabling more life like audio and video. It includes an integrated
Audio Codec controller of AC97 that lets the processor more effectively decode sound generated
by the integrated audio system or the integrated fax/modem. Finally, the N82802AB Firmware
Hub allows the system and video BIOS to be stored for faster execution and provides a
random number generator to enable strong encryption routines.
M81-MX series motherboard provides three 32-bit PCI slots and an AMR slot. The AMR slot
lets you install an AMR (Audio Modem Riser) card. Because the regulations regarding the use
of modem is different from country to country. Which can be used by third-party Audio Modem
Riser cards that have been certified for use in the local territory. The I/O port array features
PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports, a parallel port, dual USB ports, a monitor port, a Game_MIDI
port and three audio jacks, also has two serial ports. The motherboard includes connections
for floppy disk drive and two support Ultra DMA 33/66 PCI IDE channel.
In addition to superior hardware capabilities, features like Plug and Play, Soft-off, ACPI
(Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface), Keyboard Power-On, Wake up
by Ring/LAN, fan off in sleeping state and BIOS upgraded are provided on M81-MX series
platform.
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M81-MX Series User's Manual
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