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P3WMA or P3WMA-E series Quick Installation Chart
For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by P3WMA or P3WMA-E series and their
corresponding jumper setting.
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*** The Ratio of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel, such as Celeron/ Celeron II/ Pentium III 366, 400, 566...
etc. You can ignore the four jumpers if you have this CPU on board and it will be auto detected by motherboard.
Please check with the CPU manufacturer or vendor for the CPU Ratio information.
*** The CPU CLK over specification operation is optional. Please see session 3.9.3 for more information.
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Intel, Socket 370, Celeron, Pentium II and Pentium III are trademarks of Intel Corporation
Award is a trademark of Award Software International Inc.
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P3WMA-E
Motherboard User's Manual
Product Name:P3WMA or P3WMA-E series
Manual Revision: English, 1.3
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  • Page 1 P3WMA or P3WMA-E series Quick Installation Chart For your convenience, this chart lists all the CPUs supported by P3WMA or P3WMA-E series and their corresponding jumper setting. Ratio 3.0x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x 6.5x 7.0x 7.5x 8.0x *** The Ratio of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel, such as Celeron/ Celeron II/ Pentium III 366, 400, 566… etc.

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Novell is a trademark of Novell Corporation Sound Blaster SB16 is a trademark of Creative Technology ADI is a trademarks of Analog Devices Inc., All other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Table of Contents Chapter 1.

  • Page 3: Chapter 1. Introduction

    Chapter 1. Introduction 1.1 Product Overview Thank you for purchasing the P3WMA series motherboard. This motherboard utilizes Intel's latest Accelerated Hub Architecture technology. It uses 82810(DC100) or 82810E, 82801AA/AB & 82802AB controller Hub. We have conducted a motherboard compatibility test with a variety of hardware and software, such as CPUs, memory, display cards, CD ROMs, Novell, MS Office ..etc and has passed NSTL Year 2000 certification test...

  • Page 4: Specifications

    1.3 Specifications CPU : - Supports Intel Socket 370, Celeron, Pentium II, Pentium III with 66/100 FSB Processors. P3WMA-E also supports 133MHz FSB processors. Chipset : - Intel 82810DC100, 82801AA & 82802AB chipset for P3WMA-DC Intel 82810, 82801AA & 82802AB chipset for P3WMA. Intel 82810, 82801AB &...

  • Page 5: Chapter 2. Hardware Setup

    One IDE Ribbon Cable One Floppy Ribbon Cable One Serial Ribbon Cable One Retention mechanism One Driver CD User's Manual & Quick Installation Chart 1.5 MotherBoard Layout Notice: P3WMA has 82810, 82801AA & 82802AB chipset. P3WMA-L has 82810, 82801AB & 82802AB chipset. P3WMA-DC has 82810DC100, 82801AA &...

  • Page 6: Jumper Settings

    1. Jumper settings 2. Installation of CPU 3. Installation of Memory 4. I/O Connections & Panel Connections 2.1.1 Jumper Settings In this manual , (1-2) represents the first and second pins of the jumper. (2-3) represents the second and third pins of the jumper. On the motherboard, you will see two sets of jumpers with different color jumper caps: Yellow Jumper Caps: Sets the Function of Flash CMOS...
  • Page 7 This motherboard supports wake on keyboard function. This feature requires that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 300mA +5V standby power and set this jumper to 2 & 3 pin short. Refer to session 3.5.9 for more information. 1-2 : 5V (Default Setting) 2-3 : 5V Stand By 2.1.5 CPU FSB Frequency Setting (Red Jumper Caps)

  • Page 8: For Celeron, Pentium Ii & Iii Cpu

    1.85V 1.9V 1.95V 2.0V 2.05V 2.1V 2.2V 2.1.7 CPU Frequency Selection (Green Jumper Caps) Ratio 3.0x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 5.5x 6.0x 6.5x 7.0x 7.5x 8.0x The Ratio of some latest CPUs are fixed by Intel, such as Celeron/ Celeron II/ Pentium III 366, 400, 566… etc. You can ignore the four jumpers if you have this CPU on board and it will be auto detected by motherboard.

  • Page 9: For Socket 370 Cpu

    This URM was designed to accommodate 3 types of CPU Form Factor. ( SECC, SECCII & SEPP ). For Example : Pentium II/ III & Celeron family. Note : Please put a soft pad under M/B before the installation of URM. Installation for SECC CPU : 1.

  • Page 10: Memory Configuration

    2.3.3 Memory Configuration There is no jumper setting required for the memory size or type. It is automatically detected by the system BIOS, and the total memory size is to add them together. DIMM Socket DIMM Modules DIMM1 PC100 or faster SDRAM 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB DIMM2 PC100 or faster SDRAM 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB 2.4 I/O Connections/Panel Connections...

  • Page 11: Cpu/Chassis Fan Connector

    2.4.2 CPU, Chassis Fan Connector (3-pin CPUFAN,CHASFAN) Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector. 2.4.3 Wake-up on LAN Connector (3-pin JWOL) The JWOL connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network . This feature requires the Wake up on LAN function in BIOS is set to Enabled and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA +5V standby power.

  • Page 12: Infrared Connector

    These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. Connect your first IDE hard disk to master mode of the primary channel. If you have second IDE device to install in your system, connect it as slave mode on the same channel, and the third and fourth device can be connected on secondary channel as master and slave mode respectively.

  • Page 13: Vga Output Connector

    This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS/2 plug. You may use a Din to Mini-Din adapter on standard AT keyboards. 2.4.10 VGA Output Connector (15-pin female) This connector is for output to a VGA-compatible device. 2.4.11 Serial Port (9-pin D-type COM1) 2.4.12 Printer Port (25-pin D-type PRINTER) You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through the “Onboard Parallel Port”...

  • Page 14: Chapter 3. Bios Setup

    PWRLED Power LED KEYLK Keylock Switch SPKR Speaker RESET Reset Switch IDELED HDD LED PWRBNT ATX Power Button Connector WARNING: To avoid the system from failing, turn off the power before connecting any devices to the system. Chapter 3. BIOS Setup 3.1 CMOS Setup Utility To activate CMOS Setup, press <DEL>...

  • Page 15: Standard Cmos Features

    legend keys to enter values and move from field within a sub-menu just as you would within a menu. Use the <Esc> key to return to the main menu. 3.2 Standard CMOS Features With the sub-menu (Figure 3-2), you can setup the; system date, system time, hard and floppy drive type, and display adapter type.

  • Page 16: Advanced Bios Features Setup

    3.2.4 Floppy Drives A&B Setting Select your floppy disk drive type. Options are 360KB (5.25"), 720KB (3.5"), 1.2MB (5.25"), 1.44MB (3.5"), 2.88MB (3.5"). 3.2.5 Floppy 3 Mode Support This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives. Floppy 3 Mode support will allow reading and writing of 1.2MB (as opposed to 1.44MB) on a 3.5-inch diskette.
  • Page 17 (Scrool down to see more items, as shown here) 3.3.1 Virus Warning When enabled, the BIOS will monitor the boot sector and the partition table on the hard drive for any attempt to modify. If an attempt is detected, the BIOS will halt the system and prompt the warning message. Select "Disabled" if you are installing a new operating system.

  • Page 18: Advanced Chipset Features Setup

    3.3.10 Gate A20 Option This entry allows you to select how the gate A20 is handled. The gate A20 is a device used to address memory above 1 Mbytes. Initially, the gate A20 was handled via a pin on the keyboard (Normal). Today, while keyboards still provide this support, it is more common, and much faster, for the system chipset (Fast;...

  • Page 19: Integrated Peripherals

    This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available. 3.4.2 SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc This feature controls the number of SDRAM clocks used per access cycle. 3.4.3 SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay These are timing of SDRAM CAS Latency and RAS to CAS Delay, calculated by clocks. They are important parameters affects SDRAM performance.
  • Page 20 ( Scroll down to see more items, as shown here ) 3.5.1 On-Chip primary/Secondary PCI IDE Select "Enabled" to activate each on-board IDE channel separately, Select "Disabled", if you install an add-on IDE Control card 3.5.2 IDE Primary & Secondary Master/Slave PIO These four PIO fields let you set a PIO mode (0-4) for each of four IDE devices.
  • Page 21 Allows the motherboard's BIOS to detect whether you are using any audio/modem device. If a audio/modem device is detected, the onboard audio/modem controller will be enabled; if no audio/modem is detected, the onboard audio/modem controller will be disabled. If you want to use different controller cards to connect audio and modem connectors, set these fields to Disabled.

  • Page 22: Power Management Setup

    Set parallel port as EPP1.7 or EPP1.9. 3.5.18 ECP Mode Use DMA Select a DMA channel if parallel port is set as ECP or ECP+EPP. 3.5.19 PWRON After PWR-Fail Off: When power returns after an AC power failure, the system's power is off. You must press the Power button to power-on the system.
  • Page 23 ( Scroll down to see more items, as shown here ) 3.6.1 ACPI Function This item allows you to enable or disable the function of Advanced Configuration and Power Interface which offers improved power management . 3.6.2 ACPI Suspend Type This field is used to select the type of Suspend function.

  • Page 24: Pnp/Pci Configuration Setup

    System further shuts down all devices except for CPU itself. This is the third level of Power Management. 3.6.8 HDD Power Down This instructs hard drives to shut off while in the Power Management modes. 3.6.9 Soft-off by PWR-BTTN When set to "Delay 4 Sec.", the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power-off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds.

  • Page 25: Pc Health Status

    In case a conflict occurs after you assign the IRQs or after you configure your system, you can enable this function to allow your system to automatically reset your configuration and reassign the IRQs, DMAs, and I/O address. 3.7.2 Resources Controlled By Default setting is "Auto (ESCD)".

  • Page 26: Frequency Control

    3.8.1 Current System & CPU Temperature (xx°C/xx°F) The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the temperatures of motherboard and CPU. These values refresh upon any key entry. The function is optional. 3.8.2 Current CPUFAN & ChassisFAN Speed (xxxxRPM) The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect chassis fan speed, CPU fan speed in Rotations Per Minute (RPM). These values refresh upon any key entry in the BIOS setup screen.

  • Page 27: Load Fail-Safedefaults

    The frequency mapping table of the elements: Ext. frequency DIMM 66Mhz 33Mhz 100Mhz 75Mhz 37.5Mhz 112.5Mhz 83Mhz 41.6Mhz 124.9Mhz 100Mhz 33Mhz 100Mhz 105Mhz 35Mhz 105Mhz 114Mhz 38Mhz 114Mhz 120Mhz 40Mhz 120Mhz 124Mhz 41.33Mhz 124Mhz 133Mhz 44.33Mhz 133Mhz Notice: The 75, 83, 105, 114, 120, 124 and 133Mhz frequency are over specification. You must install 8ns or faster DIMM on board if you set 105, 114, 120 or 124 Mhz as external frequency and must install 7ns or faster DIMM on board if you set 133Mhz as external frequency.

  • Page 28: Exit Without Saving

    Type "Y" and press <Enter>. The modifications you have made will be written into the CMOS memory, and the system will reboot. 3.14 Exit Without Saving When you do not want to save the changes you have made, highlight "Exit Without Saving" and press <Enter>, The message below will appear: Quit Without Saving (Y/N)? N Type "Y"...

  • Page 29: For Windows Nt

    Click "Next" at the Welcome screen. Follow the prompts to complete the installation. You must restart your computer for the installation to complete. 4.2.3 For Windows NT 4.0 Start up Windows NT4.0 with service pack 4 or later version. Insert the CD Driver into CD drive - enter the \INTEL\VGA\WINNT4\GRAPHICS directory on the CD Driver and double-click SETUP.EXE.
  • Page 30 Press <Esc> to return to the main menu. Select "Save & Exit Setup" and press <Enter>. Type <Y> and press <Enter>. Install Windows 98 by typing the following parameter. This is to ensure that the ACPI function is supported. There is a space between the P and the J.
  • Page 31 8. Double-click the System icon. In the System Properties dialog box, click the Performance tab.
  • Page 32 Click File System. In the "Typical role of this computer" field, select "Mobile or docking system". Click Apply, then click OK. Restart the computer. Repeat step 7 to open the Control Panel dialog box. Double-click the Power Management icon. Click the Advanced tab. In the "When I press the power button on my computer" field, select "Standby". After completing the steps above and you want to power-off the computer, you do not need to go through the process of closing files, applications and operation system.
  • Page 33 If you have changed the color or resolution (in the Display Properties dialog box), do not apply the settings without restarting. You must restart the computer. CE TEST REPORT Declaration No. :C9O1301 October 29, 1999 The following designated product EQUIPMENT : MAIN BOARD MODEL NO.
  • Page 34 Certification Number : NCY2000-990827-016 P3WMA system has passed NSTL Year 2000 certification test program. The Year 2000 test program tests a personal computer for its ability to support the year 2000. The Year 2000 certification test has been done under the following system configuration: System Model Name : P3WMA...

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