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Embedded MXM module M3A500-PP Series USER MANUAL...
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Document Change History Version Date Description Authors V1.0 2023/03/15 Initial Release. Emily Chou V1.1 2023/05/10 Revised Board configuration and Ordering info. Emily Chou M3A500-PP User Manual...
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The material in this manual is for product information only and is subject to change without notice. While reasonable efforts have been made in the preparation of this manual to assure its accuracy, Aetina assumes no liabilities resulting from errors or omissions in this manual, or from the use of the information contained herein.
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Product Warranty Aetina warrants the original purchaser, that each of its products will be free from defects in materials and workmanship which refers to “Aetina warranty policy” on Aetina’s official website: https://www.aetina.com/. Aetina warranty policy will be updated from time to time, and the last version shall be binding on the parties.
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14. Never open the equipment. For safety reasons, the equipment should be opened only by qualified service personnel. 15. If any of the following situations arises, please the contact Aetina’s service personnel: Power cord or plug is damaged –...
1. Product Specification The MXM M3A500-PP module features advanced NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded GUP. It’s Ampere architecture in the MXM 3.1 Type A form factor. With 2048 CUDA core, 16 RT cores and 64 Tensor cores, 4GB GDDR6 memory. The M3A500-PP support PCIe Gen 4 interface is delivers faster sequential data transfer than PCIe Gen 3 interface and bringing excellent performance and power efficiency into a wide variety of embedded systems, fully integrating hardware acceleration for both graphics and computing code, enabling hardware acceleration for a wider class of software...
Local frame buffer: 4GB (2 pieces 512M x 32 GDDR6, FBGA-180 package) Display Support ▪ N/A (MS Hybrid version) Cooling System ▪ Operating System Support ▪ Windows ® 10-11 64-bit Linux 64-bit ▪ 1- Aetina provides PCI Express Gen4.0 x4. M3A500-PP User Manual...
GDDR6 PCIe X16 M3A500-PP Block diagram 2.2 General Purpose Graphics Processing Unit The Aetina M3A500-PP is based on NVIDIA RTX A500 Embedded GPU. The A500 is compliant with NVIDIA’s CUDA computing capability 8.6. ⚫ GPU Resources o GDDR6 SDRAM ▪...
2.3 Display Interface The M3A500-PP provides four the digital output channels can be active at the same time. ⚫ Digital Output This model does not support Digital output. ⚫ Analog Output This model does not support Analog output. ⚫ Hot Plug This model does not support Hot Plug detect for digital monitors.
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MXM connector pinout Notes: 1. KEY = Key (or notch) on the PCB edge finger 2. PD = Pull-down resister on module 3. n.c. = Not Connect 4. Reserved = Reserved pin and do NOT connect on system M3A500-PP User Manual...
64-bit 3.2 Performing a Quick Installation Experienced users and system administrators can follow these brief instructions for installing Aetina graphics card. Other users should refer to the detailed installation instructions. 1. Uninstall the drivers and software for any installed graphics card(s).
3. Make sure your system has installed the appropriate motherboard drivers (for the motherboard drivers, please contact the motherboard manufacturer). After installing the operating system, download driver from Aetina official website. Then, go to My Computer, double-click the Download folder and execute the setup.exe program.
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⚫ The system is installing the components ⚫ Click the “RESTART NOW” button to restart the computer. Then the driver installation is done M3A500-PP User Manual...
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