AOpen MX6B EZ Overview

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Overview
MX6B EZ is a new generation Pentium II / Pentium III based system board that
utilizes Intel 82440ZX/BX AGPset on Micro ATX PCI/ISA platform. This
AGPset is designed for the Pentium II / Pentium III / Celeron CPU, and
supports new architectures such as a high speed AGP graphics port, SDRAM,
Ultra DMA/33, Bus master IDE and USB ports. It has three Dual in-line
Memory Module (DIMM) slots that allow to install SDRAM memory and
expand up to a maximum of 512MB. Since the cache is on the CPU card
(connector SLOT1), there is no secondary level cache onboard. Also, MX6B
EZ uses a 2M bit Flash ROM BIOS to reserve for future new functions.
In addition to the above features, MX6B EZ also implements plenty of special
features as follows.
Jumper-less Design Pentium II / Pentium III / Celeron 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.
Full-range CPU Core Voltage This motherboard supports a CPU core voltage
from 1.3V to 3.5V, that can be applied to various CPU types in future.
Battery-less Motherboard 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.
APM Suspend To Hard Drive "Immediately" turns on system and goes back
to the original screen before power down. You can resume your original work
directly from hard disk without go through the Win95 booting process and run
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