AOpen MX3ST User Manual

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MX3S-T / MX3SP-T

DOC. NO.: MX3ST-OL-E0111A

Overview

Installation

Hardware

Drivers &

Utilities

BIOS Setup

AWARD

Glossary

Troubleshooting &

Technical Support

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MX3S-T / MX3SP-T .......................................................................................................................... 1

What’s in this manual ......................................................................................................................................................2

You Must Notice ..............................................................................................................................................................8

Before You Start ..............................................................................................................................................................9

Overview .......................................................................................................................................................................10

Feature Highlight ........................................................................................................................................................... 11

Quick Installation Procedure..........................................................................................................................................15

Motherboard Map ..........................................................................................................................................................16

Block Diagram ...............................................................................................................................................................17

Hardware Installation ................................................................................................................18

About “Optional” and “Upgrade Optional”… ...................................................................................................................19

JP14 Clear CMOS Data.................................................................................................................................................20

CPU Installation .............................................................................................................................................................21

CPU Jumper-less Design...............................................................................................................................................23

CPU Fan Connector (with H/W Monitoring) ...................................................................................................................27

DIMM Sockets ...............................................................................................................................................................28

Support 10/100 Mbps LAN onboard...............................................................................................................................30

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Front Panel Connector ..................................................................................................................................................31

ATX Power Connector ...................................................................................................................................................32

AC Power Auto Recovery ..............................................................................................................................................32

IDE and Floppy Connector ............................................................................................................................................33

IrDA Connector..............................................................................................................................................................35

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) Expansion Slot ...........................................................................................................36

PC99 Color Coded Back Panel......................................................................................................................................37

Support 2nd USB Port.....................................................................................................................................................38

AUX-IN Connector .........................................................................................................................................................39

CD Audio Connector ......................................................................................................................................................40

Modem Audio Connector ...............................................................................................................................................41

Front Audio Connector...................................................................................................................................................42

Battery-less and Long Life Design .................................................................................................................................43

Over-current Protection .................................................................................................................................................44

Hardware Monitoring .....................................................................................................................................................45

Resettable Fuse ............................................................................................................................................................46

Year 2000 (Y2K) ............................................................................................................................................................47

1500 / 2200µF Low ESR Capacitor................................................................................................................................48

Layout (Frequency Isolation Wall) .................................................................................................................................50

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Pure Aluminum Heatsink ...............................................................................................................................................51

Driver and Utility........................................................................................................................52

Auto-run Menu from Bonus CD Disc..............................................................................................................................53

Installing Intel® Chipset Software Installation Utility ......................................................................................................54

Installing Onboard AGP Driver.......................................................................................................................................55

Installing LAN Driver......................................................................................................................................................56

Installing Intel IAA Driver ...............................................................................................................................................57

Installing Onboard Sound Driver....................................................................................................................................58

ACPI Suspend to Hard Drive .........................................................................................................................................59

ACPI Suspend to RAM (STR) ........................................................................................................................................64

AWARD BIOS ..............................................................................................................................66

About BIOS Function Description… ...............................................................................................................................67

How To Use Award™ BIOS Setup Program ...................................................................................................................68

How To Enter BIOS Setup .............................................................................................................................................70

BIOS Upgrade ...............................................................................................................................................................71

Overclocking ..............................................................................................................................73

VGA Card & Hard Disk ..................................................................................................................................................74

Glossary.....................................................................................................................................75

AC97 .............................................................................................................................................................................75

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ACPI (Advanced Configuration & Power Interface)........................................................................................................75

AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port) ....................................................................................................................................75

AMR (Audio/Modem Riser) ............................................................................................................................................76

AOpen Bonus Pack CD .................................................................................................................................................76

APM (Advanced Power Management) ...........................................................................................................................76

ATA (AT Attachment)......................................................................................................................................................76

ATA/66...........................................................................................................................................................................76

ATA/100.........................................................................................................................................................................77

BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) ................................................................................................................................77

Bus Master IDE (DMA mode).........................................................................................................................................77

CNR (Communication and Networking Riser) ................................................................................................................77

CODEC (Coding and Decoding) ....................................................................................................................................78

DDR (Double Data Rated) SDRAM................................................................................................................................78

DIMM (Dual In Line Memory Module) ............................................................................................................................78

DMA (Direct Memory Access) ........................................................................................................................................78

ECC (Error Checking and Correction)............................................................................................................................79

EDO (Extended Data Output) Memory...........................................................................................................................79

EEPROM (Electronic Erasable Programmable ROM) ....................................................................................................79

EPROM (Erasable Programmable ROM) .......................................................................................................................79

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EV6 Bus ........................................................................................................................................................................80

FCC DoC (Declaration of Conformity)............................................................................................................................80

FC-PGA (Flip Chip-Pin Grid Array) ................................................................................................................................80

Flash ROM ....................................................................................................................................................................80

FSB (Front Side Bus) Clock ...........................................................................................................................................81

I2C Bus ..........................................................................................................................................................................81

IEEE 1394 .....................................................................................................................................................................81

Parity Bit........................................................................................................................................................................82

PBSRAM (Pipelined Burst SRAM) .................................................................................................................................82

PC-100 DIMM ................................................................................................................................................................82

PC-133 DIMM ................................................................................................................................................................82

PC-1600 or PC-2100 DDR DRAM .................................................................................................................................82

PCI (Peripheral Component Interface) Bus....................................................................................................................83

PDF Format ...................................................................................................................................................................83

PnP (Plug and Play) ......................................................................................................................................................83

POST (Power-On Self Test)...........................................................................................................................................83

RDRAM (Rambus DRAM)..............................................................................................................................................84

RIMM (Rambus Inline Memory Module).........................................................................................................................84

SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) ......................................................................................................................................84

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Shadow E2PROM ..........................................................................................................................................................84

SIMM (Single In Line Memory Module) ..........................................................................................................................85

SMBus (System Management Bus) ...............................................................................................................................85

SPD (Serial Presence Detect) .......................................................................................................................................85

Ultra DMA ......................................................................................................................................................................86

USB (Universal Serial Bus)............................................................................................................................................86

VCM (Virtual Channel Memory) .....................................................................................................................................87

ZIP file ...........................................................................................................................................................................87

Troubleshooting .........................................................................................................................88

Technical Support......................................................................................................................92

Product Registration .................................................................................................................95

How to Contact Us.....................................................................................................................96

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Thank you for choosing AOpen MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard. The MX3S-T/MX3SP-T is Intel® Socket 370 motherboard (M/B)

based on the MTX form factor featuring the Intel

M/B, the MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard can support Intel

Coppermine & Tualatin are supported) and 66/100/133MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)

AGP slot and supports AGP 1X/2X/4X mode and pipelined spilt-transaction long burst transfer up to 1056MB/sec. According to

different customer’s requirements, 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512MB SDRAM DIMM modules can be applied to the motherboard and

the maximum memory size can be up to 512MB. The onboard IDE controller supports Ultra DMA

transfer rate up to 100MB/s. In addition, on the strength of Intel

82562ET/EM PHY on board, which is an highly-integrated Platform

LAN Connect device, it provides 10/100M bps Ethernet for office

and home use. More than that, the MX3S-T/MX3SP-T has an AD

1885 AC97

performance and magic surround stereo sound to let people

enjoy working with it. Now, enjoy all features from AOpen

MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard.

815E B-Step / 815EP B-Step chipset. As high performance chipset built in the

CODEC chipset onboard for providing high

Socket 370 series Pentium® III & Celeron™ processor (Both

clock. In the AGP performance, it has one

33/66/100 mode and the

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CPU

Supports Intel® Socket 370 Pentium® III & Celeron™ (Both Coppermine & Tualatin are supported) 533MHz~1.2GHz+ with

66/100/133MHz Front Side Bus (FSB)

overheating, an automatic shutdown of system had been especially designed on this motherboard. System would be

automatically power off when this motherboard with implementation of THERMTRIP circuit detected a CPU temperature above

135 degree for 4 seconds.

designed for Socket 370 technology. To avoid possible CPU damage caused by

Chipset

With the Intel® 815E B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset, Intel delivers a discrete graphics solution with all the performance,

innovative features and proven reliability of the Intel B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset offers an ideal, leading-edge AGP graphics solution for Intel

platforms. And the smart integration in the Intel 815E B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset's I/O Controller Hub (ICH2) features two

USB controllers supporting four USB ports. With support for 5.1 channels of AC’97 audio and the ability to make the most of soft

audio/modem technology, the 815E B-Step/815EP B-Step chipset delivers an ideal solution for innovative new form factors.

815 chipset family. With its highly scalable design, the new 815E

Pentium® III/Celeron™ processor

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Expansion Slots

Including three 32-bit/33MHz PCI and one AGP 4X slots. The PCI local bus throughput can be up to 132MB/s. The Accelerated

Graphics Port (AGP) specification provides a new level of video display sophistication and speed. The AGP video cards support

data transfer rate up to 1056MB/s. MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard includes one AGP expansion slot for a bus mastering AGP

graphic card. For AD and SBA signaling, MX3S-T/MX3SP-T motherboard can support 2X/4X mode. Of three PCI slots provided,

all of them are master PCI slots with arbitration and decoding for all integrated functions and LPC bus.

Memory

Provides two 168-pin SDRAM DIMM sockets that support up to 512MB of PC-100/133 compliant SDRAM (Synchronous

Dynamic Random Access Memory). You may install 32, 64, 128, 256 and 512MB SDRAM DIMM modules into each socket.

Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE

Comes with an on-board PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels,

supports Ultra DMA

33/66/100, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 4, and supports Enhanced IDE devices.

On-board AC’97 Sound

MX3S-T/MX3SP-T uses the AD 1885 AC97 sound chip. This on-board audio includes a complete audio recording and playback

system.

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LAN Port

On the strength of Intel 82562ET/EM PHY on board, which is an highly-integrated Platform LAN Connect device, it provides

10/100 Mbps Ethernet for office and home use.

Four USB Connectors

Provides two ports, four USB connectors for USB interface devices, such as mouse, keyboard, modem, scanner, etc.

Power Management/Plug and Play

Supports the power management function that confirms to the power-saving standards of the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Energy Star program. It also offers Plug-and-Play

making the system much user-friendlier.

, which helps save users from configuration problems, thus

Hardware Monitoring Management

Supports CPU or system fans status, temperature and voltage monitoring and alert, through the on-board hardware monitor

module.

Enhanced ACPI

Fully implement the ACPI standard for Windows® 98/ME/2000 series compatibility, and supports Soft-Off, STR (Suspend to RAM,

S3), STD (Suspend to Disk, S4) features.

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Super Multi-I/O

Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART can also be

directed from COM1 to the Infrared Module for the wireless connections.

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This page gives you a quick procedure on how to install your system. Follow each step accordingly.

Installing CPU and Fan

Installing System Memory (DIMM

Connecting Front Panel Cable

Connecting IDE and Floppy Cable

Connecting ATX Power Cable

Connecting Back Panel Cable

Power-on and Load BIOS Setup Default

Setting CPU Frequency

Reboot

10.

Installing Operating System (such as Windows 98)

11.

Installing Driver and Utility

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GP 4x Expansion Slot

IrDA Connector

AUX-IN Connecto

MODEM-CN Connector

CD-IN Connecto

Front Audio Connecto

FDD Connector

32-bit PCI Expansion Slot x3

4Mbit Flash ROM

Virus Protection Wake on Timer

Dr.LED Connector

FAN1 Connecto

Front Panel Connecto

2nd USB Connecto

COM2

Boot LED

Motherboard Map Motherboard Map

Intel® 815E B-Step/ 815EP B-Step Chipset with enlarged Aluminum Heatsink

PC99 Colored Back Panel

Resettable Fuse

JP28 Keyboard / Mouse CPU Fan Connector with H/W Monitoring Function

1500/ 2200μF Low ESR Capacitors

370-pin CPU Socket with Voltage & Frequency

uto-detection that supports

Intel

Pentium™ III & Celeron 533MHz~1.2GHz+ CPU (Both Coppermine & Tualatin are supported)

PC-100/133 DIMM Slot x2 supports up to 512MB

TX Power Connector

JP23,and JP29 CPU FSB Select Jum

TA/100 IDE Connector x2

JP14 CMOS Clear Jum

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Socket 370

Intel

Pentium III/Celeron

CPU

66/100/133MHz

15-pin D-Sub

Connector

PC-100/133 SDRAM

DIMM Socket x3

System B us

AGP 4X Slot

Floppy Disk Drive x2

Up to 512MB

Intel i815E

B-Step / 815EP

B-Step

FW82815

GMCH

Connector x4

USB

PCI Bus

1stUSB Port

2ndUSB Port

32-bit PCI Slot x3

ATA

33/66100

Primary

Channel

Secondary

Channel

Intel

FW82801BA

ICH2

Low Pin

Count Super

I/O

AC97

CODEC

AC Link

Firmware Hub

2Mbit Flash EEPROM

Parallel P ort

Serial Port x2

IDE D rive x4

CNR Slot

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This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard. This chapter describes jumpers, connectors and hardware devices of this motherboard.

Note: Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage your processor, disk drives, expansion boards, and

other components. Always observe the following precautions before you install a system component.

1. Do not remove a component from its protective packaging until you are ready to install it.

2. Wear a wrist ground strap and attach it to a metal part of the system unit before handling a

component. If a wrist strap is not available, maintain contact with the system unit throughout any

procedure requiring ESD protection.

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When you read this online manual and start to assemble your computer system, you may find some of functions are called

“Optional”, and some are called “Upgrade Optional”. Though all of our AOpen motherboards include many amazing and powerful

features, but in some situations, these powerful features are not used by every user. Hence, some of these key features are

changed optional for you choose. Optional functions that can be upgraded by users, we call them “Upgrade Optional”. As for

those optional functions that can’t be upgraded by yourself, we call them “Optional”. If needed, you can contact our local

distributors or resellers for purchasing “Upgrade Optional” components, and either you can visit AOpen official web site:

www.aopen.com

for more detail information.

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You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below. You can clear CMOS to restore system default setting. To clear the CMOS, follow the procedure below.

1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power. 1. Turn off the system and unplug the AC power.

2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2. 2. Remove ATX power cable from connector PWR2.

3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds. 3. Locate JP14 and short pins 2-3 for a few seconds.

4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 & pin2. 4. Return JP14 to its normal setting by shorting pins 1 & pin2.

5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2. 5. Connect ATX power cable back to connector PWR2.

JPP1144 CClleeaarr CCMMOOSS DDaattaa

Tip: When should I Clear CMOS?

1. Boot fail because of overclocking…

2. Forget password…

3. Troubleshooting…

Normal

default

Clear CMOS

Pin 1

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This motherboard supports Intel® Pentium III® and Celeron™ Socket 370 series CPU (Both Coppermine & Tualatin are

supported). Be careful of CPU orientation when you plug it into CPU socket.

1. Pull up the CPU socket lever and

up to 90-degree angle.

2. Locate Pin 1 in the socket and look for a black dot or cut edge on the CPU upper interface. Match Pin 1 and cut edge, then insert the CPU into the socket.

CPU pin 1 and

cut edge

Note: These pictures are for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.

CPU socket

Lever

CPU cut edge

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3. Press down the CPU socket lever and finish CPU installation.

Note: This picture is for example only, it may not exactly be the same motherboard.

CPU cut edge

Note: This socket supports

FC-PGA/FC-PGA2 package CPU,

which is the latest CPU package

developed by Intel, we strongly

recommend you not to insert former

PPGA-package CPU on it.

Note: If you do not match the CPU

socket Pin 1 and CPU cut edge well, it

damage the CPU.

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CPU VID signal and SMbusCPU VID signal and SMbus clock generator provide CPU voltage auto-detection and allows the user to set the CPU frequency

through the BIOS setup

designs are eliminated. There will be no worry of wrong CPU voltage detection.

, therefore no jumpers or switches are used. The disadvantages of the Pentium based jumper-less

Intel® Socket 370

Pentium III &

Celeron CPU

CPU VID signal

Power Regulator

(Automatically generates CPU voltage)

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CPU voltage

Clock

Generator

CPU Freq. Ratio

BIOS

Controlled

Circuit

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This motherboard supports CPU VID function. The CPU core voltage will be automatically detected and the range is from 1.05V

to 1.825V. It is not necessary to set CPU core voltage.

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CPU frequency can be set through BIOS setup. CPU frequency can be set through BIOS setup.

BIOS Setup > Frequency/Voltage Control > CPU Clock Setting

CPU Ratio

CPU FSB (By BIOS table)

3x, 3.5x, 4x, 4.5x, 5x, 5.5x, 6x, 6.5x, 7x, 7.5x, 8x, 8.5x, 9x, 9.5x, 10x, 10.5x, 11x, 11.5x, and 12x

66, 67, 68, 70, 75, 80, 83, 100, 103, 110, 115, 133, 137, 140, 145, 150, 160, and 166 MHz

Warning: Intel® 815E B-Step / 815EP B-Step

chipset supports maximum 133MHz FSB and

66MHz AGP clock, higher clock setting may

cause serious system damage.

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Core Frequency = CPU FSB Clock * CPU Ratio

PCI Clock = CPU FSB Clock / Clock Ratio

AGP Clock = PCI Clock x 2

CPU

Celeron 533 533MHz 66MHz 8x

Celeron 566 566MHz 66MHz 8.5x

Celeron 600 600MHz 66MHz 9x

Celeron 667 667MHz 66MHz 10x

Celeron 700 700MHz 66MHz 10.5x

Celeron 800 800MHz 100MHz 8x

Celeron 900 900MHz 100MHz 9x

Celeron 1.G 1GHz 100MHz 10x

Celeron 1.1G 1.1GHz 100MHz 11x

Celeron 1.2G 1.2GHz 100MHz 12x

Pentium III 650E 650MHz 100MHz 6.5x

Pentium III 700E 700MHz 100MHz 7x

Pentium III 750E 750MHz 100MHz 7.5

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CPU Core

Frequency

Note: This motherboard support CPU

auto-detection function. Hence, you

don’t need to setup the CPU frequency

manuall

FSB Clock Ratio

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Pentium III 800E 800MHz 100MHz 8x

Pentium III 850E 850MHz 100MHz 8.5x

Pentium III 533EB 533MHz 133MHz 4x

Pentium III 600EB 600MHz 133MHz 4.5x

Pentium III 667EB 667MHz 133MHz 5x

Pentium III 733EB 733MHz 133MHz 5.5

Pentium III 800EB 800MHz 133MHz 6x

Pentium III 866EB 866MHz 133MHz 6.5

Pentium III 933EB 933MHz 133MHz 7x

Pentium III 1G 1GHz 133MHz 7.5x

Pentium III 1.13G 1.13GHz 133MHz 8.5x

Pentium III 1.2G 1.2GHz 133MHz 9x

Pentium III 933EB (Tualatin) 933MHz 133MHz 7x

Pentium III 1G (Tualatin) 1GHz 133MHz 7.5x

Pentium III 1.13G (Tualatin) 1.13GHz 133MHz 8.5x

Pentium III 1.2G (Tualatin) 1.2GHz 133MHz 9x

Warning: Intel® 815E B-Step /

815EP B-Step chipset supports

maximum 133MHz FSB and 66MHz

GP clock, higher clock setting may

cause serious system damage.

Warning: To avoid possible CPU damage caused by overheating, an

automatic shutdown of system had been especially designed on this

motherboard. System would be automatically power off when this

motherboard with implementation of THERMTRIP circuit detected a

CPU temperature above 135 degree for 4 seconds.

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Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector. Plug in the CPU fan cable to the 3-pin CPU FAN connector.

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CPU Fan Connector

GND +12V SENSOR

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DDIIMMMM SSoocckkeettss

This motherboard has two 168-pin DIMMThis motherboard has two 168-pin DIMM sockets that allow you to install PC100 or PC133 memory up to 512MB.

DIIMMMM SSoocckkeettss

DIMM1 DIMM2

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Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation. Please follow the procedure as shown below to finish memory installation.

1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below. 1. Make sure the DIMM module’s pin face down and match the socket’s size as depicted below.

2. Insert the module straight down to the DIMM slot with both hands and press down firmly until the DIMM module is securely

in place.

3. Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation. 3. Repeat step 2 to finish additional DIMM modules installation.

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88 pins 60 pins20 pins

Note: The tabs of the DIMM slot

will close-up to hold the DIMM in

place when the DIMM touches

the slot’s bottom.

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Chipset

Expansion Slots

Memory

Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Bus Mater IDE

On-board AC’97 Sound

Four USB Connectors

Power Management/Plug and Play

Hardware Monitoring Management

Enhanced ACPI

Super Multi-I/O

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