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  • AOpen has changed their retail packaging a bit for the AX3S Pro and instead of the open box with a few cardboard inserts, the motherboard and its components ship inside a plastic housing. This is great for component safety, organization and possible future storage, as each part has its own recessed compartment. Inside this package there is the AX3S Pro motherboard, one FDD cable, one ATA-66/100 EIDE cable, one ATA-33 EIDE cable, a serial port adapter, a driver CD and a Norton A/V 2000 bonus disk.

    The documentation includes a 175-page user manual and a foldout Easy Installation Guide. Like previous AOpen motherboards, the user manual is excellent and is chock full of usable information, and large full-color pictures and diagrams to help with the connections and jumper arrangements. It is essentially a printout of the online manual and organization and content are top-notch. AOpen has even corrected the only flaw in their previous user manuals and oriented the pages correctly, so you can open and read the AX3S Pro manual in the regular manner.

    CPU:

    • Intel Celeron (PPGA, FC-PGA)
    • Intel Pentium III (FC-PGA)

    Chipset:

    • Intel 815E (+ICH2) Chipset

    Architecture:

    • 1*CNR slot + 5 PCI slots +1 AGP slot

    Max. Main Memory:

    • Max. 512MB SDRAM ( PC-100 or PC-133 ) for 168pin DIMM*3

    DIMM Type:

    • 8/16/32/64/128/256 MB

    On Board VGA:

      Integrated 2D/3D Graphic Engine:
    • 2D Resolutions & Colors (Max Refresh Rates)
    • 640x480 256/65K/16.7M Colors (85/85/85Hz)
    • 800x600 256/65K/16.7M Colors (85/85/85Hz)
    • 1024x768 256/65K/16.7M Colors (85/85/85Hz)
    • 1280x1024 256/65K/16.7M Colors (85/85/85Hz)
    • 1600x1200 256 colors (85Hz)

    On Board Sound:

    • Analog Devices AD1885 AC'97 CODEC onboard

    BIOS:

    • Award Plug and Play 4MB Flash ROM BIOS

    On Board I/O:

    • 1 Serial Ports (UART 16C550 Support)
    • 1 Parallel Port (SPP/EPP/ECP Support)
    • 2 Channel E-IDE (Mode 4 and Bus master Ultra DMA 33/66/100 Support)
    • 1 Floppy Drive Connector (1.2/1.44/2.88MB)
    • 2 Channel Universal Serial Bus Ports
    • 1 PS/2 Mouse Port
    • 1 PS/2 Keyboard Port
    • Game/Midi Port ,Speaker-Out ,Line-In , Mic-In
    • Onboard Connector:
    • CD-Audio, Aux-In, IrDA , Wake-On-Lan , CPU Fan, Chassis Fan, GPIOx2
    • Additional 2 Channel USB Ports (via USB cable)
    • Battery: 3V Lithium Battery
    • Green Function: Yes
    • Board Size: 305mm x 220mm, ATX Form Factor

    Features:

    • Support 66/100/133 MHz FSB for Intel Celeron & Pentium III Socket 370 CPU
    • Support PC133 SDRAM DIMM
    • Jumper-less Design
    • DIE-HARD BIOS with External Controller (Upgrade Optional)
    • CPU clock ratio from 1.5X to 12.0X
    • Integrated 2D/3D Graphics Engine with Dynamic Video Memory Technology
      • -Integrated 24-bit 230Mhz RAMDAC
      • -Integrated H/W Motion Compensation Engine
    • And, One AGP Slot for 4X/2X/1X AGP Graphic Card Upgrade
    • Optional 4MB AIMM Display Cache Upgrade for Integrated VGA through AGP Slot
    • AC'97 2.1 Audio support / Audio Codec onboard
    • Support Communication and Networking Riser (CNR)
    • Enlarged 24K Gold Plated Heatsink for Chipset
    • Enhancement of 2200u Low ESR Capacitors for Overall Stability
    • CPU Vcore Adjustment for Overclockers through BIOS Setting (1.3V~3.5V)
    • 4 Channel USB Ports Ready (Additional USB Cable included)
    • Support Dr. LED (Optional)
    • Support Ultra DMA/100 HDD (Additional UDMA/100 Cable included)
    • Hardware Monitoring
    • Wake On LAN / Timer / Keyboard / Mouse / Modem
    • PCI Rev 2.2 Compliant
    • Resetable Fuse Providing Short Circuit Protection for Keyboard and USB Device
    • AC Power On Auto Recovery
    • Microsoft PC99 Logo
    • ACPI S3 (Suspend to RAM) & S4 (Suspend to Disk) support
    • Year 2000 Compliant
    • AOpen Bonus Pack CD (Norton Anti-Virus 2000 v6.0 included)




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