Supports Socket 370 Processors.

Intel Celeron II FC-PGA, Pentium III FC-PGA/FC-PGA2.

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VIA Apollo PLE133T AGPset.

I/O Controller.

1 Floppy drive controller,

1 Parallel port (EPP, ECP),

2 Serial ports.

USB.

2 supported onboard,

2 more can be added as option!

Award PnP BIOS. Flash upgradeable.

120MB ATAPI floppy drive and ZIP support!

Standard Micro ATX form factor.

245mm x 195mm.

UltraDMA-100 EIDE Controllers. (Up to 4 IDE devices).

Backwards compatible with PIO mode 3/4 & UltraDMA-33/66.

66/100/133MHz Front Side Bus.

2x DIMM Slots for SDRAM.

1GB max. supported.

PS/2 connectors.

1 PS/2 mouse,

1 PS/2 keyboard.

3 (32-bit) PCI, 1 ISA (shared with PCI) & 1 AMR slots.

Onchip Trident Blade 3D video.

Onchip AC-97 Audio.

Dual full duplex Direct Sounds channels.

H/W SoundBlaster Pro DOS Legacy compatible.

FM Synthesis for legacy compatibility.

Supports game/MIDI port.

Extended Functions for Greater Value!

Supports exclusive USDM (Unified System Diagnostic Manager)

Supports Hardware Monitoring Function by VT82C686B

Supports exclusive KBPO (KeyBoard Power On)

Supports Wake-On-LAN function

Supports Front Panel Audio Connector (2*5 pins)

Designed with VIA's Apollo PLE133 chipset, the EP-3WTM is a high quality motherboard built by EPoX in the industry micro standard ATX format. In addition to onboard Trident 3D Blade video for high performance graphics, this board offers three industry standard PCI, 1 ISA and one 1 AMR expansion buses as well as many other advanced system and BIOS features.

For full feature system designs, the Apollo PLE133 is paired with the VIA VT82C686B super south bridge. Highly advanced, the EP-3WTM combines integrated AC-97 audio support for SoundBlaster Pro and FM synthesis legacy audio, super I/O, and hardware monitoring capabilities.

Two bus mastering ATA 33/66/100 EIDE ports are provided plus a floppy disk port supporting two drives of any industry standard capacity including 2.88MB as well as 1.44MB and lower capacity types. In addition an IrDa infrared port allows the connection of remote devices.