CPU

‧ Supports Socket 939 for AMDR Opteron, Athlon 64 X2 Dual-Core / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 processor
‧ Supports up to 4800+ or higher CPU
‧ Supports AMDR Cool'n'Quiet technology

Chipset

‧ NVIDIA GeForce nForce4 SLI x16 SPP(C51D) Chipset
- HyperTransport link to the AMD Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64X2/ Athlon 64 CPU
- HyperTransport supporting speed up to 1GHz (2000MT/s)
- Supports 1 PCI Express x16 interface

‧ NVIDIA nForce4 SLI x16 MCP(nForce4 SLI) Chipset
- Supports 1 PCI Express x16/ 2 PCI Express x1/ 1 PCI Express x2 connection
- Two independent SATA controllers, for four drives
- Dual Fast ATA-133 IDE controllers
- IEEE802.3 NVIDIA MAC for 1000BASE-T

Main Memory

‧ Supports dual channel DDR 266/333/400, using four 184-pin DDR DIMMs.
‧ Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB.
‧ Supports 2.6V DDR SDRAM DIMM.

Slots

‧ Supports two PCI Express x16 slot (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
‧ Supports two PCI Express x1 slots (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
‧ Supports 1 PCI Express x4 slot interface, supports PCI Express x2 transfer rate
(supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
‧ Two 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface).?

On-Board IDE

‧ An IDE controller on the NVIDIA nForce4 SLI chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes.
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices

On-Board SATA

‧ NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports(SATA 1 to 4). Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s.
‧ Silicon Image's SATA RAID supports another 2 SATA II ports. (SATA 5 and 6)
- Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s.

NV RAID (Software)
‧ RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD is supported
‧ Supports up to 4 SATA HD

Silicon Image's SATARAID? (Software)
‧ RAID 0 or 1 and multiple RAID groups are supported
‧ Support up to 2 SATA devices connected to a single controller

Audio

‧ Creative sound Blaster Audigy SE audio
- 24-bit / 96KHz audio quality
- Up to 100db SNR clarity
- 7.1 Channel output supported
- Supports S/PDIF digital interface
- PCI 2.3 Specification compliant

LAN

‧ Supports dual LAN jacks
- PCI LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell 88E1115 PHY.
- PCI Express LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell 88E8053

IEEE1394

‧ VIA 6306 chipset
- Supports up to three 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x2)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps

Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-pin power connector
- ATX 4-pin VGA power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / Power / System / NB FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Clear CMOS button
- IrDA infrared module header
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- Select DDR power jumper
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- D-Bracket2 connector
- 2 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 2 ports
- 3 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 6 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 6 x Serial ATA connectors
- 2 x ATA133 HD connectors

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x Parallel port
- 1 x Serial port (COM 1)
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 1 x Coaxial SPDIF out
- 1 x IEEE1394 Port
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack (S/SPDIF out)
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x RJ45 LAN jack

BIOS

‧ The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
‧ The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications.

Dimension

‧ 30.4cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

‧ 9 mounting holes.

 

MSI Reminds You...
‧ Both power connectors, JPWR1 (24 Pin) & JPWR2 (4 Pin, for CPU Power ) must be attached to this model to ensure operation of the Mainboard.
‧ A Power Supply of 450 watts, or above, is highly recommended for system stability.
‧ ATX 12V power connection should be 18A or greater.