Specifications
MSI 845PE MAX2 FIR
Processors
- Supports all Socket 478 CPUs (400FSB & 533FSB)
Chipset
- North bridge: Intel I845PE MCH
- South bridge: Intel ICH4
System Memory
- 3 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM
- DDR200 / DDR266 / DDR333 support @ 2.5v
- 2GB maximum system RAM
Slots
- AGP slot, 4x AGP compliant (1.5v support only)
- 6 x 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots
- CNR Slot
On-board peripherals - I/O
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD
- 3 Audio Jacks for CMI8738 sound chipset
- Intel RC8254OEM Gigabit LAN (1000 Mbit/s)
- 6 USB2.0 connectors
- 3 IEEE 1394a Firewire ports
- S/PIDF-OutA
- PS/2 ports
On-board IDE
- An IDE controller on the ICH4 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA/100/66/ operation modes
- Promise PDC20276 RAID controller
- Ultra DMA/ATA133, 100, 66, 33 operation modes
- RAID 0 and RAID 1 support
Integrated Components
- Intel RC8254OEM Gigabit LAN (1000 Mbit/s)
- CMI 8738 6-channel sound chip
- VIA 6306 Firewire controller chip.
BIOS & Voltages
- FSB speeds of 100Mhz - 250Mhz (quad-pumped)
- 1.5 - 1.8v Vcore adjustable in 0.025v increments (1.825v max for C1 P4s)
- 2.5v - 2.8v Vmem adjustable in 0.1v increments
- 1.5 - 1.8v AGP adjustment in 0.1v increments
- Fix AGP/PCI speeds, and variable settings.
Other features
- Custom backplane
- 2 usable fan headers
- Bluetooth support
- S-Bracket (audio support)
- D-Bracket2 (USB2.0, Bluetooth, and diagnostic support)
- Firewire bracket.
MSI's most feature-packed socket 478-based motherboard yet ? Gigabit LAN and Firewire support are usually lacking from MSI's top-of-the-line motherboards. It's nice to see them here.
