Specification
Processors
- Supports all Socket 478 CPUs (400FSB & 533FSB)
Chipset
- North bridge: Intel E7205 MCH
- South bridge: Intel ICH4
System Memory
- 4 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM (2 sets of 2 DIMMS for dual-channel support)
- DDR200 / DDR266 support @ 2.5v
- 4GB maximum system RAM
- Dual-DDR support is only available with DIMMS of equal size and configuration)
Slots
- AGP Pro slot, 8x / 4x AGP compliant (50 watts +) (0.8/1.5 support only)
- 5 x 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots
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 PDC20376 RAID controller
- Ultra DMA/ATA133, 100, 66, 33 operation modes
- RAID 0 and RAID 1 support
- Supports 2 S-ATA drives and a standard IDE port (2 channels)
Integrated Components
- Intel RC8254OEM Gigabit LAN (10/100/1000 Mbit/s)
- CMI 8738 6-channel sound chip
- VIA 6306 Firewire controller chip.
Other features
- Custom backplane
- 2 usable fan headers
- Bluetooth support
- S-Bracket (audio support)
- D-Bracket2 (USB2.0, Bluetooth, and diagnostic support)
- Firewire bracket.
- Fuzzy Logic Windows-based overclocking software
I'll skip over the contents of this particular motherboard's package. It's open to revision. Expect MSI's trademark box-filling brackets and extras. Although our review version shipped with a DBracket2 and Sound Bracket, no manuals were present. This will surely change for the full retail form.
