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Review: MSI GNB MAX2-L Granite Bay

by Tarinder Sandhu on 25 March 2003, 00:00 4.0

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Specifications

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 +) (0.8/1.5v 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 (only 4 are usable via brackets)
  • S/PIDF-Out
  • 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

Integrated Components

  • Intel RC8254OEM Gigabit LAN (10/100/1000 Mbit/s)
  • ALC650 6-channel sound chip

Other features

  • Custom backplane
  • 3 usable fan headers
  • S-Bracket (audio support)
  • D-Bracket2 (USB2.0 and diagnostic support)
  • Fuzzy Logic Windows-based overclocking software