Specifications
Processors
- Supports all Socket 478 CPUs (400FSB & 533FSB & 800FSB, officially)
- Hyper-Threading support
Chipset
- North bridge: Intel I865PE MCH
- South bridge: Intel ICH5/R
System Memory
- 4 x 184-pin DDR SDRAM
- DDR200 / DDR266 / DDR333/ DDR400 support @ 2.50 - 2.60v (Dual Channel)
- 4GB maximum system RAM (unbuffered)
Slots
- AGP slot, 8x AGP compliant (1.5v support only)
- 5 x 32-bit PCI 33MHz slots
On-board peripherals - I/O
- 1 Serial port
- 1 Parallel port
- 3 Audio Jacks for CMI 9739A sound CODEC
- RJ-45 LAN Port (Intel Gigabit CSA)
- 6 USB2.0 ports on the back panel
- 3 usable fan headers
- PS/2 ports
On-board storage
- An IDE controller on the ICH5/R chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA100/66/33 operation modes
- Promise PDC20378 provides a single P-ATA ATA133 port and 2 S-ATA ports. RAID0, RAID1, and RAID0+1 are available
- ICH5/R provides 2 x ATA150 Serial ports (1 drive per port). Can be configured for independent or RAID0 functions
Integrated Components
- Intel fifth-generation 82547EI Gigabit LAN via CSA (Communication Streaming Architecture)
- CMI 9739A AC'97 v2.2 6-channel sound with S/PDIF support
- VIA VT6306 3-port FireWire controller
- Promise PDC20738 multi-RAID controller
- Core Cell system information module
- 3 FireWire headers (bracket provided)
- 1 USB2.0 header (for 2 ports, bracket provided)io
BIOS & Voltages
- MSI Stepless FSB selection
- FSB speeds of 100Mhz - 500Mhz (quad-pumped)
- 1.5v - 2.30v Vcore
- 2.55v - 3.30v Vmem
- 1.5 - 2.2v VAGP
- Fix AGP/PCI option
Package contents
- MSI 865PE Neo FISR motherboard
- I/O Shield
- 1 x red rounded ATA100 cable
- 1 x floppy drive cable
- 4 x S-ATA cables
- 2 x S-ATA power connectors
- 3 additional brackets for FireWire, USB2.0 and S/PDIF / speaker support
- Driver and utility CD with a number of utilities
- 2 manuals for motherboard and RAID functions
A comprehensive motherboard from both the features and bundle point of view.
