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Specifications

MSI Reminds you :
- Because of the limitations of chipset, this MB does not support Win98/ME.
- SLI Technology only supports 32-bit and 64-bit Windows XP
- For the best performance and commitment of convenience, please visit MSI approved memory module vendor list (MSI AVL), which provides the easiest, up-to-date memory configurations

CPU

• Supports Socket 775 for Intel Core2 Quad, Core2 Extreme, Core2 Duo, Pentium 4 (Prescott, P4EE), Pentium D, Pentium XE/Celeron D processors in LGA 775 package
• Supports FSB 533/800/1066/1333* MHz (FSB 1333 requires FSB 1333 CPU and manual FSB adjustment in the BIOS)
• Supoprts Intel 05B/05A and 04B/04A processors
• Supoprts EIST techonology
• Supports Intel Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology
• Supports Intel Dual Core Technology to 1333MHz and up

Chipset

NVIDIA® nForce 680i SLI (C55) Chipset
• Supports FSB 800MHz, 1066MHz & 1333MHz* (FSB 1333 requires FSB 1333 CPU and manual FSB adjustment in the BIOS)
• Support Dual channel DDR2 533/667/800 memory interface up to 8GB
• Support Dual PCI Express 16X interface with either 1x16 + 1x8 or 2x8 operation.

NVIDIA® nForce 430i (MCP55) Chipset
• Integrated Hi-Speed USB 2.0 controller, 480Mb/sec, 10 ports
• 5 Serial ATAII ports w/ transfer rate up to 3Gb/s and support RAID (0,1, 0+1 & 5)
• 1 channel Ultra ATA 133 bus Master IDE controller up to 2 IDE drives
• Support Dual PCI Express 16X interface with 1x16, or 2x8 operation
• PCI Master v 2.3, I/O ACPI 2.0 Compliant

FSB

• Support FSB 800MHz, 1066MHz & 1333MHz* (FSB 1333 requires FSB 1333 CPU and manual FSB adjustment in the BIOS)

Main Memory

• Supports dual channel DDR2 533/667/800 and up, using four 240-pin DDR2 DIMMs
• Supports the memory size up to 8GB
• Supports 1.8v DDR2 SDRAM DIMM
Due to the High Performance Memory design, motherboards or system configurations may or may not operate smoothly at the JEDEC (Joint Electron Device Engineering Council) standard settings (BIOS Default on the motherboard) such as DDR2 voltage, memory speeds and memory timing. Please confirm and adjust your memory setting in the BIOS accordingly for better system stability.
Example: Kingston HyperX DDR2-800 PC6400 operates at 2.0V, 4-4-4-12.
For more information about specification of high performance memory modules, please check with your Memory Manufactures for more details.
For the best performance and commitment of convenience, please visit MSI approved memory module vendor list (MSI AVL), which provides the easiest, up-to-date memory configurations

Slots

• Four PCI Express X16 slots (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant) (The 4 PCI Express interface will operate at either X8+X8+X16+X8 or 16X+16X+8X mode)
• One PCI Express X1 slot
• Three 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots (Support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface)

On-Board IDE / SATA

• Single IDE controllers on the NVIDIA nForce 430i chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes
- Can connect up to 2 IDE devices
• NV RAID supports 5 SATA II ports (SATA1-5). Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s
• NV RAID
- Supports up to 5 SATA
- RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD is supported
- RAID function work w/ SATAII H/D

External eSATA RAID

• 2 SATAII port by Sil3531 (1 on back panel, 1 on board)
• Supports RAID 0 or 1

Audio

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme HD Audio
• 24 bit/ 96kHz 7.1 playback
• > 108db signal to noise ratio
• 24bit / 96kHz recording
• X-Fi Crystalizer, CMSS-3D Virtual, CMSS-3D Headphone technology
• Up to 7.1 CH Surround Sound, Dolby Digital ready

LAN

• Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by NVIDIA

IEEE 1394

VIA 6308P chipset
• Supports up to 2 x 1394 ports
• Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps

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.
• Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0 and SATA HDD

On-Board Peripherals

• 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
• 1 audio jack (5-in-1), coaxial/optical SPDIF out
• 10 USB 2.0 ports (Rear x 4 / Front x 6)
• 2 RJ45 LAN jack
• 1 D-Bracket 2 pinheader
• 2 IEEE 1394a connectors (Rear x 1 / Front x 1)
• 1 CD-in pinheader
• 1 eSATA port

Dimensions
11.96 in. (L) x 9.61 in. (W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting
9 mounting holes