CPU

• Supports Socket 775 for Intel® Pentium 4 3xx, 5xx, 6xx, 8xx, 9xx, Core 2 Duo, Core 2 Quad processors.
• Supports FSB 1066/800 MHz
• Supports EIST technology
• Supports Intel® Hyper-Threading technology.
• Supports Intel® Dual Core Technology up to 1066 MHz.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• Intel® G965 Chipset
- Supports FSB 800/1066MHz.
- Integrated Intel® GMA 3000 graphics core
- Supports PCI Express x 16 graphics interface.
- Supports dual channel, DDR2 533/667/800

• Intel® ICH8DH Chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 8 ports.
- 6 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.

Main Memory

• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 DRAM
• Supports up to 8GB memory size (DDR2 533/667).
• Supports up to 4GB memory size (DDR2 800).
• Supports dual channel DDR2 memory architecture.
• Supports DDR2 533/667/800 memory interface.

Slots

• One PCI Express x16 slot. (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• One PCI Express x1 slots. (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
• Two PCI 2.3 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface).

On-Board IDE/SATA

• One Ultra DMA 66 IDE controller integrated in JMicron® JMB335.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Supports Ultra DMA 66 mode.

MSI Reminds You... • This IDE does not support OS installation in hard drive. A system hard drive connected to this IDE slot can not be booted into OS.

• SATAII controller integrated in ICH8DH
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- 6 SATAII ports by ICH8DH.
- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10

MSI Reminds You... • The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.

Audio

• High Definition link controller integrated in Intel® ICH8DH chip.
• Audio codec Realtek® ALC883.
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing.

LAN

• Intel® Nineveh
- Supports 10/100/1000 Mb/s.
- Compliane with PCI 2.2.
- Supports ACPI Power Management.

IEEE1394

• VIA® 6308P chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, front x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.

Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / System / Power connectors
- CD-in connector
- Clear CMOS jumper
- Serial port connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 6 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector

MSI Reminds You... • The floppy disk cable will be optional.

Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x Parallel port
- 1 x Serial port (COM 1)
- 1 x Graphics Card port
- 1 x PS/2 keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 mouse
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
- 1 x 1394 port