• Supports Socket 775 for Intel® Pentium 4 3xx, 5xx, 6xx, 8xx, 9xx, Core 2 Duo 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/Q965 Chipset

• Intel® ICH8/ICH8R Chipset

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.
• One PCI Express x1 slot.
• Two PCI 2.3 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface).

On-Board IDE (USB to IDE)

• 1 IDE port by JMicron JMB20335.
- Supports USB to Ultra DMA 66/100 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 ICH8/ICH8R
- Up to 3Gb/sec transfer speed.
- 4 SATAII ports by ICH8.
- 6 SATAII ports by ICH8R.
- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0/1/0+1 and RAID 5.

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

• Audio codec Realtek® ALC883/ALC888.
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing.

LAN

• Supports 10/100 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8100C
• Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8110SB/8110SC

IEEE1394

• VIA® 6308P/VT6307 chipset
- Supports up to one 1394 port. (Rear panel 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
- 3 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 6 ports (JUSB1 is optional)
- 1 x Floppy drive connector
- 4/6 x Serial ATAII connectors (Optioanl)
- 1 x ATA66/100 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 VGA 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 (Optional)