CPU  

� Supports Intel® Core 2 Quad/
Core 2 Duo based processors in 
LGA775 package.
� Supports Intel® Yorkfield, 
Wolfdale. 
Â? Supports FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz.
Please refer to CPU Support for 
compatible CPU; the above description 
is for reference only.
Chipset 
� Intel® P35 Chipset
- Supports FSB 800/1066/1333MHz.

� Intel® ICH9R Chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 12 ports.
- 4 SATAII with 2 eSATA* ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by ICH9R. 
- Integrated AHCI controller.
*eSATA function would be fully supported by VISTA ( In Box driver with AHCI driver). eSATA function would not be fully supported without AHCI driver under WinXP.
Main Memory 

Â? Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 667/800/1066 (OC) SDRAM. (Max: 8GB)
Â? Supports two unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066 SDRAM. (Max: 4GB)
Â? Supports dual channel memory architecture.
Slots 

Â? Two PCI Express x16 slots with 1x16 and 1x4 operations (PCI Express Bus SPEC V1.0a compliant; supports CrossFire Technology) 
Â? Two PCI Express x1 slots. (PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
Â? Two 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots. 
- Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.
On-Board IDE/SATA 

� One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in Marvell® 88SE6111.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.

� SATAII controller integrated in ICH9R and Marvell® 88SE6111 chipest
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports four SATAII ports by ICH9R.
- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0/1/0/5/10 by ICH9R.
- Supports one SATAII port by 88SE6111.

MSI Reminds You...
Â? 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 

� Chip integrated by Realtek® ALC888/ALC888T 
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.
- Supports VoIP Card. (only for ALC888T)
LAN 

Â? Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111B.
IEEE1394 

� VIA® VT6308 chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.
Internal I/O Connectors 

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- ATX 4-pin VGA power connector
- ATX 8-pin 12V power connector
- CPU x 1 / System x 5 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- Clear CMOS button
- 1 x SPDIF-out pinheader 
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 1 x serial port pinheader
- 3 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 5 x Serial ATAII connectors 
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port (optional)
- 2 x H/W OC pinheaders (optional)


MSI Reminds You...
Â? The floppy disk cable will be optional.  
Back Panel I/O Ports 

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard 
- 1 x PS/2 mouse 
- 2 x eSATA ports (please refer to Intel website for eSATA function)
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack  

- 6 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
- 1 x IEEE1394 port (optional)
- 1 x Optical SPDIF out (optional)
BIOS 

Â? The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and
expansion cards of the board automatically.
Â? The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your
mainboard specifications.
Dimension

Â? 30.5cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor 

Mounting

Â? 9 mounting holes.