CPU  

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


� Intel® X38 Chipset
- Supports FSB 800/1066/1333MHz.
- Supports dual channel, DDR3 800/1066/1333.

� 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.
- Supports Viiv technology
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10. 
- 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 1.5 Volt DDR3 SDRAM
Â? Supports up to 8GB memory size.
Â? Supports dual channel DDR3 memory architecture.
Â? Supports DDR3 800/1066/1333 memory interface.
Slots 

Â? Two mazarine PCI Express x16 slots (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant; supports CrossFire Technology) 
Â? Two yellow PCI Express x16 slots with x4 operations (PCI Express Bus SPEC V1.0a compliant) 
Â? Two PCI Express x1 slots. (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
Â? One 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slot. 
- 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 Silicon Image® 5723 chipest
- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
- Supports four SATAII ports and two eSATA ports by ICH9R.
- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by ICH9R.
- Supports two SATAII ports by 5723.
- Supports SATA RAID 0/1, JBOD mode/ by 5723. (for SATA7 & SATA8 only)

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.
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec.
- Supports VoIP Card. (for ALC888T only)
LAN 

Â? Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111B.
Â? Supports Gigabit Ethernet LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Intel 82566DC. (for ViiV)
IEEE1394 

� VIA® VT6308P 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
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector 
- CPU / System x 5 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x SPDIF-out pinheader 
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 1 x serial port pinheader
- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 6 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port
- 1 x VoIP card connector
- 1 x TPM module connector

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 (support Command Based Port Multipliers)
- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack  

- 8 x USB 2.0 ports
- 2 x RJ45 LAN jacks
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out
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.