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Specifications
CPU
l Supports 64-bit AMD
®
K8 Athlon64 processor (Socket 754)
l Supports up to 2800+, 3000+, 3100+, 3200+, 3400+, 3700+, or higher CPU
(Please refer to the latest online news at http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/
mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php)
Chipset
l VIA
®
K8T800 / K8M800 chipset
- HyperTransport
TM
connection to AMD Athlon64 processor
- 8 or 16 bit control/address/data transfer both directions
- 800/600/400/200 MHz “Double Data Rate” operation both direction
- AGP v3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode
l VIA
®
VT8237/8237R chipset (487 BGA)
- Integrated Faster Ethernet LPC
- Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster/Direct Sound AC97 audio
- Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 master mode PCI EIDE controller
- Supports 2 Serial ATA RAID0/1
- Supports 8 USB2.0 ports
Main Memory
l Supports DDR266/333/400 DDR SDRAM for two 184-pin DDR DIMMs
l Supports a maximum memory size of 2GB
(For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/program/products/
mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.php to refer the memory module part in the test report.)
Slots
l One (Accelerated Graphics Port) AGP slot (AGP 3.0 specification compliant)
l Five 32-bit Master 3.3v / 5v PCI Bus slots
On-Board IDE
l An IDE controller on the VIA
®
VT8237/8237R chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus
Master and Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 operation modes
l Can connect up to 4 IDE devices
l Serial ATA/150 controller integrated by VT8237/8237R
- Up to 150MB/s transfer rate
- Can connect up to two Serial ATA drives with RAID0 & RAID1.