Msi X48 Platinum Bios

New BIOS Release

Specifications:

CPU

&8226; Supports Intel Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo based

processors in LGA775 package.

&8226; Supports Intel Yorkfield, Wolfdale in the LGA775

package.

&8226; Supports FSB 1600/1333/1066/800 MHz.

Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above

description is for reference only.

Chipset

&8226; Intel X48 Chipset

- Supports FSB 800/1066/1333/1600MHz.

- Supports dual channel, DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 (XMP).

&8226; 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

&8226; Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 SDRAM

&8226; Supports up to 8GB memory size.

&8226; Supports dual channel DDR3 memory architecture.

&8226; Supports DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 (XMP) memory

interface.

Slots

&8226; Two mazarine PCI Express x16 slots (PCI Express Bus SPEC

V2.0 compliant; supports CrossFire Technology)

&8226; Two yellow PCI Express x16 slots with x4 operations (PCI

Express Bus SPEC V1.0a compliant)

&8226; Two PCI Express x1 slots. (support PCI Express Bus

specification v1.0a compliant)

&8226; One 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slot.

- Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.

On-Board IDE/SATA

&8226; 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.

&8226; SATAII controller integrated in ICH9R and Silicon Image

5723 chipest

- Up to 300MB/sec 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. (fot storage devices with RAID

function only)

- Supports SATA RAID 0/1, JBOD mode/ by 5723, default mode is RAID

1. (for SATA7 & SATA8 only)

MSI Reminds You...

&8226; 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

&8226; Chip integrated by Realtek ALC888

- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing

- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.

- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec.

LAN

&8226; Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by

Realtek 8111B.

&8226; Supports Gigabit Ethernet LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by

Intel 82566DC. (for ViiV)

IEEE1394

&8226; 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 (optional)

- 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 (optional)

- 1 x TPM module connector (optional)

MSI Reminds You...

&8226; 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 (optional)

- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out

BIOS

&8226; The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which

detects the peripheral devices and

expansion cards of the board automatically.

&8226; The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI)

function which records your

mainboard specifications.

Dimension

&8226; 30.5cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

&8226; 9 mounting holes.

Do use the latest driver version available, it will help you use

the facilities of your hardware easier and better. An old version

can create hardware conflicts and errors in function. Try to stay

updated with your drivers monthly or sometimes weekly. Chose wisely

the specific drivers: motherboards driver, bios, graphic cards

drivers, modem drivers and so on. Chose the right driver for your

hardware and try to make backups of your system every time you want

to make a change.