Mainboard Specifications - MSI K8N SLI-F User Manual

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MS-7185 ATX Mainboard

CPU

† Supports Socket 939 for AMD K8 Athlon

Athlon

64 processors

† Supports up to Athlon64 4200+ or higher CPU

(For the latest information about CPU, please visit http://www.msi.com.tw/pro-

gram/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_cpu_support.php)

Chipset

† nVIDIA nForce4 SLI

- HyperTransport link to AMD K8 Athlon

Athlon

64 CPU

- HyperTransport supporting speed up to 1GHz (2000MT/s)

- Supports 2 PCI Express x16/ x1 interface

- Two independent SATA controllers, for four drives

- Dual Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE controllers

- Supports high-speed USB2.0 ports

- IEEE802.3 nVIDIA MAC for 1000BASE-T

M ain M emory

† Supports dual channel, eight memory banks DDR 266/333/400, using four 184-pin

DDR DIMMs

† Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB

† Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMM

(For the updated supporting memory modules, please visit http://www.msi.com.

tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_trp_list.php.)

Slots

† Three 32-bit/33MHz Master PCI Bus slots, including one orange slot which sup-

ports 2 master for MSI special PCI function card (ex. wireless LAN and bluetooth

combo card)

† Two PCI Express x1 slots (PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)

† Two PCI Express x16 slots support normal or SLI mode by auto detection or

software configuration (PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)

SLI mode - Primary PCI _ E slot is compatible with PCI Express x 8

Secondary PCI_E slot is compatible with PCI Express x 8

non-SLI mode - Primary PCI_E slot is compatible with PCI Express x 16

HDD Interface

† Dual IDE controllers on the nVIDIA

- Provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 133/100/66

operation modes

- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices

† Two independent SATA controllers on the nVIDIA

- NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports with up to 300MB/s transfer rate

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