MSI MS-7160 User Manual page 10

On-Board SATA
† MCP04 supports 4 SATA-II ports (SATA1-4). Transfer rate is up to 300 MB/s.
Supports RAID 0/ 1/ 0+1/ RAID 5 or JBOD mode.
† Silicon Image's SATARAID supports another 2 SATA-II ports (SATA5/6).
Transfer rate is up to 300 MB/s. Supports RAID 0 & 1 mode. (optional)
USB Interface
† 10 USB ports
- Controlled by nForce4 SLI Intel Edition MCP04 chip
- 4 ports in the rear I/O, 6 ports via the external bracket
NV RAID
† Supports up to 4 SATA and 4 ATA133 Hard drives
- RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5 or JBOD is supported
- RAID function available for ATA133/ SATA H/D or ATA133 + SATA H/D drives
- Supports up to 8 drives for RAID function.
Silicon Image's SATARAID (Optional)
† RAID 0 or 1 and multiple RAID groups are supported
† Support up to 2 SATA devices
† Support External SATA devices by SATA Extend bracket
Dual Gigabit LAN
† Supports dual LAN jacks
- 1st LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by nForce4 SLI Intel Edition
MCP04 south bridge
- 2nd PCI Express LAN supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell
88E8053 (optional)
IEEE 1394 (optional)
† Supports up to three 1394 ports (rear panel x 1, pinheader x 2). Transfer rate
is up to 400Mbps
Audio (either CA0106 or ALC850)
† Power by Creative Sound Bluster 24 bits H/W audio controller CA0106(optional)
- 24-bit / 96~192 KHz audio quality
- Up to 100 db SNR clarity
- 7.1 Channel output supported, Dolby Digital encoder
- Supports S/PDIF digital interface
- PCI 2.3 Specification compliant
† Chip integrated by Realtek ALC850 (7.1 ch S/W audio) (optional)
- Compliant with AC'97 2.3 Spec.
Getting Started
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