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MSI Reminds You...
1. Please note that users cannot install OS, either WinME or Win98,
in their SATA hard drives. Under these two OSs, SATA can only be
used as an ordinary storage device.
2. To create a bootable RAID volume for a Windows 2000 environment,
Microsoft's Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) is required. As
the end user cannot boot without SP4, a combination installation
CD must be created before attempting to install the operating sys-
tem onto the bootable RAID volume.
To create the combination installation CD, please refer to the fol-
lowing website:
h t t p : / / w w w . m i c r o s o f t . c o m / w i n d o w s 2 0 0 0 / d o w n l o a d s /
servicepacks/sp4/HFdeploy.htm
USB Interface
† 8 USB ports
- 4 ports in the rear I/O, 4 ports via the external bracket
LAN (optional)
† Realtek
®
8100C/8110SB LAN chip (Optional)
- Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in one chip
- Supports 10Mb/s and 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s (1000Mb/s for 8110SB only)
- Compliance with PCI v2.2
- Supports ACPI Power Management
Audio
† 8 channels software audio codec RealTek ALC850
- Compliance with AC97 v2.3 Spec.
- Meets PC2001 audio performance requirement.
On-Board Peripherals
† On-Board Peripherals include:
- 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
- 2 serial ports (COM1 on the rear, COM2 with pinheader)
- 1 parallel port supporting SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 8 USB2.0 ports (Rear*4/Front*4)
- 1 Audio (Line-Outx3, Line-In, MIC In, SPDIF Out (Coaxial/Fibre) port
- 1 RJ-45 LAN Jack
- 2 IDE ports support 4 IDE devices
- 4 serial ATA ports
BIOS
† The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral
devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
† The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function which
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