Installation Guide; Specifications - MSI K9A PLATINUM - Motherboard - ATX User Manual

Specifications

Processor Support*
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- AMD Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64 and Athlon FX in the socket AM2 package.
Supported FSB
- HyperTransport supporting speed up to 1GHz (2000MT/s)
Chipset
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- North Bridge: ATI RD580 chipset
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- South Bridge: ATI SB600 chipset
Memory Support**
- DDRII 533/667/800 SDRAM (8GB Max)
- 4 DDRII DIMMs (Dual Channel, 240-pin/ 1.8V, non-ECC)
LAN
- Supports Dual LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by RTL8111B & 8110SC
IEEE 1394
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- Controlled by VIA VT6308P or VT6307
- Transfer rate is up to 400 Mb/s
Audio
- Controlled by Realtek ALC883
- Supports 7.1 channels audio out
- Azalis 1.0 Audio solution
IDE
- 1 IDE port controlled by SB600
- Supports Ultra DMA 133/100/ 66 mode, and PIO Bus Master mode
SA TA
- 4 SATAII ports (SATA1~4, 300 MB/s) controller by SB600
RAID
- SATA1~4 support RAID0/ RAID1/ RAID0+1 or JBOD mode
Floppy
- 1 floppy port
Connectors
Back panel
- 1 PS/2 mouse port
- 1 PS/2 keyboard port
- 1 serial port
- 1 parallel port
- 1 IEEE 1394 port
- 1 Coaxial SPDIF out jack
- 4 USB 2.0 ports
- 2 LAN jacks
- 5 flexible audio jacks
- 1 Optical fiber SPDIF out jack
On-Board Pinheaders
- 1 D-Bracket 2 pinheader
- 1 IrDA pinheader
- 3 USB 2.0 pinheaders
- 1 IEEE 1394 pinheader
Slots
- 2 PCI Express x 16 slots (support Cross Fire Technology)
- 2 PCI Express x 1 slots
- 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus interface
Form Factor
- ATX (24.5 cm X 30.5 cm)
Mounting
- 9 mounting holes
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