MSI K8T Neo-V AMI BIOS 5.0

Support AMD new revision CPU (E stepping)


Specifications:

live_update_3 standard
Live Update 3 is a single utility software that automatically checks BIOS, driver and utility updates and installs for you , which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating.
Cool'n'quiet
AMD Cool'n'Quiet technology that based on famous PowerNow� technology just brings fresh air to hot-fighting desktop platform. Cool'n'Quiet technology can automatically adjust processor ratio to throttle CPU speed with four modes.
Core Center
The all-in-one hardware console is an advanced combination of the popular PC alert and Fuzzy logic applications. It offers powerful functions such as hardware monitor, system alert, and instinctive overclocking UI.
Core Cell
Core Cell is MSI's new catch phrase and it has a number of features, including; decreasing overall system noise, power saving functions, prolonging the life of system components, and even overclocking, apparently.


CPU

￭ Supports 64-bit AMD Athlon 64 & Sempron processor (Socket 754)
￭ Athlon 64: 2800 , 3000 , 3200 , 3400 , 3700 , Sempron 3100
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

￭ VIA K8T800 Chipset
- HyperTransport� connection to AMD Athlon 64 processor
- 8 or 16 bit control/address/data transfer both directions
- 800/600/400/200MHz "Double Data Rate" operation both direction
- AGP v3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode

￭ VIA VT8237 Chipset
- Integrated Faster Ethernet LPC
- Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster/Direct Sound AC97 audio
- Ultra DMA 66/100/133 master mode PCI EIDE controller
- Supports 2 Serial ATA RAID 0/1
- Supports 8 USB2.0 ports
- ACPI


Main Memory

￭ Supports DDR266/333/400 DDR SDRAM for two 184-pin DDR DIMMs
￭ Supports a maximum memory size of 2GB


Slots

￭ One AGP 8x slot
- AGP 3.0 specification compliant
￭ Five 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface).


On-Board IDE/SATA

￭ An IDE controller on the VIA VT8237 chipset provides IDE HDD/CDROM with PIO, Bus
Master and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 operation modes
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices

￭ Serial ATA/150 controller integrated by VIA VT8237
- Up ot 150MB/s transfer rate
- Can connect up to 2 serial ATA devices
- Supports RAID 0 or RAID 1


Audio

￭ 6 channels software audio codec Realtek ALC655
- Compliance with AC97 v2.3 Spec.
- Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement.


LAN

￭ Realtek� 8201CL LAN PHY
- Supports 10/100Mb/s auto-negotiation operation


On-Board Peripherals

On-Board Peripherals include:
- 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
- 1 serial port (COMA)
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
- 1 Audio port
- 1 D-Bracket2 pinheader
- 1 RJ-45 LAN Jack
- 8 USB Ports (Front x 4 / Rear x 4)


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 records your
mainboard specifications.


Dimension

￭ 30.5cm(L) x 21.0cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

￭ 6 mounting holes.