MSI P4M900M2-F/L BIOS 5.3

BIOS Update: Updated CPU Microcode.

CPU

￭ Supports Socket 775 for Intel� P4 3xx/ 5xx/ 6xx/ Pentium D, Celeron D, Core 2 Duo processors.
￭ Supports FSB 1066/800/533MHz.
￭ Supports 3/4 pin CPU Fan Pin-Header with Fan Speed Control.
￭ Supports EIST Technology
￭ Supports Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology
* we recommend to use processors with 95W power consumption.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.


Chipset

￭ VIA� P4M900 Chipset
- Supports P4 processor FSB 1066/800/533MHz
- Supports DDR2 667/533/400 memory

￭ VIA� VT8237A/VT8237S Chipset
- Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 master mode.
- ACPI & PC2001 compliant enhanced power management.
- Supports USB 2.0 up to 8 ports.


Main Memory

￭ Supports two unbuffered 240-pin DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM
￭ Supports up to 4GB memory size.
￭ Supports DDR2 400/533/667 memory interface.


Slots

￭ One PCI Express x 16 slot & one PCI Express x 1 slot.
￭ Two PCI 2.2 32-bit PCI bus slots (support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface).



On-Board IDE ￭ An IDE controller on the VT8237A/VT8237S chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 133/100/66/33 operation modes.
- Can connect up to four IDE devices.

￭ Serial ATA/ATA II controller integrated in VT8237A/VT8237S.
- Up to 150MB/sec transfer rate. (VT8237A)
- Up to 300MB/sec transfer rate. (VT8237S)
- Can connect up to 2 Serial ATA drives.

MSI Reminds You...
￭ The RAID setup floppy disk is optional depending on the districts. You can download the files from the website to make the setup disk.


Audio

￭ Chip integrated by Realtek� ALC883
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.




LAN

￭ Supports 10/100 Fast Ethernet by Realtek RTL8201CL
￭ Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek RTL8110SC


Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / Power /System fan connectors
- CD-in connector
- Clear CMOS jumper
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- Serial port connector (JCOM2)
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connectors
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 2 x Ultra DMA 133 IDE device connectors
- 2 x Serial ATA device connectors
MSI Reminds You...
￭ The floppy disk cable will be optional.


Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x Parallel
- 1 x Serial port (COM 1)
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 1 x Audio I/O (6 in 1)
- 4 x USB 2.0
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
- 1 x Graphics Card port


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.