MSI K8N Neo3 1.6

Fixed BIOS report incorrect information for Turion64 CPU.


Specifications:

CPU

￭ Supports 64-bit AMD Athlon 64, Sempron and Turion64 processor (Socket 754)
￭ Supports up to 3200 , 3400 , 3700 or higher CPU
￭ Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

￭ NVIDIA nForce4-4X Chipset
- HyperTransport link to the AMD Athlon 64 CPU
- Supports single-channel DDR333/400 memory
- Supports PCI Express x16/x1 interface
- Two independent SATA controllers, for four drives
- Dual Ultra ATA 133/100/66 IDE controllers
- Supports high-speed USB2.0 ports

MSI Reminds you:
1. Please use MSI Live BIOS tool to upgrade BIOS of this product.
2. Because of the limitations of chipset, this MB does not support Win98/ME.


Main Memory

￭ Supports single channel, four-memory-bank DDR 333/400 using two 184-pin DDR
DIMMs
￭ Supports a maximum memory size up to 2GB without ECC
￭ Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMM


Slots

￭ One PCI Express x16 slot (PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
￭ One PCI Express x1 slot (PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
￭ Three 32-bit Master 3.3V/5V PCI Bus slots
￭ One AGR (Advance Graphics Riser) slot for compatible AGP VGA cards

The AGR slot is a special design that only supports compatible AGP VGA cards. For more detailed information on compatible AGP VGA cards, please refer here


On-Board IDE/SATA

￭ Dual IDE controllers on the nVIDIA nForce4-4X chipset provides IDE HDD/CDROM
with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 133/100/66 operation modes.
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices.

￭ Supports 4 SATA ports with up to 150MB/s transfer rate.

￭ NV RAID (Software)
Supports up to 4 SATA and 4 ATA133 Hard drives
- RAID 0, 1, 0 1, or JBOD supported
- RAID function available for PATA133 SATA H/D 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

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


LAN

￭ Marvell PHY 88E1111 Gigabit Ethernet chip


USB Interface

￭ 10 USB ports
- Controlled by nForce4-4X chipset
- 4 ports in the rear I/O, 6 ports via the external bracket


Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / NB / System FAN connectors
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 4 x serial ATA connectors
- 2 x ATA133 HD connectors
- Front panel audio connector
- Front USB connectors: JUSB1, JUSB2, JUSB3 connector support additional 6 ports
- Front panel connector
- Serial port header
- CD-in connector
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
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 (Line-in/Line-out/MIC)
- 4 x USB 2.0
- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack


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

￭ 30cm(L) x 18.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

￭ 6 mounting holes.