Msi K8N Neo2-FX Bios 1.9

- Support AMD E6 CPU.
- Support Cool and Quiet funtion.
- Update NVPXE version to 2.12.


Specifications:


CPU

￭ Supports 64-bit AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core, Athlon 64 FX, Athlon 64 processor (Socket 939)
￭ Supports up to 3500 , 3800 Athlon 64 FX 53 (55), or higher CPU

Chipset

￭ nVIDIA nForce3 250Gb Chipset
- HyperTransport link to the AMD Athlon 64/Athlon 64 FX CPU
- HyperTransport supporting speed up to 800Hz (1600MT/s)
- AGP3.0 8X interface at 533 MT/s (million transfers per second)
- Two independent SATA controllers, for four drives
- IEEE 802.3 NVIDIA MAC for 1000BASE-T
- Dual Fast ATA-133 IDE controllers


Main Memory

￭ Supports dual channel DDR 266/333/400, using four 184-pin DDR DIMMs .
￭ Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB without ECC.
￭ Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMM.


Slots

￭ One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) 1.5V 4X/8X slot
￭ 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 nVIDIA nForce3 250Gb chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO,
Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes.
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices

￭ Supports 4 SATA ports. Transfer rate is up to 150MB/s.

￭ NV RAID (Software)
￭ Supports up to 4 SATA & 4 ATA133 Hard drives
- RAID 0 or 1, 0 1, JBOD is supported
- RAID function available for ATA133 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

￭ 7.1 channel audio codec RealTek ALC850.
- Compliance with AC97 v2.3 Spec.
- Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement.


LAN

￭ Supports Gigabit LAN
- Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Marvell 88E1111 PHY


Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 20-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / System x 2 / NB FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x IrDA infrared module header
- 1 x MSI D-Bracket 2 Connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 4 x serial ATA connectors
- 2 x ATA133 HD 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 Coaxial SPDIF out
- 1 x 6 in 1 Audio jack (S/SPDIF out)
- 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.
￭ Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0, and SATA HDD.


Dimension

￭ 30.5cm(L) x 24.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting

￭ 9 mounting holes.