MSI 975X Platinum PowerUp Edition BIOS 7.7

- Support Pentium D 925 CPU under Vista.
Specifications:
CPU

 Supports Socket 775 for Intel Core 2 Quad, Core 2 Duo, P4, P4EE, Pentium D, Pentium XE and Celeron D processors.
 Supports Intel 05B/05A and 04B/04A processors.
 Supports 3/4-pin CPU fan pin-header with Fan Speed Control.
 Supports FSB 1066/800/533 MHz.
 Supports EIST technology.
 Supports Intel Hyper-Threading technology.
 Supports Intel Dual Core Technology up to 800MHz and up.

Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.


Chipset

 Intel 975X Chipset
- Supports FSB 533/800/1066MHz.
- 2 PCI Express controllers in the MCH enable either 1 x 16 or 2 x 8 operation.
- Supports dual channel, DDR2 533/667/800.

 Intel ICH7DH Chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 8 ports.
- 4 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
- 1 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus master IDE controller.
- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.
- ACPI 2.0 compliant.
- Serial ATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0 1.
- Integrated AHCI controller.
Main Memory

 Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDRII SDRAM
 Supports up to 8GB memory size.
 Supports dual channel DDRII memory architecture.
 Supports DDR2 533/667/800 memory interface.

MSI Reminds You...
 DDR2 800 can only achieve 800MHz with FSB 1066 Conroe CPU.
 The default setting for DD2 800 is DDR2 667, which can be adjusted manually.

Slots

 Two PCI Express x16 slot. (supports PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
- Supports into 2 x8 slot.
- Supports ATI Crossfire technology.
 Two PCI Express x1 slots. (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
 Two 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots.
- One orange slot which supports 2 masters for MSI special PCI function card (ex. wireless LAN and bluebooth combo card).
- Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.



On-Board IDE/SATA

 One Ultra DMA 66/100 IDE controllers integrated in ICH7DH and JMicron JMB361.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up to four Ultra ATA drives.

 SATAII controller integrated in ICH7DH
- Up to 300MB/sec transfer speed.
- Can connect up to four SATAII devices.
- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0 1 (ICH7DH).

 JMicron JMB361 chipest
- Supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD. (SATA 5 and IDE2)
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.
 To enhance IDE transfer speed, you may install JMicron IDE/SATA Driver. You may download the driver by clicking the "Driver" icon.

Audio

 Chip integrated by Realtek AL882M
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.
LAN

 Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Intel 82573L
IEEE1394

￭ VIA 6308P chipset
- Supports up to two 1394 ports. (Rear panel x1, pinheader x1)
- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps.
Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector
- ATX 4-pin VGA power connector
- 8-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU / System / NB FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x D-Bracket 2 pinheader
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 ports
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 5 x Serial ATAII connectors
- 2 x ATA133 HD connectors
MSI Reminds You...
 The floppy disk cable will be optional.
Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x Parallel port
- 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)
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports
- 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.