Special Features
• VIA KT600 + VIA VT8237
• Integrated Ethernet 10/100 LAN
• Serial ATA RAID 0, 1 (VIA VT8237)
• 4X/8X AGP, 6 channel Audio
• Live Update 2, D-bracket 2
• MSI Corecell Chip, MSI Corecenter
Specifications

CPU
• Supports Socket A for AMD® Athlon™/Athlon™ XP/Duron™ processors @FSB 200/266/333/400 MHz
• Supports to Athlon™ XP 3200+ processor or higher
Chipset
• VIA® KT600 Chipset
• Supports FSB @200/266/333/400MHz
• Supports DDR 200/266/333/400 Memory
• AGP8X and PCI advanced high performance memory controller

• VIA® VT8237 Chipset
• Supports dual channel native SATA controller up to 150MB/s with Raid 0 or Raid 1
• Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster/Direct Sound AC97 audio
• Ultra DMA 66/100/133 master mode PCI EIDE controller
• ACPI & PC2001 compliant enhanced power management
• Supports USB2.0 up to 8 ports
Main Memory
• Supports four memory banks using two 184-pin DDR DIMMs
• Supports a maximum memory size up to 2GB
• Supports 2.5v DDR SDRAM DIMM
• Supports DDR400/333/266/200 SDRAM
Slots
• One AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot
- AGP specification compliant
- Support AGP 3.0
• Five 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots
• Supports 3.3V/5V PCI bus Interface
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.
Onboard IDE
• An IDE controller on the VT8237 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 operation modes. It can connect 4 Ultra ATA drives.
• Serial ATA/150 controller integrated in VT8237
- Up to 150MB/s transfer speed
- Can connect up to 2 Serial ATA drives
- Support RAID 0, RAID 1
USB Interface
• 8 USB ports
-Controlled by VT8237 southbridge
- 4 ports in the rear I/O, 4 ports via the external bracket
Audio
• AC'97 link controller integrated in VIA 8237
• 5.1 channel audio supported by Realtek ALC655 codec
- Compliance with AC'97 v2.2 spec.
- Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement
Onboard Peripherals
• 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
• 1 serial ports (COM A )
• 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
• Line-In/Line-Out/Mic-In port
• 1 RCA SPDIF Out
• 1 RJ-45 jack
• 1 D-Bracket2 pinheader
Dimensions
29.5 cm(L) x 20.5 cm(W) ATX Form Factor