MSI G45D3M Digital Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility 8.9.0.1023

CPU

• Supports Intel Core 2 Extreme/Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo based processors in LGA775 package.

• Supports Intel Yorkfield, Wolfdale in the LGA775 package.

• Supports Intel next generation 45nm multi-core processors

• Supports FSB  800/1066/1333 MHz.

• Support VRD 11.1 standard.

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



Chipset

• Intel G45 Chipset

- Supports FSB 800/1066/1333 MHz.

• Intel ICH10/ICH10R Chipset

- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 12 ports.

- 4 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.

- PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.

- ACPI 2.0 compliant.

- Serial ATA RAID 0/1/5/10/JBOD. (ICH10R)

- Integrated AHCI controller.



Main Memory

• Supports two unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333 SDRAM, 8GB Max



Slots

• One PCI Express x16 slot (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant).

• One PCI Express x1 slot. (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)

• Two 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots.

- Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.



On-Board IDE/SATA

• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron 368.

- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.

- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.

• SATAII controller integrated in ICH10/ICH10R chipset

- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.

- Supports four SATAII ports by ICH10/ICH10R

- Supports AHCI controller with SATA RAID 0/1/5/10/JBOD by ICH10R.

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

• Chipset integrated by Realtek ALC888S

- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing

- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec



LAN

• Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111DL



IEEE1394 / FireWire

• Chipset integrated by VIA VT6315

- Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps



Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector

- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

- CPU x1/ System x1 FAN connectors

- CD-in connector

- Front panel audio connector

- Front panel connector

- 1 x chasis intrusion connector

- 3 x USB 2.0 connectors

- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector

- 4 x Serial ATAII connectors

- 1 x ATA133 connector

- 1 x SPDIF-Out connector

- 1 x Serial port connector

- 1 x Parallel port connector

- Clear CMOS Jumper

- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port (optional)

- 1 x TPM module connector (optional)

MSI Reminds You...

• The floppy disk cable will be optional.



Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x PS/2 keyboard

- 1 x PS/2 mouse

- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack

- 1 x Optical SPDIF-out jack

- 6 x USB 2.0 ports

- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack

- 1 x Graphic Card port (optional)

- 1 x DVI-D port (optional)

- 1 x HDMI port (optional)



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

• 24.4cm(L) x 22.8cm(W) mATX Form Factor





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