Author: Enrique Irazoqui
Date: 10:40:04 11/13/00
I'm sorry to bother you with this, but I am a total computer illiterate. Tomorrow I will get a new machine with a motherboard I never heard about and I thought that before paying it would be a good idea to see if some of you can tell me if it is any good. It's a Microstar (MSI) 694D Pro with dual Pentium III 933 and 768MB RAM. Thanks, Enrique Description: Dual Socket 370 motherboard based on VIA 694X chipset, with Promise ATA-100 controller option CPU: Two Socket 370 for Dual Intel Coppermine Processor or single Celeron processor. Supports 233 MHz, 266 MHz, 300 MHz, 333 MHz, 350 MHz, 400 MHz, 450 MHz, 500 MHz, 533 MHz, 667 MHz, 700 MHz, 733 MHz, 800 MHz, and 866 MHz or faster Processor Memory: Support eight memory banks using four 168-pin unbuffered DIMM. Support a maximum memory size of 2.0GB. Support ECC (1-bit Error Checking & Correction) function. Support 3.3v SDRAM DIMM. Slots: One AGP 4x (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot. AGP specification compliant. AGP 66/133 MHz 3.3v device support. One CNR (Communication Networking Riser) slot. Five 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots. Supports 3.3v/5v PCI bus Interface. Audio: Integrated Sound Blaster/Direct Sound AC97 Audio Form Factor: ATX Form Factor BIOS: The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS wich detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. The mainboard provides a Desktop Mangement Interface (DMI) function which records your mainboard specifications. Chipset: VIA 694X Chipset (510 BGA), P-II FSB @ 133MHz, AGP 4x and PCI plus Advanced ECC Memory Controller, Support PC 100/133 SDRAM, VCM, & ESDRAM technology, VIA VT82C686A chipset (352 BGA), Advanced Power Management Features, DirectSound AC97 Audio, Dual bus Master IDE Ultra DMA 33/66, 1394 PHY Controller (Optional), TI TSB41V02 PHY Digital-to-Analog Transceiver, Support up to Two 1394/1394A v 2.0 Compatible Data Channels On-Board IDE: An IDE controller on the VIA(R) VT82C686A Chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 33/66 operation modes. 694D Pro-A comes with Promise ATA-100 controller and 694D Pro-AR comes both with Promise ATA-100 controller and RAID. On-Board Peripherals: On-Board Peripherals include: 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360k, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes. 2 serial ports (COMA + COMB). 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode. 4 USB ports. 1 IrDA/HP connector for SIR. IEEE-1394: OPTIONAL1394 PHY Controller (Optional), TI TSB41LV02 PHY Digital-to-Analog Transceiver, Support up to Two 1394/1394A v 2.0 Compatible Data Channels, 1394 Link Layer Controller (Optional), TI TSB12LV26 1394 Link Layer Host Controller, IEEE 1394, 1394 OCHI v 1.0 & 1394A V2.0 Compatible, Supports 100/200/400 Mbps High Throughput, 3.3V & 5V Operation for PCI to 1394 Interface
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