MSI P35 Neo2-FIR Motherboard
LGA755, P35, 1333FSB, 4xDDR2-800, PCI-Ex16, 5xSATA-II, RAID, GigLAN, 8Chl, Firewire, ATX

CPU

Supports Intel Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo based processors inLGA775 package.
Supports Intel Yorkfield, Wolfdale.
Supports FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

 

Chipset
 

Intel P35 Chipset
- Supports FSB 800/1066/1333MHz.
- Supports dual channel, DDR2 667/800/1066 (OC).

Intel ICH9R Chipset
- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to12 ports.
-4 SATAII with 2 eSATA 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.
- Integrated AHCI controller.

 

Main Memory

Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM
Supports up to 8GB memory size.
Supports dual channel DDR2 memory architecture.
Supports DDR2 667/800/1066 (OC) memory interface.

 

Slots

Two PCI Express 16X slots with 1x16 and 1x4 operations (PCI Express Bus SPEC V1.0a compliant; supports CrossFire Technology)
Two PCI Express x1 slots. (support PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant)
Two 32-bit PCI 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 inMarvell 88SE6111.
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
- Can connect up totwo Ultra ATA drives.

SATAII controller integrated in ICH9R and Marvell 88SE6111 chipest
- Up to 300MB/sec transfer speed.
- Supportsfour SATAII ports and two eSATA ports by ICH9R.
- Supports one SATAII port by 88SE6111.

 

Audio  

Chip integrated by Realtek ALC888/ALC888T
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.
- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec.
- Supports VoIP Card. (only for ALC888T)

 

LAN  

Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111B.

 

IEEE1394

VIA VT6308 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 x 5 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- 1 x SPDIF-out pinheader
- 1 x chasis intrusion connector
- 1 x serial pinheasder
-3 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
-5 x Serial ATAII connectors
-1 x ATA133connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector support additional 1 port (optional)
- 2 x H/WOC pinheaders (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
-6 x USB 2.0 ports
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
- 2 x eSATA ports (please refer to Intel website for eSATA function)
- 1 x IEEE1394 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

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

Mounting

9 mounting holes.

 

 

 

MSI Reminds You... The accessories will probably be different according to the different selling areas of product models. For details of accessories, please refer to the descriptions on the product package.