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MSI MS-7246 975 Platinum H
MSI called the board MS-7246.
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| MSI 975 Platinum H MS-7246 (Rev. 0A Sample) | |
|---|---|
| Platform | Sockel LGA775 |
| Northbridge | Intel 975X (Rev. C0) |
| Southbridge | Intel ICH7R (82801 GB) |
| Phasen | 4-Phasen Regulator |
| BIOS | 1.3 (03/13/2006) |
| Clock Chip | ICS 954519BGLF |
| Clock Setting in BIOS | Measurement |
| 266.6 MHz (FSB1066) | 266.9 MHz (+0.12%) |
| SPD Memory Timing Recognition | Timing Result |
| DDR2-667 | CL 4.0-4-4-8 |
| Interfaces | |
| Connectors | onboard / IO - panel |
| USB 2.0 | 4 / 4 |
| IEEE1394/Firewire | 2 / 1 |
| Serial COM Port | none / 1 |
| Parallel LPT Port | none / 1 |
| Game | none |
| LAN | none / 1 |
| WLAN | none |
| SATA | 6 / none |
| Audio analog | LineIn CD / 7.1 Cannels |
| Audio digital | none / chinch and optical Out |
| Connectors | onboard only |
| PCIe 16x | 2 |
| PCIe 4x | 0 |
| PCIe 1x | 2 |
| PCI | 2 |
| IDE (PATA) | 2 (4 channels) |
| Fan 4 pins (CPU) | 1 |
| Fan 3 pins (System) | 2 |
| Mass Storage Controller | |
| ICH7 | 1x IDE (ATA100)4x SATA (RAID 0,1,5,10) |
| JMicron JMB363 | 2x SATA (RAID 0,1,0+1,5)1x IDE (ATA133 RAID 1,0,0+1) |
| LAN | |
| Broadcom 5751KFB PCIe | 1x 1 Gbit/s LAN |
| Audio | |
| Realtek ALC883 | AC97 (High Definition Audio) |
| IEEE1394/Firewire | |
| VIA VT6308P | 3x 1394a (400 Mbit/s) |
The I/O back panel offers almost every possible interface except for Serial ATA.
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Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.
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