MSI P55-GD55 Intel Matrix Storage Manager 8.9.0.1023

Chipset

• Intel P55 Chipset

- Supports QPI up to 6.4GT/s

- Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec.

- 6 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.

- Integrated AHCI controller.



Main Memory

• Supports four unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 1066/1333/1600*/2000*/2133* (OC) SDRAM, 16GB Max

- Supports 1Gb/ 2Gb/ 4Gb DRAM size

- Supports Dual channel mode



Slots

• 1 PCI Express gen2 x16 slot (PCI_E2)

• 1 PCI Express gen1 x16 slot supports x4 speed (PCI_E5)

- supports ATI Crossfire

• 3 PCI Express gen2 x1 slots

• 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface



On-Board IDE/SATA

• One Ultra DMA 66/100/133 IDE controller integrated in JMicron 363.

- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.

- Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.



• SATAII controller integrated in Intel P55/JMicron 363 chipset

- Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.

- Supports six SATAII ports by P55

- Supports two eSATA ports by JMicron 363

- SATA1~6 support AHCI controller with AHCI / SATA RAID 0/1/5/10 by P55.

- E-SATA1 & E-SATA2 support RAID 0/1 & JBOD mode by JMicron 363

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 ALC889

- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing

- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

- Meet Microsoft Vista Premium spec



LAN

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



Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-Pin power connector

- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector

- CPU x 1 / System x 2 FAN connectors

- CD-in connector

- Front panel audio connector

- Front panel connector

- 1 x chasis intrusion connector

- 2 x USB 2.0 connectors

- 6 x Serial ATAII connectors

- 1 x ATA133 connector

- 1 x Power Button

- 1 x Clear CMOS jumper

- 1 x SPDIF-out connector

- 1 x Serial port connector

- 1 x Parallel port connector

- 1 x TPM module connector

- 1 x OC Genie Button

- 2 x Base Clock Control Buttons

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

- 2 x eSATA ports 

- 10 x USB 2.0 ports

- 1 x RJ45 LAN Jack

- 1 x 6 in 1 audio jack



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 21.5cm(W) ATX Form Factor



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