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KA780GM

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MSI Reminds you :
Because of the limitations of chipset, this MB does not support Win98/ME.

Hybrid Crossfire

Supports Onboard VGA with PCI-E graphic card combination
Easy to install
Double the graphic performance to meet your processing needs
Save the money for two graphic cards and to reach ATI Crossfire function easily

140W Support

Supports AMD high performance 140W CPUs
Reserve the ability for future CPU upgrade
To fully release the power of AMD CPUs

Features

• Supports 1080 Full-HD multimedia playback
• A perfect connection to HD visual effects
• Better casual gaming experience with DirectX 10 support

• Key components status hardware monitor.
• Monitor the CPU status.
• Optimize System status define.
• Auto speed up with system loading change.

The MSI Live Update online is designed to automatically download and update the BIOS and driver when there’s a new version online. It helps reduce the risk of getting the wrong file and minimize the trouble of searching the files from MSI website.

Live Update 4 is a single utility software that automatically checks BIOS, driver and utility updates and installs for you , which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating.

AMD Cool'n'Quiet™ technology that based on famous PowerNow™ technology just brings fresh air to hot-fighting desktop platform. Cool'n'Quiet technology can automatically adjust processor ratio to throttle CPU speed with four modes.

Specifications

CPU

• AMD® Phenom/Athlon/Sempron CPU.
• AMD® Phenom II/ Athlon II/Sempron CPU
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Hyper Transport Bus

• HyperTransport 3.0 supporting speed up to 5200MT/s
- AM2 CPU supports HyperTransport 1.0/2.0
- AM2+ CPU supports HyperTransport 3.0

Chipset

• AMD® 780G and SB700 Chipset

Main Memory

• Supports Dual DDR2 533/667/800/1066 (only for AM2+)
- 4 DDR2 DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V)
- Supports a maximum memory size up to 16GB. (Due to the limitation of 32bit Vista/XP OS, when more than 4GB memory modules are installed, the system will detect less than 4GB.)

Slots

• 1 PCI Express x16 slot with x16 operation (PCI Express Bus SPEC V2.0 compliant)
• 1 PCI Express x1 slots
• 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface.

On-Board IDE

• One IDE port by AMD® SB700
- Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode
- Can connect up to two IDE devices

On-Board SATA

• 5 SATA II (1~5) ports by AMD® SB700
• 1 eSATA port by AMD® SB700
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s

RAID Function

- SATA II 1~5 support RAID 0, 1, 0+1 mode by AMD® SB700

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® ALC888
- Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
- Compliant with Azalia 1.0 Spec

LAN

• Realtek PCI-E GbLAN controller 8111C
- Integrated Fast Ethernet MAC and PHY in single chip
- Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s and 1000Mb/s
- Compliance with PCI-Express Bus specification v1.0a

Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-pin power connector
- ATX 4-pin 12V CPU power connector
- CPU x 1 / System x 1 FAN connectors
- CD-in connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- 4 x USB 2.0 connectors
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 5 x Serial ATA II connectors
- 1 x ATA133 HD connector
- 1 x serial port connector
- 1 x SPDIF-out connector
- 1 x IEEE1394 connector
- 1 x JLPT connector
- Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 x TPM module header

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
- 4 x USB 2.0 ports

- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
- 1 x optical SPDIF-out port
- 1 x IEEE1394 port
- 1 x eSATA port
- 1 x DVI-D port
- 1 x Graphic Card port
- 1 x HDMI port

Dimension

• 24.4cm(L) x 24.4cm(W) M-ATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 6 mounting holes.

Product Accessories

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.