My new MSI motherboard (p6n sli fi)

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MSI P6n SLI - FI

Its another show off:rofl: :D

Guys I bought a MSI p6n Sli fi Motherboard - Although the model isnt new, I love some features it has got- sli, eventhough i cannot afford 2 vgas :D :D

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Specs:

• 11.96 in. (L) x 9.61 in. (W); ATX
• 4 DIMMs w/ DDR2 800+ up to 8GB
• 2PCI-E 16X (operate at dual 8X when SLI enabled); 1 PCI-E X1; 3 PCI; 8 USB
• HD 7.1 CH Onboard Audio
• Gb LAN; IEEE 1394, RAID (0, 1, 0+1 & 5); SATAII; ATA133
• Live Update; Dual Corecell; MSI Dual CoreCenter; DOT

CPU

• Supports Socket 775 for Intel Core2 Quad, Core2 Extreme, Core2 Duo, Pentium 4 (Prescott, P4EE), Pentium D, Pentium XE/Celeron D processors in LGA 775 package
• Supports FSB 533/800/1066/1333* MHz (FSB 1333 requires FSB 1333 CPU and manual FSB adjustment in the BIOS)
• Supoprts Intel 05B/05A and 04B/04A processors
• Supoprts EIST techonology
• Supports Intel Hyper-Threading (HT) Technology
• Supports Intel Dual Core Technology to 1066MHz and up

Chipset

NVIDIA® nForce 650i SLI (C55) Chipset
• Supports FSB 533MHz, 800MHz, 1066MHz & 1333MHz* (FSB 1333 requires FSB 1333 CPU and manual FSB adjustment in the BIOS)
• Support Dual channel DDR2 533/667/800 memory interface up to 8GB
• Support Dual PCI Express 16X interface with either 1x16 or 2x8 operation.

NVIDIA® nForce 430i (MCP55) Chipset
• Integrated Hi-Speed USB 2.0 controller, 480Mb/sec, 8 ports
• 4 Serial ATAII ports w/ transfer rate up to 3Gb/s and support RAID (0,1, 0+1 & 5)
• 2 channel Ultra ATA 133 bus Master IDE controller up to 4 IDE drives
• PCI Master v 2.3, I/O ACPI 2.0 Compliant

FSB

• Support FSB 533 MHz, 800MHz, 1066MHz & 1333MHz* (FSB 1333 requires FSB 1333 CPU and manual FSB adjustment in the BIOS)

Main Memory

• Supports dual channel DDR2 533/667/800, using four 240-pin DDR2 DIMMs
• Supports the memory size up to 8GB
• Supports 1.8v DDR2 SDRAM DIMM
Slots

• Two PCI Express X16 slots (supports PCI Express BUs specification v1.0a compliant) (The 2nd PCI Express X16 slot will operate at X8 mode when SLI Technology has been enabled)
• One PCI Express X1 slot
• Three 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots
• Support 3.3V/5V PCI bus interface

On-Board IDE / SATA

• Two IDE controllers on the NVIDIA nForce 430i chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA133/100/66 operation modes
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices
• NV RAID supports 4 SATA II ports (SATA1-4). Transfer rate is up to 300MB/s
• NV RAID
- Supports up to 4 SATA
- RAID 0 or 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD is supported
- RAID function work w/ SATAII H/D

Audio

Realtek ALC888 HD Audio
• Flexible 8-channel audio with jack sensing
• Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec.

LAN

• Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek® RTL8211BL

IEEE 1394

VIA 6308P chipset
• Supports up to 2 x 1394 ports
• Transfer rate is up to 400Mbps

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.
• Supports boot from LAN, USB Device 1.1 & 2.0 and SATA HDD

On-Board Peripherals




• 1 floppy port supports 1 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes
• 1 Serial port (COM 1, supported by pin-out)
• 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
• 1 audio jack (5-in-1), coaxial/optical SPDIF out
• 8 USB 2.0 ports (Rear x 4 / Front x 4)
• 1 RJ45 LAN jack
• 1 D-Bracket 2 pinheader
• 2 IEEE 1394a connectors (Rear x 1 / Front x 1)
• 1 CD-in pinheader

Dimensions
11.96 in. (L) x 9.61 in. (W) ATX Form Factor

Mounting
9 mounting holes


Pics taken by me

sorry guys the quality may be not good that much. it was taken by a 2mp phone n agian i reduced the quality to jpg 6.

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MSI sound
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hw monitor
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cha_sl

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    SLI North Bridge looks fabulous.. with that my gigabyte is a midget ..
    katha natuwa transparent casing ekak use karanna puluwan ubata ..
     
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    cha_sl said:
    SLI North Bridge looks fabulous.. with that my gigabyte is a midget ..
    katha natuwa transparent casing ekak use karanna puluwan ubata ..

    Yes machan, its nice, yes i have already designed one

    Whats your motherboard machan?

    guys post your mboard also, if you like
     

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    Sasika@Elakiri said:
    Yes machan, its nice, yes i have already designed one

    Whats your motherboard machan?

    guys post your mboard also, if you like

    kathay bunz.. daanna baa.. wasa kathay..
     

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    Sasika@Elakiri said:
    oya daala daapan machan , mage kalin eka dakkanam :rolleyes:

    ona ekak lassana karala ganna puluwanne machan nbridge . s bridge cooler daaala , case modify karala..........
    my mobo sux to the max machan.. could u give me some solutions for this..

    1. ram slot is useless because stupid designers didn't think about the VGA
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    2. PCI cards cannot align with the casing ..
    pcibf6.jpg
     
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    cha_sl said:
    my mobo sux to the max machan.. could u give me some solutions for this..

    1. ram slot is useless because stupid designers didn't think about the VGA
    ramlf7.jpg


    2. PCI cards cannot align with the casing ..
    pcibf6.jpg


    Aparade!!! BTW macho cant you first install the ram then the vga?


    :D :D you have the same probs i had macho , i had that same alignment prob with ma previous casing .