MSI 845 Ultra - Page 10

Getting Started
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On-Board IDE
An IDE controller on the ICH2 chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with
PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA66/100 operation modes.
Can connect up to four IDE devices.
ATA133 RAID supported by Promise PDC20276 (for 845 Ultra-AR & 845
Ultra-ARU only).
USB Interface
845 Ultra/ 845 Ultra-AR
- 4 USB 1.1 ports (Rear * 2/ Front * 2).
845 Ultra-ARU
- 4 USB 2.0 ports (Front * 4/ optional USB 2.0 Bracket available upon request,
please refer to Chapter 2. Hardware Setup for further details).
- 4 USB 1.1 ports (Rear * 2/ Front * 2).
On-Board Peripherals
On-Board Peripherals include:
- 1 floppy port supports 2 FDDs with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and
2.88Mbytes.
- 2 serial ports (COM A + COM B).
- 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode.
- 1 IrDA connector for SIR/ASKIR/HPSIR.
- 1 D-Bracket™ pin header.
- 1 audio/game port.
Audio
C-Media CMI8738 / PCI-6ch supports 2/4/6 ch speaker.
BIOS
The mainboard BIOS provides “Plug & Play” BIOS which detects the pe-
ripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically.
The mainboard provides a Desktop Management Interface (DMI) function
which records your mainboard specifications.
Dimension
ATX Form Factor 30.5cm x 23cm.
Mounting
6 mounting holes.