MSI K8NGM2 User Guide - Page 14

Getting Started MSI Reminds You... 1. Please note that users cannot install OS, either WinME or Win98, in their SATA hard drives. Under these two OSs, SATA can only be used as an ordinary storage device. 2. To create a bootable RAID volume for a Windows 2000 environment, Microsoft's Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4) is required. As the end user cannot boot without SP4, a combination installation CD must be created before attempting to install the operating system onto the bootable RAID volume. To create the combination installation CD, please refer to the following website: http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/downloads/ servicepacks/sp4/HFdeploy.htm LAN † VITESSE VSC8201RX/ Realtek 8201CL (Optional) - Compliant with PCI v2.2. - Supports ACPI Power Management. - Supports 10Mb/s, 100Mb/s or 1000Mb/s. (for VSC8201RX only) IEEE 1394 (Optional) † Supports two IEEE1394 ports, transfer rate is up to 400Mbps. † Controlled by VIA VT6307/VT6308 chipset (optional). Audio † 8 channels HD audio codec Realtek ALC880 - High Definition link controller integrated in nForce 430/410. On-Board Peripherals † On-Board Peripherals include: - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes - 1 VGA port - 1 DVI port (for GeForce 6150, optional) - 2 IEEE1394 ports (Rear*1/ Front*1) (optional) - 1 parallel port supporting SPP/EPP/ECP mode - 8 USB2.0 ports (Rear*4/Front*4) - 1 Audio (Line-In/Line-Out/MIC) port - 1 Audio header (Rear/ central/side output) - 1 TV-out header (for GeForce 6150, optional) - 1 RJ-45 LAN Jack - 2 IDE ports support 4 IDE devices - 2/4 serial ATAII ports (nForce 410/430) BIOS † The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and expansion cards of the board automatically. 1-3