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

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Overview

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Live Update 5

MSI Live Update 5 is a powerful and useful application for updating the latest BIOS and Drivers, saving you time and lowers the risk of updating. End-users can install and run the Live Update 5 software on their computers with the companion CD or downloading the app from the MSI website.

Features
- Automatically Detect the BIOS/Driver/VGA/Utility Update
- Support Microsoft Windows XP/Vista/7 32/64bit
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Cool'n'Quiet

AMD Cool'n'Quiet™ Technology reduces heat and noise so you can experience amazing performance without distraction. Combined with core enhancements, included in the AMD processors, that can improve overall power savings, deliver better multitasking and energy efficiency. Cool'n'Quiet technology can automatically adjust processor ratio to throttle CPU speed with four modes.

Features
- Independent Dynamic Core Technology
- Dual Dynamic Power Management™ 
- AMD CoolCore™ Technology
- AMD Wideband Frequency Control
- Multi-Point Thermal Control
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This useful software detects system temperature, the status of voltage, fans and all other key components onboard. If any problem occurs, it will alert the user to correct the problem, reducing the risk of system damage.

MSI Reminds You...

  1. The specifications may differ from areas and we keep the right to change without notice. Please check the specific Specification with your local dealers.
  2. The color of the product might be affected by photography and the monitor's setting, which might be different from the real product.

Basic Specifications

Socket AM2
CPU (Max Support) Athlon 64 X2
FSB/BCLK/Hyper Transport Bus 1GHz
Chipset AMD® 690V+SB600
DDR2 Memory DDR2 400/533/667/800
Memory Channel Dual
DIMM Slots 2
Max Memory (GB) 4
PCI-Ex16 1
PCI-E Gen Gen1 (1x16)
PCI-Ex1 1
PCI 2
IDE 1
SATAII 4
RAID 0/1/0+1
LAN 10/100(L), 10/100/1000(F)
USB 2.0 ports (Rear) 4
Audio ports (Rear) 6
Parallel ports (Rear) 1
VGA 1
VGA Max Share Memory (MB) 256
DirectX DX9
Form Factor M-ATX

 

The Specification may change without notice. The actual products sold are different from areas. Please check the detailed Specification with your local dealers.

 

Detail Specifications

CPU

• AMD® Athlon 64 X2, Athlon 64, Athlon FX and Sempron in the Socket AM2 package.
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Hyper Transport Bus

• HyperTransport 1.0/2.0 supporting speed up to 1GHz (2000MT/s)

Chipset

• AMD® 690V and SB600 Chipset


Main Memory

• Supports Dual DDR2 400/533/667/800
- 2 DDR2 DIMMs (240pin / 1.8V)
- Supports a maximum memory size up to 4GB.


Slots

• 1 PCI Express x16 slot
• 1 PCI Express x1 slot
• 2 PCI slots, support 3.3V/ 5V PCI bus Interface.


On-Board IDE

• One IDE port by AMD® SB600
- Supports Ultra DMA 66/100/133 mode
- Supports PIO, Bus Master operation mode
- Can connect up to two IDE devices

On-Board SATA

• 4 SATA II ports by AMD® SB600
- Supports storage and data transfers at up to 3Gb/s

RAID Function

- SATA II 1~4 supports RAID 0, 1 and 0+1 mode by AMD® SB600

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

• Supports 10/100 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8101E (K9AGM2-L)
• Supports 10/100/1000 Fast Ethernet by Realtek 8111B (K9AGM2-F)


Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 24-pin power connector
- ATX 4-pin 12V CPU power connector
- CPU / System FAN connectors
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- Front panel audio connector
- Front panel connector
- Clear CMOS jumper
- 1 X CD-in connector
- 1 X SPDIF out connector (optional)
- 1 X SPDIF in connector (optional)
- 1 x TV-out connector (optional)
- 3 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 6 ports
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 4 x Serial ATA II connectors
- 1 x ATA133 connector

MSI Reminds You...
• The floppy disk cable will be optional.


Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x Parallel port
- 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 VGA port


Dimension

• 24.4cm(L) x 21.5cm(W) Micro-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.

 

The Specification may change without notice. The actual products sold are different from areas. Please check the detailed Specification with your local dealers.

 

News

Release Date Title
Tue, 05 Jun 2007 MSI Introduces This Year's
Highly-Anticipated Technologies

Awards

Recommended Award - Prohardver.hu
Date: 2007-05
Title: Recommended Award
Review: -
Media: Prohardver.hu
Country: Hungary
Tested Long-Term Stability - TUV
Date: 2007-06
Title: Tested Long-Term Stability
Review: -
Media: TUV
Country: Germany

BIOS

!Attention:

Users who download BIOS from here (not using Live Update) should use the flash utility included in the downloaded compressed file when doing the BIOS update. To avoid BIOS update failure, please do not use older versions of the update utility or utilities not provided by MSI.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Description - Update CPU Module.
- Update LAN ROM.
- Fixed Smart Fan function cannot work properly after restart system.
Version 1.6
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2008-02-28
Download 7327v16.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Update CPU ID.
- Update VBIOS version.
- Update SB firmware version.
 Version 1.5
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2007-09-07
Download 7327v15.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Update CPU information.
 Version 1.4
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2007-05-28
Download 7327v14.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Update CPU ID.
 Version 1.3
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2007-05-04
Download 7327v13.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Update CPU ID.
- Update SATA RAID firmware version.
- Update VGA BIOS version.
Version 1.2
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2007-04-04
Download 7327v12.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Update VGA BIOS version.
 Version 1.1
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2007-03-01
Download 7327v11.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description New BIOS Release.
 Version 1.0
Type AMI BIOS Release Date 2007-02-09
Download 7327v10.zip File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
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Live Update 5

DISCLAIMER:
Live Update 5 utility is only intended for MSI Desktop PC related products (motherboards and graphics cards) usage. This utility doesn’t support any MSI Notebook (NB and Tablet PC) or AIO product, while installed might experience unexpected errors. If it happens that you have installed Live Update 5 on your Notebook or AIO system, please uninstall it then perform system restart.

Live Update 5 is a powerful update tool with user-friendly interface, provides an automatic scan and download for your MSI products. Using this service to keep your system in the most updated environment.

Live Update 5 supports the following MSI product lines and items:
Motherboards: Drivers/BIOS/Utilities;
Graphics Cards: Drivers/BIOS

Click here to read the instruction

Driver

Win7 64,Win7 32,Vista 64,Vista 32,XP 64,XP 32,Win 2000,Win 98 SE

!Special Note:

The Drivers provided here are exclusively for MSI products only. MSI takes no responsibility for any damage resulted from improper usage or lack of technical expertise.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
ATI System Drivers for RS690/RS740
Description XP/Vista/Win 7: 8.582
 Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2010-02-04
OS Win7 64, Win7 32
Download amd_690_740_7_mb.zip File Size 104.75 MB
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ATI System Drivers for RS690/RS740
Description XP/Vista/Win 7: 8.582
 Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2010-02-04
OS Vista 64, Vista 32
Download amd_690_740_v_mb.zip File Size 161.95 MB
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ATI System Drivers for RS690/RS740
Description XP/Vista/Win 7: 8.582
 Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2010-02-04
OS XP 64, XP 32
Download amd_690_740_xp_mb.zip File Size 236 MB
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Realtek PCI-E Ethernet Drivers
Description Network Driver
 Version 7.67.1226.2012
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2013-05-10
OS Win7 64, Win7 32
Download realtek_pcielan_7_mb.zip File Size 5.76 MB
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Realtek PCI-E Ethernet Drivers
Description
Version 6.252.1109.2012
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2013-05-10
OS Vista 64, Vista 32
Download Realtek_LAN_PCIE_Vista_MB.zip File Size 5.69 MB
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Realtek PCI-E Ethernet Drivers
Description
Version 5.808.1120.2012
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2013-05-10
OS XP 64, XP 32
Download Realtek_LAN_PCIE_MB.zip File Size 5.6 MB
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Realtek High Definition Audio Driver (NonWin8)
Description • Realtek High Definition Audio System Software
• WinXP Driver Version: 5.10.0.6849
• Windows 7/Vista Version: 6.0.1.6849
 Version 6.0.1.6849
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2013-05-10
OS Win7 64, Win7 32, Vista 64, Vista 32, XP 64, XP 32
Download realtek_hd_all_mb.zip File Size 153.79 MB
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ATI SB600 RAID Driver
Description ATI SB600 RAID driver
1. Extract the file and Copy all files to the floppy.
2. Press F6 to install driver through the floppy when booting and loading RAID function.
XP/XP64 Ver: 2.500.1540.48
Vista 32/64 Ver: 2.5.1540.48
Win7 32/64 Ver: 2.5.1540.17


 Version
Type On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers Release Date 2010-04-16
OS XP 32, Win 2000
Download ATI_SB600_IDE_Floppy.zip File Size 0.17 MB
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ATI SB600 RAID Driver
Description ATI SB600 RAID driver
1. Extract the file and Copy all files to the floppy.
2. Press F6 to install driver through the floppy when booting and loading RAID function.
XP/XP64 Ver: 2.500.1540.48
Vista 32/64 Ver: 2.5.1540.48
Win7 32/64 Ver: 2.5.1540.17


 Version
Type On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers Release Date 2010-04-16
OS Win7 64, Win7 32
Download ati_sb600_raid_7_mb.zip File Size 0.25 MB
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ATI SB600 RAID Driver
Description ATI SB600 RAID driver
1. Extract the file and Copy all files to the floppy.
2. Press F6 to install driver through the floppy when booting and loading RAID function.
XP/XP64 Ver: 2.500.1540.48
Vista 32/64 Ver: 2.5.1540.48
Win7 32/64 Ver: 2.5.1540.17


 Version
Type On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers Release Date 2010-04-16
OS Vista 64, Vista 32
Download Vista_ATI_SB600_RAID_MB.zip File Size 0.17 MB
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ATI SB600 RAID Driver
Description ATI SB600 RAID driver
1. Extract the file and Copy all files to the floppy.
2. Press F6 to install driver through the floppy when booting and loading RAID function.
XP/XP64 Ver: 2.500.1540.48
Vista 32/64 Ver: 2.5.1540.48
Win7 32/64 Ver: 2.5.1540.17


 Version
Type On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers Release Date 2010-04-16
OS XP 64
Download ATI_SB600_IDE_Floppy.zip File Size 0.17 MB
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AMD Cool and Quiet Driver (MB)
Description • AMD Athlon™ 64/Sempron™/Turion™ 64/Opteron™ systems with ACPI 2.0 processor performance control objects
• WinXP WHQL pass
• Driver Version:
- XP 1.2.2.0
- 98/ME/2K 1.0.8.1
• Windows XP 64-Bit Edition or Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition

 Version
Type Others Drivers Release Date 2006-02-20
OS Win 98 SE
Download AMDCPUCNQ_1_0_8_1.zip File Size 0 MB
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AMD Cool and Quiet Driver (MB)
Description • AMD Athlon™ 64/Sempron™/Turion™ 64/Opteron™ systems with ACPI 2.0 processor performance control objects
• WinXP WHQL pass
• Driver Version:
- XP 1.2.2.0
- 98/ME/2K 1.0.8.1
• Windows XP 64-Bit Edition or Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition

 Version
Type Others Drivers Release Date 2006-02-20
OS XP 32
Download amdcpu_xp2k.zip File Size 0 MB
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AMD Cool and Quiet Driver (MB)
Description • AMD Athlon™ 64/Sempron™/Turion™ 64/Opteron™ systems with ACPI 2.0 processor performance control objects
• WinXP WHQL pass
• Driver Version:
- XP 1.2.2.0
- 98/ME/2K 1.0.8.1
• Windows XP 64-Bit Edition or Windows Server 2003 64-Bit Edition

 Version
Type Others Drivers Release Date 2006-02-20
OS XP 64
Download AMDCPU_64bit.zip File Size 0 MB
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Utility

XP 64,XP 32,Win 2000,Win 98,Win 98 SE,Win Me,Win 95

!Special Note:

The Utilities provided here are exclusively for MSI products only. MSI takes no responsibility for any damage resulted from improper usage or lack of technical expertise.


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
MSI PC Alert 4
Description The utility is just like your PC doctor that can detect the following PC hardware status during real time operation:
• monitor CPU & system temperatures
• monitor fan speed(s)
• monitor system voltage
• monitor chassis intrusion
 Version 4.1.2.5
Type Utility Release Date 2007-05-08
OS XP 32, Win 2000, Win Me, Win 98 SE, Win 98, Win 95
Download PCAlert4_MB.zip File Size 2.39 MB
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MSI PC Alert 4
Description The utility is just like your PC doctor that can detect the following PC hardware status during real time operation:
• monitor CPU & system temperatures
• monitor fan speed(s)
• monitor system voltage
• monitor chassis intrusion
 Version 4.1.2.5
Type Utility Release Date 2007-05-08
OS XP 64
Download PCAlert4_MB.zip File Size 2.39 MB
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AMD CPU Tool
Description This tool will provide stable performance for AMD AM2 CPU.
 Version 1.3.2.16
Type Utility Release Date 2007-01-09
OS XP 32, Win 2000, Win Me, Win 98 SE, Win 98, Win 95
Download AMD_CPU_Tool_MB.zip File Size 6.27 MB
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ATI RAID Tool
Description This is for setting up ATI RAID function.
 Version 2.5.1540.4
Type Utility Release Date 2006-11-02
OS XP 32
Download ATI_RAID_TOOL.zip File Size 32.04 MB
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Manual

!Special Note:

MSI™ provides user manuals (in PDF format) here for download. You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader (Adobe's WEB Site) to open them.

An easy guide for you to assemble your PC step by step, please refer to "Quick Installation Guide".


We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Version Language File Size Download Release Date
1.1 Traditional Chinese 4.7 MB C7327v1.1.zip 2007-05-25
1.1 Simplified Chinese 4.31 MB SC7327v1.1.zip 2007-05-21
1.1 English 5.48 MB E7327v1.1.zip 2007-04-13
1.0 Japanese 7.86 MB J7327v1.0.zip 2007-03-14
1.0 Multi-Language 3.3 MB M7327v1.0.zip 2007-03-02
1.0 Multi-Language 0.18 MB RAID_Floppy.zip 2006-06-15

Test Report

CPU Support

FAQ

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