MSI new features: ATA-133, USB 2.0, D-Bracket, SmartKey.

ATA-133 IDE RAID 0/1
MSI upcoming new Intel® 845 mainboard is integrated with new Promise 276 chip. The new MSI ATA-133 interface is ideal for transferring large amounts of data such as digital video. With MSI new ATA-133 IDE RAID, videos will run more smoothly and flow uninterrupted on your screen.

33% faster data transfer compare to ATA-100
Supports Maxtor's new Ultra ATA/133 hard drives
Data transfer at speeds up to 133 MB/sec
Supports hard drive capacity of 137 GB and beyond

For more information about ATA-133 specification, please visit www.promise.com

MSI's upcoming Intel 845 motherboards will support Maxtor's new "Fast Drive" and "Big Drives" technology

As the hard drive industry introduces faster and higher capacity hard drives, the current Ultra ATA100 interface causes a data bottleneck between the drive and the host computer.

To avoid the problem, Maxtor introduced the new Ultra ATA/133 interface and led the industry with the introduction of two new hard drives-- DiamondMax Plus D740X and DiamondMax D540X. The DiamondMax Plus D740X is the first 7200-RPM desktop hard drive with the new Fast Drive Ultra ATA/133 technology. The DiamondMax D540X, a 5400-RPM hard drive, is the world's highest capacity ATA hard drive that breaks both the Big Drive and Fast Drive barriers by offering a whopping 160 GB capacity and the latest Ultra ATA/133 interface technology.

MSI recommends you to pair your system with Maxtor's new lines of DiamondMax hard drives to get the best performance of the new MSI Intel?845 motherboards and to meet your needs for speed.

If you would like to learn more about Maxtor's "Fast Drives" and "Big Drives" technology, please go to www.maxtor.com

USB 2.0
MSI upcoming new Intel® 845 mainboard is integrated with NEC USB 2.0 host controller. USB 2.0 extend the transfer speed from 12Mbps (USB 1.1) to 480Mbps which is about 40 times faster than USB 1.1.

480Mbps data rate
USB 2.0 is fully backward compatible to USB 1.1
Improve performance for USB product like printer, scanner, and PC camera

For more information about USB specification, please visit www.usb.org

MSI Smart Key™
Developed by MSI, Smart Key™ is a hardware device that provides you the complete and perfect protection on you PC.

Protects from illegal users
Low cost for your PC to become Security PC
Operating PC needs the key to work normally

For more information about Smart Key™, please visit MSI Main Office web site

MSI D-Bracket™
Developed by MSI, the newest super value tool is now in USB. Beside conventional of 4 LED lights to represent 16 different troubleshooting functions during boot up, users don't need to open the case, D-Bracket™ literally helps to the identify the cause of any possible failure.

For more information about D-Bracket™, visit MSI Main Office web site