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K7N420 Pro (MS-6373)
NVIDIA nForce Chipset nForce MCP nForce IGP
Awards & Recognition
AMD3D.com Editor's Choice  As a beginner or light gamer/ office user this is a perfect match due to its very straightforward interface and setup options and the fact that everything you need is already available on-board. So far, I have found the nForce to be impressive. Performance is excellent and the system has still a lot of potential left. www.acehardware.com

MSI's K7N420 Pro is a pretty impressive piece of hardware, no matter what angle you are looking at it from. I think there are some definite issues to get worked out, but overall the board is extremely impressive. www.hardocp.com
 
    CPU
  • Socket A for AMD® Athlon™/ Athlon™ XP / Duron™ Processor.
  • AMD Athlon XP (Palomino, Socket A) 1800+
  • AMD Athlon (Thunderbird, Socket A) 1.4GHz
  • AMD Duron ( Socket A) 950MHz
    Special Features
  • Audio riser card included
  • Live BIOS
  • Live Driver
  • PC 2001 Compliance
  • Integrated 10/100 BaseT Ethernet/Fast Ethernet]
  • Optional TV-Out card (MS-6952) - In the North Bridge Chipset of K7N420 Pro, there's a TV Encoder onboard which supports TV-Out. Just plug MS-6952 TV-Out card onto the AGP slot on MB and no driver is needed, the signal will be transmitted to TV. The output interface includes S port and AV port.
    Chipset
      nForce 420D Chipset
    • Support 200/266MHz FSB.
    • Twinbank Memory Architecture / 128-bit DDR memory controller.
    • Integrated GeForceMX-class advanced GPU (Graphics Processing Unit).
    • AGP 4X (1.5v).
    • Hyper Transport interface to MCP (800MB/sec max).
      MCP-D (Media Communications Processor)
    • Dual ATA/100 controller.
    • USB UHCI 1.0a, up to 6 USB ports.
    • IEEE 802.3 compatible MAC (MII).
    • Integrated Audio Processor Unit.
    • Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound by MCP-D
    • Multiplex DVI/TV Interface with AGP slot. (optional)
    • S/PDIF output function.
    Main Memory
  • 3 DDR DIMMs.
  • Maximum memory size of 1.5GB.
  • Support 128-bit system memory.
    Slots
  • One CNR Slot(Communication Network Riser).
  • One AGP Slot. Note: AGP 2.0 2x/4x (1.5V only)
  • Five PCI (v2.2) 32 bit Master PCI bus slots.
    Onboard IDE
  • An IDE controller on the MCP chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA 100 operation modes.
  • Can connect to 4 IDE devices.
    Video
  • Shared with External Memory up to 32MB.
  • 256-bit 2D/3D graphics accelerator.
  • 2nd generation T&L engine, NVIDIA Shading Rasterizer (NSR).
  • Multiplex DVI /TV interface with the AGP slot. (optional)
  • PC 2001 compliant SMA and operates with 128-bit system memory installed.
    Network
  • Chip integrated 10/100 BaseT Ethernet/Fast Ethernet.
    Audio
      APU (Audio Processing Unit) integrated in MCP
    • Support up to 256 hardware-processed voices or 64 hardware voices in 3D.
    • Support multi-speaker 3D audio.
    • S/PDIF out through external bracket.
    Onboard peripherals
  • 1 Floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.
  • 2 Serial ports (COM A + COM B)
  • 6 USB ports (2 rear connectors and 2 USB front pin header to support four ports)
  • 1 Parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode.
  • 1 VGA connector.
  • 1 IrDA connector.
  • 1 Audio/Game port.
  • 1 RJ-45 port.
    BIOS
  • The mainboard BIOS provides AMI "Plug & Play" Flash 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.
    Dimension
  • ATX Form Factor.
    Mounting
  • 6 mounting holes.

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