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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 98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista/7 32Bit
 
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Live Update Online

MSI Live Update Online is a powerful and useful application for updating latest BIOS and Drivers, which can save your time for searching and lower the risk while updating. Live Update Online is online services exclusively. End-users only have to connect to the download center and enable the Live Update Online function, and the updating will continue via the web pages completely. Live Update Online offers the latest BIOS, drivers and utilities from MSI for automatic updating. Through the user-friendly operation, end-users can update the system easily and increase performance immediately.

Detail Specification

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

CPU

• Supports 64-bit AMD® Athlon™ 64, Sempron™ and Turion™ 64 processor (Socket 754)
• Supports Athlon™ 64 2800+ ~ 3700+ and Sempron 2600+ ~ 3300+
• Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset

• VIA® K8T800 Chipset
- HyperTransport™ connection to AMD® Athlon™ 64 processor
- 8 or 16 bit control/address/data transfer both directions
- 800/600/400/200MHz "Double Data Rate" operation both direction
- AGP v3.0 compliant with 8x transfer mode

• VIA® VT8237R Chipset
- Integrated Hardware Sound Blaster/Direct Sound AC97 audio
- Ultra DMA 66/100/133 master mode PCI EIDE controller
- Supports 2 Serial ATA
- Supports 8 USB2.0 ports
- ACPI & PC2001 compliant enhanced power management
 


Main Memory

• Supports DDR266/333/400 DDR DRAM for two 184-pin DDR DIMMs
• Supports a maximum memory size of 2GB
 


Slots

• One AGP 8x slot
- AGP 3.0 specification compliant
• Four 32-bit v2.3 Master PCI bus slots (support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface).

 


On-Board IDE/SATA

• An IDE controller on the VIA® VT8237R chipset provides IDE HDD/CDROM with PIO, Bus
Master and Ultra DMA 66/100/133 operation modes
- Can connect up to 4 IDE devices

• Serial ATA/150 controller integrated by VIA® VT8237R
- Up ot 1.5Gb/s transfer rate
- Can connect up to 2 serial ATA devices
 


Audio

• 6 channels software audio codec Realtek® ALC655
- Compliance with AC97 v2.3 Spec.
- Meet PC2001 audio performance requirement.
 


LAN

• Realtek® 8201CL LAN PHY
- Supports 10/100Mb/s auto-negotiation operation
- Compliant with PCI v2.2.
- Supports ACPI Power Management.
 


Internal I/O Connectors

- ATX 20-Pin power connector
- 4-pin ATX 12V power connector
- CPU FAN x1 / System FAN x1
- CD-in connector
- Clear CMOS jumper
- Chassis intrusion switch connector
- 1 x Serial port connector
- 1 x Floppy disk drive connector
- 2 x ATA 133 IDE drive connectors
- 2 x SATA drive connectors
- 2 x USB 2.0 connector support additional 4 ports
- Front panel connector
- Front panel audio connector

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


Back Panel I/O Ports

- 1 x Parallel
- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard
- 1 x PS/2 Mouse
- 1 x Serial port
- 1 x Audio I/O (Line-in/Line-out/MIC)
- 4 x USB 2.0
- 1 x RJ45 LAN jack
 


BIOS

• The mainboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" 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

• 30.5cm(L) x 18.5cm(W) 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.

News

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Awards

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 ID.
 Version 3.4
Type Award BIOS Release Date 2006-03-29
Download 7144v34.zip File Size 0.26 MB
Note
Description - Fixed system can't reflash MAC address.
- Improved system compatibility with Hitachi HDDs.
 Version 3.3
Type Award BIOS Release Date 2006-01-25
Download 7144v33.zip File Size 0.26 MB
Note
Description 1. This is Award BIOS release.
2. New BIOS Release.

 Version 3.1
Type Award BIOS Release Date 2005-07-22
Download 7144v31.zip File Size 0.26 MB
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Live Update 5

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:
Mainboards: Drivers/BIOS/Utilities;
Graphics Cards: Drivers/BIOS

Click here to read the instruction

Driver

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

!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.
VIA Chipset 4in1 Drivers
Description • WHQL pass for Win2K/XP/64-bit
• Support WinXP 64-bit OS
• Support Windows Vista 32/64
• Driver version: 5.11a

 Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2007-04-20
OS XP 64
Download VIA4in1_x64_MB.zip File Size 11.21 MB
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VIA Chipset 4in1 Drivers
Description • WHQL pass for Win2K/XP/64-bit
• Support WinXP 64-bit OS
• Support Windows Vista 32/64
• Driver version: 5.11a

 Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2007-04-20
OS Vista 64, Vista 32
Download VIA4in1_MB.zip File Size 11.21 MB
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VIA Chipset 4in1 Drivers
Description • WHQL pass for Win2K/XP/64-bit
• Support WinXP 64-bit OS
• Support Windows Vista 32/64
• Driver version: 5.11a

 Version
Type System & Chipset Drivers Release Date 2007-04-20
OS XP 32, Win 2000, Win Me, Win 98 SE, Win 98, Win 95
Download VIA4in1_MB.zip File Size 11.21 MB
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VIA 10/100 LAN Drivers
Description • Supports VIA VT6103/VT6105
• Driver Version: 3.68.0.417 (Win98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista32/64)
• Driver Version: 3.54.0.0439 (WinXP 64-bit)
 Version
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2008-06-13
OS XP 64
Download VIA_10-100_winxp64.zip File Size 0.05 MB
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VIA 10/100 LAN Drivers
Description • Supports VIA VT6103/VT6105
• Driver Version: 3.68.0.417 (Win98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista32/64)
• Driver Version: 3.54.0.0439 (WinXP 64-bit)
 Version
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2008-06-13
OS Vista 64
Download via_lan_vista64_mb.zip File Size 0.46 MB
Note
VIA 10/100 LAN Drivers
Description • Supports VIA VT6103/VT6105
• Driver Version: 3.68.0.417 (Win98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista32/64)
• Driver Version: 3.54.0.0439 (WinXP 64-bit)
 Version
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2008-06-13
OS Vista 32
Download via_lan_vista32_mb.zip File Size 0.42 MB
Note
VIA 10/100 LAN Drivers
Description • Supports VIA VT6103/VT6105
• Driver Version: 3.68.0.417 (Win98SE/ME/2000/XP/Vista32/64)
• Driver Version: 3.54.0.0439 (WinXP 64-bit)
 Version
Type On-Board LAN Drivers Release Date 2008-06-13
OS XP 32, Win 2000, Win Me, Win 98 SE, Win 98, Win 95
Download VIA_LAN100_71.zip File Size 4.92 MB
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Realtek ALC Series AC97 Audio Driver
Description • Driver version for Win98/WinMe/Win2000/WinXP: 5.10.00.6230


 Version
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2007-05-08
OS XP 64
Download Realtek_AC97_MB.zip File Size 30.58 MB
Note
Realtek ALC Series AC97 Audio Driver
Description • Driver version for Win98/WinMe/Win2000/WinXP: 5.10.00.6230


 Version
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2007-05-08
OS XP 32, Win 2000
Download Realtek_AC97_MB.zip File Size 30.58 MB
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VIA VT8237(R) SATA RAID Driver (For floppy driver)
Description VIA SATA RAID driver
1. Extract the file in the RAID folder and Copy all files to the floppy.
2. Press F6 to install driver through the floppy when booting and loading RAID function.
 Version
Type On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers Release Date 2006-09-15
OS XP 64
Download VIA_VT8237_SATARAID_Floppy64.zip File Size 0.09 MB
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VIA VT8237(R) SATA RAID Driver (For floppy driver)
Description VIA SATA RAID driver
1. Extract the file in the RAID folder and Copy all files to the floppy.
2. Press F6 to install driver through the floppy when booting and loading RAID function.
 Version
Type On-Board PIDE/SATA Drivers Release Date 2006-09-15
OS XP 32, Win 2000
Download VIA_VT8237_SATARAID_Floppy.zip File Size 0.12 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
1.0 Multi-Language 0.18 MB RAID_Floppy.zip 2006-06-15
1.0 Multi-Language 2.61 MB M7144v1.0.zip 2005-06-29

Test Report

CPU Support

CPU Support

 

CPU FSB / HT BUS Ratio Result
Turion 64 (90nm, L2 Cache 512KB/1MB)
AMD Turion 64 ML40 (E5 version, L2 Cache 1MB) 200 11 OK
AMD Turion 64 ML42 (E5 version, L2 Cache 512K) 200 12 OK
AMD Turion 64 ML44 (E5 version, L2 Cache 1MB) 200 12 OK
AMD Turion 64 MT28 (E5 version, L2 Cache 512KB) 200 8 OK
AMD Turion 64 MT32 (E5 version, L2 Cache 512KB) 200 9 OK
AMD Turion 64 MT34 (E5 version, L2 Cache 1MB) 200 9 OK
AMD Turion 64 MT37 (E5 version, L2 Cache 1MB) 200 10 OK
Sempron (Palermo, 90nm, L2 Cache 128/256KB)
Sempron 2500+ (E6 version, L2 Cache 256KB) 200 7 OK
Sempron 2600+ (E6 version, L2 Cache 128KB) 200 8 OK
Sempron 2800+ (E6 version, L2 Cache 256KB) 200 8 OK
Sempron 3000+ (E6 version, L2 Cache 128KB) 200 9 OK
Sempron 3100+ (E6 version, L2 Cache 256KB) 200 9 OK
Sempron 3300+ (E6 version, L2 Cache 128KB) 200 10 OK
Sempron 3400+ (E6 version, L2 Cache 256KB) 200 10 OK
Sempron (Palermo, 90nm, L2 Cache 128/256KB)
Sempron 2600+ (D0 version, L2 Cache 128KB) 200 8 OK
Sempron 2800+ (D0 version, L2 Cache 256KB) 200 8 OK
Sempron 3000+ (D0 version, L2 Cache 128KB) 200 9 OK
Sempron 3100+ (D0 version, L2 Cache 256KB) 200 9 OK
Sempron 3300+ (D0 version, L2 Cache 128KB) 200 10 OK
Athlon 64 (Palermo, 90nm, L2 Cache 512KB)
Athlon 64 3000+ (E6 version) 200 10 OK
Athlon 64 3200+ (E6 version) 200 11 OK
Athlon 64 (Venice, 90nm, L2 Cache 512KB)
Athlon 64 3000+ (E6 version) 200 10 OK
Sempron (Paris, 130nm, L2 Cache 256KB)
Sempron 3100+ (CG version) 200 9 OK
Athlon 64 (Newcastle, 130nm, L2 Cache 512KB)
Athlon 64 2800+ (CG version) 200 9 OK
Athlon 64 3000+ (CG version) 200 10 OK
Athlon 64 3200+ (CG version) 200 11 OK
Athlon 64 3400+ (CG version) 200 12 OK
Athlon 64 (ClawHammer, 130nm, L2 Cache 1MB)
Athlon 64 3200+ (CG version) 200 10 OK
Athlon 64 3400+ (CG version) 200 11 OK
Athlon 64 3700+ (CG version) 200 12 OK
Athlon 64 (ClawHammer, 130nm, L2 Cache 512KB)
Athlon 64 2800+ (CG version) 200 9 OK
Athlon 64 3000+ (CG version) 200 10 OK

FAQ

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