
All models support eSATA implementations of available SATA channels.Southbridges AMD-xxx Modelġ Parallel ATA, also known as Enhanced IDE supports up to 2 devices per channel. Support for AMD Quad FX platform ( FASN8),ĭual socket enthusiast platform with NUMA,Ī-Link Express III is essentially PCIe 2.0 x4 lanes. See Comparison of ATI Chipsets for the comparison of chipsets sold under the ATI brand for AMD processors, before AMD's acquisition of ATI.ĭirectX 10, UVD+, HDMI/ HDCP, DisplayPort/DPCP, Side-port memory, Ī-Link Express and A-Link Express II are essentially PCIe 1.1 x4 lanes. A later refresh of the chipset had the USB problem remedied. Manufacturers included PCI USB cards to cover this shortcoming. Most initial boards shipped without USB headers due to a fault with the integrated USB controller. Irongate chipset family early steppings had issues with AGP 2× drivers often limited support to AGP 1× later fixed with "super bypass" memory access adjustment. Step 2: Upgrade the mother board to an ASUS M5A97/99 (AMD 970/990 FX Chipset) or Crosshair (990 FX. Northbridges AMD-xxx ModelĪMD licensed VIA Technologies' Apollo VP2/97 MSI engineers developed a BIOS technology to unlock cores which can be easy upgraded via new.

At same time, MSI was the first who could unlock a 4-core AMD CPU to a 6-core because MSI does not use any 'unlock' chip on our mainboards. AMD Chipset logo, in use from around 2000 till 2011. In Addition, MSI discovers the ability to unlock Phenom II X4 960T to a 6 core CPU through the same BIOS setting.
