MSI G41M-P26 8GB DDR3 Intel Motherboard

MSI G41M-P26 8GB DDR3 Intel Motherboard Mobile consumer appliances are getting more and more attention in current day fast moving life style, with smart phones and tablets almost becoming a fashion accessory. However, many ordinary personal computers cannot charge some of these devices, making it difficult to stay connected.  The MSI i-Charger is a Windows resident program capable of revising the power supply mode of your USB port to become more powerful. Once your phone or tablet is connected to your USB port, the i-Charger sends a signal to initiate its charging circuit, making it a really smart and convenient charging solution for mobile computing needs.

APS (Active Phase Switching)
Active Phase Switching, APS, technology is an intelligent design that helps to save energy on MSI’s mainboards. The underlying idea is to switch off the power supply as soon as no electricity is needed, and when the system needs more resources again, APS will automatically adjust electricity supply accordingly. APS will automatically detect your processor’s loading at any given time and save energy accordingly. This is only possible by means of a very advanced power controlling technology. Other than software-based solutions, APS technology stands out from MSI's own research. The specially developed IC chip can operate automatically depending on the demands of the power supply, which is to reduce the total power usage.
 
 
M-Flash
Compared to common mainboard which need extra BIOS chips, MSI’s M-Flash has a double advantage which doesn’t need extra components and secondly, all your BIOS data will be saved in the USB drive. The stored data does not only have backup and upgrade function, moreover it can also be seen as a portable BIOS chip which is actually able to boot up your PC.

Features
Backup/Restore Your BIOS to/from Any USB Flash Disk
Avoid Unnecessary Repair Due to Accident Failures During The Upgrading Process
Earn more BIOS Lifespan by Reducing Unnecessary Rewriting Process

USB Safeguard
USB Safeguard can prevent mainboards and USB devices from being damaged by short-circuit and ESD (Electro-Static Discharge) with Anti-ESD chips built-into the mainboards. Additionally, the safeguard can protect against such dangers multiple times, and greatly improves product lifespan.

Features
All MSI mainboards use USB Safeguard’s anti-ESD chip for thorough protection against ESD damage
USB Safeguard is protected against a short circuit and/or ESD without the need for a fuse. It also supports stand-by power supply
 

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
 
 
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.

All Solid Capacitors on PWM
Capacitors are the most important component for electronic product’s power supply. The quality of the capacitors can impact the stability of the entire system and risk of product failure. Currently there are two types of capacitors, electrolytic capacitors and solid capacitors. Compared to electrolytic capacitors, solid capacitors have a longer lifespan, and provide a more stable power under high temperatures. More importantly, solid capacitors do not have any liquid materials inside, and thus will not suffer a leak which would infringe upon the product’s stability. With such benefits is it no wonder that solid capacitors are very important for product quality’s improvement,

Technical Details

Model

Brand : MSI
Model : G41M-P26

CPU
Supports Intel® Core 2 Quad/Core 2 Duo based processors in LGA775 package.
Supports Intel® Yorkfield, Wolfdale in the LGA775 package.
Supports Intel® next generation 45nm multi-core processors
Supports FSB 1333/1066/800 MHz.
Supports VRD 11.1 standard.
Supports FMB
Please refer to CPU Support for compatible CPU; the above description is for reference only.

Chipset
Intel® G41 Chipset
Supports FSB 800/1066/1333 MHz.
Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (Intel® GMA X4500)
Supports Microsoft® DirectX 10

Intel® ICH7 Chipset
Hi-Speed USB (USB2.0) controller, 480Mb/sec, up to 8 ports.
4 SATAII ports with transfer rate up to 3Gb/s.
1 channel Ultra ATA 100 bus master IDE controller.
PCI Master v2.3, I/O APIC.

Main Memory
Supports two unbuffered DIMM of 1.5 Volt DDR3 800/1066/1333* (OC) DRAM, 8GB Max

Slots
One PCI Express x16 slot (PCI Express Bus SPEC V1.0 compliant).
Two 32-bit v2.3 master PCI bus slots.
Support 3.3v/5v PCI bus interface.

On-Board IDE/SATA
One Ultra DMA 66/100 IDE controller integrated in Intel® ICH7
Supports PIO, Bus Master operation modes.
Can connect up to two Ultra ATA drives.
SATAII controller integrated in ICH7 chipset
Up to 3Gb/s transfer speed.
Supports four SATAII ports by ICH7

Audio
Chipset integrated by VIA® VT1708S
Flexible 7.1-channel audio
Compliant with Azalia 1.0 spec

LAN
Supports PCI Express LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet by Atheros AR8132M

Internal I/O Connectors
ATX 24-Pin power connector
4-pin ATX 12V power connector
CPU x1/ System x2 FAN connectors
CD-in connector
Front panel audio connector
Front panel connector
1 x chasis intrusion connector
2 x USB 2.0 connectors
1 x Floppy disk drive connector
4 x Serial ATAII connectors
1 x ATA100 connector
1 x SPDIF-Out connector
Clear CMOS Jumper
1 x Serial port connector
1 x TPM module connector
MSI Reminds You...
The floppy disk cable will be optional.

Back Panel I/O Ports
1 x PS/2 keyboard
1 x PS/2 mouse
1 x Parallel port
1 x Serial port
1 x Graphics Card port
4 x USB 2.0 ports
1 x RJ45 LAN jack
1 x 3 in 1 audio 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
24.5cm(L) x 20.0cm(W) M-ATX Form Factor