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MSI K8NGM2-FID
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2 5330 06-20-2007
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100% of reviewers None indicated 10.0



Description: CPU Socket Type Socket AM2
CPU Type Athlon 64 X2/Athlon 64 FX/Athlon
North Bridge NVIDIA GeForce 6150
South Bridge NVIDIA nForce 430
Number of DDR2 Slots 4x 240pin DDR2
DDR2 Standard DDR2 800
Maximum Memory Supported 8GB
Dual Channel Supported Yes
PCI Express x16 1
PCI Express x1 1
PCI Slots 2
PATA 2 x ATA100 up to 4 Devices
SATA 3Gb/s 4
SATA RAID RAID 0/1/0+1/5
Onboard Video Chipset NVIDIA GeForce 6150
Audio Chipset Realtek ALC883
Audio Channels 8 Channels
LAN Chipset VITESSE VSC8601
Max LAN Speed 10/100/1000Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2 2
LPT 1
VGA 1 x DVI, 1 x D-sub
USB 4x USB 2.0
IEEE 1394 1x 1394a
Audio Ports 3 Ports
Onboard USB
Onboard USB 4x USB 2.0
Onboard 1394
Onboard 1394 1x 1394a
Form Factor Micro ATX
Dimensions 9.6" x 9.6"
Power Pin 24 Pin, "20 Pin works too"

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p...D&class=mb
Keywords: K8NGM2 NVIDIA "GeForce 6150" "nForce 430" SATA "socket AM2" "micro ATX"
/sbin/lspci output: 0000:00:00.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:00.1 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 0 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.2 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 1 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.3 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 5 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.4 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 4 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.5 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:00.6 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 3 (rev a2)
0000:00:00.7 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation C51 Memory Controller 2 (rev a2)
0000:00:02.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
0000:00:03.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
0000:00:04.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a1)
0000:00:05.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 PCI Express Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:09.0 RAM memory: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Host Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:0a.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 LPC Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:0a.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation MCP51 SMBus (rev a2)
0000:00:0b.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2)
0000:00:0b.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation MCP51 USB Controller (rev a2)
0000:00:0d.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 IDE (rev a1)
0000:00:0e.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:0f.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Serial ATA Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:10.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
0000:00:10.1 0403: nVidia Corporation MCP51 High Definition Audio (rev a2)
0000:00:14.0 Bridge: nVidia Corporation MCP51 Ethernet Controller (rev a1)
0000:00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
0000:00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
0000:00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
0000:00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
0000:04:08.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
Chipset: NVIDIA ® C51PV (GeForce6150) Chipset; NVIDIA ® MCP51 (MCP430) Chipset


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Old 08-29-2006, 11:22 AM   #1
Dennis Swartz
 
Registered: May 2006
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 2
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.16.21-0.13-default
Distribution: Suse 10.1 Desktop



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The MSI K8NGM2-FID has been a good purchase. I have been running Windows XP from one IDE hard drive and just installed Suse 10.1 on a SATA hard drive. The motherboard has had no issues but I have not tried all the features yet. It has so many I wonder if I ever would.
My older 20 pin power supply connector powered the MB fine. No adapter needed.
Expecting to reload XP as needed in the future and a newbie to Linux, I wanted to make the reloading of an OS to be as painless as possible but could not find information that convinced me that would be possible. I finally came to the conclusion since the XP was already loaded on the IDE HD, I made the SATA HD the BIOS boot preference and let Suse do her thing.
I did adjust the partitions so data could be stored away from the operating system partitions. Also adjusting the BootLoader a little so the SATA HD came first in priority.
Adding some extra software at install messed with my network connection. There was a "DHCP client is already running on et h0" error while trying to test the internet connection. Then I only updated the security critical issues during install.
So far I feel as confused and bewildered as a new born.
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Old 06-20-2007, 06:13 PM   #2
Sage1
 
Registered: Dec 2002
Distribution: Debian & Slack based distros!
Posts: 25
Would you recommend the product? yes | Price you paid?: None indicated | Rating: 10

Kernel (uname -r): 2.6.15-27-desktop64-smp
Distribution: Mepis64 bit version 6.5


3BTech.com was selling this board, with Sempron3000+ CPU/Fan for $89 delivered, so I grabbed one, 6/10/2007. What a deal!

I had 768 Mb of PC3200 DDR RAM. on hand, to install.

Mepis 64 bit version 6.5 on the LiveCDrom installed in 9 minutes! I selected the second option, nVidia, as the "GeForce 6150" is onboard, with both VGA and DVI connectors.

It came up on my Sceptre X9 Naga 19" LCD at 1280X1024 resolution, using 64 Mb of the DDR RAM.

No game port included onboard, though it is an available optional backplane connector. Available where, I know not. Lucky me, I saved up some of these cables and things from back when PcChips and ECS boards included them. Same, with the SP/DIF connector.

RCA jacks for TV out, and S-video plus 7.1 audio are extras not expected.

With Linux, the included driver and manual disc were of little purpose, except to bundle with the useless multi-lingual manual, and tape into the tower bottom.

I considered this a fine deal, and it has run non-stop for ten days. Use a new PSU, as it requires the 24 pin power connector plus, the P4 plug.

Quad onboard SATA connectors and the nVidia chip is there to manage a Software Raid. Funny, included is only a single power SATA adapter, plus, one SATA data cable.
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