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Welcome
Congratulations on purchasing the MS7177C mainboard. The
MS7177C mainboard is an ATX mainboard that uses a 4-layer
printed circuit board and measures 304 mm x 220 mm. The
mainboard features a Socket 370 that accommodates PPGA
Celeron, FC-PGA Pentium III, and Cyrix III processors that sup-
port frontside bus (FSB) speeds up to 133 MHz.
The MS7177C uses the VIA family chipset and features the AC
97 audio codec. The mainboard delivers high-level performance
with a 4xAGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot and two PCI Bus
Master Ultra DMA (UDMA) ports that support up to four ATAPI (AT
Attachment Packet Interface) devices. The PCI IDE also supports
PIO Mode 3 and 4, UDMA33/66 IDE (UDMA100 is optional), and
an ATAPI CD-ROM.
Note: The MS7177C supports two VIA South Bridge chipsets—
the VIA VT82C686A and the VIA VT82C686B. The VIA
VT82C686A is standard and supports UDMA33/66. The VIA
VT82C686B is optional and supports UDMA100.
The mainboard accommodates PC 100 SDRAM (Synchronous
DRAM) up to 1.5 GB using three 3.3V unbuffered DIMM modules.
The MS7177C also has a full set of I/O ports, such as dual channel
IDE interfaces, a floppy controller, two FIFO serial port connectors,
an EPP/ECP-capable bi-directional parallel port connector, a dual
USB (Universal Serial Bus) connector, and PS/2 keyboard and
mouse connectors.
One AGP slot, five PCI local bus slots, and one audio modem riser
(AMR) slot provide expandability for add-on peripheral cards.
