2017H1 MSI reserves the right to change the specifications without prior notices. 87 MS-98A9 Specifications ATX with 3rd Gen Intel® Core™i7/i5/i3/Pentium® /Celeron® Processor and Intel® Q77 for High-Performance Solution Features Ordering Information Packing List Part Number Description 919-98A9-001 MS-98A9 VER 1.1 INTEL IVY BRIDGE+Q77, 4*DDR3, 1*VGA+1*DVI,1*DP, 10*USB 2.0, 4*USB 3.0, 2*GBE LAN, 1*Mini-PCIe, 1*mSATA, 3*SATA2, 2*SATA3, with ISA 919-98A9-002 MS-98A9 VER 1.1 INTEL IVY BRIDGE+Q77, 4*DDR3, 1*VGA+1*DVI,1*DP, 10*USB 2.0, 4*USB 3.0, 2*GBE LAN, 1*Mini-PCIe, 1*mSATA, 3*SATA2, 2*SATA3, without ISA Part Number Description Quantity K14-1018004-V03 Internal COM Port Cable with Bracket, 510mm 2 K18-1025011-V03 Internal LPT Cable with Bracket, 300mm 1 K1B-3008012-E06 Internal USB2.0, 330mm 1 K39-3002004-E06 External PS/2 Y-Cable, 190mm 1 K1D-1080054-E06 SATA Cable, 625mm 2 E21-98A9010-C22 I/O Shielding 1 G71-SEDC078-J24 Driver DVD 1 • Intel® Ivy Bridge and Sandy Bridge Series CPU to maximize performance • Supports 4 DDR3 1600MHz UDIMM up to 32 GB • Supports DisplayPort, DVI-D, VGA, and dual Intel® GbE LAN • 2 x SATA 3.0, 3 x SATA 2.0, mSATA, AMT 8.0, 6 x COM, 4 x USB 3.0, 8 x USB 2.0 • Supports ATX power 5 x PCI COM2 PCIe x16 PCIe x4 Front Audio System Fan System Fan TPM Expansion Front Panel Indicator Mini-PCIe 6 x USB 2.0 3 x SATA 2.0 2 x SATA 3.0 12V Power Socket LGA 1155 ISA (Optional) mSATA LPT ATX Power COM3~6 System Fan CPU Fan 2 x GbE LAN MIC Line-in Line-out DisplayPort 4 x USB 3.0 PS/2-MS&KB COM1 2 x USB 2.0 VGA DVI-D Processor CPU 3rd Gen Intel® Core™ i7/i5/i3/Pentium® / Celeron® Processor, Max.77W Frequency 2.8GHz~3.9 GHz (Depends on CPU) L2 Cache 3M~8M (Depends on CPU) CPU Type Socket (LGA 1155) Chipset Intel® Q77 Express BIOS AMI Memory Technology Dual-channel DDR3 1333/1600MHz Max. Capacity Up to 32 GB Socket 4 x 240-pin DIMMs Display Controller Intel® HD Graphics Graphic Memory Shared system memory up to 1.7 GB SDRAM VGA 1 DVI 1 (DVI-D) DisplayPort 1 Multiple Display 2 independent displays (SNB CPU only) 3 independent displays (IVB CPU only) Display Interface VGA up to 1920 x 1080 DVI-D up to 1920 x 1200 DP up to 2560 x 1600 HDMI up to 1920 x 1200 Ethernet Controller 1 x Intel® 82579LM GbE LAN PHY 1 x Intel® 82583V GbE LAN Audio Controller Realtek® ALC887 HD Audio Codec Super I/O Controller Fintek F81866 H/W Monitor Watchdog Timer 256-level Watchdog Timer Smart Fan Yes TPM Controller Pin header I/O Interface USB 4 x USB 3.0 (rear) 8 x USB 2.0 (2 x rear; 6 x internal) Serial 6 x COM ports (COM1: rear; COM2~6: internal) COM1&2: RS-232/422/485, 0V/5V/12V COM3~6: RS-232, 0V/5V/12V Parallel 1 PS/2 1 GPIO 8-bits (4 x GPI; 4 x GPO), 5V Expansion Slot PCIe x16 1 PCIe x4 1 PCI 5 Mini-PCIe 1 x Full-size Storage SATA 2 x SATA 3.0; 3 x SATA 2.0 (support RAID 0, 1, 5, 10) mSATA 1 Power Supply DC N/A ATX ATX-Power 24P, 12V-4P Environment Operating Temperature 0 ~ 60°C Operating Humidity 10 ~ 90%, non-condensing Storage Temperature -20 ~ 80°C Storage Humidity 10 ~ 90%, non-condensing Form Factor Dimensions 305mm x 244mm (ATX) Weight 0.75 kg Certification EMC FCC Class A, CE, C-Tick, VCCI, BSMI Software Platform OS Support Windows XP (32/64-bit) Windows 7 (32/64-bit) Windows 8 (32/64-bit) *1 x ISA (optional) HMI Panel PC Embedded System Embedded Board Semi-rugged Terminal POS System COM Express Board Qseven Board Pico-ITX Board 3.5" Board EPIC Board PICMG 1.0 Board Mini-ITX Board Micro-ATX Board ATX Board