Motherboard · 1998
MSI MS-6156 v1.0 BX7
Works
Details
| Year | 1998 |
| Sockets | Slot 1 (Slot-242) |
| FSB | 66MHz, 100MHz |
| Chipset | Intel 440BX (Seattle) |
| Max RAM | 512MB |
| RAM type | SDR UDIMM (PC100, PC66) |
| PSU connector | ATX 1.x (20-pin ATX) |
| CMOS battery | yes |
| Links | The Retro Web (external) |
Expansion slots & ports
| Slots | |
|---|---|
| ISA 16-bit | 1 |
| PCI | 2 |
| AGP 3.3V | 1 |
| I/O ports | |
|---|---|
| Floppy | 1 |
| IDE | 2 |
| PS/2 mouse | 1 |
| PS/2 keyboard | 1 |
| Serial | 2 |
| Parallel | 1 |
| USB 1.x | 2 |
| Game port | 1 |
Units
| Unit | Works | State | CPUs | Form factor | PCI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MSI MS-6156 v1.0 BX7(1) | Works | Intel Pentium III (Katmai), Intel Pentium II (Deschutes), Intel Pentium II (Klamath), Intel Celeron (Mendocino), Intel Celeron (Covington) | microATX | 2 | |
| MSI MS-6156 v1.0 BX7(2) | Broken | Intel Pentium III (Katmai), Intel Pentium II (Deschutes), Intel Pentium II (Klamath), Intel Celeron (Covington), Intel Celeron (Mendocino) | ATX | 3 |
Notes
Memory
Use PC100 DIMMs. BX likes proper SPD DIMMs; some high-density / 16-chip modules aren't sized correctly and hang at C1. Try plain 4- or 8-chip PC100 modules.
MSI MS-6156 v1.0 BX7(2)
Not working!
- POST stops at C1-00, no beeps.
- Caps near the CPU slot look bad, need to be replaced.
Notes
Even though the board is labeled BX7, it is an MS-6156. The BX7 is the MS-6147 and has onboard ATi video.
Downloads
| PDFMS-6156 (BX&ZX) User manual MS-6156 (BX&ZX) User manual.pdf | PDF · 1.2 MB |