June, 2007

New MSI P35 Series: Ready for PC year 2008!
MSI, a world-wide leading manufacturer of motherboards, introduces its latest P35 motherboard series. The brand new motherboards are based on the latest Intel P35 Chipset and support FSB 1333 MHz and DDRMHz. MSI will provide DDR2, DDR3 and Combo DDR2/DDR3 solutions. The complete P35 series will be ready for the upcoming (Quad Core) 45nm Intel CPU. MSI has a wide product range available from top to bottom with good price/performance, starting at mainstream level up to the Diamond segment for extreme overclocking. All the motherboards have a zero noise solution with the MSI Circu-Pipe, Heatpipe or Heatsink. Other optional special features are the 100% all made in Japan solid capacitors, Crossfire support and eSata. Experience the future technology with MSI: Ready for PC year 2008. Upcoming 45nm Processors Ready MSI will unveil at least 8 SKUs based on Intel P35 chipset. The most high en one includes all the features you can think off like the MSI Circu-Pipe, eSata, Crossfire support, Creative X-FI card and solid capacitors. The most entry level includes not all the extra features but have good price/performance. All the MSI motherboards in this series support Windows Vista Premium and Dual Core Cell. DDR3 Ready with Combo Design The new MSI P35 series support the next generation DDR3 memory structure providing the current frequency scale of 1066 MHz and higher. The DDR3 memory structure consumes more than 25% less power than DDR2 memory. The MSI P35 Platinum Combo and MSI P35 Neo Combo-F are equipped with onboard DDR2 & DDR3 slots to provide maximum flexibility to end users. MSI delivers a DDR memory switch card with the MSI P35 Platinum Combo that guarantees stability and performance. Exclusive Cooling Solution Circu-Pipe The new MSI P35 Platinum & Diamond segments are all equipped with the exclusive fanless cooling design Circu-Pipe. The unique heat-pipe design has a heat reduce of more then 19% after 2 hours full-load operation compared with the former heat-pipe design.

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MSI P35 Diamond Intel P35 Express Chipset + ICH9R 4 DIMMs DDRup to 8GB 2 eSATA2 Support Matrix RAID Supports Gigabit LAN and Firewire Creative X-FI card Crossfire support 100% all made in Japan solid capacitors MSI zero noise Circu-Pipe Vista Premium Ready
MSI P35 Platinum Combo Intel P35 Express Chipset + ICH9R Combo 4 DIMMs DDRand 2 DIMMs DDRup to 8GB 2 eSATA2 Support Matrix RAID Supports Gigabit LAN and Firewire Crossfire support 100% all made in Japan solid capacitors MSI zero noise Circu-Pipe Vista Premium Ready
MSI P35 Platinum Intel P35 Express Chipset + ICH9R 4 DIMMs DDRup to 8GB 2 eSATA2 Support Matrix RAID Supports Gigabit LAN and Firewire Crossfire support 100% all made in Japan solid capacitors MSI zero noise Circu-Pipe Vista Premium Ready
MSI P35 NEO2-FIR / MSI P35 NEO2-FR Intel P35 Express Chipset + ICH9R 4 DIMMs DDRup to 8GB 2 eSATA2 Support Matrix RAID Supports Gigabit LAN and The MSI P35 NEO2-FIR supports Firewire Crossfire support 100% all made in Japan solid capacitors MSI zero noise Heatpipe Vista Premium Ready
MSI P35 Neo Combo-F Intel P35 Express Chipset + ICH9 DDRDDRup to 4GB 1 PCI Express x16& 3 PCI Express x1 4+1 SATA2 3Gb/s Supports Gigabit LAN MSI zero noise Heatsink
MSI P35 Neo-FI / MSI P35 Neo-F Intel P35 Express Chipset + ICHDIMMs DDRup to 8GB 4+1 SATA2 3Gb/s Supports Gigabit LAN The MSI P35 NEO-FI supports Firewire MSI zero noise Heatsink
For more information about price and availability, please contact a local official MSI distributor.
About MSI MSI is proud of its 20 years experience in designing and manufacturing high performance IT products. The product lines of MSI are motherboards, graphic cards, notebooks, consumer electronics, barebones, networking and server products, and fully integrated add-on peripherals. With its ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 qualified facilities, MSI products provide the ultimate performance, reliability and valueincreasing productivity. We distribute our products through offices located in Taiwan, United States, Germany, Japan, France, China, Korea, Australia, United Kingdom, Poland, Russia, and The Netherlands. MSI markets its products to distributors, computer system manufacturers, and system integrators. For more information visit the company on the World Wide Web at http://www.msi.com.tw/. Mystar Computer BV in the Netherlands, the European head office of MSI, was established in 1998. Having its own facility in Son near Eindhoven, it handles all marketing, sales, logistics and after-sales-service for its customers throughout Europe.

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Compatibility Summary

Hitachi Travelstar 5K500 and Travelstar E5K500
Models: HTS545050KTA300 HTS545040KTA300 HTS545050KTSA01 HTS545040KTSA01 HTE545050KTA300 HTE545040KTA300

Compatibility Testing

The Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Integration Lab tested this family of Travelstar drives for compatibility with a wide variety of systems and operating systems. Testing was to demonstrate compatibility with the following hardware and software. Other combinations of hardware and software are expected to function with this product family, but have not been evaluated. Hitachi recommends you back up all data before installing your new hard drive.

Systems with 12.5mm HDDs

These Travelstar products were found to be compatible with the following notebooks. These hosts have been confirmed to ship from their manufacturers with one or more 12.5 mm HDD. Modification of host mounting hardware should be unnecessary. Asus G70 series Asus M50 series Asus M70 series Asus X71S Fujitsu FMV-BIBLO NX90U/D Fujitsu FMV-BIBLO NX90WN/D Fujitsu FMV-BIBLO NX95XN/D Toshiba Qosmio F30 series Toshiba Qosmio F40 series Toshiba Qosmio G40 series

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Additional Systems

Additionally, these Travelstar products were found to be compatible with the following notebooks, desktops and servers. These systems might not ship from their manufacturers with a 12.5mm HDD. For native 2.5-inch hosts, * denotes z-height compatibility. Although a 12.5mm HDD may fit in the designated systems, supporting hardware, such as mounting brackets and rubber shock absorbers, may be optimized for the dimensions and mass of 9.5mm products. Acer 5920G Apple MacBook Apple MacBook Pro 15 * Apple MacBook Pro 17 * Apple Mac mini * Asus G1S Asus P5WD2 Asus P5K Dell Latitude D830 Dell Inspiron XPS M1710 Dell Inspiron 1520 Dell Latitude D830 Dell Precision WS 380 Elitegroup ECS KN3 SLi2 Gateway NX100X HP/Compaq 6710b HP/Compaq nx6325 HP Pavilion dv2000 HP Pavilion dv6000 HP Pavillion dv9288ea HP dc7100 HP dc7600 HP dc7800 HP DL380G4 * HP DL380G5 * HP dx5150 HP MSA50 * HP xw9300 Intel SR1550ALSAS * Lenovo ThinkPad T61 Lenovo ThinkPad X61
MSI P35 Neo MSI P35 Neo2 QDI P4I865PA Sony VAIO VGN-SZ370 Sony VAIO VGN-C140

USB-Attached Devices

These Travelstar products were found to be both interface and form-factor compatible with the following external USB-attached storage units. Buffalo Ministation HD-PS300U2 IO Data HDPG-SU300

Host Controller Chipsets

These Travelstar products were found to be compatible with the following host controller chipsets, some of which may not be included in the above system list. Intel ICH6 family Intel ICH7 family Intel ICH8 family Intel ICH9 family ATI SB400 ATI SB600 LSI 3442(X) NVidia nForce 4 family Silicon Image 3132 Initio INIC-1610L (USB) JMicron JM20337 (USB) JMicron JM20339 (USB) Oxford Semiconductor OXU931ST-LQBG (USB) Sunplus SPIF215A (USB) Sunplus SPIF226A (USB)

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Operating Systems
The product was found to be compatible with the following operating systems. Microsoft DOS Microsoft Windows XP SP2 Microsoft Windows XP SP3 RC Microsoft Windows Vista (32- & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows Vista SP1 RC (32- & 64-bit) Linux: Knoppix Linux: Ubuntu 7.04 Linux: Ubuntu 7.10 Apple Mac OS 10.4 Apple Mac OS 10.5.0 Apple Mac OS 10.5.1 Apple Mac OS 10.5.2
2008 Hitachi Global Storage Technologies Produced in the United States 2/08 All rights reserved Travelstar is a trademark of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies. Hitachi Global Storage Technologies trademarks are authorized for use in countries and jurisdictions in which Hitachi has the right to use, market and advertise the brands. The Travelstar trademark is authorized for use in the Americas, EMEA and the following Asia-Pacific countries and jurisdictions: Australia, Hong Kong, Japan, New Zealand, South Korea and Taiwan. Contact Hitachi for further information. Hitachi shall not be liable to third parties for unauthorized use of Hitachi trademarks. Microsoft, Windows and Windows Vista are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Mac, MacBook and Mac OS are trademarks of Apple, Inc. Other trademarks are the property of their respective company. References in this publication to Hitachi Global Storage Technologies products, programs, or services do not imply that Hitachi intends to make these available in all countries in which it operates. Some countries have laws that may affect encryptionenabled devices. Hitachi assumes no responsibility for compliance with laws that apply to our products after they are sold or outside of our control. Accordingly, we suggest that you review all laws of the countries where you conduct business. Product specifications provided are sample specifications and do not constitute a warranty. Information is true as of the date of publication and is subject to change. Actual specifications for unique part numbers may vary. Please visit the Support section of our website, www.hitachigst.com/support, for additional information on product specifications. Photographs may show design models. 11 February 2008

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