Genuine Windows® software is published by Microsoft and licensed and supported by Microsoft or an authorized licensor. Genuine software helps protect you from the risks of counterfeit software, provides you with special benefits and the experience and support you expect. Learn more by visiting www.microsoft.com/genuine.

MS-6147

• Support Slot 1 for Intel® Pentium® II/III or Celeron™ Processor.
• Supports 233 ~ 500MHz.
• Intel® 82443BX/82371EB Chipset.
• Supports four memory banks using two 168-pin unbuffered DIMM.
product comparison

Overview

MSI Reminds You...

  1. The specifications may differ from areas and we keep the right to change without notice. Please check the specific Specification with your local dealers.
  2. The color of the product might be affected by photography and the monitor's setting, which might be different from the real product.

Detail Specifications

CPU

• Support Slot 1 for Intel® Pentium® II/III or Celeron™ Processor
• Supports 233 ~ 500MHz


Chipset

• Intel® 82443BX Chipset
• Intel® 82371EB Chipset


FSB

• 66/100MHz clocks are supported.


Main Memory

• Supports four memory banks using two 168-pin unbuffered DIMM.
• Supports a maximum memory size of 256MB (8M x 8) or 512MB (16M x 4) registered DIMM
   only.
• Supports ECC(1-bit Error Code Correct) function.
   - Supports 3.3v DRAM DIMM.


Slots

• Three 32-bit Master PCI Bus slots and one 16-bit ISA bus slots.
• Supports 3.3v/5v PCI bus Interface.


On-Board IDE

• An IDE controller on the Intel®PIIX4E PCI Chipset provides IDE HDD/CD-ROM with
  PIO, Bus Master and Ultra DMA/33 operation modes.
• Can connect up to four IDE devices.

Audio

• Creative® ES1373
   - Running on PCI BUS.
   - 64 Voice and AC3 Capable
   - Support Direct Sound and Direct Sound 3D
   - AC97 Compliant
   - Support External CD-In, AUX-In, and Modem-In connector.

 

Video

• ATI® 3D RAGE PRO/RAGE PRO TURBO 2x
   - Running on AGP BUS.
   - Onboard 8MB DRAM.
   - 3D Acceleration.
   - AGP 1x mode (66MHz) or 2x mode (133MHz) support pipelined and sideband protocols

 


On-Board Peripherals

• On-Board Peripherals include:
   - 1 floppy port supports 2 FDD with 360K, 720K, 1.2M, 1.44M and 2.88Mbytes.
   - 1 serial port (COM A) + 1 serial connector (COM B)
   - 1 parallel port supports SPP/EPP/ECP mode
   - 2 USB ports
   - 1 IrDA connector for SIR/FIR.
   - 1 VGA port
   - 1 Audio port (Line_In, Line_Out, and Mic_In Jack) and 1 MIDI/Game Port


BIOS

• The motherboard BIOS provides "Plug & Play" BIOS which detects the peripheral devices and
  expansion cards of the board automatically.
• The motherboard provides a Desktop Management Interface(DMI) function which records your
  motherboard specifications.
• ACPI(Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) feature.


Dimension

• 24.4 cm(L) x 19.2 cm(W) MicroATX Form Factor

Mounting

• 6 mounting holes.


Product Accessories
  

MSI Reminds You...
• The accessories will probably be different according to the different selling areas of product models. For details of accessories, please refer to the descriptions on the product package.

 

The Specification may change without notice. The actual products sold are different from areas. Please check the detailed Specification with your local dealers.

 

News

Release Date Title

Awards

BIOS

!Attention:

Users who download BIOS from here (not using Live Update) should use the flash utility included in the downloaded compressed file when doing the BIOS update. To avoid BIOS update failure, please do not use older versions of the update utility or utilities not provided by MSI.

We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Description Supports Pentium(R)III Coppermine(R) CPU.
Version 1.8
Type Award BIOS Release Date 1999-10-07
Download w6147v18.exe File Size 0 MB
Note For Intel(R) Coppermine(R) CPU support, please check first if your mainboard have a blue sticker with the letter "C" located in the I/O chip, if yes, that means your system could support Intel(R) Coppermine(R) CPU. (The Winbond I/O chip is located beside the BIOS chip)
Description -Fixed the Password-clear Bug.
- Update the latest CPU Microcodes.
 Version 1.7
Type Award BIOS Release Date 1999-05-07
Download w6147v17.exe File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description - Fixed the problem wherein the system couldn't detect UDMA66 HDD correctly.
- Solved the problem wherein you cannot enable the DMA mode of the HDD under Windows98.
Version zx12
Type Award BIOS Release Date 1999-04-14
Download w6147zx12.exe File Size 0 MB
Note This bios is only for ZX chipset.
Description - Solve the problem wherein upon boot up it will turn on the wrong LED color.
 Version zx1.1
Type Award BIOS Release Date 1999-03-08
Download w6147zx11.exe File Size 0 MB
Note This bios is only for ZX chipset.
Description - Support Pentium III(R) CPU.
- Added Pentium III(R) serial number feature.
- Solve the problem wherein upon bootup it will turn on the wrong LED color.

Version 1.6
Type Award BIOS Release Date 1999-02-25
Download w6147v16.exe File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description This bios could support Pentium(R) III CPU.
Added Pentium III(R) serial number feature.
 Version zx1.0
Type Award BIOS Release Date 1999-02-23
Download w6147zx10.exe File Size 0 MB
Note This bios is only for ZX chipset.
Description - Support Intel(R) Mendocino(R) 366MHz and 400MHz CPU.
- Support IOMEGA ATAPI2 Zip Drive.
Version 1.3
Type Award BIOS Release Date 1998-12-18
Download w6147v13.exe File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
Description This is the initial AWARD(R) BIOS release.
Version 1.1
Type Award BIOS Release Date 1998-09-13
Download w6147v11.exe File Size 0 MB
Note About how to flash the BIOS, please refer to BIOS flash SOP
click here

Live Update 5

DISCLAIMER:
Live Update 5 utility is only intended for MSI Desktop PC related products (mainboards and graphics cards) usage. This utility doesn’t support any MSI Notebook (NB and Tablet PC) or AIO product, while installed might experience unexpected errors. If it happens that you have installed Live Update 5 on your Notebook or AIO system, please uninstall it then perform system restart.

Live Update 5 is a powerful update tool with user-friendly interface, provides an automatic scan and download for your MSI products. Using this service to keep your system in the most updated environment.

Live Update 5 supports the following MSI product lines and items:
Mainboards: Drivers/BIOS/Utilities;
Graphics Cards: Drivers/BIOS

Click here to read the instruction

Driver

Win 2000,Win 98,Win NT,Win Me

!Special Note:

The Drivers provided here are exclusively for MSI products only. MSI takes no responsibility for any damage resulted from improper usage or lack of technical expertise.

We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Creative ES-1373 Sound Drivers
Description Creative ES-1373 sound driver
 Version
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2000-07-25
OS Win 98
Download es1373_9x.exe File Size 0 MB
Note
Creative ES-1373 Sound Drivers
Description Creative ES-1373 sound driver
 Version
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2000-07-25
OS Win Me
Download es1373_wdm.exe File Size 0 MB
Note
Creative ES-1373 Sound Drivers
Description Creative ES-1373 sound driver
 Version
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2000-07-25
OS Win 2000
Download es1373_wdm.exe File Size 0 MB
Note
Creative ES-1373 Sound Drivers
Description Creative ES-1373 sound driver
 Version
Type On-Board Audio Drivers Release Date 2000-07-25
OS Win NT
Download es1373_nt4.exe File Size 0 MB
Note

Manual

!Special Note:

MSI™ provides user manuals (in PDF format) here for download. You can use Adobe Acrobat Reader (Adobe's WEB Site) to open them.

An easy guide for you to assemble your PC step by step, please refer to "Quick Installation Guide".

We suggest using Chrome, Firefox 3.0 or IE 8.0 above browsers to download BIOS, Drivers, etc.
Version Language File Size Download Release Date
1.0 English 0.73 MB E6147-10.exe 2002-05-29
1.0A English 0.05 MB E6147-10a.exe 2002-05-29
1.0B English 0.62 MB E6147-10b.exe 2002-05-29

CPU Support

 

Marketing Name
MS-6147
Model Name
6147
PCB Version
1/1.1
BIOS Version
W6147IMS.180
CPU
FSB
Ratio
Result
PII (Celeron) 233
66
3.5
OK
PII (Celeron) 266
66
4
OK
PII (Celeron) 300
66
4.5
OK
PII (Celeron) 300A
66
4.5
OK
PII (Celeron) 333
66
5
OK
PII (Celeron) 366
66
5.5
OK
PII (Celeron) 400
66
6
OK
PII (Celeron) 433
66
6.5
OK
 
PII (Klamath) 233
66
3.5
OK
PII (Klamath) 266
66
4
OK
PII (Klamath) 300
66
4.5
OK
PII (Deschutes) 266
66
4
OK
PII (Deschutes) 300
66
4.5
OK
PII (Deschutes) 333
66
5
OK
PII (Deschutes) 350
100
3.5
OK
PII (Deschutes) 400
100
4
OK
PII (Deschutes) 450
100
4.5
OK
 
PIII (Katmai) 450
100
4.5
OK
PIII (Katmai) 500
100
5
OK
PIII (Katmai) 550
100
5.5
OK
PIII (Katmai) 600
100
6
OK
 
PIII (Coppermine) 500E
100
5
OK
PIII (Coppermine) 550E
100
5.5
OK
PIII (Coppermine) 600E
100
6
OK
PIII (Coppermine) 650
100
6.5
OK
PIII (Coppermine) 700
100
7
OK

FAQ

Release Date Title
Common FAQ