Above a front side bus of 138Mhz, SPD DIMM timings are not an option, but setting the CAS setting is simple enough in the CHIPSET features section of the BIOS. Beyond basic settings however, there aren't any of the memory tweaks that are more common on single CPU VIA chipset boards, such as bank interleaving. One nice additional feature of this board is the included Promise ATA-100 controller.

The VIA Southbridge supports ATA-66 natively, so along with the included Promise ATA100 controller, you can use up to *8* IDE devices on this board. For those who are brave enough, there are even indications that the now venerable Promise RAID hack has been worked out as doable on this mainboard. Kudos to Jordan over at 2cpu.com for this one. Read this thread if you are brave and do not care about warranties.

Another uncommon feature of the MSI 694D are these.....

these are 4 diagnostic LED's that blink through a set of status indicators during POST. MSI includes a reference sticker, indicating the meanings of the various LED combinations, that can be placed in the case for a handy reference. Very handy little diagnostic tool for when things go awry.

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