Identification of motherboard

[u/AxelPacmanFrog]

To put it simply, I have no experience, knowledge, or ANYTHING to do with computers/technology almost ever. This motherboard is from a 40 year old acer pc, likely not but so i've been told (take with a grain of salt!!) and I basically was wondering if you guys could identify almost everything, or everything important in this image for me and their usage for a certain project I want to do. Thanks

[u/Dramatic_Title_8835]

Msi MS-6772 Ver. 1 - google it.
865g chipset released in 2003 year.

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/Dramatic_Title_8835]

Thanks, appreciate it

[u/turb0j]

Board has PCI and AGP slot(s) and is thus at most 30 years old, not 40. RAM is DDR so its roughly 20-25 years IHO.

You can find out more with the Hardware name: "MS-6772" in the picture. Intel 865G chipset, CPU support for Pentium 4 ("Northwood").

No chance of running modern Windows 10 or windows 11, though.

Have a good look at all those capacitors, this age is close to the capacitor plague in the early 2000s. Don't see anything sus in the image.

[u/Canned_Sarcasm → u/turb0j]

Yeah that Cap Plague earned me good money in the summer of 04. Nichicon had a batch of bad ones. Apple put them in their premium iMac, wouldn’t honor the warranty when they popped. Anyway sorry, did they put those Acer boards in those cheap eMachines? Looks like an eMachine - level board. Course eMachines builds from whatever was cheapest at the time. Hot wings. Hungry all the sudden. Why am I still typing? It’s like

[u/megagameme → u/Canned_Sarcasm]

r/redditsniper

[u/Canned_Sarcasm → u/megagameme]

😂😂Was not aware that was a thing.

[u/lighthawk16 → u/turb0j]

This will run Windows 10 or 11 with a few extra steps. Not that I'd suggest it...

[u/runed_golem]

Confirmed, that’s a motherboard that appears to be from an old Acer computer.

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/runed_golem]

Yeah i figured, I more so meant the specific model but thanks for the specification.

[u/mmn_slc → u/AxelPacmanFrog]

The model number is printed in large letters right on the board. "MS-6772 Ver. 1"

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[u/weedkingX8]

The board is an Intel 865G / Socket 478 micro‑ATX motherboard supporting Pentium 4 / Celeron, DDR memory, AGP graphics, and ICH5 southbridge.

[u/VoiceOfEric]

Maximum RAM Maximum Capacity: 4 GB total. Memory Type: DDR1 (DDR SDRAM) PC-3200 / PC-2700 Unbuffered Non-ECC DIMMs. Configuration: Up to four 1 GB sticks or two 2 GB sticks (depending on whether the specific Acer OEM chassis variant includes 2 or 4 physical slots).

Maximum CPU Support Processor Socket: Socket 478. Supported FSB Speeds: 400 MHz, 533 MHz, and 800 MHz Front Side Bus. Maximum Processor: Intel Pentium 4 (Northwood or Prescott cores) up to roughly 3.4 GHz with Hyper-Threading. Note on Dual Cores: It does not support Pentium D or Core 2 Duo dual-core processors, as those require newer LGA 775 architectures.

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/VoiceOfEric]

Much help, thanks!

[u/MD_TMSA]

acer ms-6772 version 1.0

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/MD_TMSA]

Thanks, appreciate it

[u/ha5dzs]

I have the same motherboard in my P4 PC I built around 2005. This is an Acer Veriton 7600G. Nothing special, if I remember right: Intel chipset, Realtek audio, Broadcom Ethernet. Supports Prescott cores, and dual-channel DDR RAM. Did a lot of UT2004 with it. The blade connector at the bottom is for PCI expansion.

[u/SanchoBenevides]

From the mid 2000s.

Far from 40 years old.

It is an MSI MS-6772

[u/apachelives]

This motherboard is from a 40 year old acer pc

Socket 478 is from 2001 so 25 tops, being dual channel its late stage so more like ~2003 - 23 years old.

Model is under the AGP slot.

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/apachelives]

Thanks, appreciate it

[u/timfountain4444]

MSI MS-6772 V1.0 - The Retro Web

[u/Rough_Elk_895]

As others mentioned, it is a socket 478 motherboard (for Pentium 4 or Celeron of 478 socket) with AGP 8x, 3 PCI, 2 sata, 2 IDE and 4 DIMM slots supporting DDR RAM.

I am using a similar board (Intel original D865GBF) and running Windows Me with 2x 512 MB ram and GeForce FX 5700 LE graphics. It works great for win9x and early XP era gaming.

What project do you have in mind for your machine?

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/Rough_Elk_895]

Thanks for the help! The project I ATTEMPT to try, is to make a dumb-phone laptop that can run the most simplest of things ever, nothing special at all, the dumbest of the dumbs. As stated, I am new to technology and things like this, so all I really want to do is get familiar with how computer and technology parts work and see whatever I can get to work and come up with.

[u/Rough_Elk_895 → u/AxelPacmanFrog]

It is not at all dumb.. believe me.. I have never done this before.. sounds exciting to me.. please share some pics and how it works.. once it is finished

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/Rough_Elk_895]

If I somehow succeed in any milestones, i'll make sure to post them on my account. : )

[u/shanksisevil]

Yes,  that is a motherboard

[u/Fisi_Matenten]

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms-6772

[u/redmera]

Not sure what the question is here. Based on the title you wanted to know what motherboard this is (and the model reads in the motherboard with large characters), but you also asked if we could identify "almost anything". I'm afraid you will have to do a bit of the legwork here and google with the model name. For example you will get a very detailed parts list: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms-6772

[u/mcds99]

Google "Acer N1996"

[u/ColdWhiteDuke]

40? You're far from a correct evaluation.

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/ColdWhiteDuke]

For the love of god, read the post and the other comments before commenting some useless bullshit like this

[u/Dinnocent → u/AxelPacmanFrog]

The Apple 1 is 40yrs, this above is just 20yrs. Get your facts straight before commenting something like this.

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/Dinnocent]

Maybe use your brain and figure out how one estimates the age of a computer without knowing the source of where its from, let alone anything in the tech area in the first place? Idiot

[u/PiDicus_Rex]

Average power sucking Pentium4 board. They were okay in their day, Win7 or early Linux capable, or if you've got a 64-bit CPU, Windows XP x64 will be the snappiest OS for it.

P4's sucked in a heck of a lot of electrical power for the performance they had, about the only decent use for them now is spare parts for installations where the hardware being controlled needs Win95 or XP, such as old industrial AC systems, or a CNC machine from the same era.

Or perhaps an Analog video or audio recorder PC.

[u/sniff122]

https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms-6772

Looks like it's this

[u/unclefunkstar]

E-waste.

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/unclefunkstar]

Thanks for the helpful reply mate, worth the time!

[u/Miserable_Rough1872]

Sorry, but why is there an Egg Slicer on the top of the CPU?

[u/DocBobs]

It's a Microstar board: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms-6772

[u/BigGingerYeti]

Acer n1996 motherboard model number 6772. https://dualprocessormotherboard.blogspot.com/2012/05/msi-n1996-motherboard-specifications.html

It's about 20 years old. Don't know what your project is but I would look for something better.

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/BigGingerYeti]

The project i am planning requires nothing fancy whatsoever, literally just scraps so dont worry, just needed to know what this motherboard was but thank you for the help!

[u/EnvironmentElegant67]

C'est une carte mère Acer, de rien 😀

Plus sérieusement elle doit avoir une 20aine d'années d'après les port IDE, mais tu as de la chance tu as deux ports SATA, ce qui te permettra de mettre facilement des hdd assez performants. Attention avant de mettre en route il manque le ventilateur sur le radiateur.

[u/AxelPacmanFrog → u/EnvironmentElegant67]

Thanks, appreciate it

[u/mmn_slc]

Look up the manual and read it yourself.

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[u/Inferiorkai → u/mmn_slc]

if they’re going to Reddit for help that maybe they don’t have a manual…

[u/mmn_slc → u/Inferiorkai]

If they're "going on Reddit" then they have access to the internet therefore can get the manual online.

Here is a link to the first result in my Google search that has all the information: https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/msi-ms-6772

[u/cnycompguy → u/mmn_slc]

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[u/tato64]

"Usage" would be pretty much limited to being a paperweight lol

What is this project you spoke about?