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MSI Eclipse SLI & X58 PlatinumMSI Eclipse SLI & X58 PlatinumEric van Beurden / October 2008 / v1.03 EUEric van Beurden / October 2008 / v1.03 EU

What is new on X58?

X58X58 X48X48

Front side bus (FSB)1.6GT/s

Triple channel DDR3 Dual channel DDR2/3

QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)6.4GT/s

nVidia SLI & ATI CrossFireX

New Core i7 technology

Eclipse is based on Intel X58, supporting the new socket LGA1366 for new Core i7 CPU’s (Nehalem architecture).

Int. MemoryController

Why Eclipse?

• An Eclipse is still mysterious and for many unknown phenomenon; just like X58

• The MSI Eclipse has a new colour scheme; Black & Dark Blue with a copper heat-pipe, same colours as visible during an eclipse

• MSI Eclipse is designed with in mind to overshadow all other mainboards

Pronunciation/ ’kl ps/ or /i’kl ps/ɛ ɪ ɪ

NounEclipse: The term is most often used to describe either a solar eclipse, when the Moon's shadow crosses the Earth's surface, or a lunar eclipse, when the Moon moves into the shadow of Earth.VerbEclipse: (transitive) To overshadow; to be better or more noticeable than others.

MSI Eclipse SLI & X58 Platinum

The cool secret below the HeatPipeThe cool secret below the HeatPipe

True 6-Phase DrMOS PWMTrue 6-Phase DrMOS PWM

Let’s take a look what the media had to say about DrMOS on P45...

The Media about DrMOS

HardOCP.com1 (USA) about DrMOS:

Bit-Tech.net2 (UK) about DrMOS:

Benchmark.co.yu3 (Serbia) about DrMOS:

Technews.lt4 (Lithuania) about DrMOS:

Tweaktown.com5 (Australia) about DrMOS

“It was cool to the touch regardless of how long the system had run or how much overclocking I did. This was the coolest running board I’ve seen in some time.”

“It seems that in work PWM at DKA790GX Platinum is noticeably cooler than Gigabyte solution even with Gigabyte massive full-pipe system.”

“..MSI does happen to make the board with the lowest power consumption under load. That said though, at just 155W under load it's only 20-25W more than the idle Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6!”

“DrMOS chip has four times the area smaller than take the standard MOSFET + IC. Of course, this noticeably improves the stability and speeding up.“

“MSIs first dive into the green PC market is extremely impressive. …The new Driver Mosfets manage to help keep the boards’ key components at cooler temperatures than any of the competitor’s boards, showing just how well this new technology can work.”

2004 2006

DiscreteD-PAK

MOSFET

DiscretePower-PAK MOSFET

2008 MSI Exclusive2008 MSI Exclusive

Best Power SavingBest Power Saving

Lowest TemperatureLowest Temperature

Extreme OverclockingExtreme Overclocking

Longest LifetimeLongest Lifetime

DrMOS; the 2nd generation integrated Driver MOSFET. The 3-in-1 chip is a driver IC + top / bottom MOSFET.

, a recap

Driver IC

Top-MOSFET

Bottom-MOSFET

MSI is the only one with 2nd Gen. DrMOS and leads the industry. ON MSI X58 we added also DrMOS chips to the CPU PWM.

Industry Leading & MSI Exclusive

Less Phase is better

(Fake) 12-Phase and 16-Phase PWMs are only for marketing.

Anandtech.com6 (USA) about Asus P45 PWM

MSI has designed a True 6-PhasePWM based on DrMOS.

“The P5Q3 may report the use of a 16-phase PWM but we know better. Although ASUS design engineers have added a lot of extra chokes and MOSFETS, the overall capacity of the power delivery circuit remains comparable to their competitors‘… …we would rather see ASUS concentrate their efforts on designing an entirely new circuit based on a true 6-phase PWM.”

“Unlike Asus and Gigabyte, who seem more than content with trying to outswing each other in the more-phases-are-better e-peen department, MSI manages to do exactly the same as these double figure implemen-tations with just the five phases.”

DrMOS does more with less

MSI DrMOS works efficient, stays cool and provides the best performance. MSI P45 already proved this.

Tom’s Hardware7 (Germany) about DrMOS:

Bit-Tech.net8 (UK) about DrMOS:

“You’d expect the highest stable CPU clock to be reached using the 16-phase power regulator of Asus or Gigabyte, but instead we find MSI’s 6-phase products taking first and second place.”

With Eclipse we will take DrMOS to the next level...

2-Phase DrMOS on QPI and Chipset

On P45/790GX we’ve put DrMOS on the CPU PWM. Eclipse will have 2-Phase QPI DrMOS and2-Phase Chipset DrMOS!

True 6-Phase DrMOS PWM

2-Phase QPI DrMOS

2-Phase Chipset DrMOS

NEWNEW

NEWNEW

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Hi-c CAP’s are used when stability, lifespan, temperature and quality matters, like on 200$ industrial ITX mainboards.

Hi-c CAP, better than solid capacitors

MSI Industrial ITX mainboard “Fuzzy 945GME2” 9

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2004 2006

Liquid capacitor

Solid capacitor (Lower ESR)

2008 MSI exclusive2008 MSI exclusive

Hi-c CAPHi-c CAP

Best Power SavingBest Power Saving

Longest LifespanLongest Lifespan

Extreme OverclockingExtreme Overclocking

Lowest TemperatureLowest Temperature

Hi-c CAP (Highly-conductive polymerized Capacitor) gives super low power loss at high freq. for the best stability and longest lifespan.

2x Longer Lifespan

than solid capacitors!

Industry leading & Exclusive Hi-c CAP **

DrMOS and Hi-c CAP are already efficient. But it gets better...

APS switches power phases on or off to increase efficiency. Unlike other solutions APS is the only one which works on all power phases, not only on the CPU PWM.

Bit-Tech.net10 (UK) about APS:

APS (Active Phase Switching)

QPI

CPU PWMChipset

Memory

“When used with north bridge, memory and CPU, the GreenPower efficiency drops MSI’s power use a massive 30W under load and a fairly significant 12W when idle.”

Eclipse SLI Type Phase APSCPU PWM DrMOS 6 phase From 1 to 6QPI DrMOS 2 phase From 1 to 2Chipset DrMOS 2 phase From 1 to 2Memory PowerPak 2 phase From 1 to 2

MSI ONLY

MSI ONLY

MSI ONLY

Full control via BIOS or GreenPower Center

APS is fully integrated in the MSI GreenPower design; it can react very fast without a delay. It’s fully managable via the BIOS (OS independent > Linux) or GreenPower Center.

Bit-Tech.net11 (UK) about APS:

APS is OS independent

“The real-time adjustments are even faster and more acute than even what Gigabyte offers – the power phase use is constantly changing from one to two, two to three, two to four, etc in fast relation to CPU load demands.”

“If you want to limit the system to just a certain phase use – say always on four phases, you can do that too.”

AActivectivePPhasehaseSSwitchingwitching

MSI onlyMSI only

OS independent

OS independent

Power Saving Technology*

PWM IC ISL6336 max 6 phases

ISL6336 max 6 phases

EPU (ASP0800) +PEM (ASP0801) max 4 phases each

Total Number of Phases 6-Phase 12-Phase 16-Phase

PWM Phase Splitter No, True 6-Phase Phase splitter(6>12) Phase splitter (8>16)

BIOS Management YES, OS independent - -

Software Management GreenPower Center DES EPU-6 engine

CPU switching steps 6-Phase, per 1 12-Phase, per 2 16-Phase, per 2

QPI switching steps Yes, 2-gear ? ?

Northbridge switching steps Yes, 2-gear - -

Memory switching steps Yes, 2-gear - -

*Figures based on P45 situation

MSI APS system is the first intelligent, fully managable power saving technology on the market.

APS compared to others

Win!

Win!Win!

Win!

Win!

Win!


Others are splitting each phase up into 2 weaker phases to reach higher numbers for marketing. If they switch off one PWM-IC phase, two phases are switched off. MSI has a True 6-Phase DrMOS PWM.

Phase1Phase1

Phase1Phase1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4Phase 5Phase 6

DES or EPU like software

Phase 1Phase 1Phase 2Phase 3Phase 4Phase 5Phase 6

Phase 3Phase 4Phase 5Phase 6Phase 7Phase 8Phase 9Phase 10Phase 11Phase 12

ISL6336 (6-Phase)

ISL6336 (6-Phase)

Phase 2Phase 2

Phase 1Phase 1

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Phase 1Phase 1

Competitor PWM

MSI Eclipse True 6-Phase DrMOS PWM

Why is the MSI PWM design better?

Others use a 6-Phase PWM-IC (conv. to 12) and switch in steps of 2. Each using 6 components (4 MOSFETs + 2 Chokes) which each waste power and generate heat. MSI APS switches in steps of 1 and each using only 2 components (1 DrMOS + 1 Choke).

6-Phase PWM-IC phases are switched offin steps of 12/10/8/6/4/2.

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6-Phase PWM-IC Phases are switched offin steps of 6/5/4/3/2/1.

2 components controlled by 1 PWM-IC phase

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6 components are controlled by 1 PWM-IC phase

MSI EclipseCompetitor board

1b1b

WastingWasting

Power Power

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So now you understand why the logolooks like this:

Behold the future of computing…Behold the future of computing…

Eclipse and more…Eclipse and more…

Our engineers put a lot of research in smart PCB layout design to optimize the airflow and improve the cooling.

Anandtech14 (USA):

Smart PCB layout design

All 10 SATA connectors (4 standing + 6 angled) and the angled IDE connector are accessible when 3 VGA cards are installed.

Extra airflow between VGA cards and space for big sized aftermarket VGA coolers.

You can remove the memory modules without removing first the VGA Card

Flat Hi-c CAP’s creates more space for larger coolers

Low profile Split Thermal System to allow larger CPU coolers

“In fact, the layout of the X58 Eclipse is one of the best we have seen in a long time with all ports and slots easily accessed.”

Eclipse SLI has a special Solid Circuit design. OC’er Coolaler was able to set a skyhigh memory bandwidth record15 on air cooling.

Solid Circuit design for Memory

PCIe PCIe storage storage

chipchip

Drive Drive Booster Booster chip 1chip 1

PATA / IDEPATA / IDE

22

Drive Drive Booster Booster chip 2chip 2

111) Speed-UP2) Back-UP

-Fast hardware RAID-Quick plug & play- Easy setup process- Ultra low CPU usage- 2 independent

systems- OS independent

Drive Booster

Easy OC Switch

With P45 we introduced a OC jumper but we found out that a switch would be more user friendly... so we present Easy OC Switch.

-No need to understand the BIOS-Easy to use, overclocking for dummies-After CMOS reset your OC still works-Directly upgrade to next CPU speed bump-The Easy OC Switch arranges all the settings so trouble free!

Core i7 920$299

Core i7 965$999

Save 700$

No trouble

MSI UniqueMSI Unique

Eclipse is the first mainboard to support both ATI CrossfireX and nVidia 3-way SLI. With 3x PCI-E x16 slots many scenarios are possible.

CrossfireX & SLI support

ATI configurations

nVidia configurations

Single Single (+PhysX)

CrossfireX 2 GPU’s SLI (+PhysX)

CrossfireX 3 GPU’s 3-Way SLI (+PhysX)

CrossfireX 2x 2 GPU’s Multi SLI (+PhysX)

PCI-E x16 slot #1

PCI-E x16 slot #2

PCI-E x16 slot #3

Split Thermal System

We use a copper Split Thermal System on our True 6-Phase DrMOS PWM and the chipset. Touch it to feel the cool result.

•No heat transfer from chipset to the CPU PWM which improves OC•Pure Copper HeatPipe to Effectively remove heat •Split Thermal System is more than 33% cooler than a high-end P45 system

Eclipse + i7 965 @ 3.2GHzEclipse + i7 965 @ 3.2GHz 12 12


Chipset

Got frustrated before?

Short Pins?

Remove Battery?

Cable Mess?

Easy Button

Easy Button

M-Connector

Eclipse comes with some tools like Easy Button and M-Connector which make your life more easy.

D-LED 2 display

Remember the MSI D-LED bracket with 4 LEDs showing debug messages? With Eclipse we introduce the D-LED 2 with a display.

- Easy onboard installation- Displays debug messages when booting- Displays system status messages:

-CPU FSB-Northbridge Vcore-CPU Vcore-Temperature

- Visible in the dark- Switch messages with D-LED 2 button- Includes a temperature sensor for thermal detect.- Complete integration into the MSI GreenPower design.

Temperature sensor

D-LED 2 display

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D-LED 2 button

During the boot process you see debug messages. After this you can use the D-LED 2 button to switch between all different messages which will be shown on the display.

Debug Messages System Information

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MSI Eclipse MainboardComputer System

100 Watt PowerSupply

GreenPower Genie

GreenPower Genie can realtime detect 12V, 5V and 3.3V. Via the SM Bus this can be monitored via the BIOS, software and D-LED 2.

System Management Bus (SM Bus)

NEWNEW

NEWNEW

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Improved MSI CoreCenter

MSI improved CoreCenter is a combination of CoreCenter, DOT and GreenPower Center in one application.

- Different user levels (basic / advanced)- Advanced tuning options- All LED’s on the mainboard can be disabled, no sunglasses needed .

GreenPower Advanced mode

GreenPower Basic mode

GreenPower LED control

MSI Eclipse comes with the world´s best hardware audio solution which increases your FPS compared to onboard software audio.

1.Hardware audio2.7.1 EAX Advanced HD 4.03.Ultra low CPU usage4.Removable, perfect for extreme overclockers5.SPDIF Optical output6.60$ retail value 7.EMI shielding8.PCI-E x1

Creative X-Fi Xtreme

15% more FPS

15% more FPS

Unreal Tournament 200413

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Trusted Platform Module (TPM)

Eclipse has a TPM v1.2 pinheader which canbe use to increase your security. You cansecure passwords and encrypt harddrives.

MSI cares for your security and is shipping mainboards with TPM pin-headers since 2006. At this moment there are more than 70 different MSI mainboards available which can enable TPM.


Continue to focus on the BIOSContinue to focus on the BIOS

MSI P45 comes with a lot of unique BIOS innovations, targetedat the enthusiasts and overclockers.

-Memory-ZVery detailed memory information in the BIOS;no need to switch to Windows

-Multi-step OC BoosterYou can always access the BIOS evenafter a failed OC attempt. The OC is not applied in

the BIOS and starts when you enter Windows.

-Extreme voltagesYou can tweak all board voltages in small steps of

10mV to achieve the highest OC scores.

-Advanced Memory Timings Overclocking the memory timings provides you

extra performance to set that high OC score

-Improved Help functionsNo need to find manuals to understand how afunction works. The BIOS help function is clear

MSI BIOS innovations

That was all introduced on MSI P45, Eclipse continues the MSI BIOS innovations...

www.msi.eu/bios

http://www.msi.eu/bios

On P45 we introduced Memory-Z, the community asked for a similar function for the CPU. Eclipse introduces CPU Specifications.

CPU Specifications gives detailed CPU spec; -CPUID-CPU stepping-CPU clock (freq. and ratio)-Cache L3, L2, L1-Core VID-Number of cores-Supported instructionset-Supported technologies

CPU Specifications

NEWNEW

Finally you can flash or backup your BIOS withM-Flash in your BIOS. You can use either a HDDor USB as source.

1. Update BIOS2. Backup BIOS

Sorry it took us such a long time...

M-Flash

DOS Flash Tool Windows Flash Tool BIOS M-Flash ToolInternet Flash Tool

NEWNEW

When we do something like M-Flash,then we also do it right!

Want to test a BIOS before actually flashing? With M-Flash you can! Just boot a 2nd BIOS from a USB/HDD. Unique and very useful.

1.Much faster and more flexible than your average dual BIOS 2.Now test Beta BIOS versions before flashing, no risk involved3.Easily compare different BIOS performance in benchmarks4.Auto recovery; when a BIOS update fails you can stillboot & flash from USB

M-Flash: Testdrive a BIOS

EXCLUSIVEEXCLUSIVE


SummarySummary

Eclipse has everything you desire…

EasyButton

3x PCI-E x16 v2.0CrossfireX & SLI (+PhysX)

Easy OCSwitch

Drive Booster

Angled IDE & SATA connectors

2-Phase power for Memory

Dual Gb LANCreative X-Fi Audio card

D-LED 2

FirewireDual eSATA

Easy Button

M-Connector

APS (Active Phase Switch)

Hi-c CAP

100% Solid Caps

100% ShieldedChokes

GreenPowerGenie

BIOSCPU SpecificationsMemory-ZMulti-Step OC BoosterM-Flash

• True 6-Phase DrMOS PWM

NehalemCore i7

GreenPower Design

• 2-Phase DrMOS QPI & Chipset

Pure copper Split Thermal System

10 SATA RAID

6 Fan headers

TPM pin header

Triple Channel DDR3-1333 (24GB MAX)

D-LED 2 button

MSI Channel model Eclipse+ Eclipse SLI X58 Platinumpure copper Split Thermal System Yes Yes Yes

APS (Active Phase Switching) Yes Yes Yes True 6-Phase Yes Yes 5-Phase DrMOS QPI & Chipset with Yes Yes -

2-Phase power QPI / Chipset / Memory

Yes Yes Yes

Hi-c CAP Yes Yes - Creative X-Fi Xtreme Yes Yes -

GreenPower Genie Yes Yes -D-LED 2 Yes Yes -

PCI-E v2 x16 slots 4x PCI-E x16 3x PCI-E x16 2x PCI-E x16nVidia SLI Yes, nVidia H/W NF200 3-Way SLI no

ATI CrosfireX Yes Yes YeseSATA2 Connectors 2 2 1

SATA2 RAID Connectors 10 10 8Drive Booster Yes Yes, 2x Yes, 1xEasy buttons Yes Yes Yes

Easy OC Switch Yes Yes YesDual Gigabit LAN Yes Yes Yes

Firewire Yes Yes Yes100% Shielded Chokes Yes Yes Yes

100% Made in Japan Solid Capacitor Yes Yes YesBIOS CPU Specifications, M-Flash Yes Yes Yes

TPM pin header Yes Yes YesROHS / WEEE / Lead Free / Energy Star 4 ready / Turbo memory ready

Complete MSI X58 line-up

Change logv1.0 / 20th of Oct. 2008 -Initial release

V1.01 / 22th of Oct. 2008-Improved background quality (masterslide)-P2 + P19 + P33: Included offical Intel Core i7 CPU (picture)-P3: Replaced ‘golden’ with ‘copper’-P7 + P50: Changed typo Technews.it into Technews.lt-P20: Added 6th phase step for MSI, was missing-P24: Replaced ‘stellar’ with ‘impressive’-P25: Added drivebooster performance bars (picture)-P26: Easy OC switch, added MSI Unique remark, MSI is first and only one to introduce this on P45. -P26: Easy OC switch, removed all referral to base clk speed because works more advanced with OC profiles-P27: Removed Quad SLI support, Eclipse PCI-E x16 slots support it, but nVidia driver limitation-P28: Added compare bars in (picture) + removed low profile line + english improvement.

V1.02 / 28th of Oct. 2008-P10: Added slide in about fake 12/16 phase PWM, disappeared in v1.01-P40 + P45 + P46 + P47: CPU-Z renamed to final marketing name “CPU Specifications”-P41: Highlight HDD & USB as source-P43: Added “Auto recovery” to clearify the BIOS function-P43: Added picture USB BIOS Stick in

V1.03 / 6th of Nov. 2008-Added X58 Platinum information in-P24: Added Anandtech.com quote-P25: Solid Circuit design name added-P28: Edited SLI configurations-P29: Added Split Thermal System logo in-P40: Added CPU Specifications logo in-P41+P43: Added M-Flash logo in-P46: Delete page 46, same as page 45-P47: Changed TBD modelname into final name “Eclipse+”

Media Quotes & Test reports1. HardOCP / MSI P45 Platinum review / http://www.hardocp.com/article.html?art=MTUxNSwsLGhlbnRodXNpYXN0 2. Bit-Tech.net / MSI P45 Platinum review / http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/06/20/msi-p45-platinum/1 3. Benchmark.co.yu / MSI DKA790GX Platinum review / http://www.benchmark.co.yu/modules.php?

name=BenchmarkNews&file=article&sid=164814. Technews.lt / MSI P45D3 Platinum review / http://www.technews.lt/index.php?id=Kas&Id=24655. Tweaktown.com / ASUS EPU 6 vs. MSI DrMOS vs. GIGABYTE DES Advanced /

http://www.tweaktown.com/articles/1587/1/asus_epu_6_vs_msi_drmos_vs_gigabyte_des_advanced/index.html 6. Anandtech.com / Asus P5Q preview / http://www.anandtech.com/showdoc.aspx?i=3309&p=17. Tom’s Hardware / 11-way P45 motherboard shootout / http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-p45-

motherboard,2001.html8. Bit-Tech.net / MSI P45 Platinum review / http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/06/20/msi-p45-platinum/19. MSI.EU / Fuzzy 945GME2 / http://global.msi.eu/index.php?func=proddesc&maincat_no=388&prod_no=105210. Bit-Tech.net / MSI P45 Platinum review / http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/06/20/msi-p45-platinum/1 11. Bit-Tech.net / MSI P45 Platinum review / http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/06/20/msi-p45-platinum/1 12. Internal testing see MSI Eclipse SLI thermal test report on the next page.13. Digit-life.com / Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi / http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/multimedia/creative-x-fi.html14. Anandtech.com / Eclipse preview / http://www.anandtech.com/weblog/showpost.aspx?i=51015. Fudzilla.com / Memory OC record / http://www.fudzilla.com/index.php?

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