Ms-7829 Motherboard Manual -

The MS-7829 motherboard (Ver 1.1) is a micro-ATX board manufactured by MSI specifically for Acer desktop systems (such as the Veriton or Predator series). It is based on the Intel B85 chipset and supports 4th Generation Intel Core (Haswell) processors. Technical Specifications Overview Chipset: Intel B85 (Lynx Point). CPU Support: LGA 1150 socket for Intel Haswell processors.

• CPU Socket: LGA 1150
• Chipset: Intel H81, B85, or H87 (varies by revision – check the silkscreen on the board)
• RAM Support: 2 x DDR3 DIMM slots (max 16GB, 1600MHz)
• Expansion Slots: 1 x PCIe x16, 1-2 x PCIe x1, possibly 1 x Legacy PCI
• Storage: 2 x SATA 6Gb/s, 2 x SATA 3Gb/s
• Back Panel I/O: PS/2 keyboard/mouse, 4 x USB 2.0, 2 x USB 3.0, VGA, HDMI, RJ45 LAN, 3 x Audio jacks

• Whom do we trust when manuals conflict with community knowledge (e.g., forum tweaks, unofficial BIOS updates)? The MS-7829 manual may be authoritative, but lived experience and later discoveries sometimes supersede official guidance.
• This tension between official documentation and emergent practices maps onto broader debates about expertise, authority, and democratization of knowledge.

7. User-centered vs. engineer-centered documentation