Intel D945GCZ Product Guide - Page 9

Desktop Board Features - motherboard

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1 Desktop Board Features This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel® Desktop Board D945GCZ. Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board. Table 1. Feature Summary Form Factors Processor Main Memory Chipset Graphics Audio Expansion Capabilities Peripheral Interfaces MicroBTX (10.4-inches x 10.5-inches) Support for an Intel® processor in the LGA775 package • Four 240-pin, 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets • 667/533/400 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface • Designed to support up to 4 GB of system memory NOTE: System resources (such as PCI and PCI Express*) require physical memory address locations that reduce available memory addresses above 3 GB. This may result in less than 4 GB of memory being available to the operating system and applications. For the latest list of tested memory, refer to the Intel World Wide Web site at: http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/ Intel® 945G Express Chipset consisting of: • Intel® 82945G Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) with Direct Media Interface • Intel® 82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7) or Intel® 82801GR I/O Controller Hub (ICH7R) supporting Intel® Matrix Storage Technology • Firmware Hub (FWH) Intel 945G Express Chipset with Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 • Intel 945G Express Chipset • Intel® High Definition Audio interface • SigmaTel* codec • Two PCI bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI bus 2) • One PCI Express* x16 connector • One PCI Express x1 connector • Up to eight USB 2.0 ports ⎯ Four ports routed to the back panel ⎯ Four ports routed to two USB headers • Four Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s), via the ICH7 or ICH7R, one device per channel • One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices) • One VGA connector • One diskette drive interface • One parallel port • One serial port • PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports continued 9

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1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel
®
Desktop Board D945GCZ.
Table 1
summarizes the major features of the desktop board.
Table 1.
Feature Summary
Form Factors
MicroBTX (10.4-inches x 10.5-inches)
Processor
Support for an Intel
®
processor in the LGA775 package
Main Memory
Four 240-pin, 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
667/533/400 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
Designed to support up to 4 GB of system memory
NOTE:
System resources (such as PCI and PCI Express*) require physical
memory address locations that reduce available memory addresses above 3 GB.
This may result in less than 4 GB of memory being available to the operating
system and applications.
For the latest list of tested memory, refer to the Intel
World Wide Web site at:
Chipset
Intel
®
945G Express Chipset consisting of:
Intel
®
82945G Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) with Direct
Media Interface
Intel
®
82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7) or Intel
®
82801GR I/O Controller
Hub (ICH7R) supporting Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology
Firmware Hub (FWH)
Graphics
Intel 945G Express Chipset with Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Audio
Intel 945G Express Chipset
Intel
®
High Definition Audio interface
SigmaTel* codec
Expansion Capabilities
Two PCI bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI bus 2)
One PCI Express* x16 connector
One PCI Express x1 connector
Peripheral Interfaces
Up to eight USB 2.0 ports
Four ports routed to the back panel
Four ports routed to two USB headers
Four Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s), via the ICH7 or ICH7R, one
device per channel
One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices)
One VGA connector
One diskette drive interface
One parallel port
One serial port
PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports
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