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1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel
®
Desktop Board D945GCPE.
Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop bo
ard.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor
microATX (218.44 millimeters [8.60 inches] x 243.84 millimeters
[9.60 inches])
Processor Support for an Intel
®
processor in the LGA775 package
Main Memory
• Two 240-pin, DDR2 1.8 V (only) SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module
(DIMM) sockets
• 667/533 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Support for up to 2 GB of system memory
Chipset Intel
®
945GC Express Chipset consisting of:
• Intel
®
82945GC Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
(GMCH)
• Intel
®
82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7)
Graphics
Intel 945GC Express Chipset with
Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 950
(Intel
®
GMA 950)
Audio
• 4-channel (2 + 2) onboard subsystem, featuring:
― Intel
®
High Definition Audio interface
― Realtek* ALC662 audio codec
Expansion
Capabilities
Two PCI* connectors
Peripheral
Interfaces
• Up to eight USB 2.0 ports
― Four ports routed to the back panel
― Four ports routed to two USB headers
• Two Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s), via the ICH7, one device per
channel
• One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices)
• One diskette drive interface
• One VGA port
• One serial port header
• PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports
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