9
1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the features of Intel
®
Desktop Board DG41AN. Table 1
summarizes the major features of the Desktop Board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor
Mini-ITX (170.18 millimeters [6.70 inches] x 170.18 millimeters
[6.70 inches])
Processor Support for an Intel
®
processor (65 W TDP) in the LGA775 package
Main Memory
• Two 240-pin, DDR3 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)
sockets
• 1333 (overclocking required)/1066/800 MHz single or dual channel
DDR3 SDRAM interface
Note: DDR3-1333 memory operates at 1066 MHz by default until
manually overclocked through the system BIOS.
• Support for up to 4 GB of system memory
Chipset Intel
®
G41 Express Chipset consisting of:
• Intel G41 Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
(GMCH) with Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator X4500 (Intel
®
GMA
X4500)
• Intel
®
82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7)
Graphics
• Intel G41 Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
(GMCH)
• Integrated graphics (Intel
®
GMA X4500) with VGA and DVI-D
outputs
• One PCI* bus connector supporting PCI graphics cards
Audio
• 5.1 channel in single-stream mode or 4 + 2 channel in multi-
streaming mode, featuring:
― Realtek* ALC888VC audio codec
― Support for Intel
®
High Definition Audio (Intel
®
HD Audio) and
AC ’97 Audio
LAN Support
Realtek 8111E Gigabit Ethernet Controller for operation at
10/100/1000 Mb/s
Expansion
Capabilities
One PCI bus connector
Peripheral
Interfaces
• Up to eight USB 2.0 ports:
― Four ports routed to the back panel
― Four ports routed to two USB headers
• Three Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH7
• One serial port header
• PS/2* keyboard/mouse port on the back panel
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