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1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel
®
Desktop Board DG965SS.
Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor
microATX (243.84 millimeters [9.60 inches] x 243.84 millimeters
[9.60 inches])
Processor Support for an Intel
®
processor in the LGA775 package
Main Memory
• Four 240-pin, DDR2 1.8 V ( only) SDRAM Dual Inline Memory
Module (DIMM) sockets
• 800/677/533 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Support for up to 8 GB of system memory
Chipset Intel
®
G965 Express Chipset consisting of:
• Intel
®
G965 Express Chipset Graphics Memory Controller Hub
(GMCH)
• Intel
®
82801HB I/O Controller Hub (ICH8)
Graphics
• Intel
®
G965 Express Chipset with Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator
X3000 (Intel
®
GMA X3000)
•
One PCI Express* x16 connector supporting PCI Express graphics
cards
Audio
• 6-channel (5.1) onboard subsystem, featuring:
― Intel
®
High Definition Audio interface
― SigmaTel* STAC9227 audio codec
• HD Audio Link header
Expansion
Capabilities
• One PCI Express x1 connector
• One PCI Express x16 connector
• Two PCI connectors
Peripheral
Interfaces
• Up to 10 USB 2.0 ports
― Six ports routed to the back panel
― Four ports routed to two USB headers
• Up to two IEEE 1394a ports
― One port routed to the back panel
― One port routed to an IEEE 1394a header
• Four Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s), via the ICH8, one
device per channel
• One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices)
• One diskette drive interface
• One parallel port
• PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports
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