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Introducing the Motherboard
PXP43 Motherboard User’s Guide
Feature
Processor
Chipset
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Supports DDR2 800/667 DDR2 SDRAM with Dual-channel architecture
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Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
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Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 16 GB
Memory
Audio
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5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
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ADCs supports 44.1k/48k/96kHz sample rate
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Meets Microsoft WLP 3.08 Vista premium and mobile PCs audio
requirements
•
Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
This motherboard uses
an LGA775 type of
Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale
that carries
th
e following features:
•
Accommodates Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale processors
•
Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1333/1066/800 MHz
The P43 Northbridge (NB) and ICH10 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
P43 (NB)
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Supports 36-bit host bus addressing, allowing the
CPU to access the entire 64 GB of the memory ad-
dress space.
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2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to
ICH10 (1 GB/s each direction)
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One, 16-lane PCI Express x16 port for Graphics At-
tach, compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification
revision 2.0
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Supports 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR2 and 512-Mb, 1-
Gb,and 2-Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies for x8 and
x16 devices
ICH10 (SB)
•
Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer
functions
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Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, revi-
sion 1.1
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Compliant with PCI v2.3 specificaiton
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Compliant with SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
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Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
twelve USB 2.0 ports
(Realtek 6CH Audio ALC662 Codec)