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Introducing the Motherboard
Features
Processor
Intel’s 865GV (GMCH) Northbridge (NB) and 82801EB (ICH5) Southbridge (SB) chipsets
are based on an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and perfor-
mance.
865GV (NB)
Chipset
This memory controller can accommodate up to four 2.5V DIMM DDR SDRAM, sup-
porting DDR400/333/266MHz with maximum memory size of 4GB capability.
Memory
Audio CODEC
ICH5 (SB)
• Accommodates the latest Intel P4/Celeron processors
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 800/533MHz
• Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
“Hyper-Threading” technology enables the operating system into thinking it’s hooked
up to two processors, allowing two threads to be run in parallel, both on separate
“logical” processors within the same physical processor.
The 865-M7 uses an LGA775 type of Pentium 4 that carries the following features:
• Supports up to six PCI Masters fully compliant with PCI 2.3 specificaiton
at 33MHz
• Supports 2 channels Ultra ATA 100 bus master IDE controllers
• Supports two Serial ATA Host Controllers
• Compliant with AC’97 v2.3 supporting 6 Channels of audio outputs
• Supports eight USB 2.0 ports for serial transfers at 480Mb/s maximum
• Supports P4/Celeron processors with data transfer rate up to 800/
533/400MHz
•
Supports DDR SDRAM at 400/333/266MHz
• AGTL+Host Bus with Integrated Termination Supporting 32-Bits
Host Addressing
• 8-bits/66MHz 8X Hub Interface to the Intel ICH5
•
Provides an integrated graphics accelerator delivering cost-effec-
tive 3D, 2D and video capabilities.
• 16-bit Stereo full-duplex CODEC with 48KHz sampling rate
• Compliant with AC’97 2.3 specifications
• Supports double sampling rate (96KHz) of DVD audio playback
• Support S/PDIF input and output function
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible