ESC G33T-M2, User Manual

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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
• Accommodates Intel
®
Wolfdale/ Core
TM
2 Duo processors
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1333/1066/800 MHz
• Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
The motherboard uses a LGA775 type of Intel
®
Wolfdale/Core
TM
2 Duo that
carries the following features:
Processor
The G33 Northbridge (NB) and ICH9 Base Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on
an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
G33 (NB)
• Supports 36-bit host bus addressing, allowing the
CPU to access the entire 64 GB of the memory ad-
dress space.
• 2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to
ICH9 (1 GB/s) each direction
• One, 16-lane PCI Express x16 for Graphics Attach,
compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification re-
vision 1.1
• Supports 512 Mb and 1Gb DDR2 or DDR3 technolo-
gies for x8 and x16 devices
“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.
Chipset
ICH9 Base (SB)
• Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and
timer functions
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, revi-
sion 1.1
• Compliant with PCI 2.3 specificaiton
• Compliant with SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
twelve USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated Gigabit LAN Controller
• Supports DDR2 800/667 DDR SDRAM with Dual-channel architec-
ture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 2 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB
Memory
Audio
• 7.1 + 2 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• All DACs support 44.1k/48k/96k/192kHz sample rate
• Software selectable 2.5V/3.75V VREFOUT
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 3.0 audio requirements
• Direct Sound 3D TM compatible