Introduction
Chipset
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2.6. Chipset
The P5F113 supports the VIA 82C598MVP Apollo MVP3 chipset.
The chipset comes in pairs —the North Bridge chip and the South
Bridge chip.
North Bridge
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CPU interface controller (66/100 MHz FSB)
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AGP interface controller (AGP 2x)
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Integrated DRAM controller
(Synchronous 66/100 MHz SDRAM)
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Fully synchronous PCI 2.1 bus interface
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Data buffering:
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CPU-to-AGP
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CPU-to-DRAM
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CPU-to-PCI
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AGP-to-DRAM
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AGP-to-PCI
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PCI-to-AGP
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PCI-to-DRAM
Southbridge
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Interface between the PCI and ISA buses
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Power Management Logic
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USB controller
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EIDE controller (ATA33)
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Seven DMA channels
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One timer/counter
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Two 8-channel interrupt controllers
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NMI logic and SMI interrupt logic
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PCI/ ISA bus arbitrator
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SMBus interface
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Power management Logic
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Realtime clock (RTC)
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ACPI controller
This concludes Chapter 2. Chapter 3 covers hardware installation.
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