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2.5 Intel® ICH7M Southbridge Chipset
The Intel® ICH7M Southbridge chipset is connected to the Intel® 945GSE Northbridge
through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). The Intel® ICH7M provides the I/O
capabilities to the system.
Many of the connections on the Intel® ICH7M are wired through the ETX 3.0 connectors
to connectors on the carrier board. Some of the features of the Intel® ICH7M are listed
below. The connections from the Intel® ICH7M are shown in
.
2.5.1 AC'97 Audio Controller
The AC'97 connection is connected to an AC'97 controller. The controller is connected to
the ETX 3.0 connectors. AC'97 audio provides 5.1 channel audio output and audio input.
2.5.2 IDE Interface
The IDE interface can be connected to an IDE connector or to a CompactFlash® slot. The
integrated IDE interface is able to support the following IDE HDDs:
Ultra ATA/100
, with data transfer rates up to 100 MB/s
Ultra ATA/66
, with data transfer rates up to 66 MB/s
Ultra ATA/33
, with data transfer rates up to 33 MB/s
Specification
Ultra ATA/100
Ultra ATA/66
Ultra ATA/33
IDE devices
2 2
2
PIO Mode
0 – 4
0 – 4
0 – 4
PIO Max Transfer Rate
16.6 MB/s
16.6 MB/s
16.6 MB/s
DMA/UDMA designation
UDMA 5
UDMA 4
UDMA 2
DMA/UDMA Max Transfer
100 MB/s
66 MB/s
33 MB/s
Controller Interface
5 V
5 V
5 V
Table 2-1: Supported HDD Specifications
Summary of Contents for IEM-945GSE
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Page 128: ...IEM 945GSE ETX 3 0 Module Page 116 Appendix A A BIOS Options ...
Page 131: ...IEM 945GSE ETX 3 0 Module Page 119 Appendix B B Terminology ...
Page 135: ...IEM 945GSE ETX 3 0 Module Page 123 Appendix C C Watchdog Timer ...
Page 138: ...IEM 945GSE ETX 3 0 Module Page 126 Appendix D D Address Mapping ...
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Page 142: ...IEM 945GSE ETX 3 0 Module Page 130 Appendix E E Compatibility ...
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