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IMBA-X9654 ATX Motherboard
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Hardware Color Cursor Support
DDC2B Compliant Interface
2.4.3 Intel
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Q965 PCIe x16
2.4.3.1 PCIe x16 Bus Overview
The Intel® Q965 northbridge has one 16-lane PCIe port that is intended for an external
PCIe graphics card. The PCIe x16 graphics card is installed on the PCIe x16 slot ( Figure
2-5) and interfaced to the northbridge directly.
Figure 2-5: PCIe x16 Expansion Slot
2.4.3.2 PCIe x16 Bus Specifications
The PCIe port is compliant with the PCI Express* Base Specification revision 1.1. The
PCIe x16 port operates at a frequency of 2.5 Gb/s on each lane while employing 8b/10b