IEI Technology PPC-3708, User Manual

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PPC-3708/PPC-3710/PPC-3712 Panel PC
2.1 Introduction
The PPC-3708, PPC-3710 and PPC-3712 flat panel PC all contain a NANO-8522
motherboard. The motherboard is the heart of any computer and is responsible for
transmitting, receiving and processing data as well as driving the different onboard
devices. This chapter gives a brief introduction to the NANO-8522 motherboard. For more
complete details on the connectors and the different implementations of the NANO-8522,
please refer to the NANO-8522 user guide.
2.2 CPU Support
The NANO-8522 installed in the flat panel PC supports socket 479, Intel Pentium M /
Celeron M FSB 400 MHz CPU or onboard Intel Celeron M 1GHz zero cache CPU.
2.3 Onboard Chipsets
2.3.1 Northbridge and Southbridge Chipsets
The following chipsets are preinstalled on the board:
Northbridge
: Intel 852GM
Southbridge
: ICH4
The following two sections (
Section 2.3.2
and
Section 2.3.3
) list some of the features of
the 852GM and the ICH4 chipsets. For more information on these two chipsets please
refer to the Intel website.
2.3.2 852GM Northbridge Chipset
The 852GM northbridge chipset comes with the following features:
Supports Intel® NetBurst® micro-architecture
400 MHz system bus delivers a high-bandwidth connection between the
processor and the platform
Supports integrated graphics utilizing Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 technology
Three USB host controllers provide high performance peripherals with 480
Mbps of bandwidth, while enabling support for up to six USB 2.0 ports.
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