9
1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel
®
Desktop Board D946GZIS.
Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor
microATX 243.84 millimeters (9.60 inches) x 243.84 millimeters (9.60 inches)
Processor
Support for an Intel
®
processor in the LGA775 package
Main Memory
•
Two 240-pin, DDR2 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)
sockets
•
667/533 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
•
Support for up to 4 GB of system memory
Chipset
Intel
®
946GZ Express Chipset consisting of:
•
Intel
®
946GZ Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
(GMCH)
•
Intel
®
82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7)
Graphics
•
Intel
®
946GZ Express Chipset with
Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 3000
(Intel
®
GMA 3000)
•
PCI Express* graphics card support via a PCI Express x16 connector
Audio
•
6-channel (5.1) onboard subsystem, featuring:
―
Intel
®
High Definition Audio interface
―
SigmaTel* STAC9227 audio codec
―
HD Audio Link header
Expansion
Capabilities
•
One PCI Express x1 connector
•
One PCI Express x16 connector
•
Two PCI connectors
Peripheral
Interfaces
•
Up to eight USB 2.0 ports
―
Four ports routed to the back panel
―
Four ports routed to two USB headers
•
Four Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s), via the ICH7, one device per
channel
•
One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices)
•
One diskette drive interface
•
One VGA port
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One parallel port
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One serial port
•
PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports
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