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Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing the 915G-M5 motherboard. This motherboard is a high perfor-
mance, enhanced function motherboard that supports LGA775 Socket for latest Intel
Pentium 4/Celeron processors for high-end business or personal desktop markets.
The motherboard may support 915G Northbridge (NB) and ICH6 Southbridge (SB) chipsets.
The 915G Northbridge on this motherboard supports a Front Side Bus (FSB) frequency of
800/533 MHz using a scalable FSB Vcc_CPU. The memory controller supports DDR
memory DIMM frequencies of 333MHz and 400 MHz. It supports four DDR Sockets with
up to maximum memory of 4 GB. DDR Maximum memory bandwidth of 3.2 GB/s in single-
channel mode and 6.4 GB/s in dual-channel mode is supported. One 16-lane PCI Express
port, intended for Graphics Interface, is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specifica-
tion revision 1.0a.
The ICH6 Southbridge on this motherboard supports three PCI slots which are PCI 2.3
compliant. It implements an EHCI compliant interface that provides 480Mb/s bandwidth
for eight USB 2.0 ports, AC’97 CODEC that features a 6-channel audio speaker out, One
onboard IDE connector supports 2 IDE devices in ATA-100/66 mode. The Southbridge
integrates a Serial ATA host controller that is SATA v1.0 compliant, supporting four SATA
ports with maximum transfer rate up to 150 MB/s each.
The 915G-M5 motherboard is equipped with advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel,
including PS/2 mouse and keyboard connectors, COM1, LPT, four USB ports, one VGA
port, one optional LAN port, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in, and 8-channel line-
out.