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Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 1 Introduction
Note: Hyper-Threading
technology enables the operating system into
thinking it’s hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be
run in parallel, both on separate ‘logical’ processors within the same
physical processor.
LGA775 Socket Processor
•
Supports the latest
Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Quad/Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Duo/
Pentium
®
Dual-Core (E21xx series) /Celeron
®
Dual-Core
/
Celeron
®
4xx series
processors with
Hyper-Threading Technology
•
Supports up to
1333 MHz
Front-Side Bus
Key Features
The key features of this motherboard include:
It is a
Micro
ATX
motherboard and has power connectors for an ATX power
supply.
It integrates the G31 Northbridge and ICH7 Southbridge
that supports the Serial
ATA interface for high-performance and mainstream desktop PCs; the built-in
USB 2.0
providing higher bandwidth, implementing
Universal Serial Bus
Specification Revision 2.0
and is compliant with
UHCI 1.1
and
EHCI 1.0
. It
supports
High Definition Audio Codec
and provides
Ultra DMA
100
/66
function. It has one
PCI Expressx16
, one
PCI Expressx1
and two 32-bit
PCI
slots. There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and
keyboard,
ο
ne serial port, one VGA port, one LAN port, four back-panel USB
2.0 ports and Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out and onboard USB
headers providing extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the
motherboard.
This motherboard has a
LGA775
socket
for latest
Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Quad/
Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Duo/Pentium
®
Dual-Core (E21xx series)/Celeron
®
Dual-
Core
/Celeron
®
4xx series
processors with
Hyper-Threading
Technology
and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to
1333 MHz
. Hyper-Threading Technol-
ogy, designed to take advantage of the multitasking features, giving you the
power to do more things at once.