Technical Reference Guide
4.5
SYSTEM CLOCK DISTRIBUTION
This system uses clock synthesizers in the IGP and the MCP or MCP-2 components. A 14.31818-
MHz crystal provides an input for clock circuits of the MCP.
Table 4-10 lists clock signals that are distributed between system board components. Frequencies
that are used only internally in chips and components are not listed.
Table 4-10.
Clock Generation and Distribution
Table 4-10.
Clock Generation and Distribution
Frequncy
Source
Destination or Function
266 MHz
IGP
AGP feedback clock
200 MHz
IGP/MCP
Hyper Transport Bus clock
133 / 166 MHz [1]
IGP
Processor, DIMM sockets
66 MHz
IGP
AGP slot
33 MHz
IGP
APIC clock
32.768 MHz
Crystal
MCP, super I/O
25 MHz
Crystal
NIC PHY
25 MHz
NIC PHY
MCP
24.576 MHz
Crystal
Audio codec
16 MHz
IGP
APIC clock
14.31818 MHz
Crystal
MCP
14.31818 MHz
MCP
Clock buffer
14.31818 MHz
Clock buffer
IGP, super I/O
12.288 MHz
Audio codec
AC link clock
NOTE:
[1] D315 / d325
These systems uses the spread-spectrum feature of the IGP component. This feature allows BIOS
to set a down spread (0.9 % on the D315, 0.5 % on the d325) to lower the possible effects of high
frequency EMI. Clocks affected by the spread include those used by the processor, memory, and
AGP.
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