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1 desktop board features, Feature summary – Intel D955XCS User Manual

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1 Desktop Board Features

This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel

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Desktop Board D955XCS. Table 1

summarizes the major features of the desktop board.

Table 1.

Feature Summary

Form Factor

BTX (12.875” x 10.50”)

Processor

Support for an Intel

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processor in the LGA775 package with 1066/800 MHz front side

bus

Main Memory

Four 240-pin SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• 667/533 MHz dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Designed to support up to 8 GB of system memory

Chipset

Intel

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955X Express Chipset consisting of:

• Intel

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82955X Memory Controller Hub (MCH) with Direct Media Interface

• Intel

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82801GR I/O Controller Hub (ICH7R) supporting Intel

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Matrix Storage

Technology

Audio

• Intel 955X Express Chipset
• Intel

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High Definition Audio codec

• Up to 8-channel audio with SPDIF support jack sensing

Expansion
Capabilities

• Up to three PCI bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI bus connector 2)
• One PCI Express* x16 connector
• One PCI Express x4 (routed to the physical x16 connector)
• One PCI Express x1 connector

LAN Subsystem

Intel

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82573V or 82573L Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller with RJ-45 connector

BIOS

• Intel

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Platform Innovation Framework for Extensible Firmware Interface

• 8 Mbit flash memory
• Support for SMBIOS
• Intel

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Rapid BIOS Boot

• Intel

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Express BIOS Update

RAID

• Intel

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Matrix Storage Technology for Serial ATA

• SATALink* for Serial ATA

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