IEI Integration eKINO-945GSE v1.01 - Manual (Page 35)

eKINO-945GSE Motherboard
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ƒ Supports PCI MSI (Message Signaled Interrupt) and MSI-X
ƒ Supports Receive-Side Scaling (RSS)
2.5.5.2 PCIe Mini Card
One PCIe lane is connected to a PCIe Mini card slot shown in Figure 2-5.
The PCIe Mini card slot contains a PCIe x1 and USB 2.0 interface. PCIe Mini cards can
utilize either of these two interfaces, depending on design requirements.
2.5.6 Real Time Clock
256 bytes of battery backed RAM is provided by the Motorola MC146818 A real time clock
(RTC) integrated into the ICH6. The RTC operates on a 3 V battery and 32.768 KHz
crystal. The RTC keeps track of the time and stores system data even when the system is
turned off.
2.5.7 SATA Controller
The integrated SATA controller on the Intel® ICH7M Southbridge supports two SATA
drives with independent DMA operations. Two SATA controllers are connected to two
SATA connectors on the eKINO-945GSE. The SATA connectors are shown in Figure 2-5.
SATA controller specifications are listed below.
ƒ Supports two SATA drives
ƒ Supports 1.5 Gb/s data transfer speeds
ƒ Supports Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a
2.5.8 USB Controller
Up to six high-speed, full-speed or low-speed USB devices are supported by the Intel®
ICH7M on the eKINO-945GSE. High-speed USB 2.0, with data transfers of up to
480 MB/s, is enabled with the Intel® ICH7M integrated Enhanced Host Controller
Interface (EHCI) compliant host controller. USB full-speed and low-speed signaling is
supported by the Intel® ICH7M integrated Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI)
controllers.