IEI Integration KINO-9453 v2.00 - Manual (Page 34)

KINO-9453 Mini-ITX Motherboard
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2.6 Intel
®
ICH7-M Southbridge Chipset
2.6.1 Intel
®
ICH7-M Overview
The Intel
®
ICH7-M Southbridge chipset is connected to the Intel
®
945GME Northbridge
GMCH through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). Some of the features of the
Intel
®
ICH7-M are listed below.
Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a
Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 and supports 33MHz
PCI operations
Supports ACPI Power Management Logic
Contains:
o Enhanced DMA controller
o Interrupt controller
o Timer functions
Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations interfaced to two SATA
connectors on the KINO-9453
Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33
Supports the six USB 2.0 devices on the KINO-9453 with four UHCI
controllers and one EHCI controller
Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0
Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.3
Supports Intel
®
High Definition Audio
Contains Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
Supports Firmware Hub (FWH) interface
2.6.2 Intel
®
ICH7-M Audio Codec ’97 Controller
The KINO-9453 has an integrated Realtek ALC655 codec. The ALC655 codec is a 16-bit,
full-duplex AC'97 Rev. 2.3 compatible six-channel audio codec designed for PC
multimedia systems, including host/soft audio and AMR/CNR-based designs. Complete
surround sound requires six-channel audio consisting of:
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