IEI Integration NANO-9452 v4.01 - Manual (Page 34)

NANO-9452 EPIC Motherboard
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2.6 Intel
®
ICH7M Southbridge Chipset
2.6.1 Intel
®
ICH7M Overview
The Intel® ICH7M 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® ICH7M 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 NANO-9452
 Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 33
 Supports the six USB 2.0 devices on the NANO-9452 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
®
ICH7M Audio Codec ’97 Controller
The Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) controller integrated into the ICH7M complies with AC’97
and HD audio specifications. AC’97 can support 5.1 channels and HD can support 7.1
channel audio. The following add-on cards enable audio capabilities.
 AC-KIT08R – 5.1 channel audio kit
 AC-KIT883HD – 7.1 channel audio kit