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1 Desktop Board Features

This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel

®

Desktop Board D946GZTS.

Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board.
Table 1. Feature Summary

Form Factor

microBTX (264.16 millimeters [10.40 inches] x 266.70 millimeters
[10.50 inches])

Processor

Support for an Intel

®

processor in the LGA775 package

Main Memory

• Two 240-pin, DDR2 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)

sockets

• 667/533 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Support for up to 4 GB of system memory

Chipset Intel

®

946GZ Express Chipset consisting of:

• Intel

®

946GZ Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub

(GMCH)

• Intel

®

82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7)

Graphics

• Intel

®

946GZ Express Chipset with

Intel

®

Graphics Media Accelerator 3000

(Intel

®

GMA 3000)

• PCI Express* graphics card support via a PCI Express x16 connector

Audio

• 6-channel (5.1) onboard subsystem, featuring:

― Intel

®

High Definition Audio interface

― SigmaTel* STAC9227 audio codec
― HD Audio Link header

Expansion
Capabilities

• One PCI Express x1 connector
• One PCI Express x16 connector
• Two PCI connectors

Peripheral

Interfaces

• Up to eight USB 2.0 ports

― Four ports routed to the back panel
― Four ports routed to two USB headers

• Four Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s), via the ICH7, one device per

channel

• One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices)
• One diskette drive interface
• One VGA port
• One parallel port
• One serial port
• PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports

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