Datasheet

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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
Chipset
• Supports DDR2 800/667 DDR2 SDRAM with Dual-channel architecture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 16 GB
Memory
Audio
• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• ADCs supports 44k/48k/96kHz sample rate
• Meets Microsoft WLP 3.08 Vista premium and mobile PCs audio require-
ments
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
This motherboard uses
an LGA775 type of Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale that carries
th
e following features:
• Accommodates Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale processors
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1333/1066/800 MHz
The P45 Northbridge (NB) and ICH10R Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
P45 (NB)
ICH10R/ICH10
(SB)
• Supports 36-bit host bus addressing, allowing the
CPU to access the entire 64 GB of the memory ad-
dress space.
• 2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to
ICH10 (1 GB/s each direction)
• One PCI Express x16 slot, intended for Graphics In-
terface, is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base
Specification Revision 2.0.
• Supports 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR2 and 512-Mb, 1-Gb,
and 2-Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies for x8 and x16
devices
• Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer
functions
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, revi-
sion 1.1
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 specification
• Compliant with SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
twelve USB 2.0 ports
• Supports Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology, providing
both AHCI and RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configuration (op-
tional for ICH10R only)