Datasheet
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1 Product Description
What This Chapter Contains
1.1 PCI Bus Terminology Change........................................................................................9
1.2 Overview ......................................................................................................................10
1.3 Online Support .............................................................................................................15
1.4 Processor.....................................................................................................................15
1.5 System Memory ...........................................................................................................15
1.6 Intel
®
915GV Chipset...................................................................................................21
1.7 PCI Express Connectors..............................................................................................24
1.8 I/O Controller................................................................................................................25
1.9 Audio Subsystem .........................................................................................................26
1.10 LAN Subsystem (Optional)...........................................................................................28
1.11 Hardware Management Subsystem.............................................................................29
1.12 Power Management.....................................................................................................31
1.1 PCI Bus Terminology Change
Previous generations of Intel
®
Desktop Boards used an add-in card connector referred to as PCI.
This generation of Intel Desktop Boards adds a new technology for add-in cards: PCI Express*.
The 32-bit parallel bus previously referred to as PCI is now called PCI Conventional.