Intel Desktop Board DG965SS Technical Product Specification
Table Of Contents
- Intel® Desktop Board DG965SS Technical Product Specification
- Revision History / Disclaimer
- Preface
- Contents
- 1 Product Description
- 2 Technical Reference
- 3 Overview of BIOS Features
- 4 Error Messages and Beep Codes
- 5 Regulatory Compliance and Battery Disposal Information

Intel Desktop Board DG965SS Technical Product Specification
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1.1 Overview
1.1.1 Feature Summary
Table 1 summarizes the major features of the Desktop Board DG965SS.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor microATX (9.60 inches by 9.60 inches [243.84 millimeters by 243.84 millimeters])
Processor Support for the following:
• Intel
®
Core™2 Duo processor in an LGA775 socket with a 1066 or
800 MHz system bus
• Intel
®
Pentium
®
D processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 or
533 MHz system bus
• Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 processor in an LGA775 socket with an 800 or
533 MHz system bus
• Intel
®
Celeron
®
D processor in an LGA775 socket with a 533 MHz system bus
Memory
• Four 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• Support for DDR2 800, DDR2 667, or DDR2 533 MHz DIMMs
• Support for up to 8 GB of system memory using DDR2 667 or DDR2 533 DIMMs
• Support for up to 4 GB of system memory using DDR2 800 DIMMs
Chipset
Intel
®
G965 Express Chipset, consisting of:
• Intel
®
82G965 Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
• Intel
®
82801HB I/O Controller Hub (ICH8)
Video Intel
®
GMA X3000 onboard graphics subsystem
Audio 6-channel (5.1) audio subsystem using the SigmaTel* STAC9227 audio codec
Legacy I/O
Control
Legacy I/O controller for diskette drive, serial, parallel, and PS/2* ports
USB Support for USB 2.0 devices
Peripheral
Interfaces
• 10 USB ports
• Two IEEE-1394a interfaces: one back panel connector and one front-panel
header
• One serial port
• One parallel port
• Four Serial ATA interfaces
• One Parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100/133 support
• One diskette drive interface
LAN Support Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel
®
82566DC Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
BIOS
• Intel
®
BIOS (resident in the SPI Flash device)
• Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), Plug and Play,
and SMBIOS
Instantly
Available PC
Technology
• Support for PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.3
• Support for PCI Express* Revision 1.0a
• Suspend to RAM support
• Wake on PCI, RS-232, front panel, PS/2 devices, and USB ports
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