Specifications
Intel
®
 810E2 Chipset Platform     
R
4 Design Guide 
3.1.1
  System Memory Routing Example ..............................................................47 
3.4.2.  System Memory Connectivity ......................................................................48 
3.5.  Display Cache Interface.................................................................................................49 
3.5.1.  Display Cache Solution Space.....................................................................49 
3.6.  Hub Interface .................................................................................................................51 
3.6.1.  Data Signals.................................................................................................51 
3.6.2.  Strobe Signals..............................................................................................52 
3.6.3.  HREF Generation/Distribution .....................................................................52 
3.6.4.  Compensation..............................................................................................52 
3.7.  Intel
®
 ICH2 .....................................................................................................................54 
3.7.1.  Decoupling ...................................................................................................54 
3.8.  1.8V/3.3V Power Sequencing ........................................................................................55 
3.9.  Power Plane Splits .........................................................................................................57 
3.10.  Thermal Design Power ..................................................................................................57 
3.11.  IDE Interface ..................................................................................................................57 
3.11.1.  Cabling ........................................................................................................58 
3.12.  Cable Detection for Ultra ATA/66 and Ultra ATA/100 ....................................................58 
3.12.1.  Combination Host-Side/Device-Side Cable Detection.................................58 
3.12.2.  Device-Side Cable Detection .......................................................................60 
3.12.3.  Primary IDE Connector Requirements ........................................................61 
3.12.4.  Secondary IDE Connector Requirements....................................................62 
3.13.  AC’97 .............................................................................................................................63 
3.13.1.  AC’97 Audio Codec Detect Circuit and Configuration Options ....................64 
3.13.1.1.  Valid Codec Configurations.............................................................68 
3.13.2.  SPKR Pin Considerations ............................................................................68 
3.14.  CNR ...............................................................................................................................69 
3.15.  USB................................................................................................................................69 
3.15.1.  Disabling the Native USB Interface of Intel
®
 ICH2.......................................70 
3.16.  ISA .................................................................................................................................71 
3.17.  IOAPIC Design Recommendation .................................................................................71 
3.18.  SMBus/SMLink Interface ...............................................................................................71 
3.19.  PCI .................................................................................................................................73 
3.20.  RTC................................................................................................................................73 
3.20.1.  RTC Crystal .................................................................................................74 
3.20.2.  External Capacitors .....................................................................................75 
3.20.3.  RTC Layout Considerations.........................................................................75 
3.20.4.  RTC External Battery Connection................................................................75 
3.20.5.  RTC External RTCRST Circuit ....................................................................76 
3.20.6.  RTC Routing Guidelines ..............................................................................77 
3.20.7.  VBIAS DC Voltage and Noise Measurements.............................................77 
3.20.8.  Power-well Isolation Control ........................................................................77 
3.21.  LAN Layout Guidelines ..................................................................................................79 
3.21.1.  Intel
®
 ICH2 – LAN Interconnect Guidelines .................................................80 
3.21.1.1.  Bus Topologies ...............................................................................80 
3.21.1.2.  Point-to-Point Interconnect..............................................................81 
3.21.1.3.  LOM/CNR Interconnect...................................................................81 
3.21.1.4.  Signal Routing and Layout ..............................................................82 
3.21.1.5.  Crosstalk Consideration ..................................................................83 
3.21.1.6.  Impedances.....................................................................................83 
3.21.1.7.  Line Termination .............................................................................83 
3.21.2.  General LAN Routing Guidelines and Considerations.................................83 
3.21.2.1.  General Trace Routing Considerations...........................................83 










