Appendix C

Technical Specifications

This section provides technical specifications for the system hardware components.

Processor

Item

 

Intel Core 2 Duo Processor Number

 

 

T7600

T7400

T7200

T5600

T5500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU speed

2.33 GHz

2.16 GHz

2 GHz

1.83 GHz

1.66 GHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bus speed

667 MHz

667 MHz

667 MHz

667 MHz

667 MHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bus/core ratio

14

13

12

11

10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L2 cache size

4 MB

4 MB

4 MB

2 MB

2 MB

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

L2 cache speed

2.33 GHz

2.16 GHz

2 GHz

1.83 GHz

1.66 GHz

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manufacturing

65 nm

 

 

 

 

 

technology

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core stepping

B2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPUID string

0X6F6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thermal design

34W

 

 

 

 

 

power

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thermal

100° C

 

 

 

 

 

specification

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core voltage

1.0375 - 1.30V

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Socket type

LGA775

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Core logic

Mobile Intel 945PM Express Chipset

 

 

 

 

North bridge: 82945PM (MCH)

 

 

 

 

 

South bridge: 82801GBM/GHM (ICH7-M)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Technologies

Intel Virtualization Technology (T5500 does not support this technology)

 

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

 

 

 

 

 

Intel 64-bit architecture

 

 

 

 

 

Execute Disable Bit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

System Controllers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item

 

Specification

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storage controller

Intel ICH7-M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory controller

Intel 82945PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Graphics controller

ATI Mobility Radeon X2300 HD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Audio controller

 

Realtek ALC883 Azalia HD Audio Codec

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

USB controller

 

Integrated in the Intel ICH7-M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Keyboard/touchpad controller

Winbond WPC8768L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LAN controller

 

Broadcom NetLink BCM5787 Gigabit Ethernet Controller with PCI

 

 

 

Express

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Acer 4520 manual Appendix C, Processor, System Controllers

4520 specifications

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