Acer E700 Hardware Specification and Configuration, Processor, System Main Chipset, North Bridge

Hardware Specification and Configuration

Processor

Item		Specification
Type	Intel Prescott 775 / Smithfield / Cedar Mill / Presler / Conroe
Feature	•	FSB: 533/800/1066MHz
	•	Socket type: Intel socket T LGA 775-pin
	•	HyperThreading Technology and FSB Dynamic Bus Inversion (DBI)
		support
	•	36-bit host bus addressing support, allowing the CPU to access the entire
		GMCH memory address space

System Main Chipset

Item	Specification
Core logic	Intel G965 + Intel ICH8DH
Super I/O controller	ITE IT8718DX with hardware monitor
LAN controller	Intel 82566
Memory controller	Intel 965G
1394 controller	TI TSB43AB23PDTG4
Serial ATA	Six pendent SATA2 controller embedded in ICH8 each
	supporting two devices
Audio subsystem controller	Realtek ALC888 (high definition audio)
VGA controller	Intel G965

North Bridge

Item		Specification
General	North bridge Broadwater is a Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
information	designed for use with a LGA 775 (Land Grid Array) socket T processor. The
	GMCH provides the CPU interface, DDR2 interface, PCI Express interface,
	DMI (Direct Media Interface) and integrated graphics with display
	interfaces. It communicates with the I/O Controller Hub (ICH8) over DMI
	(Direct Media Interface).
Feature	•	1210 ball FC-BGA package
	•	Single processor support with 533/800/1066MHz data transfer rate
	•	Min. 128 MB memory capacity, assuming single channel mode by using
		256MB technology
	•	Max. 8GB memory capacity in dual channel interleaved mode by using
		1GB technology
	•	DMI 1.0 support
	•	PCI Express x16 graphics interface
	•	One 16-lane PCI Express port intended for graphics attach, fully
		compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a

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