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Chapter 1 - Introduction

Specifications

Processor
Chipset
System Memory
Expansion Slots
BIOS
Audio
LAN
IDE
Serial ATA with
RAID
LGA 775 socket for:
- Intel® CoreTM2 Quad and Intel® CoreTM2 Duo
Supports Intel Enhanced Memory 64 Technology (EMT64T)
Supports Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology (EIST)
Supports Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Supports 1333/1066/800MHz FSB
• Intel® chipset
- Northbridge:
Intel® P45 Express chipset
Intel® Fast Memory Access technology
- Southbridge: Intel® ICH10R
Four 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
Supports DDR2 667/800 MHz
Delivers up to 12.8Gb/s bandwidth
Supports dual channel (128-bit wide) memory interface
Supports up to 8GB system memory
Supports unbuffered x8 and x16 DIMMs
2 PCI Express (Gen 2) x16 slots
- 2-wa y CrossFire: One slot operating at x16 (16-lane port)
or two slots each operating at x8 (8-lane ports) bandwidth
2 PCI Express x1 slots
2 PCI slots
Award BIOS
8Mbit SPI flash BIOS
CMOS Reloaded
Realtek ALC885 High Definition audio CODEC
8-channel audio output
DAC SNR/ADC SNR of 106dB/101dB
Full-rate lossless content protection technology
Optical S/PDIF-out and coaxial RCA S/PDIF-out interfaces
Marvell 88E8053 PCIE Gigabit LAN controller
Fully compliant to IEEE 802.3 (10BASE-T), 802.3u (100BASE-
TX) and 802.3ab (1000BASE-T) standards
JMicron JMB368 PCI Express to PATA host controller
Supports up to 2 UltraDMA 33/66/100Mbps IDE devices
Intel Matrix Storage technology
Supports up to 6 SATA devices
SATA speed up to 3Gb/s
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and RAID 5