IBM 3301690 2.3 Onboard Chipsets

3301690 CPU Card
2.3 Onboard Chipsets
2.3.1 Northbridge and Southbridge Chipsets
The following chipsets are preinstalled on the board:
„ Northbridge: Intel® 915GV
„ Southbridge: Intel® ICH6
The following two sections (Section 2.3.2 andSection 2.3.3) lists some of the features of
the Intel® 915GV and the Intel® ICH6 chipsets. For more information on these two chipsets
please refer to the Intel website.
2.3.2 Intel® 915GV Northbridge Chipset
The Intel® 915GV northbridge chipset comes with the following features:
„ Supports 800MHz or 533MHz System Bus
„ Supports Intel® HT Technology
„ Implements Intel®Graphics Media Accelerator 900 (GMA 900)
„ Implements PCI Express (PCI-E) technology
„ Supports DDR2 DIMM memory modules
„ Integrates a SATA controller that controls four 150MB/s SATA channels
„ Integrates Intel®High Definition Audio for new audio formats
2.3.3 Intel® ICH6 Southbridge Chipset
The Intel® ICH6 southbridge chipset comes with the following features:
„ Complies with PCI Express Base Specification Revision 1.0a
„ Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification Revision 2.3 and supports 33MHz
PCI operation
„ Supports ACPI power management
„ Integrates SATA host controller with independent DMA operation on four ports
„ Supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33 with an integrated IDE controller]
„ Supports eight USB 2.0 ports but only seven are implemented on the
3301690
„ Supports AC’97 Revision 2.3 Specifications
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