A300 Motherboard
2.5.1 Intel® 855GME Overview
The Intel® 855GME chipset comes with the following features:
400 MHz system bus delivers a high-bandwidth connection between the
processor and the platform
Integrated graphics utilizing Intel® Extreme Graphics 2 technology
AGP 4X support
Three USB host controllers provide high-performance peripherals with 480
Mbps of bandwidth, while enabling support for up to six USB 2.0 ports.
The latest AC '97 implementation delivers 20-bit audio for enhanced sound
quality and full surround sound capability
LAN Connect Interface (LCI) provides flexible network solutions such as
10/100 Mbps Ethernet and 10/100 Mbps Ethernet with LAN manageability
Dual Ultra ATA/100 controllers, coupled with the Intel® Application Accelerator
support faster IDE transfers to storage devices
The Intel Application Accelerator software provides additional performance
over native ATA drivers by improving I/O transfer rates and enabling faster
O/S load time, resulting in accelerated boot times
Communication and Network Riser (CNR) offers flexibility in system
configuration with a baseline feature set that can be upgraded with an audio
card, modem card, or network card
Error Correcting Code (ECC) support in integrated graphics mode only
2.5.2 Intel® 855GME Memory Support
The Intel® 855GME supports two DDR memory modules with frequencies up to 333MHz.
The A300 has two 184-pin DDR DIMM SDRAM socket that supports two 200MHz,
266MHz or 333MHz DDR DIMM memory module with a maximum capacity of 2GB.
2.5.3 Intel® 855GME Internal Graphics Controller
The Intel® 855GME supports both CRT and TFT in a dual display mode. The following
display specifications.