Intel A300 Table of Contents

A300 Motherboard

Table of Contents

1 INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................... 2

1.1 A300 OVERVIEW........................................................................................................ 3

1.1.1 A300 Applications.............................................................................................. 3

1.1.2 A300 Benefits .....................................................................................................4

1.1.3 A300 Features.................................................................................................... 4

1.2 A300 BOARD OVERVIEW........................................................................................... 5

1.2.1 A300 Connectors................................................................................................ 6

1.2.2 Technical Specifications..................................................................................... 7

2 DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS........................................................................... 10

2.1 OVERVIEW................................................................................................................11

2.2 DIMENSIONS .............................................................................................................11

2.2.1 Board Dimensions.............................................................................................11

2.2.2 External Interface Panel Dimensions.............................................................. 12

2.3 DATA FLOW ..............................................................................................................12

2.4 COMPATIBLE PROCESSOR.........................................................................................13

2.4.1 CPU Overview................................................................................................. 13

2.4.2 Supported Processors...................................................................................... 13

2.5 INTEL® 855GME CHIPSET GRAPHICS MEMORY CONTROLLER HUB........................ 14

2.5.1 Intel

855GME Overview ................................................................................14

2.5.2 Intel

855GME Memory Support ....................................................................14

2.5.3 Intel

855GME Internal Graphics Controller................................................. 14

2.5.4 Intel

855GME Power Management............................................................... 16

2.6 INTEL® 82801DB I/O CONTROLLER HUB (ICH4).................................................... 16

2.6.1 Intel

ICH4 Overview...................................................................................... 16

2.6.2 Intel

ICH4 IDE Interface............................................................................... 17

2.6.3 Intel

ICH4 Compact Flash Interface............................................................. 17

2.6.4 Intel

ICH4 Audio Codec 97 (AC’97) Controller............................................17

2.6.5 Intel

ICH4 USB Controller............................................................................ 18

2.6.6 Intel

ICH4 PCI Interface............................................................................... 18

2.6.7 Intel® ICH4 Low Pin Count (LPC) Interface................................................... 18

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