1 Desktop Board Features

This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel® Desktop Board D975XBX2. Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board.

Table 1. Feature Summary

Form Factor

ATX (304.80 millimeters [12.00 inches] x 243.84 millimeters

 

[9.60 inches])

Processor

Support for an Intel® processor in the LGA775 package with 1066/800 MHz

 

front side bus

 

 

 

Main Memory

Four 240-pin SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets

 

800/667/533 MHz dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface

 

Support for ECC and non-ECC memory

 

Designed to support up to 8 GB of system memory

 

 

Chipset

Intel® 975X Express Chipset consisting of:

 

Intel® 82975X Memory Controller Hub (MCH) with Direct Media Interface

 

Intel® 82801GH I/O Controller Hub (ICH7DH) supporting Intel® Matrix

 

 

Storage Technology

 

 

Graphics

Support for Multiple PCI Express* Graphics cards

 

 

Audio

Up to 8-channel onboard subsystem, featuring:

 

Intel® High Definition Audio interface

 

SigmaTel* STAC9274D audio codec

 

 

 

Expansion

Two PCI bus add-in card connectors

Capabilities

One PCI Express x16 connector (electrical x16 or x8)

 

 

One PCI Express x16 connector (electrical x8)

 

One PCI Express x16 connector (electrical x4)

 

 

LAN Support

Intel® 82573L Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller with RJ-45 connector

BIOS

Intel® Platform Innovation Framework for Extensible Firmware Interface

 

8 Mbit Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) device

 

Support for SMBIOS

 

Intel® Rapid BIOS Boot

 

Intel® Express BIOS Update

RAID

Intel® Matrix Storage Technology for Serial ATA

 

Marvell 88SE61XX* for Serial ATA

 

 

 

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Intel D975XBX2 manual Desktop Board Features, Feature Summary