Chapter 1 Introduction; Key Features - ECS P41G Series User Manual

Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has a LGA775 socket for latest Intel
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Intel Core 2 Duo/Pentium
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4xx series processors with Hyper-Threading Technology
/Celeron
Core
and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to 1333 MHz. Hyper-Threading Technol-
ogy, designed to take advantage of the multitasking features, giving you the
power to do more things at once.
It integrates the G31 Northbridge and ICH7 Southbridge that supports the Serial
ATA interface for high-performance and mainstream desktop PCs; the built-in
USB 2.0 providing higher bandwidth, implementing Universal Serial Bus
Specification Revision 2.0 and is compliant with UHCI 1.1 and EHCI 1.0. It
supports High Definition Audio Codec and provides Ultra DMA 100/66
function. It has one PCI Expressx16, one PCI Expressx1 and two 32-bit PCI
slots. There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and
keyboard, οne serial port, one VGA port, one LAN port, four back-panel USB
2.0 ports and Audio jacks for microphone, line-in and line-out and onboard USB
headers providing extra ports by connecting the Extended USB Module to the
motherboard.
It is a Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for an ATX power
supply.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:
LGA775 Socket Processor
Supports the latest Intel
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®
Pentium Dual-Core (E21xx series) /Celeron
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Celeron 4xx series processors with Hyper-Threading Technology
Supports up to 1333 MHz Front-Side Bus
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Note: Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into
thinking it's hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be
run in parallel, both on separate 'logical' processors within the same
physical processor.
Chapter 1: Introduction
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Core
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Dual-Core (E21xx series)/Celeron
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Core 2 Quad/Intel
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Dual-
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