Desktop Board Features - Intel D945GCL Product Manual

1 Desktop Board Features

This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel
Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor
Processor
Main Memory
Chipset
Graphics
Audio
Expansion
Capabilities
Peripheral
Interfaces
microATX 243.84 millimeters (9.60 inches) x 243.84 millimeters (9.60 inches)
®
Support for an Intel processor in the LGA775 package
• Two 240-pin, DDR2 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)
sockets
• 667/533/400 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Support for up to 4 GB of system memory
®
Intel 945G Express Chipset consisting of:
®
• Intel 82945G Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
(GMCH)
®
• Intel 82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7)
®
• Intel 945G Express Chipset with Intel
®
(Intel GMA 950)
• PCI Express* graphics card support via a PCI Express x16 connector
• 6-channel (5.1) onboard subsystem, featuring:
®
― Intel High Definition Audio interface
― SigmaTel* STAC9220 audio codec
• One PCI Express x1 connector
• One PCI Express x16 connector
• Two PCI connectors
• Up to eight USB 2.0 ports
― Four ports routed to the back panel
― Four ports routed to two USB headers
• Four Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s), via the ICH7, one device per
channel
• One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices)
• One diskette drive interface
• One VGA port
• One parallel port
• One serial port
• PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports
®
Desktop Board D945GCL.
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 950
continued
9