Feature - ECS 945GCD-M230 Manual

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Feature

Processor
This motherboard uses onboard Intel
features:
• Onboard Intel
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 533 MHz
• Supports "Hyper-Threading" technology CPU
"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.
Chipset
The 945GC Northbridge (NB) and ICH7 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
945GC (NB)
ICH7 (SB)
Memory
• Supports DDR2 533 DDR2 SDRAM
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Maximum memory size up to 4 GB
Audio
The onboard Audio provides the following features:
• 5.1 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• Exceeds Microsoft Windows Logo Program (WLP) Requirements
• ADCs support 44.1K/48K/96K/192KHz sample rate
• Power Support: Digital: 3.3V; Analog: 5.0V
® Atom TM 230 CPU that carries the following
® Atom TM 230, 1.60GHz CPU speed with 1MB cache
• Supports 32-bit host bus addressing
• 2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to
ICH7 (1 Gb/s each direction)
• Supports 256-Mb, 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR2 technolo-
gies for x8 and x16 devices
• Supports high quality 3D setup, Render Engine and
high-quality texture engine
• Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer
functions
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, Revi-
sion 1.0a
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 specification
• Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
eight USB 2.0 ports
• Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33
Introducing the Motherboard