Desktop Board Features; Feature Summary - Intel D945PLNM Product Manual

1 Desktop Board Features

This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel
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])
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Support for an Intel processor in the LGA775 package
• Two 240-pin, 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• 533 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Support for up to 2 GB of system memory
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Intel 945PL Express Chipset consisting of:
• Intel ®
82945PL Memory Controller Hub (MCH)
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• Intel
82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7)
• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash
One PCI Express* x16 connector supporting PCI Express graphics cards
• Intel 945PL Express Chipset
• 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 onboard 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
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Desktop Board D945PLNM. Table 1
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