Special Features Of The System Board; Watchdog Timer; Pci Express; Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 - Kontron MBATX-945G-VGA User Manual

Special Features of the System Board

Watchdog Timer

The Watchdog Timer function allows your application to regularly "clear" the system at
the set time interval. If the system hangs or fails to function, it will reset at the set time
interval so that your system will continue to operate

PCI Express

PCI Express is a high bandwidth I/O infrastructure that possesses the ability to scale
speeds by forming multiple lanes. The system board currently supports the physical
layer of x1 and x16 lane widths.
The x1 PCI Express lane supports transfer rate of 2.5 Gigabytes (250MBbps) per
second. The PCI Express architecture also provides a high performance graphics
infrastructure by enhancing the capability of a x16 PCI Express lane to provide 4
Gigabytes per second transfer rate.

Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950

The graphics flexibility of the built-in Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
supports enhanced 2D, 3D and video capabilities. It also support widescreen LCD
displays, accelerated DirectX* 9 3D and PCI Express graphics cards.

Hyper-Threading Technology Functionality Requirements

The system board supports Intel processors with Hyper-Threading Technology.
Enabling the functionality of Hyper-Threading Technology for your computer system
requires ALL of the following platforms.

Components:

• CPU - an Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor with HT Technology
• Chipset - an Intel® chipset that supports HT Technology
• BIOS - a BIOS that supports HT Technology and has it enabled
• OS - an operating system that includes optimizations for HT Technology
Please refer to Appendix A for information a bout enabling the functionality of the Hyper-
Threading Technology. For more information on Hyper-Threading Technology, go to:
www.intel.com/info/hyperthreading.
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