Intel Desktop Boards D850MD and D850MV Product Guide
Main Memory
The board has four 2.5 V memory module sockets that support RIMMs containing Direct Rambus
DRAM (RDRAM) devices.
The board supports the following memory features:
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Maximum of 32 RDRAM devices per channel
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128 MB (minimum) to 2 GB (maximum) onboard capacity utilizing 128/144 Mbit or
256/288 Mbit technology
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Single- or double-sided RIMM modules
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PC600 or PC800 compliant RDRAM
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Serial Presence Detect (SPD) memory only
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NOTE
For information about vendors that support these memory requirements, refer to the D850MD or
D850MV link on this Intel World Wide Web site:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop
For information about installing memory, see Chapter 2 on page 21.
Intel
850 Chipset
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The Intel 850 chipset consists of the following devices:
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Intel 82850 Memory Controller Hub (MCH) with AHA bus
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Intel 82801BA I/O Controller Hub (ICH2) with AHA bus
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Firmware Hub (FWH)
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Intel
82850 Memory Controller Hub (MCH)
The MCH has these features:
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Integrated dual Direct Rambus technology memory channel
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Support for 128 MB to 2 GB main system memory
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Auto-detection of RDRAM memory
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Support for a single AGP device
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