Product Description; Pci Bus Terminology Change - Intel BOXD915GEV - LGA775 800FSB 4DDR2 Aud+Vdo SATA ATX 4PCI Manual

1 Product Description

What This Chapter Contains
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PCI Bus Terminology Change ....................................................................................11

1.2 Overview ....................................................................................................................12
1.3 Online Support ...........................................................................................................17
1.4 Processor ...................................................................................................................17
1.5 System Memory .........................................................................................................18
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1.6 Intel 915G Chipset....................................................................................................23
1.7 PCI Express Connectors ............................................................................................27
1.8 I/O Controller..............................................................................................................28
1.9 Audio Subsystem .......................................................................................................29
1.10 LAN Subsystem..........................................................................................................31
1.11 Hardware Management Subsystem ...........................................................................34
1.12 Power Management ...................................................................................................36
1.13 Trusted Platform Module ............................................................................................43
1.1 PCI Bus Terminology Change
Previous generations of Intel
This generation of Intel Desktop Boards adds a new technology for add-in cards: PCI Express.
The 32-bit parallel bus previously referred to as PCI is now called PCI Conventional.
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Desktop Boards used an add-in card connector referred to as PCI.
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