2
Feature
Processor
This motherboard uses
™
Core
2 Duo/Pentium
carries
the following features:
•
Accommodates Intel
Pentium
sors
•
Latest Intel
•
Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1333/1066/800 MHz
Chipset
The G41 Northbridge (NB) and ICH7 Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
G41 (NB)
ICH7 (SB)
Memory
•
Supports DDR3 1333 (OC)/1066/800 DDR3 SDRAM with Dual-channel
architecture
•
Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
•
2 x 240-pin DDR3 DIMM socket support up to 16 GB
an LGA775 type of
Intel
®
®
Dual-Core/Celeron
Dual-Core/Celeron
®
™
Core
2 Extreme/Core
®
Dual-Core/Celeron
®
Dual-Core/Celeron
®
45nm Multi-Core processors
•
Supports 36-bit host bus addressing, allowing the CPU
to access the entire 64 GB of the memory address
space
•
2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to
ICH7 (1 GB/s each direction)
•
Supports 2-GB, 1-Gb, 512 Mb DDR3 DRAM technolo-
gies for x8 and x16 devices
•
One, 16-lane (x16) PCI Express port intended for ex-
ternal device attach, fully compatible to the PCI Ex-
press Gen 1
•
An integrated graphics device (IGD) delivering cost
competitive 3D, 2D and video capabilities
•
Microsoft DX10 and 128MB share memory are sup-
ported
•
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
®
™
™
Core
2 Extreme/Core
2 Quad/
®
400 series
™
™
2 Quad/Core
2 Duo/
®
400 series proces-
that