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64 MB to 512 MB of SDRAM upgradeable with 64-MB, 128-MB, or 256-MB modules
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installed in up to three DIMM sockets on the system board
system BIOS Setup Utility built into the BIOS
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4-Mb Flash ROM for fast economical BIOS upgrades
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integrated sound
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power management with power saving mode
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external connectors for connecting the following external devices:
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— VGA-compatible monitor (standard, super, high-resolution VGA) to AGP port on
system board
— personal system/2 (PS/2
— PS/2-style keyboard
— bi-directional Enhanced Parallel Port (EPP) and Enhanced Capabilities Port (ECP)
support for a parallel printer
— serial devices through one or two buffered 16C550 UART serial ports (depending on
system configuration), each supporting up to 115.2 Kb per second
— three USB devices
— speaker and microphone connectors (line in, line out, microphone in).
The following table lists the major components on the system board.
Component
Processor
Intel 815E Chipset
82815 Graphics and Memory
Controller Hub (GMCH)
®
)-style mouse
System Board Components
Function
600-MHz or higher Pentium III processor, 133-MHz or
higher FSB
Uses Intel graphics technology, software drivers, and
integrated AGP to create vivid 2D and 3D effects and
images. Features integrated Hardware Motion
Compensation to improve video quality.
Features processor and host bus optimized for the
processor, integrated DRAM controller, integrated graphics
controller, 3D graphics visual enhancements, 3D graphics
texturing enhancements, digital video output, integrated 24-
bit 230 MHz RAMDAC, 2D graphics, arithmetic stretch blitter
video, integrated graphics memory controller, display cache
interface, arbitration scheme and concurrency, data
buffering, power management functions, and support for I/O
bridge.
System Board 4-7
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