Mainboard Features - Intel i945P User Manual

Introduction

1-2 Mainboard Features

Socket 775
Socket 775-based motherboards are designed to provide performance enhancements for Intel
Pentium 4 processor-based systems, and it also expected to be the next-generation of
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platform innovations.
For more details about the Pentium
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Chipset
The board is designed with Intel (i945P or i945G + ICH7) chipset, featuring performance and
stability with the most innovative technology and features.
For more details about the Intel Chipset, please visit the Intel Web site at http://www.Intel.
com.
VGA (Supported in the Intel i945G chipset)
Chipset contains integrated VGA. The VGA core shares memory usage with system memory,
therefore sometimes referred to as Unified Memory Architecture (UMA).
DDR2
DDR2 ushers in the new era of DDR memory technology. DDR2 memory offers faster speed,
higher data bandwidth and lower power consumption over DDR.
GLI mode (Graphics Link Interface)
GLI mode allows two PCI-Express VGA cards to be installed on the same mainboard to enjoy
dual display experience. With this technology you can expand your desktop space across two
monitors and have independent display on each monitor.
PCI-Express (PCI-E)
Next generation peripheral interface to succeed to current PCI bus for the next decade. With
smaller slot size and 250MB/sec (PCI-E*1) or 4GB/sec(PCI-E*16) maximum transfer, PCI-Express
overcomes PCI bus bottleneck.
Jumper Configurable PCI-Express
This mainboard is cleverly designed with a jumper configurable PCI-Express slot that lets user
select the bandwidth required. This allows high speed PCI-E devices such as RAID controller or
VGA cards to be supported on this mainboard.
Dual Channel
Supports dual channel of DDR2 memory to give you twice the memory bandwidth for greater
system performance.
Hardware Monitoring
Hardware monitoring enables you to monitor various aspects of the system operation and
status. This includes CPU temperature, voltage and fan speed in RPMs.
10/100 LAN (Optional)
This mainboard is mounted with a 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LAN controller. It allows the mainboard
to connect to a local area network by means of a network hub.
GbE LAN (Optional)
The new Gigabit Ethernet LAN allows data transmission at 1,000 megabits per second (Mbps),
which runs 10 times faster than conventional 10/100BASE-T Ethernet LANs.
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Brief Introduction
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