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2.1 The HP Alcatraz
The HP Alcatraz motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who
wants advanced features processed by the fastest processors.
2.1.1Specifications
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Latest Intel Processor Support
Intel Socket 423 Pentium
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Intel 850 Chipset: Features the Intel
I/O Controller Hub, and Firmware Hub) with support for AGP 4X mode;
400MHz Front Side Bus (FSB); and dual channel RDRAM.
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Intel ICH2: The Intel I/O Controller Hub 2 (ICH2) features support for
UltraDMA/100, which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 100MB/
sec; and two USB controllers for a total of 4 USB ports.
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PC800 Memory Support: Equipped with four Rambus Inline Memory Module
(RIMM) sockets to support Intel PC800/PC600-compliant Rambus DRAMs
(RDRAMs) (available in 64, 96, 128, 192, 256, 512MB densities) up to 2GB.
These RDRAMs are necessary to meet the increase in processor performance
and multimedia and 3D functions, especially where high bandwidth is required.
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Intel
Accelerated Hub Architecture: Features a dedicated high speed hub
link between the ICH2 and MCH with a bandwidth of 266MB/sec – twice the
maximum bandwidth of the PCI bus.
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AGP Slot: Comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port slot that supports AGP
cards for high performance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical
applications using a 1X, 2X, or 4X mode bus. Backward compatible to support
AGP 2X and AGP 1X.
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UltraDMA/100 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels. Supports
UltraDMA/100, UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master
IDE DMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD-ROM, CD-ROM,
CD-R/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives.
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More USB Ports: Supports a total of 4 USB ports for more peripheral connec-
tivity options.
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PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easy way to examine and manage system
status information, such as CPU fan status through the onboard hardware.
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Legacy Free: Provides five 32-bit PCI (PCI 2.2 compliant) with no ISA, elimi-
nating bottlenecks and system memory management issues. All PCI slots can
support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards. (PCI supports up to
133MB/s maximum throughput.)
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Low Pin Count (LPC) Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible
serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can
also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
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2. FEATURES
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4 processors
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850 chipset (Memory Controller Hub,
HP Alcatraz User's Manual
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