1.5 Major Components
1. CPU socket
LGA775 surface mount, Zero Insertion Force socket for Intel
Pentium4/Prescott Processors support FSB 800/533 MHz that
allows up to 6.4 GB/s data transfer rates.
2. Dual-channel DDR2 DIMM sockets
These four 240-pin DIMM sockets support up to 4GB system
memory using unbuffered DDR2 400/533 DDR DIMMs.
3. Super I/O (83627THF) controller
The Winbond 83627THF Low Pin Count (LPC) interface
provides the commonly used super I/O functionality. The
chipset support a high performance floppy disk controller, a
multi-mode parallel port, one serial port, a game port, the
mouse and keyboard interface.
4. Northbridge controller
915P is a Memory Controller Hub (MCH) designed for use with the
Pentium 4 processor in desktop platforms. It also supports PCI
Express specification.
5. Flash ROM
This 4Mb ROM contains the programmable BIOS program.
6. Southbridge controller
The Intel ICH6 integrated peripheral controller supports various I/O
functions including four Serial ATA connectors, dual channel
UltraDMA100/66/33 master mode EIDE controller, up
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