Owner manual

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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
The 945GSE Northbridge (NB) and ICH7-M Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on
an innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
Chipset
ICH7-M (SB)
• Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer
functions
• 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
• Supports DDR2 533/400 DDR2 SDRAM with singel channel architec-
ture
•Accommodates one unbuffered DIMM
•
Maximum memory size up to 2 GB
Memory
945GSE (NB)
• Supports 32-bit downstream address
• 2 GB/s (1 GB/s each direction) point-to-point interface
to Intel 82801GBM (ICH7-M)
• Supports 256-Mb, 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR2 technolo-
gies for x8 and x16 devices
Audio
• High Definition Audio Codec
• ADCs support 44.1k/48k/96kHz sample rate
• Meets Microsoft WLP 3.10 Vista premium and mobile PCs audio re-
quirements
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
The onboard Audio provides the following features:
This motherboard uses onboard Intel
®
Atom
TM
Processor N270 that carries the
following features:
• Onboard Intel
®
Atom
TM
Processor N270, on-die 512-kB, 8-way L2 cache
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 533 MHz
Onboard LAN (optinal)
The onboard LAN controller provides either of the following features:
• Supports PCI Express
TM
1.1
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
• Supports PCI Express
TM
1.1
• Integrated 10/100 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support
Whether connect 10/100 LAN or Giga LAN to the Giga LAN port, the link
LED will turn green.