User`s manual

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Chapter 1
Introduction of Intel
®
945GC Motherboard Series
1-1 Features of motherboard
The Intel
®
945GC chipset motherboard series are based on the latest Intel 945GC Express
Chipset and Intel
®
FW82801G ICH Chipset technology. The motherboard is optimized to deliver
innovative features and professional desktop platform solution with the advantages of the new
generation dual core processor for those who demand the best experience of personal
computing.
The Intel
®
945GC chipset motherboard series for Intel
®
ATOM 230/330 Processor are
absolutely the cost-effective solution for game enthusiasts and applications, and it also meets
the demanding usage of computing of gaming, multimedia entertainment and business
applications. Moreover, the Intel
®
945GC express chipset incorporates Intel
®
Graphics Media
Accelerator 950 which support the Microsoft* DirectX* 9,Vertex Shader 3.0 and Transform
and Lighting provides incredible visual quality, faster graphics performance and flexible
display options without the need for a separate graphics card.
The motherboard implements Intel
®
945GC Express Chipset which supports Front Side Bus
533 MHz of data transferring and offers with 266 MHz memory clock frequency for Dual
channel DDR2 533 MHz memory DIMMs which are expandable to 4GB to double the
performance of memory access. The motherboard is embedded with ICH7 chipset of
providing one parallel Ultra ATA 100 interface for two IDE drives and two serial ATA2
interface of 3.0Gb / s data transfer rate for two serial ATA devices.
The motherboards offer two 32-bit PCI slots guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O of
peripherals. And one PCI Express x1 I/O slots.
The motherboards provide 10 / 100 Ethernet compatible LAN function by using the Realtek
RTL8102EL Megabit LAN which supports 10M / 100M data transfer rate. The motherboard
series also have an integrated HD 6-channel ALC662 on board.
Embedded USB controller as well as capability of expanding to 8 of USB2.0 functional ports
delivering 480Mb/s of rich connectivity, these motherboards meet the demands of future USB
peripherals which are also equipped with hardware monitor function on system to monitor
and protect your system and maintain your non-stop business computing.
Special feature---CPU Thermal Throttling /CPU Smart Fan In this motherboard are designed
for power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be caution
that the over-clocking maybe causes the fails in system reliabilities. This motherboard
provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the next generation
computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with variety possibilities of the
components you choose, please be careful and make sure to read the detailed descriptions of
these value added product features, please get them in the coming section.