HP Compaq dx 7200 and dc7600 Personal Computers, Technical Reference Guide, 1st Edition
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Figure 4-1. PCI Bus Devices and Functions
4.2.1 PCI 2.3 Bus Operation
The PCI 2.3 bus consists of a 32-bit path (AD31-00 lines) that uses a multiplexed scheme for 
handling both address and data transfers.  A bus transaction consists of an address cycle and one 
or more data cycles, with each cycle requiring a clock (PCICLK) cycle. High performance is 
realized during burst modes in which a transaction with contiguous memory locations requires 
that only one address cycle be conducted and subsequent data cycles are completed using 
auto-incremented addressing. Four types of address cycles can take place on the PCI bus; I/O, 
memory, configuration, and special. Address decoding is distributed (left up to each device on 
the PCI bus).
I/O and Memory Cycles
For I/O and memory cycles, a standard 32-bit address decode (AD31..0) for byte-level 
addressing is handled by the appropriate PCI device. For memory addressing, PCI devices 
decode the AD31..2 lines for dword-level addressing and check the AD1,0 lines for burst 
(linear-incrementing) mode. In burst mode, subsequent data phases are conducted a dword at a 
time with addressing assumed to increment accordingly (four bytes at a time).
82945G
82801 ICH8
Host-DMI Bridge
Memory 
Cntlr
Function
PCI Express x16 graphics slot [1]
PCI Bus 0
IDE 
Cntlr
Function
SATA 
Cntlr
Function
USB I/F
Cntlr
Function
LPC
Bridge
Function
HD Audio
Cntlr
Function
DMI
PCI Express x1 slot [1]
PCI 2.3 slot(s)
Integrated
Graphics
Controller
PCI 2.3
Bridge
Function
GMCH
PCI Bus 1
Host-PCI Exp.
Bridge
NIC
Cntlr
PCI Exp.
Port 1
Function
DMI Link
RGB Monitor
[1] In USDT form factor, accepts reverse-layout SDVO card only.
Notes:
PCI Exp.
Port 2
Function
Only implemented functions are shown.
 In SFF, ST, MT, and CMT form factors, accepts nomal layout card.










