English Product Guide
9
1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the features of Intel
®
Desktop Board DQ45EK. Table 1
summarizes the major features of the Desktop Board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor
Mini-ITX (170.18 millimeters [6.70 inches] x 170.18 millimeters
[6.70 inches])
Processor Support for an Intel
®
processor in the LGA775 package
Main Memory
• Two 240-pin, DDR2 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module
(DIMM) sockets
• 800/667 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Support for up to 4 GB of system memory
Chipset Intel
®
Q45 Express Chipset consisting of:
• Intel 82Q45 Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
(GMCH)
• Intel
®
82801JDO I/O Controller Hub (ICH10DO)
Graphics
• Intel Q45 Express Chipset with
Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator
4500 (Intel
®
GMA 4500)
• Integrated graphics output via DVI-D and DVI-I ports
Audio
• Onboard subsystem, featuring:
― 4-channel (2 + 2) with independent multi streaming via a front
panel header
― Intel
®
High Definition Audio (Intel
®
HD Audio) interface
― Analog Devices AD1882 audio codec
Expansion
Capabilities
One PCI Express 1.1 x1 connector
Legacy I/O Support Legacy I/O Controller that provides a serial port via an onboard
header
Peripheral
Interfaces
• Up to 10 USB 2.0 ports
― Six ports routed to the back panel
― Four ports routed to two onboard headers
• Five Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH10DO including
one external SATA (eSATA) channel
• SATA RAID support via Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology
(Intel
®
MST) including support for Intel
®
Rapid Recover Technology
(Intel
®
RRT)
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