User`s guide

Chapter 1: Introduction

Chapter 1 Introduction

This motherboard has a LGA 775 socket for latest Intel® Core

2 Duo

(E4XXX/E2XXX)/ Celeron® D processors with Hyper-Threading Technol-

ogy and Front-Side Bus (FSB) speeds up to 1066/800/533 MHz. Hyper-

Threading Technology, designed to take advantage of the multitasking features

gives you the power to do more things at once.

This motherboard integrates the 945GC Northbridge along with Intel I/O

Controller Hub 7 (ICH7) that supports the Serial ATA interface for high-

performance and mainstream desktop PCs; the built-in USB 2.0 providing higher

bandwidth and implementing Universal Serial Bus Specification Revision

2.0.

It supports 6-channel High Definition Audio Codec and provides one IDE

Ultra ATA 100/66/33 channel. It has one PCIEX16 slot and two 32-bit PCI

slots. There is a full set of I/O ports including two PS/2 ports for mouse and

keyboard, one serial port, one optional LAN port, one VGA port, audio jacks for

microphone, line-in and line-out, and four back-panel USB 2.0 ports. In addition,

onboard USB headers provide extra ports by connecting the extended USB

module to the motherboard.

It is an Micro ATX motherboard and has power connectors for a ATX power

supply.

Key Features

The key features of this motherboard include:

LGA775 Socket Processor Support

• Supports the latest Intel® Core

2 Duo (E4XXX/E2XXX)/ Celeron®

D processors with Hyper-Threading Technology

• Supports up to 1066/800/533 MHz Front-Side Bus

Chipset

There are 945GC Northbridge and Intel I/O Controller Hub 7 (ICH7) in the

chipsets in accordance with an innovative and scalable architecture with proven

reliability and performance.

Note: Hyper-Threading technology enables the operating system into

thinking it’s hooked up to two processors, allowing two threads to be

run in parallel, both on separate ‘logical’ processors within the same

physical processor.

• Hyper-Threading Technology