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Introducing the Motherboard
Chapter 1
Introducing the Motherboard
Introduction
Thank you for choosing 865G-M8 motherboard of great performance and with enhanced
function. This motherboard carries a Micro ATX form factor of 244 x 220 mm. This
motherboard is a high performance, enhanced function motherboard that supports LGA775
socket for the latest Intel Pentium 4/Celeron D/Pentium D processors for high-end business
or personal desktop markets.
The motherboard incorporates the 865G Northbridge (NB) and ICH5 Southbridge (SB)
chipsets. The Northbridge supports a Front Side Bus (FSB) frequency of 800/533 MHz
using a scalable FSB VCC_CPU. The memory controller supports DDR memory DIMM
frequencies of DDR400/333/266. It supports two DDR SDRAM up to maximum memory of
2 GB. DDR Maximum memory bandwidth of 3.2 GB/s in single-channel mode (DDR400)
and 6.4 GB/s in dual-channel mode (DDR400) are supported. One AGP slot is used to
installed an AGP graphics card that emulates the AGP function.
The ICH5 Southbridge supports three PCI slots which are PCI 2.3 compliant. This
motherboard accommodates eight USB 2.0 ports for serial transfers at 480 Mb/s (four ports
at the rear I/O & two headers onboard). This motherboard complies with AC’97 2.3 CODEC
and supports up to six channels of PCM audio output (full AC3 decode). Two onboard IDE
connectors support 4 IDE devices in Ultra ATA 100/66/33 mode. The Southbridge inte-
grates two Serial ATA host controllers that are SATA v1.0 compliant, supporting two SATA
ports with maximum transfer rate up to 1.5 Gb/s each. One optional CNR1 slot allows users
to insert CNR cards with Modem and Audio functionality.
There is an advanced full set of I/O ports in the rear panel, including PS/2 mouse and
keyboard connectors, COM1, LPT1, VGA port, and four USB ports, one optional LAN
port, and audio jacks for microphone, line-in, and line-out. In addition to its excellent
performance and stability, the motherboard is highly suited for surfing the Internet and for
rich multimedia applications, including streaming video download and are ideal for worksta-
tions and high-end home use.
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