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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
• Accommodates Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Duo processors
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1333/1066/800 MHz
• Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
This motherboard uses an LGA775 type of Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Duo that carries the
following features:
“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.
The NVIDIA
®
MCP73PV is a single-chip with proven reliability and performance.
• PCI Express 16-lane link interface for external graphics processors
• PCI 2.3 interface supports up to five PCI slots with dedicated REQ/
GNT pairs
• AHCI SATA controllers with integrated PHYs
• Fast ATA-133 IDE controller
• NVIDIA MediaShield
TM
RAID with support for RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1,
RAID5, and JBOD.
• Integrated keys for HDCP support (Only for the motherboard V1.1 and
above)
Chipset
• DDR2 800/667/533 DDR2 SDRAM with Single Channel supported
• Accommodates two unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 8 GB
Memory
Audio
• 8 Channel High Definition Audio Codec
• DACs support 96K/48K/44.1KHz sample rate
• Power support: Digital:3.3V; Analog: 5.0V
• WOW
TM
and Tru Surround
TM
from SRS
• Provides single ended CD input with DRM solutions and legacy OS
issues
The onboard Audio provides the following features:
Onboard LAN
The onboard LAN provides the following features:
• Compliant with 1000Base-T IEEE 802.3ab, 100Base-TX IEEE 802.3u
• Supports half/full duplex operation
• IEEE 802.3 compliant RGMII/MII