2
Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
Processor
Chipset
• Supports DDR2 800/667 DDR2 SDRAM with Dual-channel architecture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 16 GB
Memory
Audio
• RealTek ALC883 7.1ch High Definition audio CODEC
This motherboard uses an LGA775 type of Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale/Core
TM
2
Duo that carries the following features:
•
Accommodates Intel
®
Intel
®
Yorkfield/Wolfdale/Core
TM
2 Duo
proces-
sors
• Supports a system bus (FSB) of 1333/1066/800 MHz
The P45 Northbridge (NB) and ICH10R Southbridge (SB) chipsets are based on an
innovative and scalable architecture with proven reliability and performance.
P45 (NB)
• Supports 36-bit host bus addressing, allowing the
CPU to access the entire 64 GB of the memory ad-
dress space.
• 2 GB/s point-to-point Direct Media Interface (DMI) to
ICH10 (1 GB/s each direction)
• Two PCI Express x16 slots, intended for Graphics
Interface, are fully compliant to the PCI Express Base
Spe
cification Revision 2.0.
• Supports 512-Mb and 1-Gb DDR2 and 512-Mb, 1-
Gb,and 2-Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies for x8 and
x16 devices
ICH10R (SB)
• Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer
functions
• Compliant with PCI Express Base Specification, revi-
sion 1.1
• Compliant with PCI v2.3 specificaiton
• Compliant with SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• Integrated USB 2.0 Host Controller supporting up to
twelve USB 2.0 ports
• Supports Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology, providing
both AHCI and RAID 0, 1, 5 and 10 configuration
Onboard LAN
• Gigabit LAN, Athlos L1 PCIe GigaLAN controller