ECS P55H-A

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Introducing the Motherboard
Feature
• Accommodates Intel
®
Lynnfield processor
• Supports “Hyper-Threading” technology CPU
“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 motherboard uses an LGA1156 type of socket that carries the following
features:
Processor
The Intel P55 Express Chipset is a single-chip with proven reliability and per-
formance.
Chipset
• Supports DDR3 1333/1066 DDR3 SDRAM with Dual-channel architec-
ture
• Accommodates four unbuffered DIMMs
• Up to 4 GB per DIMM with maximum memory size up to 16 GB
• Supports 1 Gb, 2 Gb and 4 Gb DDR3 DRAM technologies for x8 and x16
devices (It is not recommended to use 512 Mb DDR3 memory device on
this motherboard)
Memory
• Support Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology, providing both AHCI and RAID
0, 1, 5 and 10 configuration.
• Two x16 PCI Express Gen2 ports each supporting up to 8 GB/s direc-
tion peak bandwidth
• An additional x4 PCI Express Gen2 port configuration to 2 x2 interface
• Compliant with PCI Rev 2.3 interface at 33 MHz
• Integrated SATA 3.0 Gb/s Host Controller
• Fourteen USB 2.0 ports supported
• Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) support
• Enhanced DMA Controller, interrupt controller, and timer functions
Audio
• 7.1 + 2 channel High Definition Audio Codec
• All DACs Support 192k/96k/48k/44.1kHz DAC sample rate
• High –quality analog differential CD input
• Meets Microsoft WHQL/WLP 3.0 audio requirements
• Direct Sound 3D
TM
compatible
Onboard LAN
• Supports PCI Express
TM
1.1
• Integrated 10/100/1000 transceiver
• Wake-on-LAN and remote wake-up support