Intel D945GNT - 1 Desktop Board Features

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1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel
®
Desktop Board D945GNT/D945GTP.
Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factors
• ATX (12.00” x 9.60”) desktop board D945GNT
• MicroATX (9.60” x 9.60”) desktop board D945GTP
Processor
Support for an Intel
®
processor in the LGA775 package
Main Memory
• Four 240-pin, 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets
• 667/533/400 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Designed to support up to 4 GB of system memory
NOTE: System resources (such as PCI and PCI Express*) require physical memory
address locations that reduce available memory addresses above 3 GB. This may
result in less than 4 GB of memory being available to the operating system and
applications. For the latest list of tested memory, refer to the Intel World Wide Web
site at:
http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/
Chipset
Intel
®
945G Express Chipset consisting of:
• Intel
®
82945G Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) with Direct Media
Interface
• Intel
®
82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7) or 82801GR I/O Controller Hub (ICH7R)
supporting Intel
®
Matrix Storage Technology
• Firmware Hub (FWH)
Graphics
Intel 945G Express Chipset with Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator 950
Audio
• Intel 945G Express Chipset
• Intel
®
High Definition Audio interface
• SigmaTel* codec
Expansion
Capabilities
Desktop board D945GNT:
• Four PCI bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI bus 2)
• One PCI Express x16 connector
• Two PCI Express x1 connectors
Desktop board D945GTP:
• Two PCI bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI bus 2)
• One PCI Express x16 connector
• One PCI Express x1 connector
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