9
1 Desktop Board Features
This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel
®
Desktop Board DG965MQ.
Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board.
Table 1. Feature Summary
Form Factor
microBTX (264.16 millimeters [10.40 inches] x 266.70 millimeters
[10.50 inches])
Processor Support for an Intel
®
processor in the LGA775 package
Main Memory • Four 240-pin, DDR2 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM)
sockets
• 800/667/533 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Support for up to 8 GB of system memory
Chipset Intel
®
G965 Express Chipset consisting of:
• Intel
®
G965 Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
• Intel
®
82801HH I/O Controller Hub (ICH8DH)
Graphics
• Intel
®
G965 Express Chipset with
Intel
®
Graphics Media Accelerator X3000
• Intel
®
Clear Video Technology
• Support for VGA and DVI displays
• Support for Dual-Independent Display via VGA and DVI
• PCI Express* graphics card support via a PCI Express x16 connector
Audio
• 8-channel (7.1) onboard subsystem, featuring:
― Intel
®
High Definition Audio interface
― SigmaTel* STAC9271D audio codec
― HD Audio Link header
― Support for Dolby* Home Theater*
Expansion
Capabilities
• One PCI Express x1 connector
• One PCI Express x16 connector
• Two PCI connectors
Peripheral
Interfaces
• Up to 10 USB 2.0 ports
― Six ports routed to the back panel
― Four ports routed to two USB headers
• Six Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s), via the ICH8, one device per
channel
• Up to two IEEE 1394a ports
― One port routed to the back panel
― One port routed to a IEEE 1394a header
• One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices)
• One diskette drive interface
• One VGA port
• One DVI port
• One parallel port header
• One serial port header
• PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports
continued