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1 Desktop Board Features 
This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel
®
 Desktop Board DG965SS.  
Table 1 summarizes the major features of the desktop board. 
Table 1.  Feature Summary 
Form Factor 
microATX (243.84 millimeters [9.60 inches] x 243.84 millimeters 
[9.60 inches]) 
Processor  Support for an Intel
®
 processor in the LGA775 package  
Main Memory 
•  Four 240-pin, DDR2 1.8 V ( only) SDRAM Dual Inline Memory 
Module (DIMM) sockets  
•  800/677/533 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 Memory Controller Hub 
(GMCH)  
•  Intel
®
 82801HB I/O Controller Hub (ICH8) 
Graphics 
•  Intel
®
 G965 Express Chipset with Intel
®
 Graphics Media Accelerator 
X3000 (Intel
®
 GMA X3000) 
• 
One PCI Express* x16 connector supporting PCI Express graphics 
cards
 
Audio 
•  6-channel (5.1) onboard subsystem, featuring: 
―  Intel
®
 High Definition Audio interface 
―  SigmaTel* STAC9227 audio codec 
•  HD Audio Link header 
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  
•  Up to two IEEE 1394a ports  
―  One port routed to the back panel  
―  One port routed to an IEEE 1394a header 
•  Four Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s), via the ICH8, one 
device per channel  
•  One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices) 
•  One diskette drive interface 
•  One parallel port 
•  PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports 
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