1 desktop board features – Intel D975XBX User Manual

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1 Desktop Board Features

This chapter briefly describes the main features of Intel

®

Desktop Board D975XBX. Table 1

summarizes the major features of the desktop board.

Table 1.

Feature Summary

Form Factor

ATX (304.80 millimeters [12.00 inches] x 243.84 millimeters [9.60 inches])

Processor

Support for an Intel

®

processor in the LGA775 package with 1066/800 MHz

front side bus

Main Memory

Four 240-pin SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets

667/533 MHz dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface

Support for ECC and non-ECC memory

Designed to support up to 8 GB of system memory

Chipset

Intel

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975X Express Chipset consisting of:

Intel

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82975X Memory Controller Hub (MCH) with Direct Media Interface

Intel

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82801GH I/O Controller Hub (ICH7DH) supporting Intel

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Matrix Storage

Technology

Audio

Intel 975X Express Chipset

Intel

®

High Definition Audio codec

Up to 8-channel audio with jack sensing

Graphics

Support for Multiple PCI Express* Graphics cards

Expansion
Capabilities

Two PCI bus add-in card connectors

One PCI Express x16 connector (electrical x16 or x8)

One PCI Express x16 connector (electrical x8)

One PCI Express x16 connector (electrical x4)

LAN Subsystem

Intel

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82573V or 82573L Gigabit Ethernet LAN controller with RJ-45 connector

BIOS

Intel

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Platform Innovation Framework for Extensible Firmware Interface

8 Mbit Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) device

Support for SMBIOS

Intel

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Rapid BIOS Boot

Intel

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Express BIOS Update

RAID

Intel

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Matrix Storage Technology for Serial ATA

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TALink* for Serial ATA

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