7 sata controller, 8 spi bus, 9 usb controller – IEI Integration IEM-945GSE User Manual

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IEM-945GSE ETX 3.0 Module

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2.5.7 SATA Controller

The integrated SATA controller on the Southbridge supports up to two SATA drives with

independent DMA operations. The SATA connectors are located on the IEM-945GSE and

not interfaced through the ETX 3.0 connectors. SATA controller specifications are listed

below.

ƒ Supports two SATA drives

ƒ Supports 1.5 Gb/s data transfer speeds

ƒ Supports Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a

2.5.8 SPI Bus

The Serial Peripheral Interface is a short distance serial bus for communication with other

devices on the motherboard. The SPI interface from the board is interfaced to the items

below:

ƒ SPI

BIOS.

2.5.9 USB Controller

Up to eight high-speed, full-speed or low-speed USB devices are supported by the Intel®

ICH7M on the IEM-945GSE. High-speed USB 2.0, with data transfers of up to 480 MB/s,

is enabled with the Intel® ICH7M integrated Enhanced Host Controller Interface (EHCI)

compliant host controller. USB full-speed and low-speed signaling is supported by the

Intel® ICH7M integrated Universal Host Controller Interface (UHCI) controllers.

2.6 Environmental and Power Specifications

2.6.1 System Monitoring

The IEM-945GSE monitors the following temperatures:

ƒ CPU

temperature

ƒ System

temperature

ƒ On-chip

temperature

The IEM-945GSE monitors the following fan speeds:

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