6 intel® ich7-m southbridge chipset, 1 intel® ich7-m overview, 2 intel® ich7-m audio codec ’97 controller – IEI Integration KINO-9453 v2.10 User Manual

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KINO-9453 Mini-ITX Motherboard

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2.6 Intel

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ICH7-M Southbridge Chipset

2.6.1 Intel

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ICH7-M Overview

The Intel

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ICH7-M Southbridge chipset is connected to the Intel

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945GME Northbridge

GMCH through the chip-to-chip Direct Media Interface (DMI). Some of the features of the

Intel

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ICH7-M are listed below.

Complies with PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 1.0a

Complies with PCI Local Bus Specification, Revision 2.3 and supports 33MHz

PCI operations

Supports ACPI Power Management Logic

Contains:

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Enhanced DMA controller

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Interrupt controller

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Timer functions

Integrated SATA host controller with DMA operations interfaced to two SATA

connectors on the KINO-9453

Integrated IDE controller supports Ultra ATA 100/66/33

Supports the six USB 2.0 devices on the KINO-9453 with four UHCI

controllers and one EHCI controller

Complies with System Management Bus (SMBus) Specification, Version 2.0

Supports Audio Codec ’97 (AC’97) Revision 2.3

Supports Intel

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High Definition Audio

Contains Low Pin Count (LPC) interface

Supports Firmware Hub (FWH) interface

2.6.2 Intel

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ICH7-M Audio Codec ’97 Controller

The KINO-9453 has an integrated Realtek ALC655 codec. The ALC655 codec is a 16-bit,

full-duplex AC'97 Rev. 2.3 compatible six-channel audio codec designed for PC

multimedia systems, including host/soft audio and AMR/CNR-based designs. Complete

surround sound requires six-channel audio consisting of:

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