4 intel® ich7 pci interface, 5 intel® ich7 real time clock, 6 intel® ich7 sata controller – IEI Integration IMBA-9454 v4.02 User Manual

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IMBA-9454G Motherboard

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Specification

Ultra ATA/100

Ultra ATA/66

Ultra ATA/33

PIO Max Transfer Rate

16.6 MB/s

16.6 MB/s

16.6 MB/s

DMA/UDMA designation

UDMA 3 - 4

UDMA 3 – 4

UDMA 2

DMA/UDMA Max Transfer

100MB/s 66MB/s 33MB/s

Controller Interface

5V 5V 5V

Table 2-5: Supported HDD Specifications

2.6.4 Intel

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ICH7 PCI Interface

The PCI interface on the ICH7 is compliant with the PCI Revision 2.3 implementation.

Some of the features of the PCI interface are listed below.

 PCI Revision 2.3 compliant

 33MHz

 5V tolerant PCI signals (except PME#)

 Integrated PCI arbiter supports up to seven PCI bus masters

2.6.5 Intel

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ICH7 Real Time Clock

256 bytes of battery backed RAM is provided by the Motorola MC146818A real time clock

(RTC) integrated into the ICH7. The RTC operates on a 3V battery and 32.768KHz crystal.

The RTC keeps track of the time and stores system data even when the system is turned

off.

2.6.6 Intel

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ICH7 SATA Controller

The integrated SATA controller on the ICH7 southbridge supports four SATA drives with

independent DMA operations. SATA controller specifications are listed below.

 Supports four SATA drives

 Supports 3.0Gb/s data transfer speeds

 Supports Serial ATA Specification, Revision 1.0a and supports several

optional sections of the Serial ATA II: Extensions to Serial ATA 1.0

Specification, Revision 1.0 (AHCI support is required for some elements).

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