Chapter 1 19
Hardware Specification and Configuration
Processor
System Main Chipset
North Bridge
Item Specification
Type Intel Prescott 775 / Smithfield / Cedar Mill / Presler / Conroe
Feature • FSB: 533/800/1066MHz
• Socket type: Intel socket T LGA 775-pin
• HyperThreading Technology and FSB Dynamic Bus Inversion (DBI)
support
• 36-bit host bus addressing support, allowing the CPU to access the entire
GMCH memory address space
Item Specification
Core logic Intel G965 + Intel ICH8DH
Super I/O controller ITE IT8718DX with hardware monitor
LAN controller Intel 82566
Memory controller Intel 965G
1394 controller TI TSB43AB23PDTG4
Serial ATA Six pendent SATA2 controller embedded in ICH8 each
supporting two devices
Audio subsystem controller Realtek ALC888 (high definition audio)
VGA controller Intel G965
Item Specification
General
information
North bridge Broadwater is a Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH)
designed for use with a LGA 775 (Land Grid Array) socket T processor. The
GMCH provides the CPU interface, DDR2 interface, PCI Express interface,
DMI (Direct Media Interface) and integrated graphics with display
interfaces. It communicates with the I/O Controller Hub (ICH8) over DMI
(Direct Media Interface).
Feature • 1210 ball FC-BGA package
• Single processor support with 533/800/1066MHz data transfer rate
• Min. 128 MB memory capacity, assuming single channel mode by using
256MB technology
• Max. 8GB memory capacity in dual channel interleaved mode by using
1GB technology
• DMI 1.0 support
• PCI Express x16 graphics interface
• One 16-lane PCI Express port intended for graphics attach, fully
compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification revision 1.0a
