Intel Express Chipset Computer Hardware User Manual


 
Intel
®
Q965 Express Chipset
October 2007 DM
Order Number: 315664-002US 12
Development Kit Hardware Features—Intel Q965 Express Chipset
2.0 Development Kit Hardware Features
2.1 Overview
This chapter provides information on the development kit features and the board
capability. For detailed platform features please refer to the Platform Design Guide for
or datasheet for the chipset and the Intel
®
Core™2 Duo processor Thermal and
Mechanical Design Guidelines.
2.2 Intel
®
Q965
®
Express Chipset Development Kit Features
Summary
This section summarizes the development kit features.
Table 3. Development Kit Features Summary (Sheet 1 of 2)
Form Factor 4 Layer μBTX (10.5 inches x 10.4 inches)
Processor
Intel
®
Core
TM
2 Duo processor E6400
Supports 1066 MHz front side bus
2M Shared L2 Cache
Supports Intel
®
64 Architecture
Supports Intel
®
Wide Dynamic Execution, Intel® Smart Memory Access, Intel Advanced
Smart Cache, Intel
®
Advanced Digital Media Boost, Intel
®
Virtualization Technology
Memory
DDR2 dual-channel system memory interface
Four 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets (two per channel) supporting dual channel
interleaved mode
Support for 533MHz, 667MHz, 800MHz unbuffered, non-ECC DDR2 SDRAM modules
Supports 128 MB to 8 GB of system memory
256 Mbit, 512 Mbit, or 1 Gbit Technology
Chipset
Intel
®
Q965 Express Chipset, consisting of:
Intel
®
82Q965 Graphics Memory Controller Hub ((G)MCH)
Intel
®
82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH8DO)
Video
Option of either using integrated graphics system or external PCI Express* graphics:
Intel
®
GMA3000 integrated graphics subsystem
Supports ADD2 and Intel
®
Media Expansion Card (MEC, also known as ADD2+) for
additional digital display such as DVI, LVDS, etc. depending on the media expansion card
features.
Supports external PCI Express* (x16) graphics card
Audio
Intel
®
High Definition Audio subsystem:
8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem and two S/PDIF digital audio outputs using the ADI
audio codec.
Legacy I/O
Control
Port Angeles 3.0 Super I/O controller for diskette drive, serial, parallel, and PS/2* ports.