Intel PMH55 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 1
Introduction of Intel H55 Express Chipset
Motherboards
1-1 Features of Motherboard
The Intel H55 Express chipset based motherboard series are based on Intel H55
Express chipset technology which supports the innovative Intel LGA 1156 socket
Intel® Core™ i7, Intel® Core™ i5Lynnfield & Clarkdale, Core™ i3 and Pentium®
Processor.
The Intel H55 Express chipset based motherboard series comes with an integrated
DDRIII memory controller for dual channel DDRIII 1066 /DDRIII 1333 MHz system
memories which are expandable to 16 GB capacity and the new generation of PCI
Express interface for the latest graphics AMD cards. The Intel H55 Express chipset
motherboard series are absolutely the ultimate solution for game enthusiasts and
applications, and it also meets the demanding usage of computing of gaming,
multimedia entertainment and business applications.
The motherboard provides six serial ATA2 interfaces of 3.0 Gb / s data transfer rate
for six serial ATA devices.
The H55 Express chipset Based motherboard provides Gigabit LAN function by using
Gigabit LAN chip which support 10M / 100M / 1Gbps data transfer rate. Embedded
8-channel ALC883 HD CODEC is fully compatible with Sound Blaster Pro
standards
that offer you with the home cinema quality and absolutely software compatibility.
The H55 Express chipset based motherboard series offer two PCI-Express2.0 x16
graphics slots. With PE1 being PCI Express 2.0 x16by16 lane slot and PE3 being PCI
Express 2.0 x16by4 lane slot. These two graphics slots are fully compatible with the
latest AMD CrossFireX Technology to guarantee the fully operational Multi-GPUs
graphics function and avoid the possible installation error. One PCI Express x1 I/O
slot and one 32-bit PCI slot guarantee the rich connectivity for the I/O of peripherals.
Embedded USB controllers as well as capability of expanding to 10 of USB2.0
functional ports delivering 480Mb/s bandwidth of rich connectivity, these
motherboards meet the future USB demands which are also equipped with hardware
monitor function on system to monitor and protect your system and maintain your
non-stop business computing.
Some special features--- CPU Smart Fan/OC-CON
G.P.I. Function/3D Audio/ DIY
Clear Button/Power on Button/Reset Button in this motherboard is designed for
power user to use the over-clocking function in more flexible ways. But please be
caution that the over-clocking may cause the failure in system reliability. This
motherboard provides the guaranteed performance and meets the demands of the
next generation computing. But if you insist to gain more system performance with
variety possibilities of the components you choose, please be careful and make sure