Chapter 1 Hardware Overview
Satellite P500 and Satellite Pro500 Maintenance Manual (960-Q08)
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BIOS ROM (Flash memory)
• 16Mbit
Chipset (Montevina Platform)
This gate array has the following elements and functions.
• North Bridge (Intel PM45,GM45/GL40)
− Merom-M processor System Bus support
− DRAM Controller : DDRII 667/800 support
− DMI
− 1299-ball 35 x 35mm Mirco FC-BGA Package
• South Bridge (Intel 82801HBM ICH9-M)
− Direct Media Interface (DMI)
− PCI Express
− Serial ATA (SATA) Controller
− PCI Interface
− Low Pin count (LPC) interface
− Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI)
− DMA controller
− Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC)
− USB Controllers
− Gigabit Ethernet Controller
− RTC
− GPIO
− Enhanced Power Management
− SMBus 2.0
− High Definition Audio Controller
− 676-pin 31mmx31mm mBGA Package
Other main system chips
Clock Generator (Montevina Platform: ICS9LPRS365BGLF)
EC/KBC –[W/CIR(Winbond WPCE775CA0DG)] –[WO/CIR(Winbond
WPCE775LA0DG)]
HD Audio (CONEXANT CX20583-10Z)