| Features |
Benefits |
| Form Factor |
ATX (12.00 inches by 9.60 inches [304.80 mm by 243.84 mm]) |
| Processors |
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| Memory |
 | Four 240-pin DDR2 SDRAM DIMM sockets |
| Support for DDR2 667, DDR2 533, or DDR2 400 MHz DIMMs |
| Support for up to 4 GB of system memory |
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| Chipset |
Intel® 945G Express Chipset |
| Legacy I/O Control |
Legacy I/O controller for diskette drive, serial, parallel, and PS/2* ports |
| Audio |
Intel® High Definition Audio subsystem in one of the following configurations:
| 8-channel (7.1) audio subsystem with five analog audio outputs and one S/PDIF optical digital audio output using the Sigmatel 9223* audio codec |
| 6-channel (5.1) audio subsystem with three analog audio outputs using the Sigmatel 9220* audio codec |
|
| Video |
Intel® GMA 950 onboard graphics subsystem |
| USB |
Support for USB 2.0 devices |
| LAN Support |
The board provides one of the following:
| Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/sec) LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82573E/82573V/82574V Gigabit Ethernet Controller One serial port |
| 10/100 Mbits/sec LAN subsystem using the Intel® 82562GX/82562GZ PLC device |
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| Peripheral Interfaces |
| Eight USB 2.0 ports |
| One serial port |
| One parallel port |
| Four Serial ATA interfaces |
| One parallel ATA IDE interface with UDMA 33, ATA-66/100 support |
| One diskette drive interface |
| PS/2 keyboard and mouse ports |
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| Expansion Capabilities |
The board provides one of the following:
| Four PCI Conventional* bus connectors |
| Two PCI Express* x1 bus add-in card connectors |
| One PCI Express x16 bus add-in card connector |
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| Microsoft Vista* Premium Ready |
With a PC built with Intel® Core™2 Duo or Intel® Core™2 Quad processors, and the Intel® Desktop Board, you can experience a more responsive and manageable environment of Microsoft Windows Vista* including a new visual sophistication of the Windows Aero* interface. |
