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... 5J. Other Common Notation # (NxnX) GB GB/sec Gbits/sec KB Kbit kbits/sec MB MB/sec Mbit Mbit/sec xxh x.x V * Used after a signal name to indicate third-party brands and names that general location. Volts. iv Intel Desktop Board D945GCL Technical Product Specification WARNING Warnings indicate conditions, which if not observed, can...
... 5J. Other Common Notation # (NxnX) GB GB/sec Gbits/sec KB Kbit kbits/sec MB MB/sec Mbit Mbit/sec xxh x.x V * Used after a signal name to indicate third-party brands and names that general location. Volts. iv Intel Desktop Board D945GCL Technical Product Specification WARNING Warnings indicate conditions, which if not observed, can...
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... of SDRAM) and "SS" refers to single-sided memory modules (containing one row of addressable memory. • Minimum total system memory: 128 MB • Non-ECC DIMMs • Serial Presence Detect • DDR2 667, DDR2 533, or DDR2 400 MHz SDRAM DIMMs NOTES • ...SDRAM memory specifications, the board should be impacted or the DIMMs may not function under the determined frequency. Intel Desktop Board D945GCL Technical Product Specification 1.4 System Memory The board has two DIMM sockets and supports the following memory features: • 1.8 V (only) DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs with gold-plated ...
... of SDRAM) and "SS" refers to single-sided memory modules (containing one row of addressable memory. • Minimum total system memory: 128 MB • Non-ECC DIMMs • Serial Presence Detect • DDR2 667, DDR2 533, or DDR2 400 MHz SDRAM DIMMs NOTES • ...SDRAM memory specifications, the board should be impacted or the DIMMs may not function under the determined frequency. Intel Desktop Board D945GCL Technical Product Specification 1.4 System Memory The board has two DIMM sockets and supports the following memory features: • 1.8 V (only) DDR2 SDRAM DIMMs with gold-plated ...
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...longer required by the graphics subsystem. An example of this would be allocated to DVMT on systems that have 256 MB but less than 256 MB of system physical memory (as needed for performing graphics functions. NOTE The use of DVMT requires operating system driver support... additional system memory to the graphics buffer as set in and DVI digital display connections ⎯ Supports flat panels up to 224 MB • Intel® Zoom Utility For information about Obtaining graphics software and utilities Refer to Section 1.2, page 15 1.5.1.2 Dynamic Video Memory Technology (...
...longer required by the graphics subsystem. An example of this would be allocated to DVMT on systems that have 256 MB but less than 256 MB of system physical memory (as needed for performing graphics functions. NOTE The use of DVMT requires operating system driver support... additional system memory to the graphics buffer as set in and DVI digital display connections ⎯ Supports flat panels up to 224 MB • Intel® Zoom Utility For information about Obtaining graphics software and utilities Refer to Section 1.2, page 15 1.5.1.2 Dynamic Video Memory Technology (...
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... Serial ATA Interfaces The ICH7's Serial ATA controller offers four independent Serial ATA ports with a theoretical maximum transfer rate of up to 33 MB/sec. • ATA-66: DMA protocol on IDE bus allows host and target throttling. For information about The location of up to ... Serial ATA functionality is used for configurations using the transfer modes. A point-to-point interface is the preferred mode for host to 66 MB/sec. Product Description 1.5.3 IDE Support The board provides five IDE interface connectors: • One parallel ATA IDE connector that supports two devices...
... Serial ATA Interfaces The ICH7's Serial ATA controller offers four independent Serial ATA ports with a theoretical maximum transfer rate of up to 33 MB/sec. • ATA-66: DMA protocol on IDE bus allows host and target throttling. For information about The location of up to ... Serial ATA functionality is used for configurations using the transfer modes. A point-to-point interface is the preferred mode for host to 66 MB/sec. Product Description 1.5.3 IDE Support The board provides five IDE interface connectors: • One parallel ATA IDE connector that supports two devices...
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... information about The location of the parallel port connector Refer to Figure 12, page 47 1.7.3 Diskette Drive Controller The legacy I/O controller supports one 1.44 MB or 2.88 MB diskette drive • Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake-up to 115.2 kbits/sec with serialized IRQ support for PCI Conventional bus systems •...
... information about The location of the parallel port connector Refer to Figure 12, page 47 1.7.3 Diskette Drive Controller The legacy I/O controller supports one 1.44 MB or 2.88 MB diskette drive • Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake-up to 115.2 kbits/sec with serialized IRQ support for PCI Conventional bus systems •...
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...). On a system that has 4 GB of system memory installed, it is not possible to use all of the installed memory due to 512 MB) • Memory-mapped I /O Map 42 2.4 PCI Configuration Space Map 43 2.5 Interrupts 44 2.6 PCI Conventional Interrupt Routing Map 45 2.7 Connectors...settings. These functions include the following: • BIOS/ SPI Flash (2 MB) • Local APIC (19 MB) • Digital Media Interface (40 MB) • Front side bus interrupts (17 MB) • PCI Express configuration space (256 MB) • GMCH base address registers, internal graphics ranges, PCI Express ports...
...). On a system that has 4 GB of system memory installed, it is not possible to use all of the installed memory due to 512 MB) • Memory-mapped I /O Map 42 2.4 PCI Configuration Space Map 43 2.5 Interrupts 44 2.6 PCI Conventional Interrupt Routing Map 45 2.7 Connectors...settings. These functions include the following: • BIOS/ SPI Flash (2 MB) • Local APIC (19 MB) • Digital Media Interface (40 MB) • Front side bus interrupts (17 MB) • PCI Express configuration space (256 MB) • GMCH base address registers, internal graphics ranges, PCI Express ports...
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... System Memory Address Map 40 Intel Desktop Board D945GCL Technical Product Specification 4 GB Top of System Address Space FLASH APIC ~20 MB Reserved PCI Memory Range contains PCI, chipsets, Direct Media Interface (DMI), and ICH ranges (approximately 750 MB) DRAM Range DOS Compatibility Memory... Top of usable DRAM (memory visible to the operating system) 1 MB 640 KB 0 MB 0FFFFFH 0F0000H 0EFFFFH 0E0000H 0DFFFFH 0C0000H 0BFFFFH 0A0000H 09FFFFH 00000H Upper BIOS area ...
... System Memory Address Map 40 Intel Desktop Board D945GCL Technical Product Specification 4 GB Top of System Address Space FLASH APIC ~20 MB Reserved PCI Memory Range contains PCI, chipsets, Direct Media Interface (DMI), and ICH ranges (approximately 750 MB) DRAM Range DOS Compatibility Memory... Top of usable DRAM (memory visible to the operating system) 1 MB 640 KB 0 MB 0FFFFFH 0F0000H 0EFFFFH 0E0000H 0DFFFFH 0C0000H 0BFFFFH 0A0000H 09FFFFH 00000H Upper BIOS area ...
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... (decimal) Address Range (hex) 1024 K - 4194304 K 100000 - DFFFF 640 K - 800 K 639 K - 640 K 512 K - 639 K 0 K - 512 K A0000 - C7FFF 9FC00 - 9FFFF 80000 - 9FBFF 00000 - 7FFFF Size 4095 MB 64 KB 64 KB 96 KB 160 KB 1 KB 127 KB 512 KB Description Extended memory Runtime BIOS Reserved Potential available high DOS memory (open...
... (decimal) Address Range (hex) 1024 K - 4194304 K 100000 - DFFFF 640 K - 800 K 639 K - 640 K 512 K - 639 K 0 K - 512 K A0000 - C7FFF 9FC00 - 9FFFF 80000 - 9FBFF 00000 - 7FFFF Size 4095 MB 64 KB 64 KB 96 KB 160 KB 1 KB 127 KB 512 KB Description Extended memory Runtime BIOS Reserved Potential available high DOS memory (open...
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.... Using this utility, the BIOS can be updated from a file on a hard disk, a 1.44 MB diskette, or a CD-ROM, or from the file location on the Web. • Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility, which requires creation of a boot diskette and manual rebooting of the following ...utilities, which are available on a 1.44 MB diskette (from a file on the Intel World Wide Web site: • Intel® Express BIOS Update utility, which enables automated updating while in the Windows environment. The Integrator's Toolkit ...
.... Using this utility, the BIOS can be updated from a file on a hard disk, a 1.44 MB diskette, or a CD-ROM, or from the file location on the Web. • Intel® Flash Memory Update Utility, which requires creation of a boot diskette and manual rebooting of the following ...utilities, which are available on a 1.44 MB diskette (from a file on the Intel World Wide Web site: • Intel® Express BIOS Update utility, which enables automated updating while in the Windows environment. The Integrator's Toolkit ...