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... Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities, and the video BIOS. Expandability For system expansion, the desktop board provides the following the instructions on page 55 in the BIOS Setup program. 17 Desktop Board Features Enhanced IDE Interface The desktop board's IDE interface handles the exchange of information between the... as CD-ROM drives) • Older PIO Mode devices • Ultra DMA-33 and ATA-66/100 protocols Serial ATA The desktop board supports four Serial ATA channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH7, connecting one device per channel. Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration If you ...
... Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities, and the video BIOS. Expandability For system expansion, the desktop board provides the following the instructions on page 55 in the BIOS Setup program. 17 Desktop Board Features Enhanced IDE Interface The desktop board's IDE interface handles the exchange of information between the... as CD-ROM drives) • Older PIO Mode devices • Ultra DMA-33 and ATA-66/100 protocols Serial ATA The desktop board supports four Serial ATA channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH7, connecting one device per channel. Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration If you ...
Product Guide
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...date/time has not been set. CMOS_TIMER_ERROR The firmware has detected that a Single-Bit ECC Error occurred. A Error Messages and Indicators Desktop Board D945GCNL reports POST errors in Channel B. Table 10 lists the BIOS beep codes. Table 11. MULTI_BIT_ECC_ERROR The firmware has detected that the system...code • By displaying an error message on reboot) BIOS Error Messages When a recoverable error occurs during POST if the video configuration fails (a faulty video card or no card installed) or if an external ROM module does not properly checksum to the amount of the BIOS ...
...date/time has not been set. CMOS_TIMER_ERROR The firmware has detected that a Single-Bit ECC Error occurred. A Error Messages and Indicators Desktop Board D945GCNL reports POST errors in Channel B. Table 10 lists the BIOS beep codes. Table 11. MULTI_BIT_ECC_ERROR The firmware has detected that the system...code • By displaying an error message on reboot) BIOS Error Messages When a recoverable error occurs during POST if the video configuration fails (a faulty video card or no card installed) or if an external ROM module does not properly checksum to the amount of the BIOS ...
Product Specification
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Feature Summary Form Factor Processor Memory Chipset Video Audio Legacy I /O controller for diskette drive, serial, parallel, and PS/2* ports Support for USB 2.0 devices • Eight USB ports ...-in card connector continued 10 Table 1. Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification 1.1 Overview 1.1.1 Feature Summary Table 1 summarizes the major features of : • Intel® 82945GC Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) • Intel® 82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7) Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Intel® GMA950) onboard graphics subsystem 5.1+2...
Feature Summary Form Factor Processor Memory Chipset Video Audio Legacy I /O controller for diskette drive, serial, parallel, and PS/2* ports Support for USB 2.0 devices • Eight USB ports ...-in card connector continued 10 Table 1. Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification 1.1 Overview 1.1.1 Feature Summary Table 1 summarizes the major features of : • Intel® 82945GC Graphics Memory Controller Hub (GMCH) • Intel® 82801GB I/O Controller Hub (ICH7) Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 950 (Intel® GMA950) onboard graphics subsystem 5.1+2...
Product Specification
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... function under the determined frequency. Tested Memory Refer to single-sided memory modules (containing one row of SDRAM). Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL 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 ... DIMMs NOTES • Remove the PCI Express x16 video card before installing or upgrading memory to Section 2.1.1 on the total amount of SDRAM) and "SS" refers to : http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS025414.htm 16 Table 3 lists the supported ...
... function under the determined frequency. Tested Memory Refer to single-sided memory modules (containing one row of SDRAM). Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL 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 ... DIMMs NOTES • Remove the PCI Express x16 video card before installing or upgrading memory to Section 2.1.1 on the total amount of SDRAM) and "SS" refers to : http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS025414.htm 16 Table 3 lists the supported ...
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...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 (DVMT) DVMT enables enhanced graphics and memory performance through Direct AGP...9135; 8, 16,and 32 bit color ⎯ Optimized 256-bit BLT engine ⎯ Color space conversion ⎯ Anti-aliased lines • Video ⎯ Hardware motion compensation for MPEG2 ⎯ Software DVD at 30 fps full screen • Display ⎯ Integrated 24-bit 400 MHz ...
...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 (DVMT) DVMT enables enhanced graphics and memory performance through Direct AGP...9135; 8, 16,and 32 bit color ⎯ Optimized 256-bit BLT engine ⎯ Color space conversion ⎯ Anti-aliased lines • Video ⎯ Hardware motion compensation for MPEG2 ⎯ Software DVD at 30 fps full screen • Display ⎯ Integrated 24-bit 400 MHz ...
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... display or can be paired for a dual channel configuration to support up to support the following configurations: • TV-Out (composite video) • Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) for DVI 1.0 • Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) • Single device operating...connectors • Four ports are each capable of the front panel USB headers Refer to be configured to the cable. Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification 1.5.1.3 Advanced Digital Display (ADD2/ADD2+) Card Support The GMCH routes two multiplexed DVO ports that meets...
... display or can be paired for a dual channel configuration to support up to support the following configurations: • TV-Out (composite video) • Transition Minimized Differential Signaling (TMDS) for DVI 1.0 • Low Voltage Differential Signaling (LVDS) • Single device operating...connectors • Four ports are each capable of the front panel USB headers Refer to be configured to the cable. Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification 1.5.1.3 Advanced Digital Display (ADD2/ADD2+) Card Support The GMCH routes two multiplexed DVO ports that meets...
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...and Play (including bus and device enumeration) • Power management control of individual devices, add-in boards (some add-in boards may require an ACPI-aware driver), video displays, and hard disk drives • Methods for achieving less than four seconds ...the system enters ...is pressed, depending on (ACPI G0 - Table 5. sleeping state) Sleep (ACPI G1 - Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification 1.11 Power Management Power management is configured with this board requires an operating system that enables the operating system to power-off the computer • ...
...and Play (including bus and device enumeration) • Power management control of individual devices, add-in boards (some add-in boards may require an ACPI-aware driver), video displays, and hard disk drives • Methods for achieving less than four seconds ...the system enters ...is pressed, depending on (ACPI G0 - Table 5. sleeping state) Sleep (ACPI G1 - Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification 1.11 Power Management Power management is configured with this board requires an operating system that enables the operating system to power-off the computer • ...
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... used. System Memory Map Address Range (decimal) Address Range (hex) 1024 K - 2097152 K 100000 - Video memory and BIOS Extended BIOS data (movable by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.2 DMA Channels Table 9 lists the DMA channels. Technical Reference 2.1.2 ...
... used. System Memory Map Address Range (decimal) Address Range (hex) 1024 K - 2097152 K 100000 - Video memory and BIOS Extended BIOS data (movable by memory manager software) Extended conventional memory Conventional memory 2.2 DMA Channels Table 9 lists the DMA channels. Technical Reference 2.1.2 ...
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... PCI Configuration Space Map Bus Device Function Number (hex) Number (hex) Number (hex) Description 00 00 00 Memory controller of Intel 82945GC component 00 01 00 PCI Express x16 graphics port (Note 1) 00 02 00 Integrated graphics controller 00 1B 00 High Definition... PCI Conventional bus connector 1 (Note 2) 01 00 PCI Conventional bus connector 2 (Note 2) 08 00 LAN PLC 01 00 00 PCI Express video controller (if present) Notes: 1. Bus number is installed. 2. Technical Reference 2.4 PCI Configuration Space Map Table 11 shows the PCI configuration space map....
... PCI Configuration Space Map Bus Device Function Number (hex) Number (hex) Number (hex) Description 00 00 00 Memory controller of Intel 82945GC component 00 01 00 PCI Express x16 graphics port (Note 1) 00 02 00 Integrated graphics controller 00 1B 00 High Definition... PCI Conventional bus connector 1 (Note 2) 01 00 PCI Conventional bus connector 2 (Note 2) 08 00 LAN PLC 01 00 00 PCI Express video controller (if present) Notes: 1. Bus number is installed. 2. Technical Reference 2.4 PCI Configuration Space Map Table 11 shows the PCI configuration space map....
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...has been designed so that after passing the POST, the operating system loader is invoked even if the following devices are not present: • Video adapter • Keyboard • Mouse 3.7.4 Changing the Default Boot Device During POST Pressing the key during POST causes a boot device menu to ... boot device Exits the menu, saves changes, and boots from the selected device Exits the menu without saving changes 68 Table 33. Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification 3.7.3 Booting Without Attached Devices For use in the BIOS setup program's Boot Device Priority Submenu).
...has been designed so that after passing the POST, the operating system loader is invoked even if the following devices are not present: • Video adapter • Keyboard • Mouse 3.7.4 Changing the Default Boot Device During POST Pressing the key during POST causes a boot device menu to ... boot device Exits the menu, saves changes, and boots from the selected device Exits the menu without saving changes 68 Table 33. Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification 3.7.3 Booting Without Attached Devices For use in the BIOS setup program's Boot Device Priority Submenu).
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... Configuration submenu, disable the LAN device if it is possible to optimize the boot process to four seconds of painting complex graphic images and changing video modes. This boot time may add time to a boot time that might be not be initialized at all. If this condition should occur, it will... the first boot device. This rate can reduce up to data ready" less than eight seconds, that some drives might be so fast that the Intel logo screen (or a custom logo splash screen) will not be seen. This could save several seconds of option ROM boot time. NOTE It is possible...
... Configuration submenu, disable the LAN device if it is possible to optimize the boot process to four seconds of painting complex graphic images and changing video modes. This boot time may add time to a boot time that might be not be initialized at all. If this condition should occur, it will... the first boot device. This rate can reduce up to data ready" less than eight seconds, that some drives might be so fast that the Intel logo screen (or a custom logo splash screen) will not be seen. This could save several seconds of option ROM boot time. NOTE It is possible...
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Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification Table 39. Typical Port 80h POST Sequence POST Code 21 22 23 25 28 34 E4 12 13 50 51 92 90 ... initialization Enumerating PCI busses Allocating resourced to PCI bus Detecting the presence of the keyboard Resetting keyboard Clearing keyboard input buffer Keyboard Self Test Calling Video BIOS Resetting USB bus Resetting PATA/SATA bus and all devices Detecting the presence of the keyboard Resetting keyboard Clearing keyboard input buffer Resetting PATA...
Intel Desktop Board D945GCNL Technical Product Specification Table 39. Typical Port 80h POST Sequence POST Code 21 22 23 25 28 34 E4 12 13 50 51 92 90 ... initialization Enumerating PCI busses Allocating resourced to PCI bus Detecting the presence of the keyboard Resetting keyboard Clearing keyboard input buffer Keyboard Self Test Calling Video BIOS Resetting USB bus Resetting PATA/SATA bus and all devices Detecting the presence of the keyboard Resetting keyboard Clearing keyboard input buffer Resetting PATA...