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AOpen i915GMm-HFS
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AOpen i915GMm-HFS

09 Feb 2006
Overall rating 9/10

Not just another desktop Pentium M motherboard, the AOpen i915GMm-HFS is a cleverly designed motherboard specifically targeted at those who are looking to get on the media center PC craze. Check out why this micro-ATX board sits in a niche of its own.

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Product Specification

Processor Support and Chipset Type
  • Processor Support:
    • Supports Socket-479 Intel Pentium M processors (Banias / Dothan)
    • Supports 400MHz/533MHz FSB
    • Supports processors with 1MB and 2MB L2 cache
  • Chipset Type:
    • Northbridge: Intel 915GM Express
      • 400 / 533MHz front side bus
      • Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 900
      • PCI Express x16 graphics
      • Digital Media Interface (DMI) with 2GB/s bandwidth
    • Southbridge: Intel ICH6M
      • Intel High Definition Audio
      • Supports up to eight USB 2.0 ports
      • Supports four PCI Express x1 lanes
      • Supports two SATA ports
      • Single-channel Ultra ATA-100 IDE port
      • Digital Media Interface (DMI) with 2GB/s bandwidth
Memory
  • Supports DDR2-533/400 dual channel memory architecture
    • Supports two unbuffered DIMMs of 1.8 Volt DDR2 SDRAM
  • Supports DDR-333 single channel memory architecture
    • Supports two unbuffered DIMMs of 2.5 Volt DDR SDRAM
Storage
  • Intel ICH6M Southbridge
    • 1 x Ultra ATA 33/66/100 (data transfer rate up to 100MB/sec.)
    • 2 x SATA (Serial ATA 1.5Gbps interface)
  • Silicon Image SiI3132 SATAIIRAID controller
    • 2 x SATA II (Serial ATAII 3.0Gbps interface)
    • Supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1
Audio
  • Intel High Definition Audio (Azalia)
  • Realtek ALC880 HD Audio CODEC
Networking
  • 2 x Marvell 88E8053 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
  • 2 x 1394a ports @ 400 Mbps speed
Rear I/O
  • 4 x USB 2.0 ports
  • 2 x RJ45 LAN port
  • 8-Channel Audio I/O ports
  • 1 x S-Video out
  • Component video out (YPbPr)
  • 1 x DVI-I connector
  • 1 x D-SUB VGA connector
Internal Connectors
  • 1 x Floppy connector
  • 1 x Ultra ATA IDE connectors
  • 2 x SATA connectors
  • 2 x SATA II connectors
  • 4 x USB 2.0 ports
  • 2 x IEEE 1394a ports
  • 2 x 9-pin serial port
  • 1 x parallel port
  • 1 x mini-DIN-6 PS/2 keyboard (bracket)
Expansion Slots
  • 1 x PCIe x16 slots, PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant
  • 1 x PCIe x1 slots, PCI Express Bus specification v1.0a compliant
  • 2 x 32-bit PCI slots, PCI 2.3 compliant
Other Features
  • Chrontel CH7021A HDTV Encoder with SDVO support
  • Chrontel CH7307 DVI controller
Form Factor Micro-ATX Form Factor, 244 mm x 244 mm

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