ECS 945GTY-M MoDT (S479) Intel 945GT Review Intro 1/5
Bluetooth 8 Sept 2006

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Introduction

ECS 945GTY-M is not the usual boards we review on OCWORKBENCH. In fact, this is the first time we are taking a look at a socket 479 board. You are probably aware that this is a mobile on desktop mainboard which seats the S479 Yonah and Merom processor. Why Yonah or Merom (Core 2 Duo), this is because these cpus uses less power and produces less heat than conventional desktop CPUs. They were originally meant for notebooks. Due to more demand for noiseless and low power desktops, MoDT boards are becoming a trend. Furthermore it is Intel VIIV compliant. It is thus a good choice for building a noiseless HTPC.

This board uses the Intel 945GT north bridge pairing with ICH7-M DH chipset. It comes with GMA 950 integrated graphics and supports FSB667/533MHz processor with Hyperthreading.

In terms of memory support, there are two DIMMs and up to 4GB of memory (DDR2-400/533/667) can be used on this board. There is also two SATAII and 1 IDE channel on board.

There is also a ALC883 8 ch audio and Intel® 82573L Gigabit LAN Controller, 4 USB ports, VGA out. The PCIe x16 can be paired up with a higher quality VGA card for better graphics.

CPU mPGA479M socket for Intel Core Solo /Core Duo/Core 2 Duo CPU FSB 667/533MHz Support Hyper-Threading Technology

CHIPSET Intel® 945GT & ICH7-M DH North Bridge: Intel® 945GT South Bridge: Intel® ICH7-M DH

GRAPHICS Integrated Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 950 ( GMA950 )

MEMORY Dual-channel DDR2 memory architecture 2 x 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket support up to 4 GB Support DDR2 667 DDR SDRAM

EXPANSION SLOT 1 x PCI Express x1 slot 1 x PCI Express x16 slot 2 x PCI slots

STORAGE Support by Intel® ICH7-M DH   -- 1 x Ultra DMA100/66 devices   -- 2 x Serial ATA2 devices RAID0 & RAID1 configuration

AUDIO Realtek ALC883 8-channel audio CODEC

LAN Intel® 82573L Gigabit LAN Controller

REAR PANEL I/O 1 x PS/2 keyboard & PS/2 mouse connectors 4 x USB ports 1 x VGA port 1 x Parallel port (LPT1) 1 x Audio port (Line-in, Line-out, Mic-in)

INTERNAL I/O CONNECTORS & HEADERS 1 x 24-pin ATX Power Supply Connector & 4-pin 12V Connector 1 x FDD connector supports two 360K~2.88MB FDDs 1 x IDE connector 2 x USB 2.0 headers support additional 4 USB Ports 1 x SPDIF out header 1 x SPDIF in header 1 x Front panel switch/LED header 1 x Front panel audio header CD in header CPUFAN/SYSFAN connectors 2 x Serial ATA connectors

SYSTEM BIOS AMI BIOS with 4Mb Flash ROM Supports Plug and Play 1.0A, APM 1.2, Multi Boot, DMI Supports ACPI revision 1.0 specification

FORM FACTOR Micro-ATX Size, 244mm*210mm

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