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Information About my System:

 

System:

Microsoft Windows XP Professional,

Version 2002

Service Pack 3

 

Computer:

Pentium® Dual-Core CPU

E5300 @ 2.60GHz

2.59 GHz, 1,99 GB of RAM

 

ACPI Multiprocessor PC

Driver Provider: Microsoft

Driver Date: 1.7.2001

Driver Version: 5.1.2600.0

Digital Signer: Microsoft Windows Component Publisher

Device Instance Id: ROOT\ACPI_HAL\0000

 

Disk Drives:

Seagate Desktop USB Device - 500 GB

ST3160318AS - 160 GB

 

Display Adapters:

Intel® G33/G31 Express Chipset Family

 

DVD/CD-ROM drives:

TSSTcorp CDDVDW SE-S0848B USB Device

YAMAHA CRW-F1E

 

Monitors:

Samsung SyncMaster 940N

Display Type - LCD monitor / TFT active matrix

Interface - VGA (HD-15)

Diagonal Size - 19 inch

Pixel Pitch - 0.294 mm

Image Contrast Ratio - 700:1

Image Aspect Ratio- 5:4

Network Adapters:

Realtek RTL8102E/8103E Family PCI-E Fast Ethernet NIC (NDIS 6.0)

 

 

Motherboard:

ASRock G31M-GS R2.0 / G31M - S R2.0

 

 

 

 

1. Compatible with all FSB1600/1333/1066/800 MHz CPUs
   
2. Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100, DirectX 9.0, Max. shared memory 384MB
   
3. PCIE Gigabit LAN
   
4. EuP Ready
   
5. Supports ASRock Instant Boot, Instant Flash, ASRock OC Tuner (Up to 170% CPU frequency increase)
   
6. Supports Smart BIOS, Intelligent Energy Saver (Up to 38% CPU Power Saving)
   

Product Specifications

General

CPU - LGA 775 for Intel® Core™ 2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad / Core™ 2 Duo / Pentium® Dual Core / Celeron® Dual Core / Celeron, supporting Penryn Quad Core Yorkfield and Dual Core Wolfdale processors

- Compatible with all FSB1600/1333/1066/800 MHz CPUs

- Supports CPU up to 105W

- Supports Hyper-Threading Technology

- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology

- Supports EM64T CPU

Chipset - Northbridge: Intel® G31

- Southbridge: Intel® ICH7

Memory - Dual Channel DDR2 memory technology

- 2 x DDR2 DIMM slots

- Supports DDR2 800/667 non-ECC, un-buffered memory

- Max. capacity of system memory: 8GB*

*Due to the operating system limitation, the actual memory size may be less than 4GB for the reservation for system usage under Windows® 32-bit OS. For Windows® 64-bit OS with 64-bit CPU, there is no such limitation.

BIOS - 4Mb AMI BIOS

- AMI Legal BIOS

- Supports "Plug and Play"

- ACPI 1.1 Compliance Wake Up Events

- SMBIOS 2.3.1 Support

- VCCM Voltage Multi-adjustment

- Supports Smart BIOS

Audio, Video and Networking

Graphics - Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 3100

- Pixel Shader 2.0, DirectX 9.0

- Max. shared memory 384MB

- Supports D-Sub with max. resolution up to 2048x1536 @ 60Hz

Audio - 5.1 CH Windows® Vista™ Premium Level HD Audio (Realtek ALC662 Audio Codec)

LAN - PCIE x1 Gigabit LAN 10/100/1000 Mb/s

- Realtek RTL8111DL

- Supports Wake-On-LAN

Expansion / Connectivity

Slots - 1 x PCI Express x16 slot

- 1 x PCI Express x1 slot

- 2 x PCI slots

Connector - 4 x SATAII 3.0 Gb/s connectors (No support for RAID and Hot Plug functions)

- 1 x ATA100 IDE connector (supports 2 x IDE devices)

- 1 x Floppy connector

- 1 x Print port header

- CPU/Chassis FAN connector

- 24 pin ATX power connector

- 4 pin 12V power connector

- Front panel audio connector

- 2 x USB 2.0 headers (support 4 USB 2.0 ports)

Rear Panel I/O I/O Panel

- 1 x PS/2 Mouse Port

- 1 x PS/2 Keyboard Port

- 1 x Serial Port: COM1

- 1 x VGA Port

- 4 x Ready-to-Use USB 2.0 Ports

- 1 x RJ-45 LAN Port with LED (ACT/LINK LED and SPEED LED)

- HD Audio Jack: Line in / Front Speaker / Microphone

Other Features / Miscellaneous

Unique Feature - ASRock OC Tuner

- Intelligent Energy Saver

- Instant Boot

- ASRock Instant Flash

- Hybrid Booster:

- CPU Frequency Stepless Control

- ASRock U-COP

- Boot Failure Guard (B.F.G.)

Support CD - Drivers, Utilities, AntiVirus Software (Trial Version), CyberLink MediaEspresso 6.5 Trial, Google Chrome Browser and Toolbar

Accessories - Quick Installation Guide, Support CD, I/O Shield

- ATA 100 Cable

- 1 x SATA Data Cable

Hardware Monitor - CPU Temperature Sensing

- Chassis Temperature Sensing

- CPU Fan Tachometer

- Chassis Fan Tachometer

- CPU Quiet Fan

- Voltage Monitoring: +12V, +5V, +3.3V, CPU Vcore

Form Factor - Micro ATX Form Factor

OS - Microsoft® Windows® 2000 / XP / XP 64-bit / Vista™ / Vista™ 64-bit compliant

Certifications - FCC, CE

- EuP Ready (EuP ready power supply is required)

 

 

 

Processors:

Pentium® Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz

Pentium® Dual-Core CPU E5300 @ 2.60GHz

 

 

Specifications:

 

Essentials

Status Launched

Launch Date Q1'08

Processor Number E5300

# of Cores 2

Clock Speed 2.6 GHz

FSB Speed 2 MB

FSB Speed 800 MHz

FSB Parity No

Instruction Set 64-bit

Embedded Options Available

Yes

Lithography 45 nm

Max TDP 65 W

VID Voltage Range 0.8500V-1.3625V

 

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