ICH8
ICH8 is offered in several different versions and is the complement to the 965 class MCH chips. The non-mobile ICH8 does not have a traditional PATA interface, and just one AC'97. In practice, most baseboard manufacturers still offered PATA appropriate connection types using additional chips from manufacturers such as JMicron or Marvell.
The ICH8 was the first ICH model to control eSATA and Gigabit Ethernet, which were previously accommodated in the MCH. The base version only includes four SATA 2.0 ports.
The ICH8R (RAID) and above chips support six SATA devices. Additionally the ICH8DH (Digital Home) has Quick Resume and can be used together with the P965 and/or G965 in Intel Viiv-certified systems.
The counterpart to the ICH8DO (Digital Office) is the Q965 MCH, which together provide Intel vPro compatibility.
This has the following variants:
- 82801HB (ICH8) Base
- 82801HR (ICH8R) RAID
- 82801HH (ICH8DH) Digital Home
- 82801HO (ICH8DO) Digital Office
- 82801HM (ICH8M) Mobile
- 82801HEM (ICH8EM) Enhanced Mobile
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