Introduction

About This Manual

This document is intended for Original Equipment Manufacturers and BIOS vendors creating Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset based products. This document is for the following components:

• Intel® 5 Series Chipset

— Intel® P55 Express Chipset

— Intel® H55 Express Chipset

— Intel® H57 Express Chipset

— Intel® Q57 Express Chipset

— Intel® B55 Express Chipset

— Intel® PM55 Express Chipset

— Intel® QM57 Express Chipset

— Intel® HM55 Express Chipset

— Intel® HM57 Express Chipset

— Intel® QS57 Express Chipset

• Intel® 3400 Series Chipset

— Intel® 3400 Chipset

— Intel® 3420 Chipset

— Intel® 3450 Chipset

Section 1.3 provides high-level feature differences for the Intel® 5 Series Chipset and Intel® 3400 Series Chipset.