The Fujitsu Siemens Scenic D i845 desktop computer, has an Intel 845GE motherboard chipset.
Primer:
Motherboard Chipset.
The Northbridge, and Southbridge chip, is the motherboard chipset.
Chipset, and Chip are slang terms for I.C.
Integrated Circuit.
Motherboard diagram showing the relation of the Northbridge, and Southbridge chip,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Motherboard_diagram.svg(CPU stands for Central Processing Unit, or for short - Processor)
The Northbridge chip handles the Processor, Ram Memory, and high-speed graphics.
(Such as AGP, or PCI Express. Not a graphics card inserted into a PCI slot, and not Integrated Graphics)
The Northbridge chip handles the faster capabilities of the computer.
The Southbridge chip handles the slower capabilities.
Such as anything inserted into a PCI slot, Integrated Graphics, IDE, SATA, and USB, to name a few.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southbridge_%28computing%29The Northbridge chip used on the Fujitsu Siemens Scenic D i845GE, is the Intel 82845GE
The Southbridge chip is the Intel ICH4.
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