Desktop Board Features
USB 2.0 Support
The Desktop Board supports up to 12 USB 2.0 ports (eight ports routed to back panel connectors and four ports routed to two onboard headers) via the ICH10R. USB 2.0 ports are backward compatible with USB 1.1 devices. USB 1.1 devices will function normally at USB 1.1 speeds.
USB 2.0 support requires both an operating system and drivers that fully support USB 2.0 transfer rates. Disabling
Serial ATA
Intel Desktop Board DX58SO supports six onboard Serial ATA channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH10R and two eSATA channels (3.0 Gb/s) via a discrete controller.
The Desktop Board includes a disk drive activity indicator (a green LED) shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3. HDD Activity LED
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