Intel Desktop Board DX58SO Product Guide
The six onboard Serial ATA channels provided by ICH10R support the following RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) levels:
•RAID 0 - data striping
•RAID 1 - data mirroring
•RAID 0+1 (or RAID 10) - data striping and data mirroring
•RAID 5 - distributed parity
For information on configuring your system for RAID using Intel® Matrix Storage Technology see Chapter 4.
Legacy I/O
Intel Desktop Board DX58SO includes an I/O controller that provides the following legacy I/O features:
•Consumer Infrared (CIR) support
•Low pin count (LPC) interface
•Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake up event interface
•PCI power management support
Expandability
Intel Desktop Board DX58SO provides the following expansion capability:
•Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 ports
•One PCI Express 2.0 x4 port
•Two PCI Express 1.1 x1 ports
•One PCI bus connector
BIOS
The BIOS provides the
The BIOS can be updated by following the instructions on page 63 in Chapter 3.
Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration
If you install a Serial ATA or IDE device (such as a hard drive) in your computer, the
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