Intel Desktop Board DP45SG Product Guide
USB 2.0 Support
The Desktop Board supports up to 12 USB 2.0 ports (six ports routed to back panel connectors and six ports routed to three 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 Support
Intel Desktop Board DP45SG supports five onboard Serial ATA channels and one eSATA channel (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH10R.
Serial ATA RAID
The five onboard Serial ATA channels support the following RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) levels via Intel Matrix Storage Technology:
•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 go to Chapter 4.
Intel® Rapid Recover Technology (Intel® RRT)
The Desktop Board supports Intel Rapid Recover Technology which enables fast and easy recovery of your data in the event of a hard drive failure. It allows you to maintain a complete copy of your primary or master drive onto a second hard drive, the recovery drive. If the master hard drive should fail, either from a mechanical failure or the result of a virus, recovery is as simple as booting from the recovery drive. The recovery drive can be attached to your system via any standard SATA or eSATA connection.
Intel Rapid Recover Technology also provides the added benefit of allowing the recovery drive to be mounted as a
For information on configuring your system for Intel Rapid Recover Technology see Chapter 5.
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