Intel DX58SO manual Legacy I/O, Expandability, Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration

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 Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, and the PCI/PCI Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities. The BIOS is stored in the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash device.

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 auto-configuration utility in the BIOS automatically detects and configures the device for your computer. You do not need to run the BIOS Setup program after installing a Serial ATA or IDE device. You can override the auto-configuration options by specifying manual configuration in the BIOS Setup program.

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