Intel DP965LT Intel Desktop Board DP965LT Product Guide English - Page 18
Serial ATA, Expandability, BIOS, Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration - bios update
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Intel Desktop Board DP965LT Product Guide Serial ATA The desktop board supports four Serial ATA channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH8, connecting one device per channel. Expandability For system expansion, the desktop board provides the following: • Three PCI Express x1 connectors • One PCI Express x 16 connector • Three PCI bus connectors BIOS The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, the PCI/PCI Express and IDE auto-configuration utilities, and the video BIOS. The BIOS is stored in the Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash. The BIOS can be updated by following the instructions on page 59 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. PCI and PCI Express* Auto Configuration If you install a PCI/PCI Express add-in card in your computer, the PCI/PCI Express auto-configuration utility in the BIOS automatically detects and configures the resources (IRQs, DMA channels, and I/O space) for that add-in card. You do not need to run the BIOS Setup program after you install a PCI/PCI Express add-in card. 18