Intel DX58SO Product Guide - Page 18

Legacy I/O, Expandability, BIOS, Serial ATA and IDE Auto Configuration - bios update

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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. 18

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Intel Desktop Board DX58SO Product Guide
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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.