Intel Desktop Board DX58OG Product Guide
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USB 2.0 Support
The Desktop Board supports USB 3.0 and USB 2.0. USB 3.0 is supported via two
USB 3.0 ports (blue) on the back panel. USB 3.0 ports are backward compatible with
USB 2.0 and USB 1.1 devices. The USB 3.0 ports are SuperSpeed, high-speed, full-
speed, and low-speed capable. USB 3.0 support requires both an operating system
and drivers that fully support USB 3.0 transfer rates.
There are 12 USB 2.0 ports (six ports routed to back panel connectors (black) and six
ports routed to three onboard headers). The USB 2.0 ports are high-speed, full-speed,
and low-speed capable. USB 2.0 support requires both an operating system and
drivers that fully support USB 2.0 transfer rates.
Serial ATA
The board provides two onboard 6.0 Gb/s Serial ATA (SATA) channels (blue
connectors) and six onboard 3.0 Gb/s SATA channels (black connectors).
The 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 DX58OG 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 DX58OG provides the following expansion capability:
• Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 ports
• Three PCI Express 1.1 x1 ports
• One PCI bus connector