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Intel Desktop Board DZ68BC Technical Product Specification
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Table 2. Feature Summary (continued)
Peripheral
Interfaces
• Four USB 3.0 ports:
― Two ports are implemented with stacked back panel connectors (blue)
― Two ports are implemented through one dual-port internal connector
• Fourteen USB 2.0 ports:
― Six ports are implemented with stacked back panel connectors (4 black
and 2 yellow high current charging ports)
― Eight front panel ports are implemented through four dual-port internal
headers
• Nine Serial ATA (SATA) ports:
― Two SATA 6.0 Gb/s interfaces through the Intel Z68 Express Chipset with
Intel
®
Rapid Storage Technology RAID support (blue)
― Two SATA 6.0 Gb/s interfaces through a Marvell controller (light blue)
― One back panel eSATA 6.0 Gb/s port through a Marvell controller (red)
― Four internal SATA 3.0 Gb/s interfaces through the Intel Z68 Express
Chipset with Intel Rapid Storage Technology RAID support (black)
• Two IEEE 1394a ports:
― One port via a back panel connector
― One port via a front-panel header (blue)
Wireless Module
•
Separate module that provides both Bluetooth* and WiFi included with the
desktop board (optional)
BIOS
•
Intel
®
BIOS resident in the SPI Flash device
• Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI), Plug and
Play, and SMBIOS
Instantly Available
PC Technology
• Support for PCI* Local Bus Specification Revision 2.2
• Support for PCI Express* Revision 2.0
• Suspend to RAM support
• Wake on PCI, PCI Express, LAN, front panel, CIR, serial, and USB ports
LAN Support
Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mbits/s) LAN subsystem using the Intel
®
82579V Gigabit
Ethernet Controller
Expansion
Capabilities
• Two PCI Express 2.0 x16 bus add-in card connectors from the processor (2
nd
PCI Express 2.0 slot is electrically x8)
• Two PCI Express x1 bus add-in card connectors from the PCH
• Three Conventional PCI bus add-in card connectors from the PCH via PCI
bridge
Hardware Monitor
Subsystem
• Hardware monitoring and fan control through the Nuvoton I/O controller
• Voltage sense to detect out of range power supply voltages
• Thermal sense to detect out of range thermal values
• Four fan headers using PWM control
• Four fan sense inputs used to monitor fan activity
• Fan speed control using voltage control (4-pin fan headers front, rear, and
auxiliary) with selectable support in BIOS for 3 wire fans
• Support for Platform Environmental Control Interface (PECI)