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Desktop Board Features
USB 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, fullspeed, 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 eight USB 2.0 ports (two ports routed to back panel connectors (black) and
six ports routed to three onboard headers (black)). 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.
NOTE
Intel recommends connecting USB keyboard and mouse devices to USB 2.0 ports
(black). Operating system installation may be interrupted if keyboard and mouse
devices are connected to the SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports (blue) due to the lack of
native USB 3.0 driver support from the operating system. The device driver for the
USB 3.0 host controller must be installed from the included Intel® Express Installer
Driver and Software DVD before it can be operational in the operating system.
SATA Support
The board provides three SATA 3.0 Gb/s channels, through the PCH, which support
one device per channel.
SATA RAID
The Intel H61 PCH supports Intel® Rapid Storage Technology (Intel® RST) which
enables the following RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Drives) levels:
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RAID
RAID
RAID
RAID
0 - data striping
1 - data mirroring
0+1 (or RAID 10) - data striping and mirroring
5 - distributed parity
NOTE
In order to use supported RAID features, you must first enable RAID in the BIOS. Also,
during Microsoft Windows XP installation, you must press F6 to install the RAID
drivers. See your Microsoft Windows XP documentation for more information about
installing drivers during installation. Both Microsoft Windows Vista and Microsoft
Windows 7 include the necessary RAID drivers for both AHCI and RAID without the
need to install separate RAID drivers using the F6 switch in the operating system
installation process.
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