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Hi-speed usb 2.0 support, Enhanced ide interface, Serial ata – Intel D955XCS User Manual

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Desktop Board Features

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Table 4 describes the LED states when the board is powered up and the 10/100/1000 Gigabit
Ethernet LAN subsystem is operating.

Table 4.

RJ-45 10/100/1000 Gigabit Ethernet LAN Connector LEDs

LED

LED Color

LED State

Indicates

Left

Off

LAN link is not established.

Green

On

LAN link is established.

Blinking

LAN activity is occurring.

N/A

Off

10 Mb/s data rate is selected.

Green

On

100 Mb/s data rate is selected.

Right

Yellow

On

1000 Mb/s data rate is selected.

Hi-Speed USB 2.0 Support

NOTE

Computer systems that have an unshielded cable attached to a USB port might not meet FCC
Class B requirements, even if no device or a low-speed USB device is attached to the cable.
Use a shielded cable that meets the requirements for a full-speed USB device.

The desktop board supports up to eight USB 2.0 ports via ICH7R; four ports routed to the back
panel and four routed to two internal USB 2.0 headers. USB 2.0 ports are backward compatible
with USB 1.1 devices. USB 1.1 devices will function normally at USB 1.1 speeds.

USB 2.0 support requires both an operating system and drivers that fully support USB 2.0 transfer
rates. Disabling Hi-Speed USB in the BIOS reverts all USB 2.0 ports to USB 1.1 operation. This
may be required to accommodate operating systems that do not support USB 2.0.

Enhanced IDE Interface

The ICH7R’s IDE interface handles the exchange of information between the processor and
peripheral devices like hard disks, CD-ROM drives, and Iomega Zip* drives inside the computer.
The interface supports:
• Up to two IDE devices (such as hard drives)
• ATAPI-style devices (such as CD-ROM drives)
• Older PIO Mode devices
• Ultra DMA-33 and ATA-66/100 protocols
• Laser Servo (LS-120) drives

Serial ATA

The desktop board supports eight Serial ATA channels:
• Four via the ICH7R, connecting one device per channel in either a RAID or non-RAID

configuration

• Four via the discrete Silicon Image RAID controller