Enhanced Ide Interface; Serial Ata; Expansion Slots - Intel D845PEBT2 Product Manual

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NOTE
USB devices are limited to USB 1.1 transfer rates prior to operating system and driver
initialization.

Enhanced IDE Interface

The ICH4's IDE interface handles the exchange of information between the processor and
peripheral devices like hard disks, CD-ROM drives, and Iomega Zip
The interface supports:
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Up to four IDE devices (such as hard drives)
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ATAPI devices (such as CD-ROM drives)
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Older PIO Mode devices
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Ultra DMA-33 and ATA-66/100 protocols
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Laser servo (LS-120) drives

Serial ATA

The desktop board supports Serial ATA devices using the Silicon Image SiI3112 SATALink PCI
host controller.
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NOTE
Although the Silicon Image SiI3112 SATALink PCI Serial ATA controller on this product supports
up to 150 MB/sec transfer rate, some SATA devices are limited by the PCI bus to a maximum of
133 MB/sec.
The controller supports:
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150 MB/sec transfer rate
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Up to two SATA devices
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PIO and DMA modes
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Support for RAID 0 (Striping) or RAID 1 (Mirroring)

Expansion Slots

Desktop Board D845PEBT2 has the following add-in card connectors:
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Five PCI bus add-in card connectors (SMBus routed to PCI bus connector 2)
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One AGP connector
Desktop Board Features
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drives inside the computer.
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