Sata Support; Expandability; Legacy I/O; Bios - Intel DH61ZE Product Manual

SATA Support

The board provides four SATA 3.0 Gb/s channels, through the PCH, which support one
device per channel.

Expandability

Intel Desktop Board DH61ZE provides the following expansion capability:
• One PCI Express 2.0 x16 interface
• Two PCI Express 2.0 x1 interfaces
• One Conventional PCI bus interface

Legacy I/O

The board's Legacy I/O Controller provides the following legacy features:
• PS/2 back panel connector for mouse/keyboard support
• One serial port header
• One parallel port connector on the back panel
• Serial IRQ interface compatible with serialized IRQ support for Conventional PCI
bus systems
• Intelligent power management, including a programmable wake-up event interface
• Conventional PCI bus power management support
The BIOS Setup program provides configuration options for the Legacy I/O controller.

BIOS

The BIOS provides the Power-On Self-Test (POST), the BIOS Setup program, and the
PCI/PCI Express and SATA auto-configuration utilities. The BIOS is stored in the Serial
Peripheral Interface (SPI) Flash memory device.
The BIOS can be updated by following the instructions in Chapter 3 starting on
page 59.
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