Intel D945PVS User Manual

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Desktop Board Features 
 
 
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Two LEDs are built into the RJ-45 LAN connector.  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 
Green 
On  
100 Mb/s data rate 
Right 
Yellow 
On 
1000 Mb/s data rate 
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 four Serial ATA channels via ICH7R, connecting one device per 
channel.  Desktop boards with ICH7R support Intel Matrix Storage Technology (NCQ, Hot Plug, 
RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, and Matrix RAID).