
Intel Desktop Board D810E2CA3 Technical Product Specification
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1.6.1 USB
The ICH2 contains two separate USB controllers supporting four USB ports. Two of the ports are
accessible through stacked back panel connectors and the other two are accessible through the
front panel USB connector at location J8B1. One USB peripheral can be connected to each port.
For more than four USB devices, an external hub can be connected to any of the ports. The board
fully supports Universal Hub Controller Interface (UHCI) and uses UHCI-compatible software
drivers.
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NOTE
Computer systems that have an unshielded cable attached to a USB port may not meet
FCC Class B requirements, even if no device or a low-speed USB device is attached to the cable.
Use shielded cable that meets the requirements for full-speed devices.
For information about
Refer to
The location of the back panel USB connectors
Figure 8, page 49
The signal names of the USB connectors
Table 21, page 50
The location of the front panel USB connector
Figure 11, page 63
The signal names of the front panel USB connector
Table 41, page 64
The USB and UHCI specifications
Section 1.3, page 16
1.6.2 IDE
Interfaces
The ICH2’s IDE controller has two independent bus-mastering IDE interfaces that can be
independently enabled. The IDE interfaces support the following modes:
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Programmed I/O (PIO): processor controls data transfer.
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8237-style DMA: DMA offloads the processor, supporting transfer rates of up to 16 MB/sec.
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Ultra DMA: DMA protocol on IDE bus supporting host and target throttling and transfer rates
of up to 33 MB/sec.
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ATA-66: DMA protocol on IDE bus supporting host and target throttling and transfer rates of
up to 66 MB/sec. ATA-66 protocol is similar to Ultra DMA and is device driver compatible.
ATA-66 uses faster timings and requires a specialized cable to reduce reflections, noise, and
inductive coupling.
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ATA-100: DMA protocol on IDE bus allows host and target throttling. The ICH2 ATA-100
logic can achieve read transfer rates up to 100 MB/sec and write transfer rates up to
88 MB/sec.
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NOTE
ATA-100 and ATA-66 use faster timings and require a specialized cable to reduce reflections,
noise, and inductive coupling.
The IDE interfaces also support ATAPI devices (such as CD-ROM drives) and ATA devices using
the transfer modes listed in Table 66 on page 95.
The BIOS supports Logical Block Addressing (LBA) and Extended Cylinder Head Sector (ECHS)
translation modes. The drive reports the transfer rate and translation mode to the BIOS.