Asus E2KM1I-DELUXE - Manual (Page 52)

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NX Mode [Enabled]
Enables or disables the No-execute page protection function. Configuration options:
[Enabled] [Disabled]
SVM Mode [Enabled]
Enables or disables CPU virtualization. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
C6 Mode [Enabled]
Enables or disables C6 mode. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
2.5.2 SATA Configuration
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The
SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA
port.
OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]
Enables or disables onboard channel SATA port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
The following three items appear only when you set the OnChip SATA Channel item to
[Enabled].
OnChip SATA Type [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[IDE]
Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI
(Advanced Host Controller Interface). The AHCI allows the onboard storage
driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage
performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally
optimize the order of commands.
OnChip SATA MAX Speed [Auto]
Sets the maximum onboard SATA port speed. Configuration options: [Auto] [SATA 3.0Gb/s]
[SATA 6.0Gb/s]
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system. When
read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to report warning
messages during the POST. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
2.5.3 USB Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to change the USB-related features.
The USB Devices item shows the auto-detected values. If no USB device is detected, the
item shows None.