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BIOS SETUP
SATA Configuration
► Onboard SATA Controller
This item is used to enable or disable the onboard SATA controller.
► Onboard SATA Mode
This item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports.
[Native IDE] - This configures the SATA ports to support native IDE mode.
[AHCI] - The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specification describes the register level
interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA. The specification includes a description of the hardware/
software interface between system software and the host controller hardware. AHCI provides more
advanced features including SATA features, but some SATA drives may not support AHCI, unless they
are labeled with AHCI support in its specification. If your motherboard supporting AHCI, and you have
a SATA device, which also supports AHCI, then you can select IDE option to have fair performance
(only PATA, SATA level), or you can select AHCI to get its best performance.
► Serial-ATA Controller
This item is used to enable or disable the Serial ATA Port 1.
Main Advanced Boot Power Health Security Save&Exit F-center
→ ←: Select Screen
↑ ↓/Click: Select Item
Enter/Dbl Click: Select
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values
F3: Optimized Defaults
F4: Save & Exit
ESC/Right Click: Exit
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SATA Configuration
Onboard SATA Controller [Enabled]
Onboard SATA Mode [Native IDE]
Serial-ATA Controller [Enabled]
SATA Port1
Not Present
Enabled/Disabled Se-
rial ATA