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Chapter 4: BIOS setup
SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]
This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode]
•
If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage
devices, set this item to [IDE Mode].
•
If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller
Interface (AHCI), keep the default setting [AHCI Mode]. 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.
•
If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel
®
Rapid Storage
Technology Enterprise from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID
Mode].
AHCI Mode
Allows you to enable the Aggressive Link Power Management and support Staggered
Spin-up.
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]
4.5.4
PCH SATA Configuration
(1)IDE Mode. (2)AHCI Mode.
(3)RAID Mode.
SATA Port1
ST3500320AS(500GB)
SATA Port2
Not Present
SATA Port3
Not Present
SATA Port4
Not Present
SATA Port5
ASUS DRW ATAPI
SATA Port6
Not Present
SATA Mode
[AHCI Mode]
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
Aggressive Link Power Management[Enabled]
Port1 Staggered Spin-up
[Disabled]
Port2 Staggered Spin-up
[Disabled]
Port3 Staggered Spin-up
[Disabled]
Port4 Staggered Spin-up
[Disabled]
Port5 Staggered Spin-up
[Disabled]
Port6 Staggered Spin-up
[Disabled]
→←:
Select Screen
↑↓:
Select Item
Enter: Select Item
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values
F5: Optimized Defaults
F10: Save & Exit
ESC: Exit
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