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ASUS V-Series P8H61E

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4.4.3

PCH Configuration

The South Bridge menu allows you to change the PCH settings.

High Precision Timer [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the High Precision Event Timer.

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

4.4.4

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.

SATA Mode [IDE Mode]

Allows you to set the SATA configuration.

[Disabled]

Disables the SATA function.

[IDE Mode]

Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard

disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices.

[AHCI Mode]

Set to [AHCI Mode] 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.

Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced]

Allows you to enable or disable the SATA Controller 0. Configuration options: [Disabled]

[Enhanced] [Compatible]

Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced]

Allows you to enable or disable the SATA Controller 1. Configuration options: [Disabled]

[Enhanced]

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]