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2 system agent configuration, 3 pch configuration, 4 sata configuration – Asus P8P67 LE User Manual

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Chapter 2: BIOS information

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CPU C6 Report [Enabled]

Allows you to disable or enable the CPU C6 report to the operating system. Configuration

options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

2.5.2

System Agent Configuration

Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI]

Allows you to decide which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device.

Configuration options: [PCI/PEG] [PEG/PCI]

2.5.3

PCH Configuration

High Precision Timer [Enabled]

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

Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

2.5.4

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 [AHCI 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.

[RAID Mode]

Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the

SATA hard disk drives.

Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced]

This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode].
[Disabled]

Disables the SATA function.

[Enhanced]

Set to [Enhanced] to support more than four SATA devices.

[Compatible]

Set to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Up to four

SATA devices are supported under these operating systems.

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]