Asus P8H61-MX USB3 - Manual (Page 54)

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2.5.3 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 Selection [IDE Mode]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[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.
[Disabled] Disables the SATA function.
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ISCT Configuration [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the ISCT configuration. Configuration options: [Enabled]
[Disabled]
2.5.4 System Agent Configuration
Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]
[Enabled] Allow you to enable remapping the memory above 4GB.
[Disabled] Disables this function.
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]
• Due to H61 Chipset limitation, AHCI Mode only works on Windows ® Vista / Windows ® 7.
Please use IDE Mode on Windows ® XP.
• [IDE] is the default SATA Mode Selection. Under Windows ® XP, there is no need to
change the SATA Mode.
Hot Plug [Disabled]
This item only appears when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [AHCI] and allows
you to enable or disable the hot-plug support for each SATA port. Configuration options:
[Enabled] [Disabled]