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SATA Mode Selection [IDE]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[IDE]
Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] 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] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
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]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
This item only appears when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [AHCI] or [RAID]
and allows you to enable or disable the hot-plug support for each SATA port. Configuration
options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
2.5.4 System Agent Configuration
Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]
Enables or disables the memory remap feature. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Graphics Configuration
Primary Display [Auto]
Allows you to decide which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. Configuration
options: [Auto] [iGPU] [PCIE]
iGPU Memory [64M]
Allows you to set the iGPU memory size. Configuration options: [32M] [64M] [96M] [128M] ~ [448M]
[480M] [512M] [1024M]
Render Standby [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable Render Standby by internal graphics devices. Configuration
options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
iGPU Multi-Monitor [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the Lucid Virtu support for both the integrated and discrete
graphics. The iGPU shared memory size will be fixed at 64MB. Configuration options: [Disabled]
[Enabled]
NB PCIe Configuration
PCIE X16_1 [Auto]
Allows you to set the PCIE x16_1 slot link speed. Configuration options: [Auto] [Gen1] [Gen2]
[Gen3]