Asus Z9PA-U8 - Manual (Page 82)

4-20 Chapter 4: BIOS setup
4.4.4 PCH SATA Configuration
(1)IDE Mode. (2)AHCI Mode.
(3)RAID Mode.
→←: Select Screen
↑↓: Select Item
Enter: Select Item
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values
F5: Optimized Defaults
F10: Save & Exit
ESC: Exit
SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]
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].
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor
system. When hard disk read/write errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to
report warning messages during the POST.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Aggressive Link Power Management [Enabled]
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Port 1/2/3/4/5/6 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
AHCI supports staggered spin-up.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
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SATA Port1 Not Present
SATA Port2 Not Present
SATA Port3 Not Present
SATA Port4 Not Present
SATA Port5 Not Present
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]