Asus Z9PE-D16 - Manual (Page 77)

ASUS Z9PE-D16 4-21
4.4.4 PCH SATA Configuration
(1)IDE Mode. (2)AHCI Mode.
(3)RAID Mode.
SATA Port1 Not Present
SATA Port2 ASUS DWR ATAPI
SATA Port3 WDC WD800JD(80.0GB)
SATA Port4 Not Present
SATA Port5 Not Present
SATA Port6 Not Present
SATA Mode [IDE Mode]
Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced]
Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced]
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
→←: 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 [IDE 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, keep the default setting [IDE Mode].
• If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host
Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [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].
Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.
Advanced
Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.
Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. Set to
[Enhanced] to support two SATA 6.0 Gb/s and two SATA 3.0 Gb/s devices. Set to
[Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Up to four SATA devices
are supported under these operating systems.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enhanced] [Compatible]
Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. Set
to [Enhanced] to support two SATA 3.0 Gb/s devices. Configuration options:
[Disabled] [Enhanced]