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Entry on S3 RTC Wake [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the iFFS invocation upon S3 RTC wake. Configuration

options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Entry After [10 Minutes]

This item appears only when you set the Entry on S3 RTC Wake to [Enabled] and

allows you to set the RTC wake timer at S3 entry. Configuration options: [Immediately]

[1 minute] [2 minute] [5 minute] [10 minute] [15 minute] [30 minute] [1 hour] [2 hours]

Active Page Threshold Support [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the Active Page Threshold Support. Configuration

options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Active Memory Threshold [x]

This item appears only when you set the Active Page Threshold Support to

[Enabled] and allows you to set the Active Memory Threshold. When the partition size

is larger than the Active Page Threshold size, the system will try to support the Intel(R)

Rapid Start Technology. When the item is set to zero, the system automatically checks

whether the partition size is enough at S3 entry. Key in the desired value using the

numeric keypad.

Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology
ISCT Configuration [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the ISCT configuration. Configuration options: [Enabled]

[Disabled]

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.

[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.

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]