Asus Z7S WS - Manual (Page 87)

ASUS Z7S WS 4-15
AHCI Configuration
This menu is the section for AHCI configuration. It appears only when you set the
item ATA/IDE Configuration from the sub-menu of IDE Configuration to [AHCI].
AHCI Settings
AHCI Port1 [Not Detected]
AHCI Port2 [Not Detected]
AHCI Port3 [Not Detected]
AHCI Port4 [Not Detected]
AHCI Port5 [Not Detected]
AHCI Port6 [Not Detected]
While entering
setup, BIOS auto
detects the
presence of
IDE devices. This
desplays the
status of auto
detection of IDE
devices.
AHCI Port1~6 [XXXX]
Displays the status of auto-detection of SATA devices.
AHCI Port0
Device :Not Detected
SATA Port0 [Auto]
Select the type
of devices connected
to the system.
SATA Port0 [Auto]
Allows you to select the type of device connected to the system.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Not Installed]
Configure SATA as [IDE]
This sub-item appears only when you set the ATA/IDE Configuration item to
[Enhanced] and allows you to set the SATA configuration.
Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]
• If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical
storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE].
• When set to [IDE] mode, SATA port 1 will serve as Primary Master, SATA
port 3 will serve as Primary Slave, SATA port 2 will serve as Secondary
Master, and SATA port 4 will serve as Secondary Slave. SATA port 5 and 6
will be disabled.
• If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host
Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. 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 a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the
Intel ® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk
drives, set this item to [RAID].