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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]

This item 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].

AHCI Mode

Allows you to enable the Aggressive Link Power Management and support

Staggered Spin-up.

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]

4.5.4

PCH SATA Configuration

(1)IDE Mode. (2)AHCI Mode.

(3)RAID Mode.

SATA Port1

ST3500320AS(500GB)

SATA Port2

Not Present

SATA Port3

Not Present

SATA Port4

Not Present

SATA Port5

ASUS DRW ATAPI

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]

→←:

Select Screen

↑↓:

Select Item

Enter: Select Item

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F2: Previous Values

F5: Optimized Defaults

F10: Save & Exit

ESC: Exit

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