MSI MS-96C8 Series User Manual

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BIOS Setup

AHCI Configuration

AHCI BIOS Support

This BIOS feature controls the SATA controller's AHCI (Advanced Host Control-
ler Interface) functionality. It is a new interface specification that enables ad-
vanced SATA features like Native Command Queuing (NCQ) and hot-plugging.

AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time Out

This setting specifies the delay of the AHCI CD/DVD drivers loading for multi-
read/write. Changing the value to 0 will grant no delay at boot.

AHCI Port 0/1/2/3/4/5

SATA Port 0

This setting controls the SATA port 0.

S.M.A.R.T.

This allows you to activate the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring Analysis & Re-
porting Technology) capability for the hard disks. S.M.A.R.T is a utility that
monitors your disk status to predict hard disk failure. This gives you an
opportunity to move data from a hard disk that is going to fail to a safe place
before the hard disk becomes offline.

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