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SATA Configuration


Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.

Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc.

SATA Configuration

Onboard SATA Controller

[Enabled]

Onboard

SATA Mode

[Native I�E]


▶ SATA Port1:Not Present
▶ SATA Port2:Not Present
▶ SATA Port3:Not Present
▶ SATA Port4:Not Present
▶ SATA Port5:Not Present
▶ SATA Port6:Not Present

→ ←: Select Screen
↑ ↓: Select Item
Enter: Select
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values

F3: Optimized �efaults
F4: Save & Exit
ESC: Exit

Onboard SATA Controller

Advanced

Note: SATA Mode subitem RAID is unavailable on B�5M Motherboard�

SATA Mode subitem RAID is unavailable on B�5M Motherboard�

► Onboard SATA Controller

This item is used to ena�le or disa�le the on�oard SATA controller.

► SATA Mode

This item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports. Setting options: [Native IDE];
[AHCI];[RAID].
[Native IDE] - This configures the SATA ports to support native IDE mode.
[AHCI] - The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specification describes the register
level interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA. The specification includes a description of
the hardware�software interface �etween system software and the host controller hardware.
AHCI provides more advanced features including SATA features, �ut some SATA drives may
not support AHCI, unless they are labeled with AHCI support in its specification.
If your mother�oard supporting AHCI, and you have a SATA device, which also supports AHCI,
then you can select IDE option to have fair performance (only PATA, SATA level), or you can
select AHCI to get its �est performance.

► SATA Port1/SATA Port2/SATA Port3/SATA Port4/SATA Port5/SATA Port6

Press to go to its su�menu. This item is used to show the SATA Device information.