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Bios Settings
Chapter 4
Network Application Platforms
Aggressive LPM
Aggressive Link Power Management (ALPM) is a power-
saving technique that helps the disk save power by
setting a SATA link to the disk to a low-power setting
during idle time. Power savings come at the expense of
disk latency. As such, you should only use ALPM if you
expect the system to experience long periods of idle I/O
time. ALPM is only available on SATA controllers that use
the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI).
IDE Compatible/Enhanced
SATA IDE Compatibility Mode disables AHCI. However it
will allow you to install older operating systems such as
Microsoft’s Windows XP without the need to install AHCI
controller drivers. Note that once you have installed the
operating system, you may not switch modes from SATA
IDE Compatibility Mode to AHCI or vice versa without
reinstalling the operating system.
Serial ATA Port 0/1/2/3
Use this menu to configure specific SATA Port for all ports
on the system.
Option Description
Software
Preserve In order to avoid losing important software
settings without legacy driver knowledge, the
software settings preservation ensures that
the value of important software settings is
maintained across a COMRESET
Port 0 Enable or disable the specific port
Hot Plug The AHCI of SATA provides hot plug capability
to allow drives to be added or removed with the
system running.
External
SATA Called external SATA or eSATA, you can now
utilize shielded cable lengths up to 2 meters
outside the PC to transform SATA to be an
external storage. enable or disable this feature.
SATA Device
type Select the SATA type from either Hard Disk Drive
or Solid State Drive