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ASUS F2A85-M PRO
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Chapter 3
SVM [Enabled]
Enables or disables CPU virtualization. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
CPB Mode [Auto]
Allows you to disable CPB mode function. Conguration options: [Auto] [Disabled]
C6 Mode [Enabled]
Enables or disables C6 mode function. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
IOMMU [Disabled]
Enables or disables IOMMU support. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The
SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA
port.
OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]
Enables or disables onboard channel SATA port. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
OnChip SATA Type [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID conguration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI
(Advanced Host Controller Interface). 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.
SATA Port 5/6/7, ESATA [AHCI]
This item only appears when the OnChip SATA Type is set to [RAID] or [AHCI]. If
Port 5/6/7 are congured as [AHCI], the ports can only be used under OS with driver
installed. Set to [IDE] instead of [AHCI] to access devices on Port 5/6/7 before entering
OS. Conguration options: [AHCI] [IDE]
Board SATA RAID ROM [Legacy ROM]
This item only appears when the OnChip SATA Type is set to [RAID].
[Disabled] Disables this function.
[Legacy ROM] Select this option when using legacy operating systems.
[UEFI DRIVER] Select this option when using UEFI systems.