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Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology
ISCT Conguration [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the ISCT conguration. Conguration options: [Enabled]
[Disabled]
2.5.3 SATA Conguration
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.
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[Disabled] Disables the SATA function.
[IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[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.
Due to H61 Chipset limitation, AHCI Mode only works on Windows
®
Vista / Windows
®
7.
Please use IDE Mode on Windows
®
XP.
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system. When
read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to report warning
messages during the POST. This item appears only when you set the previous item to [IDE]
or [AHCI]. Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
This item only appears when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [AHCI] and allows you
to enable or disable the hot-plug support for each SATA port. Conguration options: [Enabled]
[Disabled]
2.5.4 System Agent Conguration
Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]
[Enabled] Allow you to enable remapping the memory above 4GB.
[Disabled] Disables this function.
Graphics Conguration
Primary Display [Auto]
Allows you to decide which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device.
Conguration options: [Auto] [iGPU] [PCIE]