Asus P8Z77-V LK Computer Hardware User Manual


 
ASUS P8Z77-V LK
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Chapter 3
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[IDE] Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI Mode] 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.
[RAID] Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID conguration from the
SATA hard disk drives.
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. Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
These items appear only when you set the SATA mode item to [AHCI] or [RAID], and allow
you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Scroll down to display the following items:
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Hot Plug Disabled