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SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]
This item allows you to set the SATA conguration.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode]
• If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical
storage devices, set this item to [IDE Mode].
• If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller
Interface (AHCI), keep the default setting [AHCI Mode]. 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.
• If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel
®
Rapid
Storage Technology Enterprise from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this
item to [RAID Mode].
AHCI Mode
Allows you to enable the Aggressive Link Power Management and support
Staggered Spin-up.
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system.
When hard disk read/write errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to report
warning messages during the POST.
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
4.5.4 PCH SATA Conguration
(1)IDE Mode. (2)AHCI Mode.
(3)RAID Mode.
SATA Port1 ST3500320AS(500GB)
SATA Port2 Not Present
SATA Port3 Not Present
SATA Port4 Not Present
SATA Port5 ASUS DRW ATAPI
SATA Port6 Not Present
SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
Aggressive Link Power Management[Enabled]
Port1 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
Port2 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
Port3 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
Port4 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
Port5 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
Port6 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
→←: Select Screen
↑↓: Select Item
Enter: Select Item
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values
F5: Optimized Defaults
F10: Save & Exit
ESC: Exit
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