ASRock 970DE3/U3S3 manual Storage Configuration, Onboard Sata Controller, Sata Operation Mode

3.4.4 Storage Configuration

BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Advanced
		Configure onboard
Storage Configuration		serial ATA
		controller.
Onboard SATA Controller	[Enabled]
SATA Operation Mode	[AHCI]
SATA IDE Combined Mode	[Enabled]
Onboard SATA3 Operation Mode	[AHCI]
IDE1 Master	[Hard Disk]
IDE1 Slave	[Not Detected]
SATAII_1	[Not Detected]
SATAII_2	[Not Detected]		Select Screen
SATAII_3	[Not Detected]
			Select Item
SATAII_4	[Not Detected]
		+-	Change Option
SATAII_5	[Not Detected]
		F1	General Help
SATAII_6	[Not Detected]
		F9	Load Defaults
		F10	Save and Exit
		ESC	Exit
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Onboard SATA Controller

This item is for SATA2 ports. Use this item to enable or disable the “Onboard SATA Controller” feature.

SATA Operation Mode

This item is for SATA2 ports. Use this item to adjust Onboard SATA Opera- tion Mode. The default value of this option is [AHCI]. Configuration options: [AHCI], [IDE] and [RAID].

If you set this item to RAID mode, it is suggested to install SATA ODD driver on SATAII_5 (PORT 4) and SATAII_6 (PORT 5) ports.

SATA IDE Combined Mode

This item is for SATAII_5 (PORT 4) and SATAII_6 (PORT 5) ports. Use this item to enable or disable SATA IDE combined mode. The default value is [Enabled].

If you want to build RAID on SATAII_5 (PORT 4) and SATAII_6 (PORT 5 ports, please disable this item.

Onboard SATA3 Operation Mode

This item is for SATA3 ports. Use this item to adjust Onboard SATA3 Op- eration Mode. The default value of this option is [AHCI]. Configuration op- tions: [IDE], [AHCI] and [Disabled].

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