If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI].

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]

Disables or enables device write protection. This will be effective only if device is accessed through BIOS.

Confiuration option: [Disabled] [Enabled]

SATA Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.

Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]

4.3.7AHCI Configuration

This menu is for AHCI configuration. It appears only when you set the Configure SATA as item under SATA Configuration to [AHCI].

AHCI

Settings

 

AHCI

CD/DVD Boot Time out

[15]

 

 

 

AHCI Port1 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port2 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port3 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port4 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port5 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port6 [Not Detected]

ACHI CD/DVD Boot Time out [15]

Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]

ACHI Port1~6 [XXX]

Displays the auto-detected SATA devices.

Some SATA CD/DVD in AHCI mode need to wait ready longer.

AHCI Port1

 

 

Device

:Not Detected

 

 

 

 

SATA Port1

 

[Auto]

SMART Monitoring

[Enabled]

Select the type of devices connected to the system.

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