2.5.2SATA Configuration

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.

OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]

Enables or disables onboard channel SATA port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

The following three items appear only when you set the OnChip SATA Channel to [Enabled].

OnChip SATA Type [IDE]

Allows you to set the SATA configuration.

[IDE]

Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as

 

Parallel ATA physical storage devices.

[RAID]

Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA

 

hard disk drives.

[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.

SATA Port 5 - Port 6 [AHCI or RAID]

This item only appears when the previous item is set to [RAID] or [AHCI]. If Port 5-6 are configured as [AHCI or RAID], the ports can only be used under OS with driver installed. Set to [IDE] instead of [AHCI or RAID] to access devices on Port 5-6 before entering OS. Configuration options: [AHCI or RAID] [IDE]

OnChip SATA MAX Speed [SATA 6.0Gb/s]

Sets the maximum onboard SATA port speed. Configuration options: [SATA 3.0Gb/s] [SATA 6.0Gb/s]

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. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

2.5.3USB Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to change the USB-related features.

The USB Devices item shows the auto-detected values. If no USB device is detected, the item shows None.

Legacy USB Support [Enabled]

[Enabled]

Enables the support for USB devices on legacy operating systems (OS).

[Disabled]

The USB devices can be used only for the BIOS setup program.

[Auto]

Allows the system to detect the presence of USB devices at startup. If

 

detected, the USB controller legacy mode is enabled. If no USB device is

 

detected, the legacy USB support is disabled.

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