Asus F2A55-M LE 2.5.2SATA Configuration

CPB Mode [Auto]

Disables the CPB (Core Performance Boost) mode or set it to [Auto] for automatic configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]

C6 Mode [Disabled]

Enables or disables C6 mode. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

IOMMU [Disabled]

Set this item to [Enabled] to show IOMMU Mode. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

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]

OnChip SATA Type [AHCI]

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.

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]

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