Bank Interleaving [Enabled]
Enables or disables the bank memory interleaving. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Channel Interleaving [Enabled]
Enables or disables the channel memory interleaving. 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. |
SATA Port 5, 6, 7, ESATA [AHCI]
This item only appears when OnChip SATA Type is set to [AHCI]. If SATA ports 5, 6, 7, and the eSATA port are configured as [AHCI], the ports can only be used under OS with driver installed. Set to [IDE] instead of [AHCI] to access devices on SATA ports 5, 6, 7, and the eSATA port before entering OS. Configuration options: [AHCI] [IDE]
SATA Port 5, 6, 7, ESATA [RAID]
This item only appears when OnChip SATA Type is set to [RAID]. If SATA ports 5, 6, 7, and the eSATA port are configured as [RAID], the ports can only be used under OS with driver installed. Set to [IDE] instead of [RAID] to access devices on SATA ports 5, 6, 7, and the eSATA port before entering OS. Configuration options: [RAID] [IDE]
Board SATA RAID ROM [Legacy ROM]
This item only appears when OnChip SATA Type is set to [RAID].
[Disabled] | Disables this function. |
[Legacy ROM] | Select this option when using legacy operating systems. |
[UEFI DRIVER] | Select this option when using UEFI operating systems. |
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]
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