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SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled] | Disables the SATA function. |
[IDE] | Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as |
| Parallel ATA physical storage devices. |
[AHCI] | Set to [AHCI Mode] 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. |
[RAID] | Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the |
| SATA hard disk drives. |
Aggressive LPM Support [Auto]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [AHCI] or [RAID], and allow you to enable the PCH to aggressively enter link power state. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto]
IDE Legacy / Native Mode Selection [Native]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [IDE]. Configuration options: [Native] [Legacy]
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T.
Hot Plug [Disabled] (SATA6G_1 ~ SATA6G_6 [Yellow])
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [AHCI] or [RAID], and allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
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