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3.6.3SATA Configuration
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The SATA Port items show Empty if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port.
Scroll down to display the other BIOS items.
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled] | Disables the SATA function. |
[IDE] | Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as |
| Parallel ATA physical storage devices. |
[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. |
[RAID] | Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA |
| hard disk drives. |
Aggressive LPM Support [Auto]
Allows you to enable the PCH to aggressively enter link power state.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
Chapter 3: BIOS setup |