Asus p5e3ws 4.3.7AHCI Configuration, Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled], SATA Detect Time Out (Sec) [35], AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [15], AHCI Port1~6 [XXXX]

If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE].

If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI].

Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]

Disables or enables device write protection. This will be effective only if device is accessed throuh BIOS Confiuration option: [Disabled] [Enabled]

SATA Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]

Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices.

Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]

4.3.7AHCI Configuration

This menu is the section for AHCI configuration. It appears only when you set the item Configure SATA as from the sub-menu of SATA Configuration to [AHCI].

AHCI Settings

AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [15]

AHCI Port1 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port2 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port3 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port4 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port5 [Not Detected]

AHCI Port6 [Not Detected]

Some SATA CD/DVD in AHCI mode need to wait ready longer.

AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [15]

Selects the boot time out value for AHCI CD/DVD devices.

Congifuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]

AHCI Port1~6 [XXXX]

Displays the status of auto-detection of SATA devices.

AHCI Port1
Device	:Not Detected		Select the type
			of devices connected
SATA Port1		[Auto]	to the system.
SMART Monitoring		[Enabled]

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