Asus P8B75-V Hot Plug [Disabled], 3.5.3SATA Configuration, SATA Mode Selection [IDE Mode], S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]

3.5.3SATA 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.

UEFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode

Determines how SATA controller(s) operate.

SATA Mode Selection [IDE Mode]

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.
[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]

Hot Plug [Disabled]

These items appear only when you set the SATA mode item to [AHCI] and allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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