SATA Mode [IDE Mode]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled] | Disables the SATA function. |
[IDE Mode] | Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as |
| Parallel ATA physical storage devices. |
[AHCI Mode] | 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. |
Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode].
[Disabled] | Disables the SATA function. |
[Enhanced] | Set to [Enhanced] to support more than four SATA devices. |
[Compatible] | Set to [Compatible] when using Windows |
| SATA devices are supported under these operating systems. |
Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode].
[Disabled] | Disables the SATA function. |
[Enhanced] | Set to [Enhanced] to support more than four SATA devices. |
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T.
2.5.5USB Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to change the
The USB Devices item shows the
Legacy USB Support [Enabled]
[Enabled] | Enables the support for USB devices on legacy operating systems (OS). |
[Disabled] | The USB devices can be used only for the BIOS setup program. |
[Auto] | Allows the system to detect the presence of USB devices at startup. If |
| detected, the USB controller legacy mode is enabled. If no USB device is |
| detected, the legacy USB support is disabled. |
EHCI Hand-off [Disabled]
[Enabled] | Enables the support for operating systems without an EHCI hand‑off |
| feature. |
[Disabled] | Disables the function. |
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