2.5.3SATA Configuration

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port.

SATA Mode Selection [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.

• Due to H61 Chipset limitation, AHCI Mode only works on Windows® Vista / Windows® 7. Please use IDE Mode on Windows® XP.

•[IDE] is the default SATA type. Under Windows® XP, there is no need to change the SATA type.

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]

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