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.

[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.

[Disabled]

Disables the SATA function.

 

 

 

 

 

• Due to H61 Chipset limitations, AHCI Mode only works on Windows® Vista / Windows®

 

 

7. Please use IDE Mode on Windows® XP.

 

 

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

 

 

change the SATA Mode.

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]

2.5.4System Agent Configuration

Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]

[Enabled]

Allow you to enable remapping the memory above 4GB.

[Disabled]

Disables this function.

Graphics Configuration

Primary Display [Auto]

Allows you to decide which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device. Configuration options: [Auto] [iGPU] [PCIE]

iGPU Memory [Auto]

Allows you to set the iGPU memory size. Configuration options: [Auto] [32M] [64M] [96M] [128M] ~ [448M] [480M] [512M] [1024M]

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