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

Main

Ai Tweaker

Advanced

Monitor

Back

Advanced\ SATA Configuration

>

 

SATA Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

IDE

SATA Mode

 

 

S.M.A.R.T. Status Check

 

Enabled

SATA 6G_1 (Gray)

 

Empty

SATA 6G_2 (Gray)

 

Empty

SATA 3G_1 (Blue)

 

Empty

SATA 3G_2 (Blue)

 

Empty

SATA 3G_3 (Blue)

 

Empty

SATA 3G_4 (Blue)

 

Empty

Exit

BootTool

(1)IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode.

→←: Select Screen

↑↓: Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F2: Previous Values

F5: Optimized Defaults

F10: Save ESC: Exit

F12: Print Screen

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SATA Mode Selection [IDE]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.
[RAID]

Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA

 

hard disk drives.
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] or [RAID], and allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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