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]

This item only appears when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [AHCI] or [RAID] and allows you to enable or disable the hot-plug support for each SATA port. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

2.5.4System Agent Configuration

Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]

Enables or disables the memory remap feature. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

Graphics Configuration

Primary Display [Auto]

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

iGPU Memory [64M]

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

Render Standby [Enabled]

Allows you to enable or disable Render Standby by internal graphics devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

iGPU Multi-Monitor [Disabled]

Allows you to enable the iGPU Multi-Monitor. For Lucid Virtu MVP function support, set this item to [Enabled] to empower both integrated and discrete graphics. iGPU shared system memory size is fixed in 64MB. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

NB PCIe Configuration

Allows you to configure the NB PCI Express settings.

PCIE X16_1 [Auto]

Allows you to set the PCIE x16_1 slot link speed. Configuration options: [Auto] [Gen1] [Gen2]

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