Asus P8Z77-V LE PLUS, P8Z77VLEPLUS 3.5.3SATA Configuration, SATA Mode Selection [AHCI], S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled], [IDE], [AHCI], [RAID], hard disk drives, optimize the order of commands

3.5.3SATA 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.

UEFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode

Main	Ai Tweaker	Advanced	Monitor
Back	Advanced\ SATA Configuration	>
SATA Configuration
			AHCI
SATA Mode
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check			Enabled
SATA 6G_1 (Gray)			Empty
Hot Plug			Disabled
SATA 6G_2 (Gray)			Empty
Hot Plug			Disabled
SATA 3G_1 (Blue)			Empty
Hot Plug			Disabled
SATA 3G_2 (Blue)			Empty
Hot Plug			Disabled
SATA 3G_3 (Blue)			Empty
Hot Plug			Disabled
SATA 3G_4 (Blue)			Empty

Exit

BootTool

Determines how SATA controller(s) operate.

→←: Select Screen

↑↓: Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F2: Previous Values

F3: Shortcut

F5: Optimized Defaults

F10: Save ESC: Exit

F12: Print Screen

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Scroll down to display the following items:

Hot Plug Disabled

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SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]

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]
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