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SATA Mode [AHCI 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.

[RAID Mode]

Set to [RAID Mode] 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: [Disabled] [Enabled]

SATA6G_1 (Gray)Hot Plug [Disabled]

This item appear only when you set the previous item to [AHCI Mode]. It’s allow user to enabled/disabled SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration������������� options:�������� [Disabled]���������� [Enabled]����������.

SATA6G_2 (Gray)

Hot Plug [Disabled]

This item appear only when you set the previous item to [AHCI Mode]. It’s allow user to enabled/disabled SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration������������� options:�������� [Disabled]���������� [Enabled]����������.

SATA3G_3 (Blue)

Hot Plug [Disabled]

This item appear only when you set the previous item to [AHCI Mode]. It’s allow user to enabled/disabled SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration������������� options:�������� [Disabled]���������� [Enabled]����������.

SATA3G_4 (Blue)

Hot Plug [Disabled]

This item appear only when you set the previous item to [AHCI Mode]. It’s allow user to enabled/disabled SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration������������� options:�������� [Disabled]���������� [Enabled]����������.

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