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3.4.2Storage Configuration
The Storage Configuration menu allows you to configure your storage devices. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the submenu.
SABERTOOTH X58 BIOS Setup
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Storage Configuration
SATA Configuration | [Enhanced] | ||
Configure | SATA as | [IDE] | |
Hard | Disk | Write Protect | [Disabled] |
SATA | Detect Time Out (Sec) | [35] | |
SATA Configuration [Enhanced]
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced]
Configure SATA as [IDE]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration. This item appears only when you set the SATA Configuration item to [Enhanced] or [Compatible].
[IDE] | Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as |
| Parallel ATA physical storage devices. |
[RAID] | Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA |
| hard disk drives. |
[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. |
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
[Enabled] | Enables device write protection. This function will be effective only if the |
| device is accessed through BIOS. |
[Disabled] | Disables this function. |
SATA Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices from the following options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]
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