SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled] | Disables the SATA function. |
[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. |
Aggressive LPM Support [Disabled]
This item is designed for LPM (link power management) support with a better energy saving conditions. When disabled, the hot plug function of SATA ports are disabled.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [On]
S.M.A.R.T.
Configuration options: [On] [Off]
SATA6G_1 (Brown) ~ SATA6G_6 (Brown) [Enabled]
These items allow you to enable/disable SATA port.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
These items allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
The following item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection to [RAID].
Alternate ID [Disabled]
This item allows you to report the alternate Device ID.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
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