Setup Utilities and Diagnostics Features

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Option

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Storage

Storage Options

SATA Emulation

 

 

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Allows you to choose how the SATA controller and devices are

 

 

 

accessed by the operating system. There are up to three supported

 

 

 

options: IDE, RAID, and AHCI.

 

 

 

IDE is the default option. Use this option for “normal” (non-RAID,

 

 

 

non-AHCI) configurations.

 

 

 

Select the RAID option to enable DOS and boot accesses to RAID

 

 

 

volumes. Use this option for RAID configurations under Windows

 

 

 

2000, XP, or Vista with the appropriate RAID device driver.

 

 

 

The RAID device driver must be installed prior to attempting to

 

 

 

boot from a RAID volume. If you attempt to boot from a RAID

 

 

 

volume without the required device driver installed, the system

 

 

 

will crash (blue screen). Also, do not select the RAID option while

 

 

 

the DriveLock feature is enabled on any attached hard drives.

 

 

 

Doing so will cause the DriveLocked drives to remain locked and

 

 

 

inaccessible during subsequent reboots until another SATA

 

 

 

emulation mode is selected.

 

 

 

Select the ACHI option to enable DOS and boot accesses to SATA

 

 

 

devices using the AHCI interface. Select this mode if the target

 

 

 

operating system supports accessing the SATA devices via AHCI

 

 

 

(e.g. Windows Vista) and AHCI accesses are desired.

 

 

 

Windows 2000 and Windows XP require a third-party device

 

 

 

driver to access SATA devices using the AHCI interface. If you

 

 

 

attempt to boot with either of these operating systems in AHCI

 

 

 

mode without the required device driver, the system will crash

 

 

 

(blue screen).

 

 

 

SATA 0 and 2

 

 

 

Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the

 

 

 

Primary channel of the first SATA controller. This feature only applies

 

 

 

when SATA emulation = IDE.

 

 

 

Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the

 

 

 

channel.

 

 

 

SATA 1 and 3

 

 

 

Allows you to enable or disable DOS and boot accesses to the

 

 

 

Secondary channel of the first SATA controller. This feature only

 

 

 

applies when SATA emulation = IDE.

 

 

 

Advanced operating systems like Windows may reenable the

 

 

 

channel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

DPS Self-Test

Allows you to execute self-tests on ATA hard drives capable of

 

 

 

performing the Drive Protection System (DPS) self-tests.

This selection will only appear when at least one drive capable of performing the DPS self-tests is attached to the system.

Support for specific Computer Setup options may vary depending on the hardware configuration.

 

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