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3-20 Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
3.5.3 SATA 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.
Main Ai Tweaker Advanced Monitor Boot Tool
Exit
Determines how SATA controller(s)
operate.
Back Advanced\ SATA Configuration >
UEFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode
→← : 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
Scroll down to display the following items:
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SATA Configuration
SATA Mode Selection AHCI
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
ESATA _1 (Red) Empty
Hot Plug Enabled
ESATA _2 (Red) Empty
Hot Plug Enabled
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[IDE] Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI] 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] 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: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
These items appear only when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [AHCI] or [RAID],
and allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [Disabled]
[Enabled]
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