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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
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.
Aggressive LPM Support [Auto]
This item appears only when you set the previous item to [AHCI] and allows you
to enable or disable PCH entering link power state aggressively. Configuration
options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
IDE Legacy / Native Mode Selection [Native]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [IDE].
Configuration options: [Native] [Legacy]
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]
and allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options:
[Disabled] [Enabled]
3.5.4
System Agent Configuration
VT-d [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable VT-d function on MCH. Configuration options:
[Enabled] [Disabled]
CPU Audio Device [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable CPU SA Audio Device. Configuration options:
[Enabled] [Disabled]
DVI Port Audio [Disabled]
This item appears only when you enable CPU Audio Device and allows you
to enable or disable the DVI port. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
