
Viewing SATA Settings
To view the
SATA Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
1
Turn on, or restart your system.
2
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
SATA Settings
.
SATA Settings details
The
SATA Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Table 33. SATA Settings
Option
Description
Embedded SATA
Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to
AHCI
, or
RAID
modes. This option is set
to
AHCI
by default.
Security Freeze Lock
Sends
Security Freeze Lock
command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This
option is applicable only for ATA and AHCI mode.
Write Cache
Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST.
Port A
Sets the drive type of the selected device. For the
Embedded SATA settings
in ATA
mode, set this field to
Auto
to enable BIOS support. Set it to
OFF
to turn off BIOS
support.
For
AHCI
mode, BIOS support is always enabled.
•
Model
: Specifies the drive model of the selected device.
•
Drive Type
: Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
•
Capacity
: Specifies the total capacity of the hard drive. This field is undefined for
removable media devices such as optical drives.
Port B
Sets the drive type of the selected device. For the
Embedded SATA settings
in
ATA
mode, set this field to
Auto
to enable BIOS support. Set it to
OFF
to turn off BIOS
support.
For
AHCI
mode, BIOS support is always enabled.
•
Model
: Specifies the drive model of the selected device.
•
Drive Type
: Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
•
Capacity
: Specifies the total capacity of the hard drive. This field is undefined for
removable media devices such as optical drives.
Port C
Sets the drive type of the selected device. For the
Embedded SATA settings
in
ATA
mode, set this field to
Auto
to enable BIOS support. Set it to
OFF
to turn off BIOS
support.
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Pre-operating system management applications