BIOS Setup
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Serial ATA Port 0/1/2/3/4/5
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Port 0/1/2/3/4/5
Enables or disables each SATA port. (Default: Enabled)
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Hot plug
Enables or disable the hot plug capability for each SATA port. (Default: Disabled)
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External SATA
Enables or disables support for external SATA devices. (Default: Disabled)
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Super IO Coniguration
This section provides information on the super I/O chip and allows you to conigure the serial port.
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Serial Port A
Enables or disables the onboard serial port. (Default: Enabled)
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Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology
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ISCT Support
Enables or disables Intel
®
Smart Connect Technology. (Default: Disabled)
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Marvell SATA Controller Coniguration (Marvell
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88SE9172 Chip, GSATA3 6/7 connectors)
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GSATA Controller
Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the Marvell
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SATA controllers or conigures
the SATA controllers to AHCI mode.The area below displays the current status of each SATA port.
IDE Mode
Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and conigures the SATA controllers to IDE
mode.
RAID Mode
Enables RAID for the SATA controllers.
AHCI Mode
Conigures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface
(AHCI) is an interface speciication that allows the storage driver to enable advanced
Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. (Default)
Disabled
Disables this function.