Chapter 6: BIOS
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Serial ATA Port 0 ~ Port 3
This feature displays the information detected on the installed SATA drive on the particular
SATA port.
•
Model number of drive and capacity
•
Software Preserve Support
Port 0 ~ Port 3 Hot Plug
Set this feature to Enabled for hot plug support, which will allow the user to replace a SATA
drive without shutting down the system. The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
Port 0 ~ Port 3 Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this feature to allow the PCH to initialize the device.
The options are
Disabled
and Enabled.
Port 0 ~ Port 3 SATA Device Type
Use this feature to specify if the SATA port specified by the user should be connected to a
Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are
Hard Disk Drive
and Solid State
Drive.
PCH-FW Configuration
The following firmware information will display:
•
Operational Firmware Version
•
Backup Firmware Version
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Recovery Firmware Version
•
ME Firmware Features
•
ME Firmware Status #1
•
ME Firmware Status #2
•
Current State
•
Error Code
ACPI Settings
WHEA Support
Select Enabled to support the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) platform and
provide a common infrastructure for the system to handle hardware errors within the Windows
OS environment to reduce system crashes and to enhance system recovery and health
monitoring. The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.