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7-8 I/O
Set all options for the I/O in this section.
SATA
SATA Controller
This item enables or disables the onboard SATA controller supported by the Intel
PCH chip. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Conigure SATA as
Select IDE to conigure a SATA drive speciied by the user as an IDE drive. Select
AHCI to conigure a SATA drive speciied by the user as an AHCI drive. Select
RAID to conigure a SATA drive speciied by the user as a RAID drive. The options
are IDE, AHCI , and RAID.
*If
the item above "Conigure SATA as" is set to AHCI, the following items will display
:
Support Aggressive Link Power Management
When this item is set to Enabled, the SATA AHCI controller manages the power
usage of the SATA link. The controller will put the link to a low power state when
the I/O is inactive for an extended period of time, and the power state will return
to normal when the I/O becomes active. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
SATA Port 0 ~ SATA Port 5
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drive on the
particular SATA port.
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Model number of drive and capacity
Port 0 ~ Port 5 Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this item to allow the PCH to initialize the
device. The options are Enabled and Disabled .
Port 0 ~ Port 5 SATA Device Type
Use this item to specify if the SATA port speciied by the user should be con
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nected to a Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are Hard Disk
Drive and Solid State Drive.
*If the item above "Conigure SATA as" is set to IDE, the following items will display:
Serial ATA Port 0~ Port 5
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drive on the
particular SATA port.
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Model number of drive and capacity
Port 0 ~ Port 5 SATA Device Type
Use this item to specify if the SATA port speciied by the user should be con
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nected to a Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are Hard Disk
Drive and Solid State Drive.
*If the item above "Conigure SATA as" is set to RAID, the following items will display:
Support Aggressive Link Power Management
When this item is set to Enabled, the SATA AHCI controller manages the power
usage of the SATA link. The controller will put the link to a low power state when
the I/O is inactive for an extended period of time, and the power state will return
to normal when the I/O becomes active. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Load EFI Driver for RAID
This option enables the system to load the RAID EFI driver during system boot.
Select Enabled to load the EFI driver, select Disabled to load the legacy driver
for system boot.