Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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SATA Port 0-Port 5 Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, select Enabled to allow the PCH to initialize the
device. The options are
Disabled
and Enabled.
SATA Port 0-Port 5 SATA Device Type
Use this item to specify if the SATA port specified by the user should be con-
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 "Configure SATA as" is set to IDE, the following items will
display:
Serial ATA Port 0-Port 5
This item indicates that a SATA port specified by the user is installed (present)
or not.
SATA Port 0-Port 5 SATA Device Type (Available when a SATA port is
detected)
Use this item to specify if the SATA port specified by the user should be con-
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 "Configure 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 Disabled and
Enabled
.
SATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI Driver
Select EFI to load the EFI driver for system boot. Select Legacy to load a legacy
driver for system boot. The options are
Legacy
, EFI, and Disabled.
SATA/sSATA RAID Boot Select
Select SATA Controller to boot the system from a SATA RAID device. Select
sSATA Controller to boot the system from a S-SATA RAID device. Select Both to
boot the system either from a SATA RAID device or from an sSATA RAID device.
Please note that the option-Both is not supported by the Windows Server 2012/
R2 OS. The options are None, SATA Controller,
sSATA Controller
, and Both.
