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Motherboard User’s Manual
sSATA Port 0 ~ Port 3 Hot Plug
Select Enabled to enable hot-plugging support for a port specified by the user,
which will allow the user to replace a sSATA disk drive installed on this port
without shutting down the system. The options are
Enabled
and Disabled.
sSATA Port 0 ~ Port 3 Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this item to allow the PCH to start a COMRE-
SET initialization to the device. The options are Enabled and
Disabled
.
Port 0 ~ Port 3 sSATA Device Type
Use this item to specify if the sSATA 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 sSATA as" is set to IDE, the following items will
display:
sSATA Port 0~ Port 3
This item indicates that an sSATA port specified by the user is installed (present)
or not.
Port 0~ Port 3 sSATA Device Type (Available when a sSATA port is
detected)
Use this item to specify if the sSATA 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 sSATA as" is set to RAID, the following items will
display:
sSATA AHCI ALPM
Select Enabled for the sSATA controller to automatically generate link requests in
partial or slumber mode when there is no commands for the system to execute.
The options are Disabled, and
Enabled
.
sSATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI Driver
Select EFI to load the EFI driver for system boot. Select Legacy to load a legacy
OPROM for system boot. The options are Disabled, EFI, and
Legacy.
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 sSATA RAID device. Select Both to boot the
system either from a SATA RAID device or from an sSATA RAID device. Please
