User Manual
Chapter 4
AMI UEFI BIOS Setup
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BIOS
Setting
Description
Setting
Option
Effect
Serial-
ATA
(SATA)
Responsible for
supporting chipset drives
with SATA interface.
Enabled/
Disabled
Enable or disable this
function
SATA
Speed
Support
Allows forcing the speed
limit SATA II ports
standard IDE / SATA-
controller chipset.
Gen1
The maximum speed will
be limited to 150 MB/s
Gen2
The maximum speed will
be limited to 300 MB/s
Disabled
Disables manual
configuration of SATA II
ports (mode will be
selected based on the
specifications of connected
drives)
SATA
Mode
This option specifies the
operation mode of
modern IDE / SATA-
controller chipset
[AHCI]
Selecting this option allows
you to take full advantage
of the extended host
controller SATA II
[IDE]
SATA controller will
operate in a mechanism
similar to a conventional
IDE-controller
[RAID]
Allows combining hard
drives in RAID-arrays in
order to improve the
reliability of data storage,
or to increase the speed.
Serial-
ATA Port
0
The option turns on or off
Port 0 of SATA channels
of standard IDE / SATA-
controller chipset.
Enabled/
Disabled
Turn on (Enabled) or turn
off (Disabled) Port 0
