Viewing SATA Settings
To view the
SATA Settings
screen, perform the following steps:
1
Turn on, or restart your system.
2
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3
On the
System Setup Main Menu
screen, click
System BIOS
.
4
On the
System BIOS
screen, click
SATA Settings
.
SATA Settings details
The
SATA Settings
screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Embedded SATA
Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to
Off
,
ATA
,
AHCI
, or
RAID
modes. This option is set to
AHCI Mode
by default.
Security Freeze
Lock
Sends
Security Freeze Lock
command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is applicable only
for ATA andAHCI Mode. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Write Cache
Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is set to
Disabled
by
default.
Port A
Sets the drive type of the selected device. For the
Embedded SATA settings
in
ATA
mode, set this field to
Auto
to
enable BIOS support. Set it to
OFF
to turn off BIOS support.
For
AHCI
or
RAID
mode, BIOS support is always enabled.
Option
Description
Model
Specifies the drive model of the selected device.
Drive Type
Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
Capacity
Specifies the total capacity of the hard drive. This field is undefined for removable media
devices such as optical drives.
Port B
Sets the drive type of the selected device. For the
Embedded SATA settings
in
ATA
mode, set this field to
Auto
to
enable BIOS support. Set it to
OFF
to turn off BIOS support.
For
AHCI
or
RAID
mode, BIOS support is always enabled.
Option
Description
Model
Specifies the drive model of the selected device.
Drive Type
Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
Capacity
Specifies the total capacity of the hard drive. This field is undefined for removable media
devices such as optical drives.
Port C
Sets the drive type of the selected device. For the
Embedded SATA settings
in
ATA
mode, set this field to
Auto
to
enable BIOS support. Set it to
OFF
to turn off BIOS support.
For
AHCI
or
RAID
mode, BIOS support is always enabled.
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