Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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SATA Configuration
of the SATA Devices and displays the following items:
SATA Controllers
This item Enables or Disables the built-in SATA controllers on the motherboard. The
options are
Enabled
and Disabled.
SATA Mode Selection
This item selects the mode for the installed SATA drives. The options are IDE,
AHCI
and RAID.
SATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI Driver (Available if the item above - SATA
Mode Select is set to AHCI or RAID)
Select Enabled to use the SATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI driver for system boot.
The options are
Enabled
and Disabled.
If the item above -SATA Mode Select is set to AHCI, the following items are
displayed:
Serial ATA Port 0~ Port 5
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drives on the
particular SATA port.
•
Model number of drive and capacity
•
Software Preserve Support
Port 0 ~ Port 5 Hot Plug
This feature designates the port specified for hot plugging. Set this item to En
-
abled for hot-plugging support, which will allow the user to replace a SATA disk
drive without shutting down the system. The options are
Enabled
and Disabled.
Port 0 ~ Port 1 SATA Device Type
This feature configures the selected SATA port to support either a solid state
drive or hard disk drive. The options are
Hard Disk Drive
and Solid Sate Drive.
Port 0 ~ Port 5 Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this item to allow the PCH to start a COMRE-
SET initialization sequence to the device. The options are Enabled and
Disabled
.
If the item above - SATA Mode Select is set to IDE
, the following items are
displayed: