Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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Port 0-Port 3 sSATA Device Type
Use this item to specify if the sSATA port speci
fi
ed by the user should be
connected to a Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are
Hard
Disk Drive
and Solid State Drive.
*If the item above "Con
fi
gure sSATA as" is set to IDE, the following items will
display:
sSATA Port 0-Port 3
This item indicates that an sSATA port speci
fi
ed by the user is installed
(present) or not.
Port 0-Port 3 sSATA Device Type (Available when a SATA port is
detected)
Use this item to specify if the sSATA port speci
fi
ed by the user should be
connected to a Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are
Hard
Disk Drive
and Solid State Drive.
*If the item above "Con
fi
gure sSATA 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
.
sSATA 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/
s
SATA RAID Boot Select
Select SATA Controller to use a device supported by the SATA connector for
system boot. Select sSATA Controller to use a device supported by the sSATA
connector for system boot. The options are None, SATA Controller,
sSATA
Controller
, and Both.
sSATA Port 0 ~ Port 3
This item displays the information detected on the installed sSATA drives on the
particular sSATA port.
•
Model number of drive and capacity
•
Software preserve support
