Chapter 4: BIOS
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SATA Configuration
When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence of the SATA
devices that are supported by the Intel PCH chip and displays the following items:
SATA Controller(s)
This item enables or disables the onboard SATA controller supported by the Intel PCH chip.
The options are
Enabled
and Disabled.
SATA Mode Selection
Use this item to select the mode for the installed SATA drives. The options are
AHCI
and RAID.
SATA Frozen
Use this item to enable the HDD Security Frozen Mode. The options are
Disabled
and
Enabled.
*If the item above "SATA Mode Selection" is set to RAID, the following items will
display:
SATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI Driver
Select UEFI to load the EFI drvier for system boot. Select Legacy to load a legacy driver
for system boot. The options are
Legacy ROM
and UEFI Driver.
SATA Port 0~ Port 5
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drive on the particular
SATA port.
•
Model number of drive and capacity
•
Software Preserve Support
Port 0 ~ Port 5 Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this item to allow the PCH to initialize the device. The
options are Enabled and
Disabled
.
Port 0 ~ Port 5 SATA Device Type
Use this item to specify if the SATA port specified 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.
PCIe/PCI/PnP Configuration
The following information will display:
•
PCI Bus Driver Version
•
PCI Devices Common Settings:
