Storage Configuration - Asus Crosshair IV Extreme Manual

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Storage Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the SATA
devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you want to
configure the item.
Main
Storage Configuration
OnChip SATA Speed
OnChip SATA Channel
SATA Port1 - Port4
SATA Port1 - Port4
OnChip SATA Speed �Auto�
For the better HDD compatibility please set SB850 SATA speed to [SATA 3.0Gb/s]
to support SATA 3.0Gb/s HDDs with maximum speed at 3.0Gb/s or [SATA 6.0Gb/s]
to support SATA 6.0Gb/s HDDs with maximum speed at 6.0Gb/s.
Configuration options: [Auto] [SATA 3.0Gb/s] [STAT 6.0 Gb/s]
OnChip SATA Channel �Enabled�
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Port1 - Port4 �IDE�
Allows you to set the SATA configuration. This item appears only when you set the
OnChip SATA Channel item to [Enabled].
[IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the
SATA hard disk drives.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the
AHCI (Advabced Host Controller Interface). The AHCI allows the
onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that
increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the
drive to internally optimize the order of commands.
ROG Crossfire IV Extreme
Crossfire IV Extreme BIOS Setup
[Auto]
[Enabled]
[IDE]
[IDE]
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For the better HDD
compatibility please
set SB850 SATA speed
to [SATA 3.0Gb/s] to
support SATA 3.0Gb/s
HDDs with Max. speed
at 3.0Gb/s or [SATA
6.0Gb/s] to support
SATA 6.0Gb/s HDDs
with Max. speed at
6.0Gb/s.
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