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3.5.4
SATA Configuration
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The SATA
Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port.
EFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode
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SATA Configuration
SATA Mode
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check
SATA 6G 1 (Gray)
SATA 6G 2 (Gray)
SATA 3G 3 (Blue)
SATA 3G 4 (Blue)
SATA 3G 5 (Blue)
SATA 3G 6 (Blue)
SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled]
Disables the SATA function.
[IDE Mode]
Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI Mode]
Set to [AHCI Mode] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the
AHCI (Advanced 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.
[RAID Mode]
Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the
SATA hard disk drives.
Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced]
This item appear only when you set the previous item to [IDE Mode]
[Disabled]
Disables the SATA function.
[Enhanced]
Set to [Enhanced] to support 2 SATA 6.0 Gb/s and 2 SATA 3.0 Gb/s
devices.
[Compatible]
Set to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Up to four
SATA devices are supported under these operating systems.
Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced]
[Disabled]
Disables the SATA function.
[Enhanced]
Set to [Enhanced] to support 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices.
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system. When
read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to report warning
messages during the POST.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
ASUS P8P67 EVO
Advanced
Monitor
AHCI Mode
Enabled
Not Present
Not Present
ASUS CB-521 ATAPI
Not Present
Not Present
Not Present
Exit
Boot
Tool
(1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3)
RAID Mode.
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