Sata Configuration - Asus P8B75-V User Manual

3.5.3

SATA Configuration

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The SATA
Port items show Empty if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port.
UEFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode
SATA Mode Selection [IDE Mode]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] 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.
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]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
These items appear only when you set the SATA mode item to [AHCI] and allow you to
enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
ASUS P8B75-V
Determines how SATA controller(s)
operate.
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