Ahci Configuration; System Information - Asus P7P55D-E LX User Manual

• If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage
devices, keep the default setting [IDE].
• If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller
Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. 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.
• If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the Intel
Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID].
Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled]
Disables or enables device write protection. This will be effective only if the device is
accessed through BIOS. Configuration option: [Disabled] [Enabled]
IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35]
Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10]
[15] [20] [25] [30] [35]
2.3.3

AHCI Configuration

This menu is the section for AHCI configuration. It appears only when you set the item
Configure SATA as from the sub-menu of SATA Configuration to [AHCI].
SATA Port1 [Auto]
Allows you to select the type of device connected to the system.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Not Installed]
SMART Monitoring [Enabled]
Allows you to set the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
2.3.4

System Information

This menu gives you an overview of the general system specifications. The BIOS
automatically detects the BIOS information, CPU specification, and system memory in this
menu.
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