Pch Configuration; Sata Configuration - Asus P8P67 LX User Manual

2.5.3

PCH Configuration

High Precision Timer [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the High Precision Event Timer.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
2.5.4

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.
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 0/1 [Enhanced]
This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode].
[Disabled]
[Enhanced]
[Compatible] Set to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Up to
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]
SATA6G_1~2 (Gray)
Hot Plug [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the hog plug support of SATA6G ports.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
SATA3G_1 ~4 (Blue)
Hot Plug [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the hog plug support of SATA3G ports.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Chapter 2: BIOS information
Disables the SATA function.
Set to [Enhanced] to support more than four SATA devices.
four SATA devices are supported under these operating systems.
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