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Hybrid Hard Disk Support [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the hybrid hard disk support for a faster
resume time.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Intel Smart Connect Technology
This item allows the system to support Intel Smart Connect Technology, that periodically
refreshes selected applications when the system is in sleep mode.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
2.6.3
PCH Storage 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 Selection [AHCI]
This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled]
[IDE Mode]
[AHCI Mode]
[RAID Mode]
The following item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection to [RAID].
Pcie Nand Configuration [Auto]
This item allows you to enable or disable PCIe NAND.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Aggressive LPM Support [Disabled]
This item is designed for LPM (link power management) support with a better energy saving
conditions. When disabled, the hot plug function of SATA ports are disabled.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [On]
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system that
shows a warning message during POST (Power-on Self Test) when an error occurs in the
hard disks.
Configuration options: [On] [Off]
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Disables the SATA function.
Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
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.
Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the
SATA hard disk drives.
Chapter 2: BIOS information
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