Pch Storage Configuration - Asus STRIX X99 Manual

3.6.3

PCH Storage Configuration

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The
SATA Port items show Not Installed if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding
SATA port.
Scroll down to display the other BIOS items.
SATA Controller 1 Mode Selection [AHCI]
This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled]
[IDE]
[AHCI]
[RAID]
The following item appears only when you set the SATA Controller 1 Mode Selection to
[IDE].
SATA6G_1-6(Gray)
These items display all connected devices to SATA6G ports. If some ports are not
used, these items show [Not Installed].
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Disable the SATA function.
Set to [IDE] to use SATA hard disks as Parallel ATA storage devices.
The AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) allows the onboard
storage driver to enable advanced SATA features that increase storage
performance on random workloads by internally optimizing the order of
commands.
Create a RAID configuration from SATA hard disk drives.
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup