Serial ATA Port 0~ Port 5
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drives on the
particular SATA port.
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Display of drive number and capacity as detected by the BIOS
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Software Preserve Support
Port 0~ Port 5
Select Enabled to enable a SATA port specifi ed by the user. The options are
Disabled and Enabled.
Hot Plug
This feature designates this port for hot plugging. Set this item to Enabled for
hot-plugging support, which will allow the user to replace a SATA drive without
shutting down the system. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this item to allow the PCH to start a
COMRESET initialization to the device. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
SATA Thermal Throttling Timing (Available for SATA Port 0/Port 1 only)
Use this item to confi gure the interactive settings for thermal throttling. The
options are Solid State Drive, Hard Disk Drive and Auto.
PCIe/PCI/PnP Confi guration
Above 4G Decoding (Available if the system supports 64-bit PCI decoding)
Select Enabled to decode a PCI device that supports 64-bit in the space above 4G
Address. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
SR-IOV Support (Available if the system supports Single-Root
Virtualization)
Select Enabled for Single-Root IO Virtualization support. The options are Enabled
and Disabled.
Maximum Payload
Select Auto to allow the system BIOS to automatically set the maximum payload
value for a PCI-E device to enhance system performance. The options are Auto,
128 Bytes, 256 Bytes, 512 Bytes, 1024 Bytes, 2048 Bytes, and 4096 Bytes.
Maximum Read Request
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Chapter 7: BIOS