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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
The system supports various SATA mode.
Item
Selection
Set to IDE mode when your want to use the Serial-ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA
IDE Mode
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 SATA features that increases storage performance or workloads
AHCI Mode
where multiple simultaneous read/write requests are outstanding, most often
occurring in server-type applications (native command queuing). It also facilitates hot
swapping.
Disable
Disable the SATA controller.
Use this menu to configure specific SATA Port for all ports on the system.
Item
Staggered Spin-Up
External
Hot Plug
Mechanical Switch
Spin-up is a simple mechanism by which the storage subsystem controller
can sequence hard disk drive initialization and spin-up. Set to control
whether each specific drive will spin up.
Enable or disable external SATA connectivity.
The AHCI of SATA provides hot plug capability to allow drives to be added
or removed with the PC running.
Enable this option to support a mechanical presence switch attached to
this port. Disable this option to not support a mechanical presence switch
attached to this port.
Selection
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