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3.4.3
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 Selection [IDE]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled]
Disables the SATA controller.
[IDE]
Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI]
Set to [AHCI] 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.
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]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
This item only appears when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [AHCI] and
allows you to enable or disable the hot-plug support for each SATA port. Configuration
options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
3.4.4
System Agent Configuration
Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]
Enables or disables the memory remap feature. Configuration options: [Enabled]
[Disabled]
Graphics Configuration
Primary Display [Auto]
Allows you to decide which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device.
Configuration options: [Auto] [iGPU] [PCIE] [PCI]
iGPU Memory [Auto]
Allows you to select the system memory size allocated to DVMT 5.0 used by iGPU.
Configuration options: [Auto] [32M] [64M] [96M] [128M] ~ [448M] [480M] [512M] [1024M]
Render Standby [Enabled]
Allows you to enable Intel Graphics Render Standby support to reduce the power
consumption for iGPU while the system is idle. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
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