Platform Misc Configuration; System Agent (Sa) Configuration; Pch Configuration; Pch Storage Configuration - Asus STRIX Z270H GAMING Manual

3.6.2

Platform Misc Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to change the ASPM for PCH and SA PCI Express.
3.6.3

System Agent (SA) Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to adjust the Link Speed for PEG Port and Multi-Monitor.
3.6.4

PCH Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to adjust the PCH PCI Express speed.
PCI Express Configuration
This item allows you to configure the PCI Express slots.
PCIe Speed
This item allows your system to automatically select the PCI Express port speed.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Gen1] [Gen2] [Gen3]
3.6.5

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 Controller(s)
This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
SATA Mode Selection
This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[AHCI]
[ Intel RST Premium With
Intel Optane System
Acceleration(RAID)]
SMART Self Test
SMART (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]
ROG STRIX Z270H GAMING
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.
Set to [Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System
Acceleration(RAID)] when you want to create a RAID
configuration from the SATA hard disk drives.
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