Sata Configuration - Asus F1A55-M LE R2.0 User Manual

AMD PowerNow function [Enabled]
Enables or disables the AMD PowerNow function. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
SVM [Enabled]
Enables or disables CPU virtualization. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
C-state Pmin
Enables or disables C-State Pmin. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
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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.
OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]
Enables or disables onboard channel SATA port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
OnChip SATA Type [IDE]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
[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.
SATA Port 5 - Port 6 [AHCI or RAID]
This item only appears when the previous item is set to [RAID] or [AHCI]. If Port 5-6
are configured as [AHCI or RAID], the ports can only be used under OS with driver
installed. Set to [IDE] instead of [AHCI or RAID] to access devices on Port 5-6 before
entering OS. Configuration options: [AHCI or RAID] [IDE]
Board SATA RAID ROM [RAID]
This item only appears when the previous item is set to [RAID].
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Legacy ROM] [UEFI Driver]
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]
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