Sata Configuration - Asus A68HM-F Web Manual

CPB Mode [Auto]
Disables the CPB (Core Performance Boost) mode or set it to [Auto] for automatic
configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto]
APM Master enable [Auto]
Enables or disables APM Master. Configuration options: [Auto] [Enabled] [Disabled]
C6 Mode [Enabled]
Enables or disables C6 mode. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
IOMMU [Disabled]
Set this item to [Enabled] to show IOMMU Mode. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Bank Interleaving [Enabled]
Enables or disables the bank memory interleaving. Configuration options: [Enabled]
[Disabled]
Channel Interleaving [Enabled]
Enables or disables the channel memory interleaving. Configuration options: [Enabled]
[Disabled]
Core Leveling Mode [Automatic mode]
Allows you to change the number of Compute Units on the system. Configuration options:
[Automatic mode] [One core per processor] [One Compute Unit] [One core per Compute Unit]
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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]
[RAID]
[AHCI]
OnChip SATA MAX Speed [SATA 6.0Gb/s]
For better HDD compatibility, set the SATA Speed to [SATA 3.0Gb/s] to support SATA
3.0Gb/s HDDs or [SATA 6.0Gb/s] to support SATA 6.0Gb/s HDDs. Configuration options:
[SATA 6.0Gb/s] [SATA 3.0Gb/s]
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Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
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.
Chapter 2: BIOS information