Asus Maximus VIII Ranger - PCH Storage Configuration

ASUS MAXIMUS VIII RANGER
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Chapter 3
3.6.6 PCH Storage Configuration
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The
SATA Port items show Empty if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port.
Scroll down to display the other BIOS items.
Hyper kit Mode [Disabled]
Disable this option for M.2 devices. Enable this option for “ASUS Hyper kit” card.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Controller(s) [Enabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
This item allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[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.
[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID conguration from the SATA
hard disk drives.