Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS R2.0 User Manual

Chapter 2: BIOS information 2-17
SATA Mode Selection [IDE]
Allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[Disabled] Disables the SATA function.
[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.
• Due to H61 Chipset limitation, AHCI Mode only works on Windows
®
Vista / Windows
®
7.
Please use IDE Mode on Windows
®
XP.
• [IDE] is the default SATA type. Under Windows
®
XP, there is no need to change the
SATA type.
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. Conguration 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. Conguration options: [Enabled]
[Disabled]
2.5.4 System Agent Conguration
Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]
[Enabled] Allow you to enable remapping the memory above 4GB.
[Disabled] Disables this function.
Graphics Conguration
Primary Display [Auto]
Allows you to decide which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device.
Conguration options: [Auto] [iGPU] [PCIE]
iGPU Memory [Auto]
Allows you to set the iGPU memory size. Conguration options: [Auto] [32M] [64M]
[96M] [128M] ~ [448M] [480M] [512M] [1024M]
Render Standby [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable Render Standby by internal graphics devices.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
iGPU Multi-Monitor [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the Lucid Virtu support for both the integrated and
discrete graphics. The iGPU shared memory size will be xed at 64MB. Conguration
options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Asus P8H61-M LX3 PLUS R2.0 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	2
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	16 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866, 2000, 2133, 2200 MHz
Processor socket	LGA 1155 (Socket H2)
Processor manufacturer	Intel
Compatible processor series	Intel® Celeron®
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	3
Number of SATA II connectors	4
USB 3.2 Gen 1 (3.1 Gen 1) connectors	0
DVI-D ports quantity	00
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Component for	PC
Power source type	ATX
Motherboard chipset	Intel® H61
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA II
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	Not supported
PCI Express slots version	2.0, 3.0
Cables included	SATA
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111F
Networking features	10/100/1000 Mb/s
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	EFI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	172 mm
Width	226 mm