Asus ROG Strix Z370-F Gaming - PCH-FW Configuration; Onboard Devices Configuration

3-18
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
Chapter 3
SATA6G_1(Charcoal Black) - SATA6G_6(Charcoal Black)
SATA6G_1(Charcoal Black) - SATA6G_6(Charcoal Black)
This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Hot Plug
These items appears only when the SATA Mode Selection is set to [AHCI] and allows
you to enable or disable SATA Hot Plug Support.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
3.6.7 Onboard Devices Conguration
The items in this menu allow you to switch between PCIe Lanes and congure onboard
devices.
Hyper M.2X16 [Enabled][Disabled]
[Disabled] Only one SSD installed onto the Hyper M.2 X16 card can be detected.
[Enabled] Two or three SSDs installed onto the Hyper M.2 X16 card can be detected.
The number of SSDs that can be detected varies with the congurations of the PCIe X16
slots.
HD Audio Controller
This item allows you to use the Azalia High Denition Audio Controller.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
M.2_1 Conguration: [Auto][SATA mode][PCIE mode]
[Auto] Auto-detects the M.2 device mode. If a SATA device is detected,
SATA6G_1 will be disabled.
[SATA mode] Only supports M.2 SATA devices. Please note that SATA6G_1 port cannot
be used in this mode.
[PCIE mode] Only supports M.2 PCIE devices.
M.2_2 PCIe Bandwidth Conguration: [X2][X4]
[X2] Run at X2 mode with SATA6G_56 enabled.
[X4] Run at X4 mode for higher performance with SATA6G_56 disabled.
RGB LED lighting
This item allows you to turn the RGB LED lighting on or off.
Conguration options: [Off] [On]
3.6.6 PCH-FW Conguration
This item allows you to congure the rmware TPM.