Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 User Manual

ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0
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Chapter 3
3.5.4 SATA Conguration
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.
SB SATA Conguration
This item alows you to set the SATA conguration.
OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA channel.
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
The following items appear only when you set the OnChip SATA Channel to [Enabled].
SATA Port1 - Port 4 [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[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 conguration
from the SATA hard disk drives.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to
use the AHCI (Advabced 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]
Allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[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 (Advabced 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.
Main
Ai Tweaker
Advanced Monitor Boot Tool
Exit
(1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3)
RAID Mode.
Back Advanced\ SATA Conguration >
UEFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode
SATA Conguration
SATA 6G_1 Not Present
SATA 6G_2 Not Present
SATA 6G_3 Not Present
SATA 6G_4 Not Present
SATA 6G_5 Not Present
SATA 6G_6 Not Present
> SB SATA Conguration

Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX R2.0 Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Memory channels	Dual-channel
Memory slots type	DIMM
Number of memory slots	4
Supported memory types	DDR3-SDRAM
Maximum internal memory	32 GB
Supported memory clock speeds	1066, 1333, 1600, 1866 MHz
System bus rate	5.2 GT/s
Processor socket	Socket AM3+
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Compatible processor series	AMD Phenom FX, AMD Phenom II X2, AMD Phenom II X3, AMD Phenom II X4, AMD Phenom II X6, AMD Phenom II X8
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	2
Number of SATA III connectors	8
Number of Parallel ATA connectors	-
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.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	Realtek ALC892
Cooling type	Passive
Component for	PC
Motherboard chipset	AMD 990FX
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Motherboard southbridge	AMD SB950
RAID levels	0, 1, 5, 10
Supported storage drive interfaces	SATA III
On-board graphics card	No
Parallel processing technology support	Quad-GPU CrossFireX, Quad-GPU SLI
PCI Express slots version	2.0
PCI Express configurations	1x1, 1x4, 1x16, 2x8, 2x16
PCI Express slots quantity	5
Controller 2nd interface type	ASMedia PCIe SATA
Trial software	Antivirus
Cables included	CrossFire, SATA
Bundled software	ASUS Update\\r ASUS Utilities
LAN controller	Realtek RTL8111F
Ethernet interface type	Gigabit Ethernet
BIOS type	UEFI
ACPI version	2.0a
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	244 mm
Width	305 mm