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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
Chapter 3
3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The
SATA Port items show [Not Installed] if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding
SATA port.
Scroll down to display the other BIOS items.
S.M.A.R.T. Status Test
SMART (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system that
shows a warning message during POST (Power-on Self Test) when an error occurs in the
hard disks.
Conguration options: [On] [Off]
SATA Controller Mode Selection
This item allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[Disabled] Disable the SATA function.
[IDE] Set to [IDE] to use SATA hard disks as Parallel ATA storage devices.
[AHCI] The AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) allows the onboard
storage driver to enable advanced SATA features that increase storage
performance on random workloads by internally optimizing the order of
commands.
[RAID] Create a RAID conguration from SATA hard disk drives.
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