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SATA Conguration
Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends, Inc.
Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends, Inc.
SATA Configuration
Onboard SATA Controller [Enabled]
Onboard SATA Mode [Native IDE]
▶ SATA Port1:Not Present
▶ SATA Port2:Not Present
▶ SATA Port3:Not Present
▶ SATA Port4:Not Present
→ ←: Select Screen
↑ ↓: Select Item
Enter: Select
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values
F3: Optimized Defaults
F4: Save & Exit
ESC: Exit
SATA Ports Device Names if
Present and Enabled.
Advanced
► Onboard SATA Controller
This item is used to enable or disable the onboard SATA controller.
► Onboard SATA Mode
This item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports. Setting options:[Native IDE];
[AHCI].
[NativeIDE]-ThiscongurestheSATAportstosupportnativeIDEmode.
[AHCI]-TheAdvancedHostControllerInterface(AHCI)specicationdescribestheregister
levelinterfaceforaHostControllerforSerialATA.Thespecicationincludesadescriptionof
the hardware/software interface between system software and the host controller hardware.
AHCI provides more advanced features including SATA features, but some SATA drives may
notsupportAHCI,unlesstheyarelabeledwithAHCIsupportinitsspecication.
If your motherboard supporting AHCI, and you have a SATA device, which also supports AHCI,
then you can select IDE option to have fair performance (only PATA, SATA level), or you can
select AHCI to get its best performance.