Gigabyte GA-Z97X-Gaming GT - Page 60

BIOS Setup
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` Serial ATA Port 0/1/2/3/4/5
& Port 0/1/2/3/4/5
 EnablesordisableseachSATAport.(Default:Enabled)
& Hot plug
 EnablesordisablethehotplugcapabilityforeachSATAport.(Default:Disabled)
& External SATA
 EnablesordisablessupportforexternalSATAdevices.(Default:Disabled)
` SuperIOConguration
 ThissectionprovidesinformationonthesuperI/Ochipandallowsyoutoconguretheserialport.
& Serial Port A
 Enablesordisablestheonboardserialport.(Default:Enabled)
` Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology
& ISCT Support
Enables or disables Intel
®
SmartConnectTechnology.(Default:Disabled)
` MarvellSATAControllerConguration(Marvell
®
88SE9172 Chip, GSATA3 6/7 connectors)
& GSATA Controller
Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the Marvell
®
SATAcontrollersorcongures
the SATA controllers to AHCI mode.The area below displays the current status of each SATA port.
IDEMode  DisablesRAIDfortheSATAcontrollersandcongurestheSATAcontrollerstoIDE
mode.
RAID Mode Enables RAID for the SATA controllers.
AHCIMode CongurestheSATAcontrollerstoAHCImode.AdvancedHostControllerInterface
(AHCI)isaninterfacespecicationthatallowsthestoragedrivertoenableadvanced
SerialATAfeaturessuchasNativeCommandQueuingandhotplug.(Default)
Disabled Disables this function.