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Chapter 6: BIOS
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Aggressive Link Power Management
When this item is set to Enabled, the SATA AHCI controller manages the power usage of
the SATA link. The controller will put the link in a low power mode during extended periods
of I/O inactivity, and will return the link to an active state when I/O activity resumes. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
*If the item above "Congure SATA as" is set to RAID, the following items will
display:
SATA Port 0 ~ Port 7
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drive on the particular
SATA port.
• Model number of drive and capacity
• Software Preserve Support
Port 0 ~ Port 7 Hot Plug
Set this item to Enabled for hot-plugging support, which will allow the user to replace a
SATA drive without shutting down the system. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Port 0 ~ Port 6 Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this item to allow the PCH to initialize the device. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
Port 0 ~ Port 6 SATA Device Type
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a Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are Hard Disk Drive and Solid
State Drive.
PCH sSATA Conguration
When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence of the
SATA devices that are supported by the Intel PCH chip and displays the following items:
sSATA Controller
This item enables or disables the onboard sSATA controller supported by the Intel PCH
chip. The options are Disable and Enable.
Congure sSATA as
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are AHCI, and RAID.