Chapter 6: BIOS
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PCH SATA Conguration
SATA Controller
This item enables or disables the onboard SATA controller supported by the Intel® PCH chip.
The options are Disable and Enable.
Congure SATA as
AHCI and
RAID.
SATA HDD Unlock
Select Enable to unlock the HDD password. The options are Disable and Enable.
Aggressive Link Power Management
When this item is set to Enable, the SATA AHCI controller manages the power usage of the
SATA link. The controller will put the link to a low power state when the I/O is inactive for an
extended period of time, and the power state will return to normal when the I/O becomes
active. The options are Disable and Enable.
*If the item above "Congure SATA as" is set to AHCI, the following items will be
displayed:
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
Hot Plug (SATA Port 0~ Port 7)
Disable and
Enable.
Spin Up Device (SATA Port 0~ Port 7)
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this item to allow the PCH to initialize the device. The
options are Disable and Enable.
SATA Device Type (SATA Port 0~ Port 7)
State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are Hard Disk Drive and Solid State Drive.
*If the item above "Congure SATA as" is set to RAID, the following items will be
displayed:
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