Chapter 4: UEFI BIOS
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Congure SATA as
Select IDE to congure a SATA drive specied by the user as an IDE drive. Select AHCI to
congure a SATA drive specied by the user as an AHCI drive. Select RAID to congure a
SATA drive specied by the user as a RAID drive. The options are AHCI and RAID.
SATA HDD Unlock
This feature allows the user to remove any password-protected SATA disk drives. The options
are Disable and Enable.
Aggressive Link Power Management
When this feature 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 feature above "Congure SATA as" is set to RAID, the following features will
become available for user's conguration:
SATA RAID Option ROM/UEFI Driver
Use this feature to select the Raid Option ROM type. The options are Disable, EFI, and
Legacy.
SATA Port 0 ~ Port 7
This feature 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 feature 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 7 Spin Up Device
On an edge detect from 0 to 1, set this feature to allow the PCH to initialize the device. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
Port 0 ~ Port 7 SATA Device Type
Use this feature to specify if the SATA port specied by the user should be connected to a
Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are Hard Disk Drive and Solid State Drive.