Chapter 4: BIOS
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SATA Port 0~ Port 7
This item displays the information detected on the installed SATA drive on the particular
SATA port.
Port 0~ Port 7
The status of a SATA port will be displayed as detected by the BIOS.
Port 0 ~ Port 7 Software Preserve
The status of software preserve of a SATA port will display as it is detected by the BIOS.
Port 0 ~ Port 7 Hot Plug
This feature designates the port specied for hot plugging. Set this item to Enabled for hot-
plugging support, which will allow the user to replace a SATA disk drive without shutting
down the system. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Port 0 ~ Port 7 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 Enabled and Disabled.
Port 0 ~ Port 7 SATA Device Type
Use this item 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.
PCIe/PCI/PnP Conguration
The following information will display:
PCI Bus Driver Version
PCI Devices Common Settings:
PCI Latency Timer
Use this feature to set the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus. Select
32 to set the PCI latency to 32 PCI clock cycles. The options are 32 PCI Bus Clocks, 64
PCI Bus Clocks, 96 PCI Bus Clocks, 128 PCI Bus Clocks, 160 PCI Bus Clocks, 192 PCI Bus
Clocks, 224 PCI Bus Clocks, and 248 PCI Bus Clocks.
PCI PERR/SERR Support
Select Enabled to support PERR (PCI/PCI-E Parity Error)/SERR (System Error) runtime error
reporting for a PCI/PCI-E slot. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Above 4G Decoding (Available if the system supports 64-bit PCI decoding)
Select Enabled to decode a PCI device that supports 64-bit in the space above 4G Address.
The options are Enabled and Disabled.