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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
SATAExpress_1 SRIS Support [Auto]
[Auto] The system automatically adjusts the SRIS support for connected
SATAEXPRESS devices.
[Disabled] Select this option for ASUS RUNWAY SATA Express bridge card.
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [On]
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system that
shows a warning message during POST (Power-on Self Test) when an error occurs in the
hard disks. Press <Enter> to set this item On or Off.
Conguration options: [On] [Off]
SATA Mode 1/2 Selection [AHCI]
This item allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[Disabled] Disables the SATA function.
[IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the AHCI
(Advanced Host Controller Interface). The AHCI allows the onboard storage
driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage
performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally
optimize the order of commands.
[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID conguration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
The following item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection to [RAID].
Alternate ID [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable Report alternate ID.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Support Aggressive Link Power Management [Disabled]
This item is designed for LPM (link power management) support with a better energy saving
conditions. When set to [Enabled], the hot plug function of SATA ports are disabled.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_6 (Red) / SATA6G_7 - SATA6G_10 (Red)
Press <Enter> to rename the Intel SATA ports.
SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_6 (Red) / SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_6 (Red) [Enabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
These items appears only when the SATA Mode Selection is set to [AHCI] and allows
you to enable or disable SATA Hot Plug Support.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]