Specifications
ASUS Z97M-PLUS
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Chapter 3
By default, the system detects the rst priority device. The device detection priority is as
follows: PCIe M.2 > SATA Mode M.2 > SATA devices.
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
This item allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[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 conguration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
The following item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection to [RAID].
Pcie Nand Configuration [Auto]
This item allows you to enable or disable PCIe NAND. Conguration options: [Auto]
[Disabled] [Enabled]
Aggressive LPM Support [Disabled]
This item is designed for LPM (link power management) support with a better energy saving
conditions. When disabled, the hot plug function of SATA ports are disabled. Conguration
options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
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. Conguration options: [On] [Off]
Hot Plug [Disabled] (SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_6)
These items allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Conguration options:
[Disabled] [Enabled]