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3-16 Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
SB SATA Conguration
Allows you to set SATA options.
OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable serial ATA. Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
SATA Port1 - Port4 [AHCI]
[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.
SATA Port5 - Port6 [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA port 1~4 mode. This item can only be congured as [IDE]
when SATA Port1 - Port4 is set to [IDE]. Conguration options: [AHCI] [IDE]
Memory Hole Remapping [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable memory remapping around memory hole. Conguration
options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
DCT Unganged Mode [Enabled]
Allows you to select unganged mode or ganged mode. Conguration options:
[Disabled] [Enabled]
Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI]
Allows you to select the primary boot graphic controller. Conguration options: [PEG/PCI]
[PCI/PEG]
Main
Ai Tweaker
Advanced Monitor Boot Tool
Exit
Options for SATA Conguration.
Back Advanced\
SATA Conguration >
UEFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode
SATA Conguration
SATA Port1 Not Present
SATA Port2 Not Present
SATA Port3 Not Present
SATA Port4 Not Present
SATA Port5 Not Present
SATA Port6 Not Present
> SB SATA Conguration
3.5.3 SATA Conguration
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The SATA
Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port.