User Manual
ASUS P5Q Turbo 3-11
Chapter 3
3.4.3 AHCI Conguration
This menu is the section for AHCI conguration. It appears only when you set the item
Congure SATA as from the sub-menu of SATA Conguration to [AHCI].
AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [35]
Selects the boot time out value for SATA CD/DVD devices in AHCI mode from the following
options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35]
SATA Port1-6 [XXXX]
Displays the status of auto-detection of SATA devices.
SATA Port1-6 [Auto]
[Auto] Allows automatic selection of the device type connected to the
system.
[Not Installed] Selects this option if no SATA devices are installed.
SMART Monitoring [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system.
When read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to
report warning messages during the POST.
[Enabled] Enables the SMART monitoring feature.
[Disabled] Disables the SMART monitoring feature.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
AHCI Settings
AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [35]
SATA Port1 [Not Detected]
SATA Port2 [Not Detected]
SATA Port3 [Not Detected]
SATA Port4 [Not Detected]
SATA Port5 [Not Detected]
SATA Port6 [Not Detected]
Some SATA CD/DVD in
AHCI mode need to
wait ready longer.
3.4.4 System Information
This menu gives you an overview of the general system specications. The BIOS automatically
detects the BIOS information, CPU specication, and system memory in this menu.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
BIOS Information
Version : 0206
Build Date: 02/13/09
Processor
Type : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU @ 3.00GHz
Speed : 3000MHz
System Memory
Usable Size : 512MB