User Manual

ASUS WS X299 SAGE

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Chapter 3

3.6.4 PCH Conguration

The items in this menu allow you to adjust the PCH PCIe speed.

PCI Express Conguration

This item allows you to congure the PCIe slots.

PCIe Speed

This item allows your system to automatically select the PCIe port speed.

Conguration options: [Auto] [Gen1 (2.5 GT/s)] [Gen2 (5 GT/s)] [Gen3 (8 GT/s)]

3.6.5 PCH Storage Conguration

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.

SATA Controller(s)

This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device.

Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

SATA Mode Selection

This item allows you to set the SATA conguration.

[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 SATA features that increases storage

performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to

internally optimize the order of commands.

[Intel RST Premium

(RAID)]

Set to [Intel RST Premium (RAID)] when you want to create

a RAID conguration from the SATA hard disk drives.

SMART Status Check

SMART (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.

Conguration options: [On] [Off]

SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_8

This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port.

Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Hot Plug

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]