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ASUS X99-E-10G WS
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Chapter 3
3.6.3 PCH Storage Configuration
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The
SATA Port items show [Not Installed] if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding
SATA port.
Scroll up or down to display other BIOS items.
Hyper kit Mode [Disabled]
Disable this option for M.2 devices. Enable this option for “ASUS Hyper kit” card.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [On]
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]
SATA Controller 1
SATA Controller 1 Mode Selection [AHCI]
This item allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[Disabled] Disable the SATA function.
[IDE] Use SATA hard disk as Parallel ATA 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.