User Guide

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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

Chapter 3

S.M.A.R.T. 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(Gray) - SATA6G_6(Gray)

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]

3.6.7 Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to congure Thunderbolt settings.

Intel Thunderbolt (TM) Technology

This item allows you to disable or enable the Intel Thunderbolt Technology.

Conguration options: [Fully Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled]

ThunderBolt (TM) PCIe Support

This item allows you to disable or enable the ThunderBolt PCIe Support.

Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

3.6.6 PCH-FW Configuration

This item allows you to congure the rmware TPM.