Reference Guide

View SATA Settings
To view the SATA Settings screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Turn on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE: If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4. On the System BIOS screen, click SATA Settings.
SATA Settings details
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The SATA Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Embedded SATA Enables the embedded SATA option to be set to Off , AHCI, or RAID modes. This option is set to AHCI
Mode by default.
Security Freeze
Lock
Sends Security Freeze Lock command to the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is
applicable only for AHCI mode. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Write Cache Enables or disables the command for the embedded SATA drives during POST. This option is set to
Disabled by default.
Port n Sets the drive type of the selected device.
For AHCI Mode or RAID Mode, BIOS support is always enabled.
Option Description
Model Specifies the drive model of the selected device.
NOTE: If no device is installed, it displays Unkown.
Drive Type Specifies the type of drive attached to the SATA port.
NOTE: If no device is installed, it displays Unkown Device.
Capacity Specifies the total capacity of the drive. This field is undefined for removable media
devices such as optical drives.
NOTE: If no device is installed, it displays N/A.
NVMe Settings
The NVMe settings enable you to set the NVMe drives to either RAID mode or Non-RAID mode.
NOTE:
To configure these drives as RAID drives, click System BIOS Settings > SATA Settings > Embedded SATA
Option and enable RAID mode. If not, you must set this field to Non-RAID mode.
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