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SATA Mode [AHCI Mode], S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled], Aggressive Line Power Management [Enabled]

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SATA Mode [AHCI Mode] Allows you to set the SATA configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode] • If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, set this item to [IDE Mode]. • If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), keep the default setting[AHCI Mode]. 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. • If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID Mode]. S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [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. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Aggressive Line Power Management [Enabled] Enables or disables support for Aggressive Line Power Management. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Staggered spin-up is a feature defined in teh Serial ATA Specifications. It enables an HBA to individually spin-up attached SATA devices to avoid maximum current charged by applying all attached SATA devices at the same time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 5-20 Chapter 5: BIOS setup

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Chapter 5: BIOS setup
SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode]
•
If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage
devices, set this item to [IDE Mode].
•
If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller
Interface (AHCI), keep the default setting[AHCI Mode]. 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.
•
If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel
®
Rapid Storage
Technology Enterprise from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID
Mode].
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [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.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Aggressive Line Power Management [Enabled]
Enables or disables support for Aggressive Line Power Management.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
Staggered spin-up is a feature defined in teh Serial ATA Specifications. It enables
an HBA to individually spin-up attached SATA devices to avoid maximum
current charged by applying all attached SATA devices at the same time.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]