Asus GRYPHON Z97 ARMOR EDITION User Guide - Page 106

S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [On], SATA6G_1 Brown ~ SATA6G_6 Brown [Enabled]

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SATA Mode Selection [AHCI] This item allows you to set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] Disables the SATA function. [IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical 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 configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. Aggressive LPM Support [Disabled] This item is designed for LPM (link power management) support with a better energy saving conditions. When disabled, the hot plug function of SATA ports are disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [On] S.M.A.R.T. (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. Configuration options: [On] [Off] SATA6G_1 (Brown) ~ SATA6G_6 (Brown) [Enabled] These items allow you to enable/disable SATA port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hot Plug [Disabled] These items allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection to [RAID]. Alternate ID [Disabled] This item allows you to report the alternate Device ID. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Chapter 3 3-34 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled]
Disables the SATA function.
[IDE]
Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical 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 configuration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
Aggressive LPM Support [Disabled]
This item is designed for LPM (link power management) support with a better energy saving
conditions. When disabled, the hot plug function of SATA ports are disabled.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [On]
S.M.A.R.T. (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.
Configuration options: [On] [Off]
SATA6G_1 (Brown) ~ SATA6G_6 (Brown) [Enabled]
These items allow you to enable/disable SATA port.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
These items allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
The following item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection to
[RAID]
.
Alternate ID [Disabled]
This item allows you to report the alternate Device ID.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]