Asus M3N-HT DELUXE User Manual - Page 100

MCP Storage Config This sub-menu allows you to change Serial ATA settings. Select an item then press to edit. Advanced Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility MCP Storage Config Select Menu SATA Operation Mode [IDE] Item Specific Help SATA Operation Mode [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] 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 a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, or RAID 10 configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID]. If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. SATA 5-6 connectors support AHCI mode and RAID mode only. Make sure to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the bundled support DVD before connecting devices to SATA 5-6 connectors. Otherwise, the devices will not work. Onboard 1394 [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the onboard 1394 device support. Configuration options: �[D��is��a�b�l�e�d�]��[E�n��a�b�l�e�d�] HD Audio [Enabled] Allows you to disable or set the High-Definition audio function. Configuration options: �[�E�n�a�b�l�e�d�]��[D��is�a��b�le��d�] Front Panel Support Type [HD Audio] Allows you to set the front panel audio connector (AAFP) mode to legacy AC`97 or high-definition audio depending on the audio standard that the front panel audio module supports. Configuration options: [AC97] [HD Audio] 4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup