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3.5.4 SATA Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The SATA Port items show Not Present if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port. EFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode Exit Chapter 3 Main Back Ai Tweaker Advanced Advanced\ SATA Configuration > Monitor SATA Configuration SATA Mode AHCI Mode S.M.A.R.T. Status Check Enabled SATA 6G 1 (Gray) Not Present SATA 6G 2 (Gray) Not Present SATA 3G 3 (Blue) ASUS CB-521 ATAPI SATA 3G 4 (Blue) Not Present SATA 3G 5 (Blue) Not Present SATA 3G 6 (Blue) Not Present Boot Tool (1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3) RAID Mode. SATA Mode [AHCI Mode] Allows you to set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] Disables the SATA function. [IDE Mode] Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [AHCI Mode] Set to [AHCI Mode] 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 Mode] Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced] This item appear only when you set the previous item to [IDE Mode] [Disabled] Disables the SATA function. [Enhanced] Set to [Enhanced] to support 2 SATA 6.0 Gb/s and 2 SATA 3.0 Gb/s devices. [Compatible] Set to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Up to four SATA devices are supported under these operating systems. Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] [Disabled] Disables the SATA function. [Enhanced] Set to [Enhanced] to support 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices. 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: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS P8P67 EVO 3-17

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ASUS P8P67 EVO
3-17
Chapter 3
3.5.4
SATA Configuration
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The SATA
Port items show
Not Present
if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port.
SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled]
Disables the SATA function.
[IDE Mode]
Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI Mode]
Set to [AHCI Mode] 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 Mode]
Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the
SATA hard disk drives.
Serial-ATA Controller 0 [Enhanced]
This item appear only when you set the previous item to [IDE Mode]
[Disabled]
Disables the SATA function.
[Enhanced]
Set to [Enhanced] to support 2 SATA 6.0 Gb/s and 2 SATA 3.0 Gb/s
devices.
[Compatible]
Set to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. Up to four
SATA devices are supported under these operating systems.
Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced]
[Disabled]
Disables the SATA function.
[Enhanced]
Set to [Enhanced] to support 2 SATA 3Gb/s devices.
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: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Main
Ai
Tweaker
Advanced
Monitor
Boot
Tool
Exit
(1) IDE Mode. (2) AHCI Mode. (3)
RAID Mode.
Back
Advanced\
SATA Configuration
>
EFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode
SATA Configuration
SATA Mode
AHCI Mode
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check
Enabled
SATA 6G 1 (Gray)
Not Present
SATA 6G 2 (Gray)
Not Present
SATA 3G 3 (Blue)
ASUS
CB-521 ATAPI
SATA 3G 4 (Blue)
Not Present
SATA 3G 5 (Blue)
Not Present
SATA 3G 6 (Blue)
Not Present