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PCH Storage Configuration, 3.6.6 Onboard Devices Configuration, SMART Self Test

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3.6.5 PCH Storage 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 Controller(s) This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] SATA Mode Selection This item allows you to set the SATA configuration. [AHCI] [Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration(RAID)] 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. Set to [Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System Acceleration(RAID)] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. SMART Self Test SMART (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(Charcoal Black) - SATA6G_4(Charcoal Black) SATA6G_1(Charcoal Black) - SATA6G_4(Charcoal Black) This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hot Plug These items appear only when the SATA Mode Selection is set to [AHCI] and allows you to enable or disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 3.6.6 Onboard Devices Configuration The items in this menu allow you to switch between PCIe Lanes and configure onboard devices. Hyper M.2X16 [Enabled][Disabled] [Disabled] Only one SSD installed onto the Hyper M.2 X16 card can be detected. [Enabled] Two or three SSDs installed onto the Hyper M.2 X16 card can be detected. Intel® SSDs on CPU support can be enabled only when installing the SSDs on the first, third, or forth slot on the Hyper M.2X16 card. Chapter 3 3-18 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
Chapter 3
SATA6G_1(Charcoal Black) - SATA6G_4(Charcoal Black)
SATA6G_1(Charcoal Black) - SATA6G_4(Charcoal Black)
This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Hot Plug
These items appear only when the SATA Mode Selection is set to [
AHCI
] and allows
you to enable or disable SATA Hot Plug Support.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
3.6.6
Onboard Devices Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to switch between PCIe Lanes and configure onboard
devices.
SMART Self Test
SMART (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]
3.6.5
PCH Storage 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 Controller(s)
This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
SATA Mode Selection
This item allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[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.
[Intel RST Premium With
Intel Optane System
Acceleration(RAID)]
Set to [Intel RST Premium With Intel Optane System
Acceleration(RAID)] when you want to create a RAID
configuration from the SATA hard disk drives.
Hyper M.2X16 [Enabled][Disabled]
[Disabled]
Only one SSD installed onto the Hyper M.2 X16 card can be detected.
[Enabled]
Two or three SSDs installed onto the Hyper M.2 X16 card can be detected.
Intel
®
SSDs on CPU support can be enabled only when installing the SSDs on the first,
third, or forth slot on the Hyper M.2X16 card.