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SATA Configuration

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3.6.4 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. SB SATA Configuration Allows you to set SATA options. OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable serial ATA. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] The following items appear only when you set OnChip SATA Channel to [Enabled]. SATA Port1 - Port4 [AHCI] [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. Chapter 3 3-18 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
Chapter 3
3.6.4
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.
SB SATA Configuration
Allows you to set SATA options.
OnChip SATA Channel [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable serial ATA.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
The following items appear only when you set
OnChip SATA Channel
to
[Enabled]
.
SATA Port1 - Port4 [AHCI]
[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.