Foxconn A75M User manual - Page 38

3 SATA Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - C opyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced SATA Configuration Onboard SATA Controller Onboard SATA Controller Enabled] Onboard SATA Mode Native IDE] ▶ SATA Port1: Not Present ▶ SATA Port2: Not Present ▶ SATA Port3: Not Present ▶ SATA Port4: Not Present ▶ SATA Port5: Not Present ▶ SATA Port6: Not Present → ← : Select Screen ↑ ↓ : Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F3: Optimized Defaults F4: Save & Reset ESC: Exit Version 2.02.1205. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. ►Onboard SATA Controller This item is used to enable or disable the onboard SATA controller. ►Onboard SATA Mode This item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports. Options : [Native IDE]; [RAID]; [AHCI]. [Native IDE] - This configures the SATA ports to support native IDE mode. [RAID] - When you enable RAID, it means all your SATA drives must also support AHCI. [AHCI] - The Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) specification describes the register level interface for a Host Controller for Serial ATA. The specification includes a description of the hardware/software interface between system software and the host controller hardware. AHCI provides more advanced features including SATA features, but some SATA drives may not support AHCI, unless they are labeled with AHCI support in its specification. If your motherboard supporting AHCI, and you have a SATA device, which also supports AHCI, then you can select IDE option to have fair performance (only PATA, SATA level), or you can select AHCI to get its best performance. 31