Foxconn H61MXE User manual - Page 36

3 SATA Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - C opyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced SATA Configuration SATA Controller(s) SATA Mode Selection [Enabled] [AHCI] Enables or Disables SATA Device. SATA Port1 Empty SATA Port2 Empty SATA Port3 Empty SATA Port4 Empty → ← : Select Screen ↑ ↓ : Select Item Enter: Select +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F3: Optimized Defaults F4: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. ► SATA Controller This item is used to enable or disable the onboard SATA controller. ► SATA Mode Selection This item is used to set the operating mode of your SATA ports. Setting options:[Native IDE]; [AHCI]. [Native IDE] - This configures the SATA ports to support native IDE mode. [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. 29