ASUS P8Z77-I DELUXE Manuel D’Utilisation

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Chapter 3: BIOS setup

Chapter 3

3.5.3

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.

Main

Ai Tweaker

Advanced

Monitor

Boot

Tool

Exit

Determines how SATA controller(s)

operate.

Back

Advanced\

SATA Configuration >

UEFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode

→←

: Select Screen

↑↓

: Select Item

Enter: Select

+/-: Change Opt.

F1: General Help

F2: Previous Values

F3: Shortcut

F5: Optimized Defaults

F10: Save ESC: Exit

F12: Print Screen

Scroll down to display the following items:

SATA Configuration

SATA Mode Selection

AHCI

S.M.A.R.T. Status Check

Enabled

SATA 6G_1 (Gray)

Empty

Hot Plug

Disabled

SATA 6G_2 (Gray)

Empty

Hot Plug

Disabled

SATA 3G_1 (Blue)

Empty

Hot Plug

Disabled

SATA 3G_2 (Blue)

Empty

Hot Plug

Disabled

ESATA _1 (Red)

Empty

Hot Plug

Enabled

ESATA _2 (Red)

Empty

Hot Plug

Enabled

SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]

Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[IDE]

Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as

Parallel ATA physical storage devices.

[AHCI]

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]

Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the

SATA hard disk drives.

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]

Hot Plug [Disabled]

These items appear only when you set the SATA Mode Selection item to [AHCI] or [RAID],

and allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Configuration options: [Disabled]

[Enabled]