Sata Configuration; Sata Mode Selection [Ide Mode] - Asus P8H61-M LX PLUS R2.0 Manual

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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.

SATA Mode Selection [IDE Mode]

Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[Disabled] Disables the SATA function.
[IDE Mode] Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as
Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI Mode] 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.
• Due to H61 Chipset limitation, AHCI Mode only works on Windows
Please use IDE Mode on Windows
• [IDE] is the default SATA type. Under Windows
SATA type.
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]
Chapter 2: BIOS information
XP.
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XP, there is no need to change the
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Vista / Windows 7.
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