BIOS SETUP
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SATA Configuration
Version 2.14.1219. Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends, Inc.
Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends, Inc.
SATA Configuration
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
→ ←: Select Screen
↑ ↓: Select Item
Enter: Select
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values
F3: Optimized Defaults
F4: Save & Exit
ESC: Exit
SATA Ports Device Names if Pres-
ent and Enabled.
Advanced
► 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.
[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.
► SATA Port1/SATA Port2/SATA Port3/SATA Port4
Press <Enter> to go to its submenu. This item is used to show the SATA Device information.