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ROG STRIX X299-E Gaming BIOS Manual
The following items appear only when SATA Controller(s) is set to [Enabled].
SATA Mode Selection
This item allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] 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.
[Intel RST Premium
(RAID)]
Set to [Intel RST Premium (RAID)] when you want to create a
RAID conguration from the SATA hard disk drives.
Aggressive LPM support
This item is designed for LPM (link power management) support with a better energy saving
conditions. When disabled, the hot plug function of SATA ports are disabled.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. Self Test
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitoring system
that shows a warning message during POST (Power-on Self Test) when an error occurs in
the hard disks.
Conguration options: [On] [Off]
Aggressive LPM Support
When this item is set to [Enabled], it will allow PCH to aggressively enter link power state.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_8
SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_8
This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA6G_1 - SATA6G_8 Hot Plug
These items appears only when the SATA Mode Selection is set to [AHCI] and allows
you to enable or disable SATA Hot Plug Support.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]