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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

Chapter 3

PSS Support

This item allows you enable or disable the generation of ACPI_PPC, _PSS, and _PCT

objects. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

NX Mode

This item allows you enable or disable no-execute page protection function.

Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

SVM Mode

This item allows you enable or disable CPU Virtualization.

Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Core Leveling Mode

This item allows you to change the number of compute unit in the system.

Conguration options: [Automatic mode] [One Computer Unit]

3.6.3 Bixby IDE Configuration

The items in this menu allow you to congure Bixby IDE devices.

3.6.4 SATA Configuration

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The

SATA Port items show Empty if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding SATA port.

SATA 0/1 Enable

This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device. Conguration options: [Disabled]

[Enabled]

SATA Mode

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.

[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID conguration from

the SATA hard disk drives.

SMART 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]

SATA6G_1(Gray) - SATA6G_8(Gray)

This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port. Conguration

options: [Disabled] [Enabled]