Specifications

ASUS H61M-CS
2-17
2.5.3 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.
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration.
[IDE] Setto[IDE]whenyouwanttousetheSerialATAharddiskdrivesasParallelATA
physical storage devices.
[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.
DuetoH61Chipsetlimitation,AHCIModeonlyworksonWindows
®
Vista/Windows
®
7. Please use
IDEModeonWindows
®
XP.
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.Thisitemappearsonlywhenyousetthepreviousitemto[IDE]or[AHCI].
Congurationoptions:[Enabled][Disabled]
Hot Plug [Disabled]
ThisitemonlyappearswhenyousettheSATAModeSelectionitemto[AHCI]andallowsyou
to enable or disable the hot-plug support for each SATA port. Configuration options: [Enabled]
[Disabled]
2.5.4 System Agent Configuration
Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]
[Enabled] Allow you to enable remapping the memory above 4GB.
[Disabled] Disablesthisfunction.
Graphics Configuration
Primary Display [Auto]
Allows you to decide which graphics controller to use as the primary boot device.
Configuration options: [Auto] [iGPU] [PCIE]
iGPU Memory [Auto]
AllowsyoutoselecttheamountofsystemmemoryallocatedtoDVMT5.0usedbytheiGPU.
Congurationoptions:[Auto][32M]~[1024M]