User Guide

ASUS MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME
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Chapter 3
SATA Controller(s) [Enabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the SATA Device.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Mode Selection [AHCI]
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.
The following item appears only when you set the SATA Mode Selection to [RAID].
M.2/U.2 PCIE Storage RAID Support [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable PCIE port to SATA for RAID Remapping.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Express1 PCIE Storage RAID Support [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable PCIE port to SATA for RAID Remapping.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Express2 does not support PCIE Storage RAID, only SATA Express1.
PCIEX4_4 PCIE Storage RAID Support [Disabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable PCIE port to SATA for RAID Remapping.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SMART Self Test [On]
SMART (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 [Disabled]
This item is designed for LPM (link power management) support with a better energy saving
conditions. When set to [Enabled], the hot plug function of SATA ports are disabled.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA6G_1(Gray) - SATA6G_6(Gray)
SATA6G_1(Gray) - SATA6G_6(Gray) [Enabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]