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2-22Chapter 2: BIOS information
SATA Port Enable [Enabled]
Enables or disables the SATA ports. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SATA Mode [AHCI]
Allows you to set the SATA conguration.
[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID conguration from the SATA
hard disk drives.
[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.
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]
Hot Plug [Disabled] (SATA6G_1 (Gray) ~ SATA6G_6(Gray))
These items allow you to enable/disable SATA Hot Plug Support. Conguration options:
[Disabled] [Enabled]
2.6.4 Onboard Devices Conguration
HD Audio Controller [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the HD Audio Device.
[Disabled] Disables the HD Audio Device.
The following two items appear only when you set the HD Audio Controller item to
[Enabled].
Front Panel Type [HD Audio]
Allows you to set the front panel audio connector (AAFP) mode to legacy AC’97 or
high‑denition audio depending on the audio standard that the front panel audio
module supports.
[HD] Sets the front panel audio connector (AAFP) mode to high denition
audio.
[AC97] Sets the front panel audio connector (AAFP) mode to legacy AC’97.
SPDIF Out Type [SPDIF]
[SPDIF] Sets to an SPDIF audio output.
[HDMI] Sets to an HDMI audio output.
LED Lighting [Breathing Mode]
Allows you to set the behavior of the audio LED. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Still Mode]
[Breathing Mode]
Fan RGB [Enabled]
Enables or disables the fan RGB. Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]