Asus P8H61 R2 USB3 Specifications download pdf (Page 54)

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2.5.3 SATA Conguration

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 [IDE Mode]

Allows you to set the SATA conguration.

[IDE Mode] Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives

as Parallel ATA physical storage devices.

[AHCI Mode] Set to [AHCI Mode] 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.

[Disabled] Disables the SATA function.

Intel(R) Smart Connect Technology

ISCT Conguration [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the ISCT conguration. Conguration options: [Enabled]

[Disabled]

2.5.4 System Agent Conguration

Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]

[Enabled] Allow you to enable remapping the memory above 4GB.

[Disabled] Disables this function.

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. Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]

• Due to H61 Chipset limitation, AHCI Mode only works on Windows

Vista / Windows

Please use IDE Mode on Windows

XP.

• [IDE] is the default SATA Mode Selection. Under Windows

XP, there is no need to

change the SATA Mode.

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. Conguration options:

[Enabled] [Disabled]

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