[. . . ] Z9NA-D6 Series
Motherboard
E7280 First Edition V1 March 2012
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SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. [. . . ] Advanced Not Not Not Not Not Not Present Present Present Present Present Present (1)IDE Mode. (3)RAID Mode.
Port1 Port2 Port3 Port4 Port5 Port6
SATA Mode S. M. A. R. T. Status Check
[AHCI Mode] [Enabled]
Aggressive Link Power Management [Enabled] Port1 Port2 Port3 Port4 Port5 Port6 Staggered Staggered Staggered Staggered Staggered Staggered Spin-up Spin-up Spin-up Spin-up Spin-up Spin-up [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled]
→←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit
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SATA Mode [AHCI Mode]
Allows you to set the SATA configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode]
• • If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, set this item to [IDE Mode]. If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), keep the default setting [AHCI Mode]. 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. If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID Mode].
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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. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Aggressive Link Power Management [Enabled]
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] AHCI supports staggered spin-up. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
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Port 1/2/3/4/5/6 Staggered Spin-up [Disabled]
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
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PCH SCU Configuration
Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced
This item automatically detects and displays Device 1-4.
In case of multiple Option ROMs (Legacy and EFI Compatible), specifies what PCI option ROM to lanuch.
Device1 Device2 Device3 Device4
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Present Present Present Present
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PCI Subsystem Settings
Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced V 2. 05. 00 In case of multiple Option ROMs (Legacy and EFI Compatible), specifies what PCI option ROM to lanuch.
PCI Bus Driver Version
PCI Option ROM Handling PCI ROM Priority [EFI Compatible ROM] PCI Common Settings PCI Latency Timer VGA Palette Snoop PERR# Generation SERR# Generation Load RT32 Image
[32 PCI Bus Clocks] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit
PCI Express Settings PCIE Slot Option Rom Configuration
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PCI ROM Priority [EFI Compatible ROM]
In case of multiple option roms (Legacy and EFI Compatible), specifies what PCI option rom to lanuch. Configuration options: [Legacy ROM] [EFI Compatible ROM]
PCI Latency Timer [32 PCI Bus Clocks]
The value is programmed into PCI latency timer register. Configuration options: [32 PCI Bus Clocks] [64 PCI Bus Clocks] [96 PCI Bus Clocks] [128 PCI Bus Clocks] [160 PCI Bus Clocks] [192 PCI Bus Clocks] [224 PCI Bus Clocks] [248 PCI Bus Clocks]
VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
Enables or disables VGA pallette registers snooping. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
PERR# Generation [Disabled]
Enables or disables PCI device to generate PERR#. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
SERR# Generation [Disabled]
Enables or disables PCI device to generate SERR#. [. . . ] You need to manually install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3. 0 utility on a Windows® operating system. To install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3. 0 utility: 1. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP. EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP. EXE to run the support DVD.
Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges.
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Click the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3. 0 to begin installation.
4.
When the Welcome to the Setup Program appears, click Next to start the installation.
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5.
Read the Warning message and click Next to continue.
6.
Read the License Agreement and click Yes to continue.
7.
Read the Readme File Information and click Next to continue.
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After completing the installation, click Next to complete the setup process.
9.
Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to restart your computer before using the program.
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Chapter 6: Driver installation
6. 7 Intel® WG82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver installation
This section provides the instructions on how to install Intel® 82574L Gigabit Adapters Driver. [. . . ]