Asus ROG STRIX Z370-E GAMING [76/104] Pch fw configuration

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Chapter 3: BIOS Setup

Chapter 3

SATA6G_1(Charcoal Black) - SATA6G_6(Charcoal Black)

This item allows you to enable or disable the selected SATA port.

Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Hot Plug

These items appears only when the SATA Mode Selection is set to [AHCI] and allows

you to enable or disable SATA Hot Plug Support.

Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

3.6.7 Onboard Devices Conguration

The items in this menu allow you to switch between PCIe Lanes and congure onboard

devices.

Hyper M.2X16 [Enabled][Disabled]

[Disabled] Only one SSD installed onto the Hyper M.2 X16 card can be detected.

[Enabled] Two or three SSDs installed onto the Hyper M.2 X16 card can be detected.

The number of SSDs that can be detected varies with the congurations of the PCIe X16

slots.

HD Audio Controller

This item allows you to use the Azalia High Denition Audio Controller.

Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

M.2_1 Conguration: [Auto][SATA mode][PCIE mode]

[Auto] Auto-detects the M.2 device mode. If a SATA device is detected,

SATA6G_1 will be disabled.

[SATA mode] Only supports M.2 SATA devices. Please note that SATA6G_1 port cannot

be used in this mode.

[PCIE mode] Only supports M.2 PCIE devices.

M.2_2 PCIe Bandwidth Conguration: [X2][X4]

[X2] Run at X2 mode with SATA6G_56 enabled.

[X4] Run at X4 mode for higher performance with SATA6G_56 disabled.

RGB LED lighting

This item allows you to turn the RGB LED lighting on or off.

Conguration options: [Off] [On]

3.6.6 PCH-FW Conguration

This item allows you to congure the rmware TPM.