Peripherals - Gigabyte G1.Sniper A88X User Manual

& Administrator Password
Allows you to configure an administrator password. Press <Enter> on this item, type the password, and
then press <Enter>. You will be requested to confirm the password. Type the password again and press
<Enter>. You must enter the administrator password (or user password) at system startup and when entering
BIOS Setup. Differing from the user password, the administrator password allows you to make changes to
all BIOS settings.
& User Password
Allows you to configure a user password. Press <Enter> on this item, type the password, and then press
<Enter>. You will be requested to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>.
You must enter the administrator password (or user password) at system startup and when entering BIOS
Setup. However, the user password only allows you to make changes to certain BIOS settings but not all.
To cancel the password, press <Enter> on the password item and when requested for the password, enter the
correct one first. When prompted for a new password, press <Enter> without entering any password. Press
<Enter> again when prompted to confirm.
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& IOMMU
Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Enabled)
& OnChip SATA Channel
Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled)
& OnChip SATA Type
Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the AMD Chipset or configures the SATA
controllers to AHCI mode.
Native IDE Configures the SATA controller to IDE mode.
Enables RAID for the SATA controller.
RAID
Configures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface
AHCI
(AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced
Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. (Default)
& OnChip SATA Port4-7 Type (SATA3 4~SATA3 7 connectors)
This option is configurable only when OnChip SATA Type is set to RAID or AHCI. Configures the operating
mode of the integrated SATA3 4~SATA3 7 connectors.
As SATA Type The mode depends on the OnChip SATA Type settings. (Default)
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