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USB Control
This setting enables/disables the onboard USB host controller.
USB BIOS Legacy Support
Set to [Enabled] if your need to use any USB 1.1/2.0 device in the operating system that does not support
or have any USB 1.1/2.0 driver installed, such as DOS and SCO Unix.
MAC LAN, MAC 1 LAN
These settings allow you to enable/disable the specified device controllers.
SATA0 Controller, SATA1 Controller, SATA2 Controller
These settings allow you to enable/disable the on-chip Serial-ATA controllers.
Interrupt Mode
This BIOS feature is used to enable or disable the motherboard's APIC (Advanced Programmable Interrupt
Controller). The APIC provides multiprocessor support, more IRQs and faster interrupt handling.
However, it is only supported by newer operating systems like Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000 and
Windows XP. Older operating systems like DOS or Windows 95/98 do not support this feature. It is
recommended that you select APIC if you are using a newer operating system like Windows XP. Select PIC
only if you are using an older operating system like DOS or Windows 95/98.
NV RAID Configuration
NV RAID Configuration
This setting enables/disables the nVIDIA software RAID configuration. note that the SATA controller must
be enabled for RAID feature to function.
Master SATA0/1/2 Primary, Master SATA0/1/2 Secondary
These settings show up only when the NV RAID Configuration is set to [Enabled]. Note that enabling Master
SATA Secondary requires enabling Secondary SATA Channel.
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