Sata Mode Selection (Advanced Menu); Legacy Usb Support (Advanced Menu); Boot-Time Diagnostic Screen: (Advanced Menu); Legacy Os Boot (Advanced Menu) - EUROCOM Notebook User Manual

BIOS Utilities

SATA Mode Selection (Advanced Menu)

This menu is only available if you select the Vista O/S as your operating system.
You can configure SATA (Serial ATA) control to operate in either IDE (native/
compatible) or AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) modes from this menu.
The SATA mode should be set to AHCI mode for this system (unless you are sure
your hard disk can only operate in IDE mode). If you are unsure of the mode your
hard disk supports contact your service center. Note that the SATA mode should be
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set to AHCI to support eSATA port hot-swapping.

Legacy USB Support (Advanced Menu)

Use this menu item to enable/disable the support for Legacy Universal Serial Bus.

Boot-time Diagnostic Screen: (Advanced Menu)

Use this menu item to enable/disable the Boot-time Diagnostic Screen (or POST
"The Power-On Self Test (POST)" on page 5 - 2
screen - see ).

Legacy OS Boot (Advanced Menu)

Enable this item to support only system boot from the Legacy OS (e.g Windows Vis-
ta). If disabled the system will attempt to boot from the EFI (Extensible Firmware
Interface) before the Legacy OS.
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