Advanced Menu
High
Allows you to enable or disable the internal high definition
Definition
audio device.
Sound
•
Disabled: The internal audio device is disabled and is
not visible to the operating system.
•
Enabled: The internal audio device is enabled.
USB Emulation
Allows you to enable or disable the USB emulation
feature. This feature defines how the BIOS, in the absence
of a USB-aware operating system, handles USB devices.
USB emulation is always enabled during POST (Power On
Self Test).
NOTE: You cannot boot any type of USB device (floppy,
hard drive, or memory key) when this option is off.
Firewire
Allows you to enable or disable the IEEE 1394 A connector.
•
Disabled: The IEEE 1394 A connector is disabled and is
not visible to the operating system.
•
Enabled: The IEEE 1394 A connector is enabled.
Performance
Allows you to configure fields in the Performance Options
Options
sub-menu (for more information, see "Performance
Options Sub-Menu" on page 116).
Advanced Menu
SATA
Allows you to configure the operating mode of the
Operation
integrated SATA hard drive controller.
•
ATA: SATA is configured for ATA mode.
•
AHCI: SATA is configured for AHCI mode.
•
RAID: SATA is configured for RAID mode.
SATA Hard
Displays the installed primary SATA hard drive model.
Drive 1
SATA Hard
Displays the installed secondary SATA hard drive model.
Drive 2
SATA Optical
Displays the installed SATA optical drive model.
Drive
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