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SPDIF Out Type [SPDIF]
[SPDIF] | Sets to [SPDIF] for SPDIF audio output. |
[HDMI] | Sets to [HDMI] for HDMI audio output. |
Bluetooth Controller [Enabled]
[Enabled] | Enables the onboard bluetooth controller. |
[Disabled] | Disables the controller. |
VIA 1394 Controller [Enabled]
[Enabled] | Enables the onboard IEEE 1394a controller. |
[Disabled] | Disables the controller. |
PCI Express X16_3 slot (black) bandwidth [Auto]
Allows you to select the PCI Express X16_3 slot (black) bandwidth.
[Auto] | PCIeX16_3 slot runs at X1 mode for system resource optimization. |
| (PCIeX1_2 will be disabled.) |
[X4 mode] | PCIeX16_3 slot runs at X4 mode for high performance support. (USB3_34, |
| eSATA ports, PCIeX1_1, PCIeX1_2 will be disabled.) |
[X1 mode] | PCIeX16_3 slot runs at X1 mode with all slots enabled. (USB3_34 will be |
| disabled.) |
Marvell Storage Controller [AHCI Mode]
Allows you to select the Marvell storage controller operating mode.
[Disabled] | Disables the controller. |
[IDE Mode] | Set to [IDE Mode] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as |
| Parallel ATA physical storage devices. |
[AHCI Mode] | Set to [AHCI Mode] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the |
| AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). The AHCI allows the onboard |
| storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases |
| storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to |
| internally optimize the order of commands. |
Marvell Storage OPROM [Enabled]
This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you to enable or disable the OptionRom of the Marvell storage controller.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
JMB Storage Controller [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the JMB storage controller.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
If you want to use the full functin of the JMB storage contorller (ex. AHCI), we recommend that you set this item to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD.
Chapter 3: BIOS setup |