Asus A88XM-A - Manual (Page 50)

2-18 Chapter 2: BIOS information
S.M.A.R.T. Status Check [Enabled]
S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system. When
read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to report warning
messages during the POST. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
2.6.3 USB Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to change the USB-related features.
The USB Devices item shows the auto-detected values. If no USB device is detected, the
item shows None.
USB Device Enable [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable all USB ports. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Legacy USB Support [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the support for USB devices on legacy operating systems (OS).
[Disabled] The USB devices can be used only for the BIOS setup program.
[Auto] Allows the system to detect the presence of USB devices at startup. If
detected, the USB controller legacy mode is enabled. If no USB device is
detected, the legacy USB support is disabled.
Legacy USB3.0 Support [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the support for USB 3.0 devices on legacy operating systems
(OS).
[Disabled] Disables the function.
EHCI Hand-off [Disabled]
[Enabled] Enables the support for operating systems without an EHCI hand-off
feature.
[Disabled] Disables the function.
USB Single Port Control
Allows you to enable/disable individual USB ports.
SATA Port 5 - Port 6 [RAID]
This item only appears when OnChip SATA Type is set to [RAID]. If SATA ports 5,
6 are configured as [RAID], the ports can only be used under Windows ® OS with the
requested drivers installed. Set to [IDE] instead of [RAID] to access devices on SATA
ports 5, 6 before entering OS. Configuration options: [RAID] [IDE]