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BIOS Utilities
Advanced Menu 5 - 9
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SATA Mode Selection (Advanced Menu)
You may enable/disable SATA RAID or AHCI mode for your hard disks, however
you should only enable/disable RAID or AHCI BEFORE installing an operat-
ing system, and after you have backed up all necessary files and data (see sidebar).
Legacy USB Support (Advanced Menu)
Choose “Enabled” if you intend to use USB devices in systems which do not nor-
mally support USB functionality (e.g. DOS). The default setting is “Enabled” and
does not need to be changed if you intend to use your USB devices in Windows.
Boot-time Diagnostic Screen (Advanced Menu)
Use this menu item to enable/disable the Boot-time Diagnostic Screen or Power-On
Self Test.
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.
Power On Boot Beep (Advanced Menu)
Use this menu item to enable/disable the beep as the computer starts up.
Battery Low Alarm Beep (Advanced Menu)
Use this menu item to enable/disable the battery low alarm beep.
SATA Mode
Selection
If you have installed the
Windows Vista operat-
ing system with either
AHCI or RAID mode en-
abled, DO NOT disable
the set mode (if you wish
to disable the set mode
you will need to reinstall
the Windows VIsta OS).
Figure 5 - 2
Advanced Menu