Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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USB 2.0 Controller Mode
This setting allows you to select the USB 2.0 Controller mode. The options are
Hi-Speed (480 Mbps
) and Full Speed (12 Mbps).
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off
Select Enabled to enable BIOS Enhanced Host Controller Interface support to
provide a workaround solution for an operating system that does not have EHCI
Hand-Off support. When enabled, the EHCI Interface will be changed from the BIOS-
controlled to the OS-controlled. The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
IDE/SATA/Floppy Confi guration
When this submenu is selected, the AMI BIOS automatically detects the presence
of the IDE devices and displays the following items:
SATA#1 Confi guration
If Compatible is selected, it sets SATA#1 to legacy compatibility mode, while se-
lecting Enhanced sets SATA#1 to native SATA mode. The options are Disabled,
Compatible
and Enhanced.
Confi gure SATA#1 as
This feature allows the user to select the drive type for SATA#1. The options are
IDE,
RAID
and AHCI. (When the option-RAID is selected, the item-ICH RAID
Code Base will appear. When the option-AHCI is selected, the item-SATA AHCI
will be available.)
ICH RAID Code Base (This feature is available when the option-RAID is
selected)
Select Intel to enable Intel's SATA RAID fi rmware to confi gure Intel's SATA RAID
settings. Select Adaptec to enable Adaptec's SATA RAID fi rmware to confi gure
Adaptec's SATA RAID settings. The options are
Intel
and Adaptec.
SATA AHCI (This feature is available when the option-AHCI is selected)
Select Enable to enable the function of Serial ATA Advanced Host Interface.
(Take caution when using this function. This feature is for advanced programmers
only.) The options are Enabled and
Disabled
. If the option-Enabled is selected,
the following item will display.
Hot Plug (This feature is available when the option-Enabled is
selected)
Select Enable to enable the hot plug function for the SATA devices. The
options are
Enabled
and Disabled.