Gigabyte GA-B75M-D2P Manual - Page 24

Peripherals, SATA Controllers, SATA Mode Selection, XHCI Pre-Boot Driver, Administrator Password

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&& Administrator Password Allows you to configure an administrator password. Press on this item, type the password, and then press . You will be requested to confirm the password. Type the password again and press . You must enter the administrator password (or user password) at system startup and when entering BIOS Setup. Differing from the user password, the administrator password allows you to make changes to all BIOS settings. && User Password Allows you to configure a user password. Press on this item, type the password, and then press . You will be requested to confirm the password. Type the password again and press . You must enter the administrator password (or user password) at system startup and when entering BIOS Setup. However, the user password only allows you to make changes to certain BIOS settings but not all. To cancel the password, press on the password item and when requested for the password, enter the correct one first. When prompted for a new password, press without entering any password. Press again when prompted to confirm. 2-5 Peripherals && SATA Controller(s) Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled) && SATA Mode Selection Allows you to decide whether to configure the SATA controller integrated in the Chipset to AHCI mode. IDE Configures the SATA controller to IDE mode. (Default) AHCI Configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. && XHCI Pre-Boot Driver Enabled The USB 3.0 ports are routed to the xHCI controller before booting to OS. (Default) Disabled The USB 3.0 ports are routed to the EHCI controller before booting to OS. When this item is set to Enabled, the xHCI Mode below will be automatically set to Smart Auto; when this item is set to Disabled, xHCI Mode will be automatically set to Auto. - 24 -

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SATA Controller(s)
Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled)
&
SATA Mode Selection
Allows you to decide whether to configure the SATA controller integrated in the Chipset to AHCI mode.
±
IDE
Configures the SATA controller to IDE mode. (Default)
±
AHCI
Configures the SATA controller to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface
(AHCI) is an interface specification that allows the storage driver to enable advanced
Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug.
&
XHCI Pre-Boot Driver
±
Enabled
The USB 3.0 ports are routed to the xHCI controller before booting to OS. (Default)
±
Disabled
The USB 3.0 ports are routed to the EHCI controller before booting to OS.
When this item is set to
Enabled
, the
xHCI Mode
below will be automatically set to
Smart Auto
; when this
item is set to
Disabled
,
xHCI Mode
will be automatically set to
Auto
.
2-5
Peripherals
&
Administrator Password
Allows you to configure an administrator password. Press <Enter> on this item, type the password, and
then press <Enter>. You will be requested to confirm the password. Type the password again and press
<Enter>. You must enter the administrator password (or user password) at system startup and when entering
BIOS Setup. Differing from the user password, the administrator password allows you to make changes to
all BIOS settings.
&
User Password
Allows you to configure a user password. Press <Enter> on this item, type the password, and then press
<Enter>. You will be requested to confirm the password. Type the password again and press <Enter>.
You must enter the administrator password (or user password) at system startup and when entering BIOS
Setup. However, the user password only allows you to make changes to certain BIOS settings but not all.
To cancel the password, press <Enter> on the password item and when requested for the password, enter
the correct one first. When prompted for a new password, press <Enter> without entering any password.
Press <Enter> again when prompted to confirm.