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BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical
V09 – March 2008
Second SATA Master Advanced > Drive
Configuration
[drive] Displays the drive installed on this SATA channel. Shows
[None] if no drive is installed.
Secondary IDE
Master
Advanced > Drive
Configuration
[drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows
[None] if no drive is installed.
Secondary IDE Slave Advanced > Drive
Configuration
[drive] Displays the drive installed on this IDE channel. Shows
[None] if no drive is installed.
Secondary SATA
Controller Mode
This BIOS setting is
present only on Intel®
Desktop Boards that
include a secondary
SATA controller.
Advanced >
Peripheral
Configuration
• IDE
• RAID
Sets the mode for the secondary SATA controller. If RAID
is selected, the Marvell* RAID driver must be installed
Secondary SATA
Controller
This BIOS setting is
present only on Intel®
Desktop Boards that
include a secondary
SATA controller.
Advanced >
Peripheral
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Enables or disables the secondary SATA controller.
Secondary Video
Adapter
Advanced > Video
Configuration
• Ext PCI Express
Graphics
• Ext PCI
• Auto
Options may vary
depending on your
configuration.
Allows selecting a specific video controller as the
secondary display device.
Security Option Security • Setup
• System
If you set a Supervisor or User password, selects whether
the password is required every time the system boots or
only when you enter Setup
Serial Port A Advanced >
Peripheral
Configuration
• Disabled
• Enabled
• Auto
Configures serial port A.
Auto assigns the first free COM port, normally COM1, the
address 3F8h, and the interrupt IRQ4.
An * (asterisk) displayed next to an address indicates a
conflict with another device.
Set PRTC Intel® ME > Intel®
Active
Management
Technology
Configuration >
PRTC
Configuration
User defined Sets the Intel® AMT PRTC (Protected Real Time Clock).
Enter PRTC in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) format.
Set Supervisor
Password
Security Password can be
up to seven
alphanumeric
characters.
Specifies the supervisor password.