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BIOS Setup

2-6  Integrated Peripherals

  eXtreme Hard Drive (Intel P67 Chipset)

Enables or disables the X.H.D function for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel P67 Chipset. When 
set to Enabled, the PCH SATA Control Mode item below will be set to RAID(XHD) automatically. For 
details on using the GIGABYTE X.H.D utility, refer to Chaper 4, "eXtreme Hard Drive (X.H.D)." (Default: 
Disabled)

  PCH SATA Control Mode (Intel P67 Chipset)

Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the Intel P67 Chipset or configures the
SATA controllers to AHCI mode.

IDE  

Disables RAID for the SATA controllers and configures the SATA controllers to IDE

mode. (Default)

RAID(XHD)  

Enables RAID for the SATA controllers.

AHCI  

Configures the SATA controllers 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.

  SATA Port0-3 Native Mode (Intel P67 Chipset)

Specifies the operating mode of the integrated SATA controllers.

Disabled   

Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Legacy IDE mode. 

In Legacy mode the SATA controllers use dedicated IRQs that cannot be shared with  

other device. Set this option to Disabled if you wish to install operating systems that  

do not support Native mode. 

Enabled   

Allows the SATA controllers to operate in Native IDE mode.     

Enable Native IDE mode if you wish to install operating systems that support Native  

mode. (Default)

  USB Controllers

Enables or disables the integrated USB controller. (Default: Enabled)

Disabled will turn off all of the USB functionalities below.

  USB Legacy Function

Allows USB keyboard to be used in MS-DOS. (Default: Enabled)

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Integrated Peripherals

  eXtreme Hard Drive (XHD)  

[Disabled]

  PCH SATA Control Mode  

[IDE]

  SATA Port0-3 Native Mode 

[Enabled]

  USB Controllers   

[Enabled]

  USB Legacy Function   

[Enabled]

  USB Storage Function   

[Enabled]

  Azalia Codec 

[Auto]

  Onboard H/W LAN 

[Enabled]

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  SMART LAN   

[Press Enter]

  Onboard LAN Boot ROM 

[Disabled]

  R_USB30 Controller   

[Enabled]

  R_USB30 Turbo  

[Disabled]

  F_USB30 Controller   

[Enabled]

  Onboard Serial Port 1   

[3F8/IRQ4]

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