Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z97 - Boot Mode Selection

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BIOS Setup
& Intel Virtualization Technology
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
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VirtualizationTechnology. Virtualizationenhancedby Intel
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Virtualization
Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions.
Withvirtualization,onecomputersystemcanfunctionasmultiplevirtualsystems.(Default:Enabled)
& Intel TXT(LT) Support
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
®
TrustedExecutionTechnology(Intel
®
TXT).Intel
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Trusted Execution Technology
providesahardware-basedsecurityfoundation.(Default:Disabled)
& Dynamic Storage Accelerator
Enables or disables Intel
®
Dynamic Storage Accelerator. When enabled, the hard drive I/O performance
willbeadjustedaccordingtoharddriveload.(Default:Disabled)
& VT-d
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
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VirtualizationTechnologyforDirectedI/O.(Default:Enabled)
& Windows 8 Features
 Allowsyoutoselecttheoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.(Default:OtherOS)
& CSM Support
 EnablesordisablesUEFICSM(CompatibilitySupportModule)tosupportalegacyPCbootprocess.
Always   EnablesUEFICSM.(Default)
Never Disables UEFI CSM and supports UEFI BIOS boot process only.
 ThisitemiscongurableonlywhenWindows 8 Features is set to Windows 8.
& Boot Mode Selection
Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot.
UEFI and Legacy Allows booting from operating systems that support legacy option ROM or UEFI
optionROM.(Default)
Legacy Only Allows booting from operating systems that only support legacy Option ROM.
UEFI Only Allows booting from operating systems that only support UEFI Option ROM.
 Thisitemiscongurableonlywhen CSM Support is set to Always.
& LAN PXE Boot Option ROM
 AllowsyoutoselectwhethertoenablethelegacyoptionROMfortheLANcontroller.(Default:Disabled)
 Thisitemiscongurableonlywhen CSM Support is set to Always.
& Storage Boot Option Control
Allows you to select whether to enable the UEFI or legacy option ROM for the storage device controller.
Disabled Disables option ROM.
LegacyOnly  EnableslegacyoptionROMonly.(Default)
UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only.
LegacyFirst  EnableslegacyoptionROMrst.
UEFIFirst   EnablesUEFIoptionROMrst.
 Thisitemiscongurableonlywhen CSM Support is set to Always.
& Other PCI Device ROM Priority
Allows you to select whether to enable the UEFI or Legacy option ROM for the PCI device controller other
than the LAN, storage device, and graphics controllers.
Legacy OpROM Enables legacy option ROM only.
UEFIOpROM  EnablesUEFIoptionROMonly.(Default)
 ThisitemiscongurableonlywhenCSM Support is set to Always.
(Note) ThisitemispresentonlywhenyouinstallaCPUthatsupportsthisfeature.Formoreinformationabout
Intel
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CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website.