Gigabyte GA-990FX - Boot Mode Selection; Network Stack; Ipv4 Pxe Support; Ipv6 Pxe Support

& 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 or Windows 8 WHQL.
& 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.
& Network Stack
 DisablesorenablesbootingfromthenetworktoinstallaGPTformatOS,suchasinstallingtheOSfrom
theWindowsDeploymentServicesserver.(Default:Disable)
& Ipv4 PXE Support
 EnablesordisablesIPv4PXESupport.ThisitemiscongurableonlywhenNetwork Stack is enabled.
& Ipv6 PXE Support
 EnablesordisablesIPv6PXESupport.ThisitemiscongurableonlywhenNetwork Stack is enabled.
& Administrator Password
 Allowsyoutocongureanadministratorpassword.Press<Enter>onthisitem,typethepassword,and
thenpress<Enter>.Youwillberequestedtoconrm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congureauserpassword.Press<Enter>onthisitem,typethepassword,andthenpress
<Enter>.Youwillberequestedtoconrm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.
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