Gigabyte GA-Z97M-DS3H - BIOS Features: Boot Mode Selection and Password Management

& 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.
UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only.
LegacyOnly  EnableslegacyoptionROMonly.(Default)
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.
UEFIOpROM  EnablesUEFIoptionROMonly.(Default)
Legacy OpROM Enables legacy option ROM only.
& 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:Disabled)
& Ipv6 PXE Support
 EnablesordisablesIPv6PXESupport.ThisitemiscongurableonlywhenNetwork stack is enabled.
& Ipv4 PXE Support
 EnablesordisablesIPv4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.
To cancel the password, press <Enter> on the password item and when requested for the password, enter
thecorrectonerst.Whenpromptedforanewpassword,press<Enter>withoutenteringanypassword.
Press<Enter>againwhenpromptedtoconrm.
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