Gigabyte X299-WU8 - Page 58

BIOS Setup
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& Storage Boot Option Control
 AllowsyoutoselectwhethertoenabletheUEFIorlegacyoptionROMforthestoragedevicecontroller.
Donotlaunch  DisablesoptionROM.
UEFI    EnablesUEFIoptionROMonly.(Default)
Legacy   EnableslegacyoptionROMonly.
& Other PCI devices
 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.
Donotlaunch  DisablesoptionROM.
UEFI    EnablesUEFIoptionROMonly.(Default)
Legacy   EnableslegacyoptionROMonly.
& 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.
 NOTE:BeforesettingtheUserPassword,besuretosettheAdministratorPasswordrst.
& Secure Boot
 AllowsyoutoenableordisableSecureBootandcongurerelatedsettings.Thisitemiscongurableonly
when CSM Support is set to Disabled.