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Chapter 4: BIOS
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Port 0 ~ Port 3 SATA Device Type
Use this feature to specify if the SATA port specied by the user should be connected to a
Solid State drive or a Hard Disk Drive. The options are Hard Disk Drive and Solid State
Drive.
PCH-FWConguration
The following rmware information will display:
• Operational Firmware Version
• Backup Firmware Version
• Recovery Firmware Version
• ME Firmware Features
• ME Firmware Status #1
• ME Firmware Status #2
• Current State
• Error Code
ACPI Settings
WHEA Support
Select Enabled to support the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) platform and
provide a common infrastructure for the system to handle hardware errors within the Windows
OS environment to reduce system crashes and to enhance system recovery and health
monitoring. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
High Precision Event Timer
Select Enabled to activate the High Precision Event Timer (HPET) that produces periodic
interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real-time Clock (RTC) does in synchronizing
multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other
timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in the CPU.
The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer.
The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Native PCIE Enable
Enable this feature to grant native control of hot plug, Power Management Events, PCI-E
Advanced Error Reporting, PCI-E Capability Structure Control, and Latency Tolerance
Reporting Control. The options are Disabled and Enabled.