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& 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.

2-5 Peripherals

& IOMMU

Enables or disables AMD IOMMU support. (Default: Enabled)

& OnChipSATAChannel

Enables or disables the integrated SATA controllers. (Default: Enabled)

& OnChipSATAType

Enables or disables RAID for the SATA controllers integrated in the Chipset or congures the SATA control-

lers to AHCI mode.

Native IDE Congures the SATA controller to IDE mode.

RAID Enables RAID for the SATA controller.

AHCI Congures the SATA controllers to AHCI mode. Advanced Host Controller Interface

(AHCI) is an interface specication that allows the storage driver to enable advanced

Serial ATA features such as Native Command Queuing and hot plug. (Default)