User Manual

Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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OnChip SAS Oprom
Select Enabled to support the onboard SAS Option ROM to boot up the system via
a storage device. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Thermal Conguration
Thermal Management
Select Enabled to initialize the PCH Thermal subsystem device. The options are
Enabled and Disabled.
ME SMBus Thermal Reporting
This feature appears when Thermal Management is set to Enabled. Select Enabled
to support ME SMBus (Management Engine System Management Bus) reporting.
The options are Enabled and Disabled. If set to Enabled, the following items appear:
PCH Temp Read, CPU Energy Read, CPU Temp Read
Set the above items to Enabled to activate these monitors. The options are
Enabled and Disabled.
Alert Enable Lock
Set this item to Enabled to lock all Alert Enable settings. The options are Enabled
and Disabled. If set to Enabled, the following options (PCH Alert and DIMM
Alert) appear.
PCH Alert, DIMM Alert
Set the above items to enabled to activate the corresponding pins. The options
are Enabled and Disabled.
PCIe/PCI/PnP Conguration
PCI ROM Priority
Use this feature to select the Option ROM to boot the system when there are mul-
tiple Option ROMs available in the system. The options are EFI Compatible ROM
and Legacy ROM.
PCI Latency Timer
Use this feature to set the latency Timer of each PCI device installed on a PCI bus.
Select 64 to set the PCI latency to 64 PCI clock cycles. The options are 32, 64, 96,
128, 160, 192, 224 and 248.