SUPER MICRO Computer X8STI-F - Manual (Page 85)

Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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Clear NVRAM
This feature clears the NVRAM during system boot. The options are
No and
Yes.
Plug & Play OS
Selecting Yes allows the OS to configure Plug & Play devices. (This is not required
for system boot if your system has an OS that supports Plug & Play.) Select
No to
allow the AMI BIOS to configure all devices in the system.
PCI Latency Timer
This feature sets 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.
PCI IDE Bus Master
When enabled, the BIOS uses PCI bus mastering for reading/writing to IDE drives.
The options are Disabled and
Enabled.
PCIE I/O Performance
This feature selects the setting for the IOH PCIE maximum payload size. The op-
tions are
128B and 256B.
Slot 6 Width
This feature selects the bus width of the motherboard's Slot 6 PCIE slot. The options
are x4x4x4x4, x8x4x4, x8x8, x16 and
Auto.
ROM Scan Ordering
This item determines what kind of option ROM activates over another. The options
are
Onboard First and Add-on First.
Slot PCI 33MHz,
PCI Slot from SXB,
Slot 6 PCIE x16
Use this feature to enable or disable a PCI-E or a PCI slot. The options are Dis-
abled and
Enabled.
Load Onboard LAN1 Option ROM/Load Onboard LAN2 Option ROM
Load Onboard LAN3 Option ROM/Load Onboard LAN4 Option ROM (X8STi-
LN4 Only)
This feature is to enable LAN OPROM for PXE. This is to boot computers using a
network interface. The options are
Disabled and Enabled.