Asus Maximus IV Extreme-Z - Manual (Page 118)

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SPDIF Out Type [SPDIF]
[SPDIF] Set the SPDIF OUT mode to SPDIF.
[HDMI] Set the SPDIF OUT mode to HDMI.
Renesas USB 3.0 Controller [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the USB 3.0 controller.
[Disabled] Disables the controller.
Intel 82583 LAN [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the Intel 82583 LAN controller.
[Disabled] Disables the controller.
Intel 82583 PXE OPROM [Disabled]
This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you
to enable or disable boot option for Legacy Network Devices.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Marvell Storage Controller [AHCI]
Allows you to select the Marvell storage controller operating mode.
[Disabled]
Disables the controller.
[IDE] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives
as Parallel ATA physical storage devices.
[AHCI] Set to [AHCI] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the
AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). The AHCI allows the
onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that
increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing
the drive to internally optimize the order of commands.
[RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from Set to [RAID] when you want to create a RAID configuration from
the SATA hard disk drives.
Marvell Storage OPROM [Enabled]
This item appears only when you set the previous item to [Enabled] and allows you
to enable or disable the OptionRom of the Marvell storage controller.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
JMB Storage Controller [Enabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the JMB storage controller.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
If you want to use the full functin of the JMB storage contorller (ex. AHCI), we
recommend that you set this item to [Enabled] and install the JMicron JMB36X
Controller Driver from the motherboard support DVD.