Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z5 User Manual

BIOS Setup
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& Intel Virtualization Technology
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
®
VirtualizationTechnology. Virtualizationenhancedby Intel
®
Virtualization
Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions.
Withvirtualization,onecomputersystemcanfunctionasmultiplevirtualsystems.(Default:Enabled)
& Intel TXT(LT) Support
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
®
TrustedExecutionTechnology(Intel
®
TXT).Intel
®
Trusted Execution Technology
providesahardware-basedsecurityfoundation.(Default:Disabled)
& Dynamic Storage Accelerator
Enables or disables Intel
®
DynamicStorageAccelerator.Whenenabled,theharddriveI/Operformance
willbeadjustedaccordingtoharddriveload.(Default:Disabled)
& VT-d
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
®
VirtualizationTechnologyforDirectedI/O.(Default:Enabled)
& Windows 8 Features
 Allowsyoutoselecttheoperatingsystemtobeinstalled.(Default:OtherOS)
& CSM Support
 EnablesordisablesUEFICSM(CompatibilitySupportModule)tosupportalegacyPCbootprocess.
Always   EnablesUEFICSM.(Default)
Never Disables UEFI CSM and supports UEFI BIOS boot process only.
 ThisitemiscongurableonlywhenWindows 8 Features is set to Windows 8 or Windows 8 WHQL.
& Boot Mode Selection
Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot.
UEFI and Legacy Allows booting from operating systems that support legacy option ROM or UEFI
optionROM.(Default)
Legacy Only Allows booting from operating systems that only support legacy Option ROM.
UEFI Only Allows booting from operating systems that only support UEFI Option ROM.
 ThisitemiscongurableonlywhenCSM Support is set to Always.
& LAN PXE Boot Option ROM
 AllowsyoutoselectwhethertoenablethelegacyoptionROMfortheLANcontroller.(Default:Disabled)
 ThisitemiscongurableonlywhenCSM Support is set to Always.
& Storage Boot Option Control
Allows you to select whether to enable the UEFI or legacy option ROM for the storage device controller.
Disabled Disables option ROM.
LegacyOnly  EnableslegacyoptionROMonly.(Default)
UEFI Only Enables UEFI option ROM only.
LegacyFirst  EnableslegacyoptionROMrst.
UEFIFirst   EnablesUEFIoptionROMrst.
 ThisitemiscongurableonlywhenCSM Support is set to Always.
& Other PCI Device ROM Priority
Allows you to select whether to enable the UEFI or Legacy option ROM for the PCI device controller other
than the LAN, storage device, and graphics controllers.
Legacy OpROM Enables legacy option ROM only.
UEFIOpROM  EnablesUEFIoptionROMonly.(Default)
& Network stack
Disables or enables booting from the network to install a GPT format OS, such as installing the OS from
theWindowsDeploymentServicesserver.(Default:Disabled)
(Note) ThisitemispresentonlywhenyouinstallaCPUthatsupportsthisfeature.Formoreinformationabout
Intel
®
CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website.

Gigabyte G1.Sniper Z5 Specifications

General

Form Factor	ATX
Chipset	Intel Z87
CPU Socket	LGA 1150
Memory Type	DDR3
Max Memory	32GB
Storage	6 x SATA 6Gb/s
LAN	Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2201
RAID Support	RAID 0, 1, 5, 10
Memory Slots	4
Memory Standard	DDR3 1600/1333 MHz
Expansion Slots	2 x PCI Express x16, 2 x PCI Express x1, 2 x PCI
Multi-GPU Support	AMD CrossFireX
USB Ports	6 x USB 2.0
Audio	Creative Sound Core 3D
BIOS	2 x 64 Mbit flash, UEFI AMI BIOS