Reference Guide

BIOS Settings Name Description Supported
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Radio Transmission
Enables or disables the radio transmission (MiniPCI Wireless or
Bluetooth module).
Possible values are:
Disable
Enable
Microsoft Windows
Rugged Dock Non-Video Devices
Enables or disables all the non-video devices (serial, audio, LAN,
and USB ports) on a rugged dock.
Possible values are:
Disable
Enable
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
Sata Controllers
Enables or disable all SATA Controllers.
Possible values are:
Disable
Enable
Microsoft Windows
SATA DIPM
This property will allow users to disable or enable the feature
that allows SATA HDDs to initiate link power management
transitions.
Possible values are:
Disable
Enable
Microsoft Windows
Secondary IDE Channel, Master Device
Enables or disables secondary Parallel ATA master channel.
Possible values are:
Off
Auto
Microsoft Windows
Secondary IDE Channel, Slave Device
Enables or disables secondary Parallel ATA slave channel.
Possible values are:
Off
Auto
Microsoft Windows
Selective USB
Enable Selective USB feature to disable all USB ports, except for
the 2 Selective USB ports. This option will allow only keyboard/
mouse connected to the Selective USB ports for the boot
process to continue.
Disable Selective USB feature to resume normal USB status and
normal boot procedure.
Possible values are:
Disable
Enable
Microsoft Windows
SATA Port 0
Enables or disables Serial ATA channel 1.
Possible values are:
Off
Auto
Microsoft Windows,
Linux
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