945GT Speedster-A4R - and USB 3.0 external drive

Hello
I just got a USB 3.0 external drive, which I wish to connect to the 945GT Speedster-A4R board. However when the external drive is connected, the board will not boot, but hang in the post screen right when initialising memory.
If I connect the external drive after windows log-on, it works fine.
Anything I can do to be able to boot the board with the external USB 3.0 drive already connected ?
Br.

Thanks for the fast reply !
However I don't see that option in the BIOS.
I see the following options:
USB Controller [Enable/Disable]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enable/Disable]
USB Keyboard Support [Enable/Disable]
USB Mouse Support [Enable/Disable]

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