K9N2 SLI Platinum - boot from usb device.

Good afternoon everyone!
Forgive me if this seems like a stupid question but I was wondering if anyone knew where the option to boot into a USB device was in the Bios setup? I had this option on my old motherboard so it seems bizarre that I can't find it on a board such as this. The only boot options I have are for cd-rom, hdd, and floppy drives. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks all!

Yes! The key is to connect the USB device BEFORE booting.
I boot to my USB flash drive all the time (e. g. to run MemTest86 and the like). In fact I leave the boot order with the flash drive first - even when I am booting to my hard drive (of course without the flash drive connected).

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