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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
3.3
Advanced menu
The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other
system devices.
Be cautious when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect
field values can cause the system to malfunction.
Case Open Warning [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the case open detecting function. Configuration
options: [Disable] [Enabled] [Clear]
3.3.1
CPU Configuration
The items in this menu show CPU-related information the BIOS automatically
detects.
The items shown in the submenu may be different depending on the type of
CPU installed.
Hyper-threading [Enabled]
The Intel Hyper-Threading Technology allows a hyper-threading processor to
appear as two logical processors to the operating system, allowing the operating
system to schedule two threads or processes simultaneously.
[Enabled]
Two threads per activated core are enabled.
[Disabled]
Only one thread per activated core is enabled.
Intel (VMX) Virtualization Technology [Enabled]
[Enabled]
Allows a hardware platform to run multiple operating
systems separately and simultaneously, enabling one
system to virtually function as several systems.
[Disabled]
Disables this function.
3.3.2
SATA Configuration
The BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. The Serial ATA
Ports listed will display
Empty
if there are no Serial devices connected to the ports.
SATA Controller(s) [Enabled]
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled].
The following items appear only when you set
SATA Controller(s)
to [Enabled].
