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Chapter 4 BIOS Setup
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Chapter 4
Intel
®
SpeedStep™
Enable or disable the Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
®
Technology, which helps optimize the
balance between system’s power consumption and performance. After it is enabled in
the BIOS, you can enable the EIST feature using the operating system’s power man-
agement.
Turbo Mode
Enable or disable processor turbo mode, which allows the processor core to automati-
cally run faster than the base frequency when by taking advantage of thermal and
power headroom. Note this option is not available on Core i3 processors.
CPU C States
Enable or disable CPU Power Management. It allows the CPU to go to C states when
it’s not 100% utilized.
ACPI Settings
This section configures the system’s ACPI settings.
Wake on PME
Enable or disable Wake on PME (Power Management Event) to wake the system
through ACPI events.
State After G3
This field is to specify what state the system should be in when power is re-applied
after a power failure (G3, the mechanical-off, state).
Always On
The system is powered on.
Always Off
The system is powered off.
BRGT Logo
Enable or disable the display of an operating system logo or image during boot using
the BGRT (Boot Graphics Resource Table) mechanism.
Wake on RTC
Automatically power the system on at a particular time every day from the Real-time
clock battery. Specify the wake up time of the day below: <hour>, <minute>, <sec-
ond>.
CPU Configuration
This section configures the CPU.
Note:
With some Linux kernel OS such as Debian
,
CentOS, Ubuntu, this option
needs to be set to “disabled” before installation.
