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Thermal Management (Thermal Monitor 1)
This item sets CPU’s thermal control rule to protect CPU from overheat. This
feature is only available when CPU supports Thermal Monitor 2.
TM2 Bus Ratio (0 X)
This item helps you to set the frequency (bus ratio) of the throttled perform-
ance that will be initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot.
You may set the bus ration number from 0 to 255.
TM2 Bus VID (0.8375V)
This item helps you to set the voltage of the throttled performance that will be
initiated when the on die sensor goes from not hot to hot.
Limit CPUID MaxVal (Disabled)
This item limits the CPUID maximum value. Enable this item to install WinNT.
Leave this item at the default value for other OS.
Press <Esc> to return to the Advanced BIOS Features screen.
Virus Warning (Disabled)
When enabled, this item provides protection against viruses that try to write to
the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk drive. You need to disable
this item when installing an operating system. We recommend that you enable
this item as soon as you have installed an operating system.
Note:
For complete protection against viruses, install virus software in your op-
erating system and update the virus definitions regularly.
CPU L1 and L2 Cache (Enabled)
All processors that can be installed in this motherboard use internal level 1 (L1)
and external level 2 (L2) cache memory to improve performance. Leave this
item at the default value for better performance.
CPU L3 Cache (Enabled)
Some high-end processors support L3. If the CPU do support L3, you may
set this item to enable or disable. Leave this item at the default value for bet-
ter performance.
Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
Enable this item to shorten the power on testing (POST) and have your sys-
tem start up faster. You might like to enable this item after you are confident
that your system hardware is operating smoothly.
First/Second/Third Boot Device (Floppy/HDD-0/CDROM)
Use these three items to select the priority and order of the devices that your
system searches for an operating system at start-up time.
Boot Other Device (Enabled)
When enabled, the system searches all other possible locations for an operat-
ing system if it fails to find one in the devices specified under the First, Second,
and Third boot devices.
