Heading
Option
Description
Hardware
Power
Management
Enables or disables:
●
SATA Power Management
●
Intel Turbo Boost Technology
●
Enhanced Intel Turbo Boost Technology
●
Eup Compliance Mode
Thermal
Enables you to set the rate of the system fan when the CPU is in idle.
Advanced
2
Power-On
Options
Enables you to set the following:
●
POST Messages—Enables or disables the splash screen during POST.
●
F9 Prompt (Displayed or Hidden)—Selecting
Displayed
displays the
F9=Boot Menu
during
POST. Selecting
Hidden
prevents the text from being displayed. However, pressing F9 still
accesses the boot menu.
●
F10 Prompt (Displayed or Hidden)—Selecting
Displayed
displays
F10=Setup
during POST.
Selecting
Hidden
prevents the text from being displayed, but pressing F10 still accesses the
Setup screen.
●
F12 Prompt (Displayed or Hidden)—Selecting
Displayed
displays
F12=Network Service
Boot
during POST. Selecting
Hidden
prevents the text from being displayed but pressing
F12 still forces the workstation to attempt booting from the network.
●
Option ROM
1
prompt (Enable or Disable)—Enabling this feature causes the workstation to
display a message before loading options ROMs.
●
Remote Wakeup Boot Source—Enables you to set the remote wakeup boot source as:
◦
Local Hard Drive
◦
Remote Server
●
After Power Loss (On, Off, Previous State)—Enabling this option directs the previous state
to be the default.
●
POST Delay (in seconds) (5, 10, 15, 20, None)—Adds a specified delay to the POST process.
This delay is sometimes needed for hard disk drives on some expansion cards that spin up
slowly (so slowly that they are not ready to start by the time POST is finished). The POST
delay also gives you time to select F10 to enter the Computer Setup (F10) Utility.
BIOS Power-On Enables you to disable or specify a weekday and time for BIOS power-on.
Processors
Enables/disables these options:
●
Hyper-Threading—Provides processor parallelization such that the operating system treats
one processor as two.
●
Active Cores (1,2, or All Cores)—Selects a single core, or multiple cores per socket. (Not
available on some configurations.)
●
Limit CPUID Maximum Value to 3 (Enable or Disable)—Sets the number of allowable CPU
IDs.
Onboard
Devices
Enables you to set resources (IRQ, DMA, I/O Rate) for or disable onboard system devices such
as serial port and diskette controller. Operating system parameters generally override Onboard
Devices settings.
PCI VGA
Configuration
Configures graphics cards per workstation slots. In multi-graphics card configurations, this option
designates one card as primary graphics, and the other card as secondary graphics.
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Computer Setup (F10) Utility menu descriptions (continued)
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