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Chapter Three System Setup
main frequency, maximum frequency, minimum frequency, the number of CPU inner
cores, whether supporting hyper-threading and VT-X technology, level-1cache, level-2
cache and level-3 cache capacity, etc.
* Hyper-threading
CPU hyper-treading function setup includes [Disabled] and [Enabled] two items.
And the default configuration is [Enabled].
* Active Processor Cores
To activate all cores in CPU, including <All>,<1>,<2>,<4> options, <All> is the
default configuration.
* Intel(R) Virtualization Technology
CPU virtualization tech supports function setup, including [Disabled] and [En-
abled] two items. It is defaulted to [Enabled].
* CPU Power Management Configuration
This menu enables the user to enter the CPU power management
▼ Power Technology
There are <Disable>,<Energy Efficient>,<Custom> items.
▼ Energy Performance
There are four items, namely <Performance>,<Balanced Performance>,<Balanced
Energy> and <Energy Efficient>.
● Intel(R) VT-d Configuration
* Intel(R) VT-d
Whether Directed I/0 supports Intel virtualization technology. There are two op-
tions, <Disabled> and <Enabled>. It is defaulted to <Disabled>.
● SATA Configuration
This item displays the status of all the SATA devices connected to different SATA
interfaces.
* SATA Mode
This item is used to set SATA controller modes including [Disabled], [IDE Mode],
[AHCI Mode] and [RAID Mode] four items.
If you want to use serial devices as parallel IDE storage devices when onboard
SATA controller is used, please set this item to [IDE Mode].
If you do not use RAID and want to connect 1-6 SATA devices when onboard
SATA controller is used, please set this item to [AHCI Mode].
If you want to use Intel SATA HostRAID when onboard SATA controller is used,
