BIOS Setup Information
WADE-8011/WADE-8012 User’s Manual
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Active Processor Cores
Number of cores to Enabled in each processor package.
Choices: All, 1, 2, 3.
Limit CPUID Maximum
Disabled for Windows XP.
Choices: Disabled, Enabled.
Execute Disabled Bit
XP can prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined
with a supporting OS (Windows Server 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2, SuSE Linux 9.2,
RedHat Enterprise 3 Update 3.).
Choices: Disabled, Enabled.
Hardware Prefetcher
To turn on/off the MLC streamer prefetcher.
Choices: Disabled, Enabled.
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
To turn on/off the prefetching of adjacent cache lines.
Choices: Disabled, Enabled.
Intel Virtualization Technology
When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by
Vanderpool Technology.
Choices: Disabled, Enabled.
Power Technology
Enabled the power management features.
Choices: Disabled, Energy Efficient, Custom.
EIST
Enabled/Disabled Intel SpeedStep.
Choices: Disabled, Enabled.
P-STATE Coordination
Change P-STATE Coordination type.
Choices: HW_ALL, SW_ALL, SW_ANY.
CPU C3 Report
Enable/Disable CPU C3 (ACPI C2) report to OS.
Choices: Disabled, ACPI C-2, ACPI C-3.
Package C State limit
Choices: C0, C1, C6, C7, No Limit.
