Chapter 4: BIOS
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USB Host Controller
Select Enabled to activate the USB Host Controller. The settings are
Enabled
and
Disabled.
Legacy USB Support
This setting allows you to enable support for Legacy USB devices. The settings
are
Enabled
and Disabled.
Azalia Audio
When set to
Auto
, Azalia Audio will be automatically turned on when detected by
the BIOS. The settings are
Auto
and Disabled.
Advanced Processor Options
Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings.
CPU Speed
This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor.
Frequency Ratio (Available when supported by the CPU.)
The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU. The
options are:
Default,
x6, x7, x8, and x9.
Core-Multi-Processing (Available when supported by the CPU.)
Set to Enabled to use a processor's Second Core and beyond. (Please refer to Intel's
web site for more information.) The options are Disabled and
Enabled.
Machine Checking (Available when supported by the CPU.)
Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to
detect and report hardware (machine) errors via a set of model-specific registers
(MSRs). The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
Thermal Management 2 (Available when supported by the CPU.)
Set to
Enabled
to use Thermal Management 2 (TM2) which will lower CPU voltage
and frequency when the CPU temperature reaches a predefined overheat threshold.
Set to Disabled to use Thermal Manager 1 (TM1), allowing CPU clocking to be
regulated via CPU Internal Clock modulation when the CPU temperature reaches
the overheat threshold.
C1 Enhanced Mode (Available when supported by the CPU.)
Set to Enabled to enable Enhanced Halt State to lower CPU voltage/frequency to
prevent overheat. The options are Enabled and
Disabled
. (
Note:
please refer to
Intel’s web site for detailed information.)
