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Chapter 5: BIOS
CPU Configuration
The following CPU information will be displayed:
•
Processor ID
•
Processor Frequency
•
Processor Max Ratio
•
Processor Min Ratio
•
Microcode Revision
•
L1 Cache RAM
•
L2 Cache RAM
•
L3 Cache Ram
•
CPU Version
Clock Spread Spectrum
If this feature is set to Enabled, the BIOS utility will monitor the level of Electromagnetic
Interference caused by the components and will attempt to reduce the interference whenever
needed. The options are
Disabled
and Enabled.
Hyper-Threading (ALL)
Select Enable to use Intel Hyper-Threading Technology to enhance CPU performance. The
options are Disable and
Enable
.
Cores Enabled
Set a numeric value to enable the number of cores. (Please refer to Intel's website for more
information.) Enter
0
to enable all cores.
Monitor/Mwait
Select Enabled to enable the Monitor/MWait instructions. The Monitor instruction monitors
a region of memory for writes, and MWait instructions instruct the CPU to stop until the
monitored region begins to write. The options are Disable and
Enable
.
Execute Disable Bit (Available if supported by the OS & the CPU)
Select Enabled to enable the Execute-Disable Bit which will allow the processor to designate
areas in the system memory where an application code can execute and where it cannot,
thus preventing a worm or a virus from flooding illegal codes to overwhelm the processor
or damage the system during an attack. The default is
Enable
. (Refer to the Intel
®
and
Microsoft
®
websites for more information.)
