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Select Enabled to support the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) platform and
provide a common infrastructure for the system to handle hardware errors within the Windows
OS environment in order to reduce system crashes and enhance system recovery and health
monitoring. The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
High Precision Event Timer
Select Enabled to activate the High Precision Event Timer (HPET) that produces periodic
interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real-time Clock (RTC) does in synchronizing
multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other
timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in the CPU.
The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer.
The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
Trusted Computing
The X11SDW-4C/8C/12C/14C/14CNT/16C-TP13F supports TPM 1.2 and 2.0. The following
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) information will display if a
TPM 2.0 module is detected:
TPM20 Device Found
Vendor:
Frimware Version:
Security Device Support
If this feature and the TPM jumper on the motherboard are both set to Enabled, onboard
security devices will be enabled for TPM support to enhance data integrity and network
security. Reboot the system for a change on this setting to take effect. The options are Disable
and
Enable
.
The following TPM information will be displayed:
•
Active PCR banks
•
Available PCR banks
*If the feature "Security Device Support" is enabled, the following features are available
for configuration:
SHA256 PCR Bank
Use this item to disable or enable the SHA256 Platform Configuration Register (PCR) bank
for the installed TPM device. The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
Pending Operation
