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Thermal Throttle
Select Enabled to enable closed-loop thermal throttling on a fully buffered (FBD)
memory module. In the closed-loop thermal environment, thermal throttling will be
activated when the temperature of the FBD DIMM module goes beyond a predefi ned
threshold. The options are Enabled and
Disabled.
Global Activation Throttle
Select Enabled to enable the function of open-loop global thermal throttling on the
fully buffered (FBD) memory modules and allow global thermal throttling to become
active when the number of activate control exceeds a predefi ned number. The
options are Enabled and
Disabled
.
Crystal Beach Features
This feature cooperates with Intel I/O AT (Acceleration Technology) to accelerate
the performance of TOE devices. (*Note: A TOE device is a specialized, dedicated
processor that is installed on an add-on card or a network card to handle some or all
packet processing of this add-on card. For this motherboard, the TOE device is built
inside the ESB2 South Bridge chip.) The options are
Enabled
and Disabled.
Clock Spectrum Feature
If Enabled, BIOS will monitor the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by
the components and will attempt to decrease the interference whenever needed.
The options are Enabled and
Disabled
.
High Precision Event Time
Select Yes to activate the High Precision Event Timer (HPET), which is capable of
producing periodic interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real-time Clock
(RTC) can in synchronizing multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and
reducing the dependency on other timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86
RDTSC Instruction embedded in a CPU. The High Precision Event Timer is used
to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options for this feature are
Yes and
No
.
USB Function
Select Enabled to enable the function of USB devices specifi ed. 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.
