Chapter 6: BIOS
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Power and Performance
CPU - Power Management Control
Boot performance mode
This option enables the selection of the default CPU performance during system boot. The
options are
Max Non-Turbo Performance
, Max Battery and Turbo Performance.
Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm)
Intel SpeedStep Technology allows the system to automatically adjust processor voltage and
core frequency in an effort to reduce power consumption and heat dissipation.
Please refer
to Intel’s web site for detailed information.
The options are Disabled and
Enabled
.
C states
C-States architecture, a processor power management platform developed by Intel, can
further reduce power consumption from the basic C1 (Halt State) state that blocks clock
cycles to the CPU. Select Enabled for CPU C Sates support. The options are
Enabled
and
Disabled. If this feature is set to Enabled, the following items will display:
