BIOS Setup
▶OC Profile Load from USB
Load the stored settings from USB flash disk.
▶CPU Specifications
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. This sub-menu highlights all the key features of your CPU. The information will vary by model and is read-only. You can also access this information at any time by pressing [F4]. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu.
▶CPU Technology Support
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. The sub-menu shows the installed CPU tech- nologies. Read only.
▶MEMORY-Z
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. This sub-menu highlights all the settings and timings of your DIMMs. This information will vary by model and is read-only. You can also access this information at any time by pressing [F5]. Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu.
▶DIMM1~8 Memory SPD
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. The sub-menu displays the informations of installed memory.
▶CPU Features
Press <Enter> to enter the sub-menu. ▶Hyper-Threading Technology
The processor uses Hyper-Threading technology to increase transaction rates and reduces end-user response times. The technology treats the two cores inside the processor as two logical processors that can execute instructions simultaneously. In this way, the system performance is highly improved. If you disable the function, the processor will use only one core to execute the instructions. Please disable this item if your operating system doesn’t support HT Function, or unreliability and instability may occur.
▶Active Processor Cores
This item allows you to select the number of active processor cores.
▶Limit CPUID Maximum
It is designed to limit the listed speed of the processor to older operating systems. ▶Execute Disable Bit
Can prevent certain classes of malicious “buffer overflow” attacks where worms can try to execute code to damage your system. It is recommended you keep this en- abled always.
▶Intel Virtualization Tech
Enhances virtualization and allows the system to act as multiple virtual systems. See Intel’s official website for more information.
▶Intel VT-D Tech
This item is used to enable/disable the Intel VT-D technology. For further information please refer to Intel’s official website.
▶Power Technology
This item allows you to select the Intel Dynamic Power technology mode.
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