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3.4 Advanced BIOS Features
The “Advanced BIOS Features” screen appears when choosing the
“Advanced BIOS Features” item from the “Initial Setup Screen” menu. It
allows the user to configure the PCE-5120 according to his particular
requirements. Below are some major items that are provided in the
Advanced BIOS Features screen. A quick booting function is provided
for your convenience. Simply enable the Quick Booting item to save
yourself valuable time.
Figure 3.3: Advanced BIOS features screen

3.4.1 CPU Features

Delay Prior to thermal
This feature controls the activation of the Thermal Monitor's automatic
mode. It allows you to determine when the Pentium 4's Thermal Monitor
should be activated in automatic mode after the system boots. For exam-
ple, with the default value of 16 Minutes, the BIOS activates the Thermal
Monitor in automatic mode 16 minutes after the system starts booting up.
The choices are 4 Min, 8 Min, 16 Min, and 32 Min.
Limit CPUID MaxVal
Set Limit CPUID MaxVa1 to 3. This should be disabled for WinXP.
Execute Disable Bit
When disabled, forces the XD feature flag to always return 0.