CHAPTER 3: USING YOUR LAPTOP

Advanced Menu

 

 

 

Intel SpeedStep

Allows you to enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep technology.

 

Disabling this feature may improve performance, but will

 

greatly reduce battery life.

Virtualization

Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization

 

technology.

USB Emulation

USB Wake Support

Allows you to enable or disable the USB emulation feature. This feature defines how the BIOS, in the absence of a USB-aware operating system, handles USB devices. USB emulation is always enabled during POST.

NOTE: You cannot boot any type of USB device (hard drive, or memory key) when this option is off.

Allows you to enable USB devices to wake the computer from standby or to disable the USB wake support feature.

NOTE: If USB Powershare is enabled, a device connected to the USB Powershare connector may not wake the computer.

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