ASRock H77TM-ITX manual CPU Configuration

3.4.1 CPU Configuration

Intel Hyper Threading Technology

To enable this feature, a computer system with an Intel processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology such as Microsoft® Windows® XP / VistaTM / 7 / 8 is required. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP / VistaTM / 7 / 8 or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology.

Active Processor Cores

Use this to select the number of cores to enable in each processor package. The default value is [All].

Enhanced Halt State (C1E)

All processors support the Halt State (C1). C1 state is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and re- quires no hardware support from the chipset. In C1 power state the processor maintains the context of the system caches.

CPU C3 State Support

Use this to enable or disable CPU C3 report to OS.

CPU C6 State Support

Use this to enable or disable CPU C6 report to OS.

Package C State Support

Configure options that will be programmed into C State package limit register. The default value is [Auto].

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