Asus B85-PLUS 2.6.1CPU Configuration, Intel® Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled], Hyper-threading[Enabled], Active Processor Cores [All], Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]

2.6.1CPU Configuration

The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically detects.

The items shown in submenu may be different due to the CPU you installed.

Intel® Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled]

[Enabled]	Enables the overheated CPU to throttle its clock speed to cool down.
[Disabled]	Disables the CPU thermal monitor function.

Hyper-threading [Enabled]

The Intel Hyper-Threading Technology allows a hyper-threading processor to appear as two logical processors to the operating system, allowing the operating system to schedule two threads or processes simultaneously.

[Enabled]	Two threads per activated core are enabled.
[Disabled]	Only one thread per activated core is enabled.

Active Processor Cores [All]

Allows you to choose the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package. Configuration options: [All] [1] [2] [3]

For some CPU types, only [All] and [1] appear.

Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]

[Enabled]	Allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs
	with extended CPUID functions.
[Disabled]	Disables this function.

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