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]

Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]

[Enabled]

Allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs

 

with extended CPUID functions.

[Disabled]

Disables this function.

Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]

[Enabled]

Enables the No-Execution Page Protection Technology.

[Disabled]

Forces the XD feature flag to always return to zero (0).

Intel® Virtualization Technology [Disabled]

[Enabled]

Allows a hardware platform to run multiple operating systems separately

 

and simultaneously, enabling one system to virtually function as several

 

systems.

[Disabled]

Disables this function.

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]

[Enabled]

Allows a hardware platform to automatically analyze the requirements and

 

prefetch data and codes for the CPU.

[Disabled]

Disables this function.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled]

[Enabled]

Allows a hardware platform to perform adjacent cache line prefetching.

[Disabled]

Disables this function.

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