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3.5.1CPU Configuration

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

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

Scroll down to display the following items:

Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled]

[Disabled]

Disables the CPU thermal monitor function.

[Enabled]

Enables the overheated CPU to throttle its clock speed to cool down.

Hyper-threading [Enabled]

The Intel Hyper-Threading Technology allows each hyper-threading processor core to appear as two virtual cores to the operating system, enabling the operating system to schedule two threads or processes simultaneously.

[Disabled]

Only one thread per activated core is enabled.

[Enabled]

Two threads per activated core are 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] [4] [5]

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