CPU Information Screen

Table 2-2. System Setup Program Options (continued)

Option	Description

Report Keyboard Errors	Enables or disables reporting of keyboard errors during the POST. Enable
(Report default)	this option for host systems that have keyboards attached. Select Do Not
	Report to suppress all error messages relating to the keyboard or keyboard
	controller during POST. This setting does not affect the operation of the
	keyboard itself if a keyboard is attached to the system.

Asset Tag	Displays the customer-programmable asset tag number for the system if
	an asset tag number has been assigned.

Table 2-3 lists the options and descriptions for the information fields that appear on the CPU Information screen.

Table 2-3. CPU Information Screen

Option	Description

Bus Speed	Displays the bus speed of the processor.

Logical Processor	Displays when the processor supports Hyper-Threading technology.
(Enabled default)	Enabled permits all logical processors to be used by the operating
	system. Only the first logical processor is used by the operating
	system if Disabled is selected.

Virtualization Technology	Displays when the processor(s) support Virtualization Technology.
(Disabled default)	Enabled permits virtualization software to use Virtualization
	Technology incorporated in the processor design. This feature can
	only be used by software that supports Virtualization Technology.

Adjacent Cache Line	Enables or disables optimal use of sequential memory access.
Prefetch	Disable this option for applications that require high use of random
(Enabled default)	memory access.

Hardware Prefetcher	Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher.
(Enabled default)

Demand-Based Power	When set to Enabled, the CPU Performance State Tables are
Management	reported to the operating system. When set to Disabled, the
(Disabled default)	Performance State Tables are not reported to the operating system.
	If the processor does not support Demand-Based Power
	Management, this field is read-only.

Processor 1 ID	Displays the family and model number of each processor.

Core Speed	Displays the clock speed of the processor.

Level 2 Cache	Displays the amount of cache memory for the processor.

Number of Cores	Displays the number of cores in the processor.

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