BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

 

 

 

 

 

 

Maximum Capacity

 

Advanced > Drive

 

No changeable

 

Displays the capacity of the drive.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration >

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATA/PATA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCH Temperature

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays temperature in the MCH zone.

 

 

 

 

Hardware

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

Refer to the board's Technical Product Specification for the

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

exact location of this sensor.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MCH Voltage

 

Advanced >

 

• Default

 

Allows you to set the MCH V_CORE voltage.

 

 

Override

 

Chipset

 

• 1.525V

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

• 1.600V

 

Warning : This setting is intended for validation and test

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 1.625V

 

purposes only. Altering clock frequencies may reduce

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 1.725V

 

system stability and/or the useful life of the system and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

processor. Operation at settings beyond component

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

specification is not covered by Intel component warranties.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If any problems occur during operation at non-default

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

settings, reset the board to default values.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Configuration

 

Main

 

Non-ECC

 

Allows you to turn error reporting on or off if the system and

 

 

 

 

 

 

• ECC

 

all the memory installed supports ECC (Error Correction

 

 

This BIOS setting is

 

 

 

 

 

Code).

 

 

present only on

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desktop Boards that

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

support ECC memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

when ECC DIMMs are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Correction

 

Advanced >

 

Non-ECC

 

Allows you to turn error reporting on or off if the system and

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

• ECC

 

all the memory installed supports ECC (Error Correction

 

 

This BIOS setting is

 

Configuration

 

 

 

Code).

 

 

present only on

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

Desktop Boards that

 

Performance >

 

 

 

 

 

 

support ECC memory

 

Memory Overrides

 

 

 

 

 

 

when ECC DIMMs are

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

installed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Frequency

 

Advanced >

 

Options depend on

 

Allows you to manually set the speed of your memory

 

 

 

 

Chipset

 

board model (can

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

be from 333MHz to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

800MHz)

 

 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced >

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Mode

 

Main

 

No changeable

 

Displays single or dual channel operation. See

 

 

 

 

 

 

options

 

support.intel.com for dual channel memory configurations

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced >

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory Voltage

 

Performance >

 

Multiple options

 

Allows you to override the memory voltage.

 

 

 

 

Memory Overrides

 

ranging from 1.80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

to 2.80

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Microcode Revision

 

Maintenance

 

No changeable

 

Lists the processor microcode revision installed on the

 

 

 

 

 

 

options

 

desktop board.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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