BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPC Override

 

Advanced >

 

• Auto

 

Controls Command Per Clock/1n rule mode. When

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chipset

 

• Enabled

 

enabled, allows DRAM controller to attempt Chip Select

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

• Disabled

 

assertions in two consecutive common clocks.

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Advanced >

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Cooling Fan

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays fan speed of the CPU fan

 

 

 

 

Hardware

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Die/Package

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor's temperature.

 

 

Temperature

 

Hardware

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Fan Control

 

Advanced > Boot

 

• Enabled

 

Allows the CPU fan to be controlled in order to optimize

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

• Disabled

 

acoustics. If disabled, the CPU fan will run at 100%.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Fan Speed

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor fan speed

 

 

 

 

Hardware

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Frequency

 

Maintenance

 

User Defined

 

Sets the ratio between CPU Core Clock and the Front Side

 

 

Multiplier

 

 

 

 

 

Bus (FSB)

 

 

This BIOS setting is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

present only when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Default Frequency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ratio is disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Microcode

 

Maintenance

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor’s Microcode Update Revision.

 

 

Update Revision

 

 

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Stepping

 

Maintenance

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor’s Stepping Signature.

 

 

Signature

 

 

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Temperature

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays processor's temperature.

 

 

 

 

Hardware

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Thermal Module

 

Advanced >

 

No changeable

 

Displays fan speed of the CPU fan

 

 

Fan

 

Hardware

 

options

 

 

 

 

 

 

Monitoring

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CPU Voltage Offset

 

Performance >

 

• Enabled

 

When enabled, will provide 300 mV additional voltage to

 

 

 

 

Processor

 

• Disabled

 

CPU above selected CPU Voltage Override

 

 

 

 

Overrides

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CSA Device

 

Advanced >

 

• Auto

 

Enables or disables Communication Streaming

 

 

 

 

Chipset

 

• Disable

 

Architecture interface.

 

 

 

 

Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Auto leaves the CSA device enabled if a device is found

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

on the bus, else the device is disabled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For more information, refer to

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.intel.com/design/network/papers/25245102.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

D

BIOS Setting

Appears on BIOS

Options

Description / Purpose

 

Screen…

 

 

 

 

 

 

DDR2 Voltage

Advanced >

• Automatic

Memory voltage will be adjusted according to the memory

 

Chipset

• 1.8

detected. Memory voltage can also be manually set to

 

Configuration >

• 1.9

allow memory to function or achieve higher performance.

 

Memory

 

 

 

Configuration

 

 

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