MSI Z77A-G45 Thunderbolt manual Eco

BIOS Setup

ECO

Important

Once you click the “ECO” button in the pre-set area, some items in ECO menu will be fixed and un-adjustable.

▶EuP 2013

Energy Using Products Lot 6 2013 (EUP) reduces power consumption when system is off or in standby mode.

Note: When enabled, the system will not support RTC wake up event functions.

▶CPU Phase Control

These items allow you to enable (Auto)/ disable (disabled) the CPU power phase switch feature to reach the best power saving.

▶Motherboard LED Control

This item allows you to enable (Auto)/ disable (disabled) the mainboard phase LED.

▶C1E Support

To enable this item to reduce the CPU power consumption while idle. Not all processors support Enhanced Halt state (C1E).

▶Intel C-State

C-state is a power management state that detects when the system is idle and lowers power consumption accordingly.

▶Package C State limit

This field allows you to select a C-state mode.

▶CPU Core Voltage/ CPU I/O Voltage/ GPU Voltage/ DRAM Voltage/ 3.3V/ 5V/ 12V These items show the amperages. Read only.

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