SUPER MICRO Computer 1.0a user manual CPU Ratio, Clock Spread Spectrum, MPS and Acpi Madt Ordering

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Cache L2: This item displays the size of Cache L2 of the CPU for the moth- erboard.

Cache L3: This item displays the size of Cache L3 of the CPU for the moth- erboard.

Ratio Status: This item displays the status of the CPU ratio.

Ratio Actual Value: This item displays the actual value of the CPU ratio.

CPU Ratio

Select Manual to manually configure the CPU Ratio. Select Auto to allow the BIOS to automatically configure the CPU Ratio. The options are Auto and Manual.

Clock Spread Spectrum

Select Enable to enable Clock Spectrum support to allow the BIOS to monitor and attempt to reduce the level of Electromagnetic Interference caused by the compo- nents whenever needed. The options are Disabled and Enabled.

Hardware Prefetcher (Available when supported by the CPU)

If set to Enabled, the hardware prefetcher will prefetch streams of data and instruc- tions from the main memory to L2 cache in the forward or backward manner to improve CPU performance. The options are Disabled and Enabled.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch (Available when supported by the CPU)

The CPU prefetches the cache line for 64 bytes if this option is set to Disabled. If this feature is set to Enabled, the CPU prefetches both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised. The options are Disabled and Enabled.

MPS and ACPI MADT Ordering

This feature allows the user to configure the MPS (Multi-Processor Specifica- tions) and ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) settings for your motherboard. Select Modern Ordering if XP or a newer version of Windows OS is used in the motherboard. Select Legacy Ordering if 2000 or an earlier version is used. The options are Modern Ordering and Legacy Ordering.

Machine Checking Feature (Available when supported by the CPU.)

Select Enabled to use this feature which will allow the CPU to detect and report hardware (machine) errors via a set of model-specific registers (MSRs). The options are Disabled and Enabled.

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