Chapter 7: BIOS
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Hyper-threading
Select Enabled to support Intel Hyper-threading Technology to enhance CPU per-
formance. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Active Processor Cores
This feature determines how many CPU cores will be activated for each CPU. When
all is selected, all cores in the CPU will be activated. (Please refer to Intel's web
site for more information.) The options are All, 1, 2, and 3.
Limit CPUID Maximum
Select Enabled to set the maximum CPU ID value and to boot the legacy operat-
ing systems that cannot support processors with extended CPUID functions. The
options are Enabled and Disabled (for the Windows OS).
Execute Disable Bit Capability (Available if supported by the OS & the CPU)
Set to Enabled to enable the Execute Disable Bit which will allow the processor
to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can execute
and where it cannot, thus preventing a worm or a virus from fl ooding illegal codes
to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack. The default is
Enabled. (Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web Sites for more information.)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (Available when supported by the CPU)
Select Enabled to use the Intel Vir t ualiz ati on Technolo gy to all ow on e plat fo rm to
run multiple operating systems an d applic ations i n indepen dent par titi ons, cre at-
ing multiple "virtual " system s in on e physi ca l c ompu ter. The opti on s are Enable d
and Disabled.
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 the L2 cache to improve CPU performance. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch (Available when supported by the CPU)
Select Enabled for the CPU to prefetch both cache lines for 128 bytes as comprised.
Select Disabled for the CPU to prefetch both cache lines for 64 bytes. The options
are Disabled and Enabled.
Note: If there is any change to this settin g, you will need to r eboot the
system for the change to take effec t. Please ref er to Intel’s web site fo r
detailed information.