Chapter 4: BIOS Watch Dog Select Enabled to automatically reset the system if the system is not active for more than 5 minutes. The options are Enabled and Disabled . Summary Screen This setting allows you to Enable or Disable the summary screen which displays the system configuration during bootup. Advanced Processor Options Access the submenu to make changes to the following settings. CPU Speed This is a display that indicates the speed of the installed processor. Frequency Ratio (Available when supported by the CPU.) The feature allows the user to set the internal frequency multiplier for the CPU. The options are: Default , x6, x7, x8, x9, x10 and x11.
The feature allows the user to set the high ratio internal frequency multiplier for the Intel SpeedStep CPUs. The default setting is X12. Frequency High Ratio (Available when supported by the CPU.) Note : If a wrong ratio that is not supported by the CPU is selected, the system may hang. If this happens, clear the CMOS to recover the system. Hyperthreading (Available when supported by the CPU.) Set to Enabled to use the Hyperthreading Technology, which will result in increased CPU performance. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Core-Multi-Processing (Available when supported by the CPU.) Set to Enabled to use a processor's Second Core and beyond (Please refer to Intel's web site for more information). The options are Disabled and Enabled. Intel Enhanced Debug (Available when supported by the CPU.) Set to Enabled to use a processor's Second Core and beyond (Please refer to Intel's web site for more information). The options are Disabled and Enabled. Machine Checking (Available when supported by the CPU.) Set to Enabled to activate the function of Machine Checking and allow the CPU to detect and report hardware (machine) errors via a set of model-specific registers (MSRs). The options are Disabled and Enabled .
Fast String Operations (Available when supported by the CPU.) Set to Enabled to enable the fast string operations for special CPU instructions. The options are Disabled and Enabled . 4-9