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Option
Description
Current State of
Specifies the current state of the memory operating mode.
Memory Operating
Mode
Processor Settings
You can use the Processor Settings screen to view the processor settings, and perform specific functions such as enabling virtualization
technology, hardware prefetcher, and logical processor idling.
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the Processor Settings screen, perform the following steps:
1
Power on, or restart your system.
2
Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then restart
your system and try again.
3
On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4
On the System BIOS screen, click Processor Settings.
Processor Settings details
The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Logical Processor
Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical processors. If this option is set to
Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS displays only one
logical processor per core. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Virtualization
Enables or disables the virtualization technology for the processor. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Technology
Adjacent Cache
Optimizes the system for applications that need high utilization of sequential memory access. This option is set to
Line Prefetch
Enabled by default. You can disable this option for applications that need high utilization of random memory
access.
Hardware
Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default.
Prefetcher
Logical Processor
Enables you to improve the energy efficiency of a system. It uses the operating system core parking algorithm and
Idling
parks some of the logical processors in the system which in turn allows the corresponding processor cores to
transition into a lower power idle state. This option can only be enabled if the operating system supports it. It is set
to Disabled by default.
x2APIC Mode
Enables or disables the x2APIC mode. This option is set to Disabled by default.
Number of Cores
Controls the number of enabled cores in each processor. This option is set to All by default.
per Processor
Processor Core
Specifies the maximum core frequency of the processor.
Speed
Pre-operating system management applications
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