Alienware M14X User Manual page 57

Advanced Menu
Intel SpeedStep
Virtualization
USB Emulation
USB Wake Support
Allows you to enable or disable the Intel SpeedStep technology.
Disabling this feature may improve performance, but will
greatly reduce battery life.
Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization
technology.
Allows you to enable or disable the USB emulation feature. This
feature defines how the BIOS, in the absence of a USB-aware
operating system, handles USB devices. USB emulation is
always enabled during POST.
NOTE: You cannot boot any type of USB device (hard drive, or
memory key) when this option is off.
Allows you to enable USB devices to wake the computer from
standby or to disable the USB wake support feature.
NOTE: If USB Powershare is enabled, a device connected to the
USB Powershare connector may not wake the computer.
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