Hyper-Threading Technology - HP xw4100 Service And Technical Reference Manual

The Power Management feature, when used in conjunction with an external Energy Star
compliant monitor, will support the power-down features of the monitor. The Power
Management feature allows an external monitor to go into low-power mode when the
energy save timeout occurs.
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CAUTION: Using the Energy Save Monitor feature with non–Energy Star compliant monitors may cause
video distortion when the Energy Save timeout occurs.
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Hyper-Threading Technology

Hyper-Threading Technology is a high performance technology, developed by Intel®, that allows
a single processor to execute multiple threads of instructions simultaneously. Hyper-Threading
Technology enables the processor to utilize its execution resources more efficiently, delivering
performance increases and improving user productivity. Not all systems benefit from the
Hyper-Threading Technology.
To see if Hyper-Threading Technology can benefit you, test your system by turning the feature
on. Computer Setup (F10) can be used to turn this feature on. To do this, run F10 Setup
during boot up and select Advanced > Device Options > Hyper-Threading, and enable the
Hyper-Threading Technology.
If your workstation does not support Hyper-Threading Technology, the Hyper-Threading
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menu item will not be available on the Computer Setup menu.
The Hyper-Threading Technology is recommended for use with Windows XP systems.
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This technology is detected by the system and is turned on in the operating system after it is
enabled in the system BIOS.
Hyper-Threading is not recommended for use with Windows 2000-based workstations.
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With the release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3.0, Hyper-Threading Technology will
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be compatible with Linux-based systems. An SMP kernel must be installed on your system
before this technology can be enabled.
For more information about the Hyper-Threading Technology, you can visit the Intel® Web site
www.intel.com.
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