Advanced Bios Features - MSI 915 User Manual

Chapter 4
CPU Feature
Press <Enter> and the following sub-menu appears:
Delay Prior to Thermal
W hen the CPU temperature reaches a factory preset level, a thermal monitoring
mechanism will be enabled following the appropriate timing delay specified in
this field. W ith the thermal monitoring enabled, clock modulation controlled by
the processor's internal thermal sensor is also activated to keep the processor
within allowable temperature limit. Setting options: [4 Min], [8 Min], [16 Min], [32
Min].
Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) tech
This function will decreases the speed of the CPU to save power.Settings:
[Enabled], [Disabled].
Thermal M anagement
When CPU's temperature is higher than the predefined thermal level, the thermal
monitoring mechanism will slow down the CPU speed to the percentage specified
in the field.
Limit CPUID MaxVal
If installing Windows NT series OS with Prescott CPU, you must [Enable] this item
function; if you use other OS except W indows NT, you have to [Disable] this item

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