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Tomcat i915 S5120
Spread Spectrum
This BIOS feature allows you to reduce the EMI of your motherboard by modulating the
signals it generates so that the spikes are reduced to flatter curves. It achieves this by varying
the frequency slightly so that the signal does not use any particular frequency for more than a
moment.
The BIOS offers various levels of modulation. The greater the modulation, the greater the
reduction of EMI.
In most conditions, frequency modulation via this feature should not cause any problems.
However, system stability may be slightly compromised in certain situations. For example, this
BIOS feature may cause improper functioning of timing-critical devices like clock-sensitive
SCSI devices.
Spread Spectrum can also cause problems with over clocked systems, especially those that
have been taken to extremes. Even a slight modulation of frequency may cause the processor
or any other over clocked components of the system to fail, leading to very predictable
consequences.
Therefore, it is recommended that you disable this feature if you are over clocking your system.
The risk of crashing your system is not worth the reduction in EMI. Of course, if EMI reduction
is important to you, enable this feature by all means. But you should reduce the clock speed a
little to provide a margin of safety.
Disabled
-0.5%
-0.75%
-1.00%
+/-0.125%
+/-0.250%
+/-0.375%
+/-0.500%
CPU Clock
Enter a decimal number to set the front side bus speed of the motherboard. For all purposes
and to maintain stability, please keep this setting at its default setting.
The default setting is defined by the type of processor installed.
CPU Voltage Regulator
This option controls how much voltage is supplied to your processor, with a maximum
allowable voltage adding of 37.5mV. Select Default if you are not sure.
Default
-12.5mV
-25.0mV
-37.5mV
-50.0mV
+12.5mV
+25.0mV
+37.5mV
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