Cpu Configuration - Asus P8B75-M LX PLUS User Manual

2.5.1

CPU Configuration

The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically
detects.
The items shown in submenu may be different due to the CPU you installed.
Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled]
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[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Hyper-threading [Enabled]
The Intel Hyper-Threading Technology allows a hyper-threading processor to appear as two
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logical processors to the operating system, allowing the operating system to schedule two
threads or processes simultaneously.
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Active Processor Cores [All]
Allows you to choose the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package.
Configuration options: [All] [1] [2] [3]
Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Intel Virtualization Technology [Disabled]
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[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
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Enables the overheated CPU to throttle its clock speed to cool down.
Disables the CPU thermal monitor function.
Two threads per activated core are enabled.
Only one thread per activated core is enabled.
Allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs
with extended CPUID functions.
Disables this function.
Enables the No-Execution Page Protection Technology.
Forces the XD feature flag to always return to zero (0).
Allows a hardware platform to run multiple operating systems separately
and simultaneously, enabling one system to virtually function as several
systems.
Disables this function.
Allows a hardware platform to automatically analyze the requirements and
prefetch data and codes for the CPU.
Disables this function.
Allows a hardware platform to perform adjacent cache line prefetching.
Disables this function.
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