Advanced Chipset Control
The items included in the Advanced Settings submenu are listed below:
CPU Bridge configuration
QPI Links Speed: This feature selects QPI data transfer speed.
IMPORTANT:The following feature is only available when QPI Links Speed is set to Full Speed.
QPI Frequency: This selects the desired QPI frequency.
QPI L0s and L1: This enables the QPI power state to low power. L0s and L1 are automatically selected by the
motherboard.
Memory Frequency: This feature enables you to force a DDR3 frequency slower than what the system has
detected.
Memory Frequency: Allows you to force a DDR3 memory module to run at a frequency other than what the
system has detected.
Memory Mode: Set the memory mode.
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Independent - All DIMMs are available to the operating system.
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Channel Mirror - The motherboard maintains two identical copies of all data in memory for redundancy.
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Lockstep - The motherboard uses two areas of memory to run the same set of operations in parallel.
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