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3.5.1
CPU Configuration
The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically
detects.
The items shown in this screen may be different due to the CPU you installed.
Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled]
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
Hyper-threading [Enabled]
The Intel Hyper-Threading Technology allows a hyper-threading processor to appear as two
logical processors to the operating system, allowing the operating system to schedule two
threads or processes simultaneously.
[Disabled]
[Enabled]
Active Processor Cores [All]
Allows you to choose the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package.
Configuration options: [All] or by CPU specification
Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
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Disables the CPU thermal monitor function.
Enables the overheated CPU to throttle its clock speed to cool down.
Only one thread per activated core is enabled.
Two threads per activated core are enabled.
Allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs
with extended CPUID functions.
For Windows
XP OS, select this option to disable this function.
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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
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