Advanced Bios Features; Cpu Feature - Avalue Technology ECM-945GSE User Manual

3.5.2

Advanced BIOS Features

This section allows you to configure your system for basic operation. You have the
opportunity to select the system's default speed, boot-up sequence, keyboard operation,
shadowing and security.

3.5.2.1 CPU Feature

This item allows you to setup the CPU thermal management function.
Item
Delay Prior to Thermal
Thermal Management
TM2 Bus Ratio
TM2 Bus VID
Limit CPUID MaxVal
Options
4, 8, 16, 32 Min
Thermal Monitor 1
Thermal Monitor 2
0~255
0.700 ~ 1.708
Disable
Enable
Description
Allow the Thermal Monitor to be
activated of certain minutes in
automatic mode after the system
boots.
Allow to choose the thermal
management method of the monitor.
Represents the frequency. Bus ratio of
the throttled performance state that will
be initiated when the on-die sensor
goes from not hot to hot.
Represents the voltage of the throttled
performance state that will be initiated
when the on-die sensor goes from not
hot to hot.
In order to mask the physical CPUID
for Proscott core when running WinNT,
Award BIOS provides "Limit CPUID
MaxVal" feature. Enabling this feature
will make the main board BIOS
respond "suitable", "virtual" CPUID to
OS kernel. So WinNT or the legacy OS
can use the masked CPUID to work
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