BIOS Settings Glossary Intel® Desktop Boards BIOS Settings Glossary The BIOS Setup program can be used to view and change the BIOS settings for the computer. BIOS Setup is accessed by pressing F2 after the Power-On Self-Test (POST) memory test begins and before the operating system boot begins. The presence of menus and BIOS settings are dependent on your board model, hardware components installed, and the BIOS version.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK 0–9 BIOS Setting 1394 Appears on BIOS Screen… Configuration > On-Board Devices Options • Enable • Disable Description / Purpose Enables or disables IEEE 1394 support This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include IEEE 1394. For information on IEEE 1394, refer to http://en.wikipedia.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Allow Simultaneous PCIe x16 Video Card (PEG) and IGD Alternate DNS Address Performance > Bus Overrides • Enable • Disable Enable this to allow a PCIe x16 video card (PEG) installed in a x16 slot to be enabled at the same time as processor-integrated video (IGD). Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > Local Setup and Configuration > IPv4 TCP/IP Configuration User defined Enter address in dot-decimal notation (for example: 255.255.255.
BIOS Settings Glossary Bluetooth Wireless BACK Configuration > On-Board Devices • Enable • Disable Enables or disables the on-board bluetooth wireless controller. This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include Bluetooth. Boot Device Priority Boot • Removable Devices • Optical Drive • Hard Disk Drive • Ethernet Specifies the boot sequence from the available devices. The list of options may vary depending on board model and hardware configuration.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Certificate Algorithm Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > Remote Setup and Configuration > Manage User Defined Certificates • Empty • SHA1 • SHA256 • SHA384 Algorithm type must match the generated certificate hash Change Intel® Management Engine Password Intel® ME User defined Intel® ME password must be changed from the default password prior to gaining access to other ME options.
BIOS Settings Glossary Clear Trusted Platform Module BACK Maintenance • No • Yes Erases all stored encryption keys and clears the TPM owner. Used to clear the TPM if you are transferring ownership of the platform to a new owner. This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that include support for Trusted Platform Module (TPM) and have TPM enabled. For more information, refer to your Trusted Platform Module Quick Reference Guide.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK CPU Voltage Override Type Performance > Processor Overrides • None • Static • Dynamic None: Allows the processor to manage its own power usage with default upper limits. Static: Keeps the processor at a specific user specified voltage at all times. Dynamic: Allows the processor to manage its own voltage level, but with user-specified upper limits.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Detected SATA Drive Configuration > SATA Drives Information only Displays the device identification string, capacity in gigabytes, and negotiated speed (1.5 Gb/s, 3.0 Gb/s, or 6.0 Gb/s) for a device attached to a SATA port. Detected Secondary SATA Device Configuration > SATA Drives Information only Displays the device identification string, capacity in gigabytes, and negotiated speed (1.5 Gb/s, 3.0 Gb/s, or 6.0 Gb/s) for a device attached to a secondary SATA port.
BIOS Settings Glossary Display F9 for Remote Assistance BACK Boot > Boot Display Options • Enable • Disable If set to Enable, BIOS will display “F9 for Remote Assistance” prompt. F9 key input will still be accepted if this prompt is disabled. This BIOS setting is present only when the board supports Remote Assistance. Display F10 to Enter Boot Menu Boot > Boot Display Options • Enable • Disable If enabled, BIOS will display “F10 to Enter Boot Menu” prompt.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Enable KVM Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > KVM Configuration • Enable • Disable Enable: allows Keyboard-Video-Mouse redirection over IP. Video is redirected from local client to remote console. Keyboard and Mouse are redirected from remote console to local client. Disable: does not allow KVM functionality.
BIOS Settings Glossary External eSATA Port BACK Configuration > SATA Drives Information only Displays the device identification string, capacity in gigabytes, and negotiated speed (1.5 Gb/s, 3.0 Gb/s, or 6.0 Gb/s) for the device attached to the SATA port. If no device is attached, the string [Not Installed] is displayed. Appears on BIOS Screen… Performance Options • Enable • Disable Description / Purpose Enables or disables Failsafe Watchdog.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Flat Panel Configuration Changes Configuration > Video > Advanced Flat Panel Display Settings • Unlocked • Locked Once locked, can only be unlocked by Intel® Integrator Toolkit. Floppy Controller Configuration > On-Board Devices • Automatic • Enable • Disable Configures the floppy drive controller. Only 1.44MB floppy drives are supported. Automatic: enables the onboard floppy controller if a floppy drive is connected.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK H BIOS Setting Hard Disk Drive Password Appears on BIOS Screen… Security Options Information only Description / Purpose Reports if there is a hard disk drive password set. Hard Disk Drive Password Prompt Security • Enable • Disable Enable: BIOS will always prompt for a hard disk drive password if a User HDD Password is installed. Disable: BIOS will never prompt for a hard disk drive password unless attempting to boot to a drive with a User HDD Password installed.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Hibernation Timer Power • Immediate • 1 minute • 2 minutes • 5 minutes • 10 minutes • 15 minutes • 1 hour • 2 hours When the system is put to sleep, it will temporarily wake up when the timer expires, and then hibernate to an SSD. High Precision Event Timers Configuration > On-Board Devices • Enable • Disable High precision event timers are integrated into chipset hardware and are available for use by operating systems.
BIOS Settings Glossary IGD DVMT Memory Configuration > Video BACK • 32 MB • 64 MB • 128 MB • 256 MB • Maximum DVMT Dynamic Video Memory Technology (DVMT) - Allows you to select the amount of system memory allocated to the integrated graphics device (IGD) video. Intel Dynamic Video Memory Technology 3.0 (DVMT 3.0) allows additional memory to be allocated for graphics usage based on application need.
BIOS Settings Glossary Intel® HyperThreading Technology Main BACK • Enable • Disable Enables or disables Hyper-Threading Technology. When disabled, only one thread per active core will be available. This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards that support Hyper-Threading Technology if a processor supporting Hyper-Threading Technology is installed. For information on Hyper-Threading, refer to http://en.wikipedia.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Intel® Rapid Start Technology Intel® Smart Connect Technology Power • Enable • Disable If enabled, the system will wake up faster. Requires a correctly configured SSD. Power • Enable • Disable When enabled, Intel® Smart Connect technology can be configured to periodically wake up the system briefly to retrieve data from the network (email, etc.
BIOS Settings Glossary IPv4 Address IPv6 Address IPv6 Default Router IPv6 Interface ID IPv6 Manual Interface ID BACK Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > Local Setup and Configuration > IPv4 TCP/IP Configuration Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > Local Setup and Configuration > IPv6 TCP/IP Configuration Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > Local Setup and Configuration > IPv6 T
BIOS Settings Glossary L3 Cache RAM BACK Main Information only Displays the total L3 cache memory of the installed processor in megabytes. This setting appears when the installed processor supports L3 Cache. LAN Configuration > On-Board Devices • Enable • Disable Enables or disables the on-board LAN controller. Load Custom Defaults Exit Continue? (Y/N) The BIOS will load Setup defaults. If User Custom defaults are present, they are used.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Manufacturer Main > System Identification Information > Desktop Board Information Information only Displays the board manufacturer string from SMBIOS Type 2 structure. Manufacturer Main > System Identification Information > System Information Information only Displays the system manufacturer string from SMBIOS Type 1 structure. Master Key Hard Disk Drive Password Security Information only Reports if there is a master key hard disk drive password set.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Memory Multiplier Performance > Memory Overrides > Performance Memory Profiles • Auto • Multiplier: DDRxFrequency Auto: BIOS selects memory multiplier based on Host Clock Frequency, multipliers supported by installed processor, and memory frequencies supported by DIMM. Multiplier: DDRx-Frequency: BIOS will use specified memory multiplier. Memory will run at the frequency shown if the accompanying multiplier is selected.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK No SATA Devices Detected Configuration > SATA Drives Information only This appears when Discrete-SATA is enabled, but no devices are detected on a Discrete-SATA port. No Video Detected Error Beeps Configuration > Video • Enable • Disable Enable or disable motherboard speaker beeps when video is not detected. Numlock Configuration > On-Board Devices • Off • On If Numlock is on, the keypad defaults to numeric functionality.
BIOS Settings Glossary Overridden Processor Speed BACK Main Information only Displays the maximum processor speed at current settings. Defined as current host clock frequency x maximum non-turbo ratio. This BIOS setting is present only on Intel® Desktop Boards where the Host Clock Frequency or Maximum Non-Turbo Ratio have been overridden. Overridden Processor Turbo Speed Main Information only Displays the maximum processor speed at current settings.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK PCI Express Bus Frequency Performance > Bus Overrides • 110MHz • 109MHz • 108MHz • 107MHz • 106MHz • 105MHz • 104MHz • 103MHz • 102MHz • 101MHz • Default Sets PCI Express clock frequency. Legacy PCI clock frequency is set to 1/3 of this. PCI Latency Timer Configuration > On-Board Devices • 32 • 64 • 96 • 128 • 160 • 192 • 224 • 248 Sets PCI Latency Timer for Bus Mastering. Limits the time in clock cycles that a PCI device can hold the PCI bus.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Permanent Certificate Name Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > Remote Setup and Configuration > Manage Permanent Certificates Information only Displays the permanent certificate name. PKI DNS Suffix Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > Remote Setup and Configuration User defined Domain Name System Suffix for PKI (Public Key Infrastructure).
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Preferred DNS Address Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > Local Setup and Configuration > IPv4 TCP/IP Configuration User defined Enter address in dot-decimal notation (for example: 255.255.255.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Product Name Main > System Identification Information > System Information Information only Displays the system product name string from SMBIOS Type 1 structure. Provisioning Mode Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > Remote Setup and Configuration Information only Displays the current Provisioning Mode: either PKI or PSK.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK R BIOS Setting Redirection Mode Appears on BIOS Screen… Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > SOL/IDER Configuration Options • Enable • Disable Description / Purpose Enable or disable redirection mode. Remote Control of Opt-in Policy Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > KVM Configuration • Enable • Disable Enable: allows a remote user to set the User Opt-in policy.
BIOS Settings Glossary SATA Controller Mode BACK Configuration > SATA Drives • IDE • AHCI Only IDE and AHCI can be selected in BIOS Setup, but RAID mode is available within the SATA Gen 3 controller Option ROM (hit Control-M during boot to enter menu). Note: A RAID array cannot be shared across SATA driver controllers (x6 ICH10 Gen-2 black ports, x2 Discrete Gen-3 blue ports and x2 eSATA Gen-2 red ports).
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Serial Number Main > System Identification Information > Chassis Information Information only Displays the chassis manufacturer serial number string from SMBIOS Type 3 structure. Serial Number Main > System Identification Information > Desktop Board Information Information only Displays the board serial number string from SMBIOS Type 2 structure.
BIOS Settings Glossary Set User Password BACK Security User defined Sets the User password. Setting a user password restricts who can boot the computer. The password prompt is displayed before the computer is booted. If only the supervisor password is set, the computer boots without asking for a password. If both passwords are set, you can enter either password to boot the computer.
BIOS Settings Glossary SOL/IDER Authentication Mode Speed BACK Intel® ME > Intel® Active (or Standard) Management Technology Configuration > SOL/IDER Configuration • Enable • Disable Performance Information only Selects how IDER and SOL operation verify and secure interfaces on LAN. Enable: requires Kerberos. Disable: allows user name and password authentication. For processor: displays the default, proposed and active processor speed.
BIOS Settings Glossary System Time BACK Main Hours, minutes, seconds Displays and changes the System Time from the RealTime Clock. The RTC Time is displayed in the 24-hour format [HH:MM:SS]. Each field is selectable with the Tab key. The + and – keys are used to increment/decrement the selected field. When changed, values are immediately committed to the RTC instead of waiting for Save & Exit Setup/F10 key.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK tRC Performance > Memory Overrides > Performance Memory Profiles +/- to change value Row Cycle Delay: minimum interval between successive ACTIVE commands to the same bank tRCD Performance > Memory Overrides > Performance Memory Profiles +/- to change value RAS-to-CAS Delay: # of cycles between activating and read/write tRFC Performance > Memory Overrides > Performance Memory Profiles +/- to change value RAS Refresh: # cycles from refresh to activation of a row tRP
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK Uncore Multiplier Performance > Memory Overrides Numeric Uncore Multiplier affects performance and stability of processor functionality such as L3 Cache, Memory Controller, and Integrated Graphics Device. Uncore Voltage Override Performance > Memory Overrides Multiple voltage values Allows the CPU Uncore voltage to be adjusted.
BIOS Settings Glossary USB Port x BACK Configuration > On-Board Devices USB • Enable • Disable • No Detect Allows you to enable or disable individual USB ports. If a USB keyboard is attached to a USB port that has been disabled in BIOS, it will be enabled during POST and Setup, but will be disabled before the operating system boot. All non-keyboard devices will be disabled during POST, Setup and in the operating system.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK V BIOS Setting Version Appears on BIOS Menu… Main > System Identification Information > Chassis Information Options Information only Description / Purpose Displays the chassis manufacturer string from SMBIOS Type 3 structure. Version Main > System Identification Information > Desktop Board Information Information only Displays the board version string from SMBIOS Type 2 structure.
BIOS Settings Glossary BACK X BIOS Setting XD Technology Appears on BIOS Menu… Security Options • Enable • Disable Description / Purpose Enables or disables XD Technology. Execute Disable Bit functionality may help prevent certain classes of malicious buffer overflow attacks when combined with a supporting operating system. For more information, refer to http://www.intel.com/technology/xdbit/ Y There currently are no BIOS settings that begin with the letter Y.
