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AGP/PCI Clock

Use this item to select AGP/PCI clock. Configuration options: [Auto], [Sync

with CPU] and [66/33 MHz].

Spread Spectrum

Select [Auto] for the spread spectrum feature.

Boot Failure Guard

Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard.

Ratio Status

This is a read-only item, which displays whether the ratio status of this

motherboard is “Locked” or “Unlocked”. If it shows “Unlocked”, you will find

an item Ratio Setting appears to allow you changing the ratio value of this

motherboard. If it shows “Locked”, then the item Ratio Setting will be

hidden. If you use the ratio value to time the CPU frequency, it will be equal

to the core speed of the installed processor.

Ratio Actual Value

This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this

motherboard.

Ratio CMOS Setting

If the ratio status is unlocked, you will find this item appear to allow you

changing the ratio value of this motherboard.

Max CPUID Value Limit

For Prescott CPU only, some OSes (ex. NT4.0) cannot handle the function

with disable. This should be enabled in order to boot legacy OSes that cannot

support CPUs with extended CPUID functions.

Intel (R) Virtualization tech.

When this option is set to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture)

can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology.

This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Intel (R)

Virtualization Technology.

No-Excute Memory Protection

No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the

IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with “No Execute (NX) Memory

Protection” can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software

to execute code. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not

support No-Excute Memory Protection.

Hyper Threading Technology

To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel Pentium

processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating sys-

tem that includes optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft

Win-

dows

XP. Set to [Enabled] if using Microsoft

Windows

XP, or Linux kernel

version 2.4.18 or higher. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does

not support Hyper-Threading technology.