User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Knowing BIOS
- 2. BIOS setup program
- 3. My Favorites
- 4. Main menu
- 5. Extreme Tweaker menu
- 6. Advanced menu
- 6.1 Platform Misc Configuration
- 6.2 CPU Configuration
- 6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 6.4 PCH Configuration
- 6.5 PCH Storage Configuration
- 6.6 PCH-FW Configuration
- 6.7 Thermal Configuration
- 6.8 Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration
- 6.9 Trusted Computing
- 6.10 UEFI Variables Protection
- 6.11 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 6.12 USB Configuration
- 6.13 Network Stack Configuration
- 6.14 NVMe Configuration
- 6.15 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 6.16 APM Configuration
- 6.17 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 6.18 Intel(R) Rapid Storage Technology
- 7. Monitor menu
- 8. Boot menu
- 9. Tool menu
- 10. Exit menu
- 11. Updating BIOS
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6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration
The items in this menu allow you to change the System Agent (SA) parameters.
The following items appear only when CPU C-states is set to [Enabled].
Enhanced C-States
Allows you to enable or disable C1E. When enabled, CPU slows doen to minimum
speed when all cores enter C-State.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]
Package C State Limit
Allows you to set the C-state limit for the CPU package. Setting to
[CPU Default]
will leave it as the Factory default value. Setting to [Auto] will initialize the deepest
available Package C State Limit.
Configuration options: [C0/C1] [C2] [C3] [C6] [C7] [C7s] [C8] [C9] [C10] [CPU Default]
[Auto]
Thermal Monitor
Allows you to enable or disable the Thermal Monitor.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Dual Tau Boost
Allows you to enable Dual Tau Boost feature. This is only applicable for Desktop
35W/65W/125W sku. When DPTF is enabled this feature is ignored.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
VT-d
Allows you to enable virtualization technology function on memory control hub.
Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]