User Manual
Table Of Contents
- 1. Knowing BIOS
- 2. BIOS setup program
- 3. My Favorites
- 4. Main menu
- 5. Ai 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 Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration
- 6.8 Trusted Computing
- 6.9 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 6.10 USB Configuration
- 6.11 Network Stack Configuration
- 6.12 NVMe Configuration
- 6.13 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 6.14 APM Configuration
- 6.15 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 7. Monitor menu
- 8. Boot menu
- 9. Tool menu
- 10. Exit menu
- 11. Updating BIOS
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Active Processor Cores
Allows you to select the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package.
Configuration options: [All] [1] - [5]
Overclocking Lock
Allows you to enable or disable Overclocking Lock (BIT 20) in FLEX_RATIO(194) MSR.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Hyper-Threading
Allows a hyper-threading processor to appear as two logical processors, allowing the
operating system to schedule two threads or processes simultaneously.
[Disabled] For only one thread per activated core.
[Enabled] For two threads per activated core.
Per Core Hyper-Threading
The items in this submenu allow you to enable or disable Hyper-Threading for each core.
Hyper-Threading of Core 0-5
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
CPU Power Management Control
Allows you to manage and configure the CPU’s power.
Boot performance mode
Allows you to select the performance state that the BIOS will set starting from the
reset vector.
Configuration options: [Max Battery] [Max Non-Turbo Performance]
[Turbo Performance] [Auto]
Intel SpeedStep
®
Allows more than two frequency to be supported.
Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
Intel Speed Shift Technology
Allows you to disable or enable Intel(R) Speed Shift Technology support. When
enabled, CPPC v2 interface allows hardware controlled P-states.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Turbo Mode
Allows you to automatically set the CPU cores to run faster than the base operating
frequency when it is below the operating power, current and temperature specification
limit. (Requires EMTTM enabled too)
Configuration options: [Disabled [Enabled] ]
Acoustic Noise Settings
The items in this submenu allow you to configure Acoustic Noise Settings for IA, GT,
and SA domains.
Acoustic Noise Settings
Acoustic Noise Mitigation
Enabling this option will help mitigate acoustic noise on certain SKUs when the CPU
is in deeper C state.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]