Owners Manual

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Viewing Memory Settings on page 39
Processor Settings
You can use the Processor Settings screen to view the processor settings, and perform specific functions such as enabling
virtualization technology, hardware prefetcher, and logical processor idling.
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System BIOS on page 35
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Processor Settings details on page 40
Viewing Processor Settings on page 40
Viewing Processor Settings
To view the Processor Settings screen, perform the following steps:
Steps
1. Turn on, or restart your system.
2. Press F2 immediately after you see the following message:
F2 = System Setup
NOTE:
If your operating system begins to load before you press F2, wait for the system to finish booting, and then
restart your system and try again.
3. On the System Setup Main Menu screen, click System BIOS.
4. On the System BIOS screen, click Processor Settings.
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Processor Settings on page 40
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Processor Settings details on page 40
Processor Settings details
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The Processor Settings screen details are explained as follows:
Option
Description
Logical
Processor
Enables or disables the logical processors and displays the number of logical processors. If this option is
set to Enabled, the BIOS displays all the logical processors. If this option is set to Disabled, the BIOS
displays only one logical processor per core. This option is set to Enabled by default.
QPI Speed Enables you to control QuickPath Interconnect data rate settings.
Alternate RTID
(Requestor
Transaction ID)
Setting
Modifies Requestor Transaction IDs, which are QPI resources. This option is set to Disabled by default.
NOTE: Enabling this option may negatively impact the overall system performance.
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