BIOS Settings Glossary version 13 - Alphabetical

BIOS Settings Dictionary – Alphabetical
V13 – November 2009
CPU Thermal Module
Fan
Advanced >
Hardware
Monitoring
No changeable
options
Displays fan speed of the CPU fan
CPU Voltage Offset Performance >
Processor
Overrides
• Disable
• Enable
When enabled, will provide 300 mV additional voltage to
CPU above selected CPU Voltage Override
CSA Device Advanced >
Chipset
Configuration
• Auto
• Disable
Enables or disables Communication Streaming
Architecture interface.
Auto leaves the CSA device enabled if a device is found
on the bus, else the device is disabled.
For information on CSA, refer to
http://www.intel.com/design/network/papers/25245102.pdf
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BIOS Setting
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ppears on BIOS
Screen…
Options Description / Purpose
DDR2 Voltage Advanced >
Chipset
Configuration >
Memory
Configuration
• Automatic
• 1.8
• 1.9
Memory voltage will be adjusted according to the memory
detected. Memory voltage can also be manually set to
allow memory to function or achieve higher performance.
Default Frequency
Ratio
Maintenance • Enabled
• Disabled
Enabled uses processor default frequency ratio.
Disabled allows programming of frequency ratio.
Default Gateway
This setting editable
only if Obtain an IP
Automatically is set to
No.
Manageability <Enter> Press <Enter> to edit the default gateway for the client
system.
DHCP Enabled Intel® ME > Intel®
Active
Management
Technology
Configuration >
TCP/IP
Configuration
[X]
[ ]
Toggle the checkbox (with the Enter key or the Space bar)
to enable or disable DHCP.
For information on DHCP, refer to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhcp
Disable Disk
Protection
Manageability <Enter>
Only allowed if disk protection is enabled.
Discard Changes Exit No changeable
options
Discards changes without exiting Setup. The option values
present when the computer was turned on are used.
Disk Protection is
<enabled or disabled>
Manageability No changeable
options
Displays whether disk protection is enabled or disabled.
Hard Disk Protection is enabled by default after installing
Intel® Platform Administrator Client.
With Hard Disk Protection enabled, the client computer can
save a copy of the current OS image for recovery purpose.
This copy enables recovering a crashed client to a
previously saved state.
Diskette Controller Advanced >
Diskette
Configuration
• Enabled
• Disabled
Configures the integrated floppy controller.