Performance Tuning Guide

Intel Desktop Board DH67BL Performance Tuning Guide
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Desktop Board DH67BL
Performance Tuning Using BIOS
Setup
3.1 Hardware Considerations for Performance
Tuning
3.1.1 System Cooling
Performance tuning may result in additional system heat generation. Increased
cooling capability may be required to allow performance tuning and operation of a
performance tuned system while maintaining stable operation. Considerations for
increasing cooling capability may include, but are not limited to, chassis type, selection
of air or liquid cooling, processor cooler design, memory module design, and overall
system airflow. Extreme performance tuning requires system designs with
increasingly sophisticated cooling capabilities. It is beyond the scope of this guide to
provide detailed recommendations for system cooling.
CAUTION
Cooling induced moisture condensation will result in risk for electrical shorting and subsequent
damage to the board and/or the system.
3.2 Accessing BIOS Setup
The BIOS setup screen can be accessed at system startup by pressing the F2 key at
the BIOS screen prompt. It is advisable to run the latest BIOS revision to ensure that
performance features are at the highest level of optimization. The latest version BIOS
can be obtained from http://downloadcenter.intel.com. Instructions for loading the
BIOS i
nto the board can also be found at this location.
Before initiating performance tuning, ensure that the BIOS setup defaults have been
loaded by pressing F9 while in BIOS setup mode and then pressing F10 to save those
settings.