Chapter 3: BIOS setup
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3.3 Advanced menu
The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and
other system devices.
Be cautious when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect
eld values can cause the system to malfunction.
ACPI Setting
Trusted Computing
CPU Conguration
Digital IO
SATA Conguration
USB Conguration
Super IO Conguration
H/W Monitor
System ACPI
Parameters.
3.3.1 ACPI Setting
The items in this menu allows you to congure the system ACPI parameters.
ACPI Sleep State [S3 only (Suspend to...]
Allows you to select the ACPI sleep state that the system will enter when the
SUSPEND button is pressed. Conguration options: [Suspend Disabled] [S1
only(CPU Stop Clock] [S3 only(Suspend to RAM)]
3.3.2 Trusted Computing
The items in this menu allows you to congure the Trusted Computing settngs.
Security Device Support [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable BIOS support for security device. O.S. will not
show Security Device. TCG EFI protocol and INT1A interface will not be available.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
3.3.3 CPU Configuration
The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS
automatically detects.
Hyper-threading [Enabled]
Enabled for Windows XP and Linux (OS optimized for Hyper-Threading
Technology) and Disabled for other OS (OS not optimized for Hyper-Threading
Technology). When Disabled, only one thread per enabled core is enabled.
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