Gigabyte GA-B85M-DASH - 2-6 Power Management

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Full Screen LOGO Show
Allows you to determine whether to display the GIGABYTE Logo at system startup. Disabled skips the
GIGABYTE Logo when the system starts up. (Default: Enabled)
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Fast Boot
Enables or disables Fast Boot to shorten the OS boot process. Ultra Fast provides the fastest bootup
speed. (Default: Disabled)
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Limit CPUID Maximum
(Note)
Allows you to determine whether to limit CPUID maximum value. Set this item to Disabled for Windows
XP operating system; set this item to Enabled for legacy operating system such as Windows NT4.0.
(Default: Disabled)
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Execute Disable Bit
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
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Execute Disable Bit function. This function may enhance protection for the
computer, reducing exposure to viruses and malicious buffer overow attacks when working with its sup-
porting software and system. (Default: Enabled)
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Intel Virtualization Technology
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
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Virtualization Technology. Virtualization enhanced by Intel
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Virtualization Tech-
nology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions.
With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple virtual systems. (Default: Enabled)
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Intel TXT(LT) Support
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
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Trusted Execution Technology (Intel
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TXT). Intel
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Trusted Execution Tech-
nology provides a hardware-based security foundation. (Default: Disabled)
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VT-d
(Note)
Enables or disables Intel
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Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O. (Default: Enabled)
Enables or disables Intel Execute Disable Bit function. This function may enhance protection for the
computer, reducing exposure to viruses and malicious buffer overow attacks when working with its sup-
porting software and system. (Default: Enabled)
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Windows 8 Features
Allows you to select the operating system to be installed. (Default: Other OS)
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CSM Support
Enables or disables UEFI CSM (Compatibility Support Module) to support a legacy PC boot process.
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Always Enables UEFI CSM. (Default)
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Never Disables UEFI CSM and supports UEFI BIOS boot process only.
This item is congurable only when Windows 8 Features is set to Windows 8 or Windows 8 WHQL.
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Boot Mode Selection
Allows you to select which type of operating system to boot.
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UEFI and Legacy Allows booting from operating systems that support legacy option ROM or UEFI
option ROM. (Default)
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Legacy only Allows booting from operating systems that only support legacy option ROM.
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UEFI only Allows booting from operating systems that only support UEFI option ROM.
This item is congurable only when CSM Support is set to Always.
(Note) This item is present only when you install a CPU that supports this feature. For more information
about Intel
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CPUs' unique features, please visit Intel's website.