Supermicro X13SRA-TF - Page 107

Chapter 4: UEFI BIOS
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WHEA Support
Select Enabled to support the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) platform and
provide a common infrastructure for the system to handle hardware errors within the Windows
OS environment to reduce system crashes and to enhance system recovery and health
monitoring. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
High Precision Event Timer
Select Enabled to activate the High Precision Event Timer (HPET) that produces periodic
interrupts at a much higher frequency than a Real-time Clock (RTC) does in synchronizing
multimedia streams, providing smooth playback and reducing the dependency on other
timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC Instruction embedded in the CPU. The
HPET is used to replace the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are Disabled
and Enabled.
NCT6796DE Super IO Conguration (Available when your
system supports this feature)
The following information is displayed.
• Super IO Chip
Serial Port 1 Conguration
Serial Port 1
Select Enabled to enable serial port 1. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Device Settings (Available when "Serial Port 1" is set to Enabled)
This feature displays the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address of serial
port 1.
Change Settings (Available when "Serial Port 1" is set to Enabled)
This feature species the base I/O port address and the Interrupt Request address of serial
port 1. Select Auto for the BIOS to automatically assign the base I/O and IRQ address to
serial port 1. The options are Auto, (IO=3F8h; IRQ=4;), (IO=3F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9,
10, 11, 12;), (IO=2F8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;), (IO=3E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9,
10, 11, 12;), and (IO=2E8h; IRQ=3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12;).