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Table of Contents
When the System is Losing the Setup Conguration .................. 3-2
3-2 Technical Support Procedures .................................................. 3-3
3-3 Frequently Asked Questions .................................................... 3-4
3-4 Battery Removal and Installation ............................................. 3-5
Battery Removal .................................................................... 3-5
Proper Battery Disposal .......................................................... 3-5
3-5 Returning Motherboard for Service ........................................... 3-6
Battery Installation ................................................................ 3-6
Chapter 4
BIOS
4-1 Introduction .......................................................................... 4-1
Starting BIOS GUI Setup Utility ............................................... 4-1
How To Change the Conguration Data .................................... 4-2
How to Start the Setup Utility ................................................. 4-2
4-2 Setup Home .......................................................................... 4-3
Load Optimized Defaults ..................................................... 4-5
Save All Settings Only ........................................................ 4-5
Save Settings to OC3 ......................................................... 4-5
Exit Without Save ............................................................. 4-5
Save and Reset .................................................................. 4-5
Save and Exit Setup ........................................................... 4-5
4-3 System Information ............................................................... 4-6
Motherboard ......................................................................... 4-6
System Date ..................................................................... 4-6
System Time ..................................................................... 4-6
CPU ..................................................................................... 4-7
Memory ................................................................................ 4-8
PCH ..................................................................................... 4-9
4-4 Processor (CPU)................................................................... 4-10
Information ......................................................................... 4-10
Performance ........................................................................ 4-11
Hyper-threading ............................................................... 4-11
Active Processor Cores ...................................................... 4-11
Limit CPUID Maximum ...................................................... 4-12
Execute Disable Bit ......................................................... 4-12
Intel® Virtualization Technology ....................................... 4-12
Hardware Prefetcher ........................................................ 4-12
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch ........................................... 4-12