Chapter 4: AMI BIOS
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ACPI Settings
WHEA Support
Select Enabled to support the Windows Hardware Error Architecture (WHEA) plat-
form 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 Enabled and Disabled.
High Precision 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 de-
pendency on other timestamp calculation devices, such as an x86 RDTSC Instruc-
tion embedded in the CPU. The High Performance Event Timer is used to replace
the 8254 Programmable Interval Timer. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
NUMA Support (Available when the OS supports this feature)
Select Enabled to enable Non-Uniform Memory Access support to enhance system
performance. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
PCI AER Support
Select Enabled to support Advanced Error Reporting for onboard PCI devices. The
options are Disabled and Enabled.
Trusted Computing (Available when a TPM device is
installed and detected by the BIOS)
Conguration
Security Device Support
If this feature and the TPM jumper on the motherboard are both set to Enabled,
onboard security devices will be enabled for TPM support to enhance data integrity
and network security. Please reboot the system for a change on this setting to take
effect. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
TPM State
Select Enabled to use TPM (Trusted Platform Module) settings to enhance system
data security. Please reboot your system for any change on the TPM state to take
effect. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
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