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X9DR3-F/X9DRi-F Motherboard User’s Manual
64-bit
This item indicates if the CPU installed in Socket 1 supports 64-bit technology.
Hyper-threading
Select Enabled to support Intel Hyper-threading Technology to enhance CPU
performance. The options are Enabled and Disabled.
Active Processor Cores
Set to Enabled to use a processor's Second Core and beyond. (Please refer to
Intel's web site for more information.) The options are All, 1, 2, and 4.
Limit CPUID Maximum
This feature allows the user to set the maximum CPU ID value. Enable this
function to boot the legacy operating systems that cannot support processors
with extended CPUID functions. The options are Enabled and Disabled (for the
Windows OS).
Execute-Disable Bit Capability (Available if supported by the OS & the
CPU)
Set to Enabled to enable the Execute Disable Bit which will allow the processor
to designate areas in the system memory where an application code can execute
and where it cannot, thus preventing a worm or a virus from ooding illegal
codes to overwhelm the processor or damage the system during an attack. The
default is Enabled. (Refer to Intel and Microsoft Web Sites for more information.)
Hardware Prefetcher (Available when supported by the CPU)
If set to Enabled, the hardware prefetcher will prefetch streams of data and in-
structions from the main memory to the L2 cache to improve CPU performance.
The options are Disabled and Enabled.
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch (Available when supported by the CPU)
If this feature is set to Disabled, The CPU prefetches the cache line for 64 bytes.
If this feature is set to Enabled the CPU fetches both cache lines for 128 bytes
as comprised. The options are Disabled and Enabled.
DCU Streamer Prefetcher (Available when supported by the CPU)
Select Enabled to support Data Cache Unite (DCU) prefetch to speed up data
accessing and processing in the DCU to enhance CPU performance. The options
are Disabled and Enabled.
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