Asus Z87-Expert Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
3.6.1 CPU Conguration
The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically
detects.
The items in this menu may vary based on the CPU installed.
Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the overheated CPU to throttle its clock speed to cool down.
[Disabled] Disables the CPU thermal monitor function.
Hyper-threading [Enabled]
[Enabled] Allows the operating system to schedule two threads or processes
simultaneously per activated core.
[Disabled] Allows the operating system to schedule one per activated core.
Active Processor Cores [All]
Allows you to choose the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package.
Conguration options: [All] [1] [2] [3]
Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]
When set to [Enabled], this item allows the legacy OS to boot even without support for CPUs
with extended CPUID functions.
Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled]