ASRock P43 Pro/USB3 User Manual - Page 38

3.4.1 CPU Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced CPU Configuration Boot Failure Guard Boot Failure Guard Count Spread Spectrum [Enabled] [3] [Auto] Enhanced Halt State Intel (R) Virtualization tech. CPU Thermal Throttling No-Execute Memory Protection Intel (R) SpeedStep (tm) tech. [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto] Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard. +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Boot Failure Guard Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard. Boot Failure Guard Count Enable or disable the feature of Boot Failure Guard Count. Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Auto] for better system stability. Enhance Halt State All processors support the Halt State (C1). The C1 state is supported through the native processor instructions HLT and MWAIT and requires no hardware support from the chipset. In the C1 power state, the processor maintains the context of the system caches. Intel (R) Virtualization tech. When this option is set to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Intel (R) Virtualization Technology. CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated. No-Excute Memory Protection No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Technology is an enhancement to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 processor with "No Execute (NX) Memory Protection" can prevent data pages from being used by malicious software to execute code. This option will be hidden if the current CPU does not support No-Excute Memory Protection. 38