ASRock 775i48 User Manual - Page 24

Chipset Configuration

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Ratio Status This is a read-only item, which displays whether the ratio status of this motherboard is "Locked" or "Unlocked". If it shows "Unlocked", you will find an item Ratio CMOS Setting appears to allow you changing the ratio value of this motherboard. If it shows "Locked", then the item Ratio CMOS Setting will be hidden. If you use the ratio value to time the CPU frequency, it will be equal to the core speed of the installed processor. Ratio Actual Value This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this motherboard. CPU Thermal Throttling You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mechanism to keep the CPU from overheated. Hyper Threading Technology To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel Pentium®4 processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating system that includes optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft® Windows® XP. Set to [Auto] if using Microsoft® Windows® XP, or Linux kernel version 2.4.18 or higher. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does not support Hyper-Threading technology. No-Excute Memory Protection: No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Tech nology is an enhancement to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 proces sor 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. 3.3.2 Chipset Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Chipset Configuration DRAM Frequency [Auto] Flexibility Option [Disabled] Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Disabled] DRAM CAS# Latency [Auto] DRAM RAS# Precharge [4 Clocks] DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [4 Clocks] DRAM Precharge Delay [8 Clocks] DRAM Burst Length [8] Memory Hole Init. Graphic Adapter Priority Graphics Aperture Size [Disabled] [PCI / AGP] [64MB] OnBoard LAN OnBoard AC'97 Audio [Enabled] [Auto] Options 133MHz 166MHz 200MHz Auto (DDR266) (DDR333) (DDR400) +F1 F9 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Load Defaults Save and Exit Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. 24

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Ratio Status
This is a read-only item, which displays whether the ratio status of this
motherboard is “Locked” or “Unlocked”. If it shows “Unlocked”, you will find
an item
Ratio CMOS Setting
appears to allow you changing the ratio value
of this motherboard. If it shows “Locked”, then the item
Ratio CMOS Set-
ting
will be hidden. If you use the ratio value to time the CPU frequency, it will
be equal to the core speed of the installed processor.
Ratio Actual Value
This is a read-only item, which displays the ratio actual value of this
motherboard.
CPU Thermal Throttling
You may select [Enabled] to enable P4 CPU internal thermal control mecha-
nism to keep the CPU from overheated.
Hyper Threading Technology
To enable this feature, it requires a computer system with an Intel Pentium
®
4
processor that supports Hyper-Threading technology and an operating sys-
tem that includes optimization for this technology, such as Microsoft
®
Win-
dows
®
XP. Set to [Auto] if using Microsoft
®
Windows
®
XP, or Linux kernel
version 2.4.18 or higher. This option will be hidden if the installed CPU does
not support Hyper-Threading technology.
3.3.2 Chipset Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
Chipset Configuration
DRAM Frequency
Flexibility Option
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD
DRAM CAS# Latency
DRAM RAS# Precharge
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay
DRAM Precharge Delay
DRAM Burst Length
Memory Hole
Init. Graphic Adapter Priority
Graphics Aperture Size
OnBoard LAN
OnBoard AC'97 Audio
[Disabled]
[Disabled]
[Auto]
[4 Clocks]
[4 Clocks]
[8 Clocks]
[8]
[PCI / AGP]
[64MB]
[Enabled]
[Auto]
[Disabled]
[Auto]
Select Screen
Select Item
+-
Change Option
F1
General Help
F10
Save and Exit
ESC
Exit
F9
Load Defaults
Options
133MHz
(DDR266)
166MHz
(DDR333)
200MHz
(DDR400)
Auto
Advanced
No-Excute Memory Protection:
No-Execution (NX) Memory Protection Tech
nology is an enhancement to the IA-32 Intel Architecture. An IA-32 proces
sor 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.