ASRock K8S8X User Manual - Page 22

Advanced Screen, 3.1 CPU Configuration

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3.3 Advanced Screen In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU Configuration, IDE Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, Hardware Health Configuration, ACPI Configuration, and USB Configuration. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced PCI PnP Boot Security Chipset Exit Advanced Settings WARNING : Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction. CPU Configuration IDE Configuration Floppy Configuration SuperIO Configuration Hardware Health Configuration ACPI Configuration USB Configuration Options for CPU Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F9 Load Defaults F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc. Setting wrong values in this section may cause the system to malfunction. 3.3.1 CPU Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY CPU Configuration CPU Host Frequency Actual Frequency (MHz) Speed Spectrum [Auto] [200] [Disabled] AMD POWERNOW Configuration AMD Cool 'N Quiet Configuration Select how to set the CPU host frequency. +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. CPU Host Frequency This item shows current CPU host frequency of the installed motherboard. Spread Spectrum This item should always be [Disabled] for better system stability. AMD POWERNOW Configuration Use this item to enable or disable the "AMD Cool 'N Quiet Configuration" feature. 22

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3.3 Advanced Screen
In this section, you may set the configurations for the following items: CPU
Configuration, IDE Configuration, Floppy Configuration, SuperIO Configuration, Hard-
ware Health Configuration, ACPI Configuration, and USB Configuration.
Setting wrong values in this section may cause
the system to malfunction.
3.3.1 CPU Configuration
CPU Host Frequency
This item shows current CPU host frequency of the installed motherboard.
Spread Spectrum
This item should always be [Disabled] for better system stability.
AMD POWERNOW Configuration
Use this item to enable or disable the “AMD Cool ‘N Quiet Configuration”
feature.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Main
PCI PnP
Boot
Security
Chipset
Exit
Advanced Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.
Options for CPU
Select Screen
Select Item
Enter
Go to Sub Screen
F1
General Help
F9
Load Defaults
F10
Save and Exit
ESC
Exit
v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
Advanced
CPU Configuration
IDE Configuration
Floppy Configuration
SuperIO Configuration
Hardware Health Configuration
ACPI Configuration
USB Configuration
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
CPU Configuration
Actual Frequency (MHz)
Select how to set the
CPU host frequency.
Select Screen
Select Item
+-
Change Option
F1
General Help
F9
Load Defaults
F10
Save and Exit
ESC
Exit
v02.54 (C) Copyright 1985-2003, American Megatrends, Inc.
Advanced
CPU Host Frequency
[200]
[Auto]
Speed Spectrum
[Disabled]
AMD Cool 'N Quiet Configuration
AMD POWERNOW Configuration