ASRock N68C-S UCC User Manual - Page 43

AM2 Boost, Cool 'n' Quiet, Secure Virtual Machine, Enhance Halt State, L3 Cache Allocation - amd am2

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3.4.1 CPU Configuration Advanced CPU Configuration AM2 Boost Cool' n' Quiet Secure Virtual Machine BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Disabled] [Auto] [Enabled] Options Enabled Disabled +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. AM2 Boost This option appears only when you adopt AM2 CPU. If you set this option to [Enabled], you will enable ASRock AM2 Boost function, which will improve the memory performance. The default value is [Disabled]. Please refer to caution 17 on page 10 for details. Cool 'n' Quiet Use this item to enable or disable AMD's Cool 'n' QuietTM technology. The default value is [Auto]. Configuration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and [Disabled]. If you install Windows® VistaTM and want to enable this function, please set this item to [Enabled]. Please note that enabling this function may reduce CPU voltage and memory frequency, and lead to system stability or compatibility issue with some memory modules or power supplies. Please set this item to [Disable] if above issue occurs. Secure Virtual Machine This option appears only when you adopt AM2 CPU. When this option is set to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by AMD-V. The default value is [Enabled]. Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled]. Enhance Halt State This option appears only when you adopt Phenom CPU. 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. L3 Cache Allocation This option appears only when you adopt Phenom CPU. The default value is [BSP Only]. Configuration options: [BSP Only] and [All Cores]. 43

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BIOS SETUP UTILITY
CPU Configuration
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
Select Screen
Select Item
+-
Change Option
F1
General Help
F9
Load Defaults
F10
Save and Exit
ESC
Exit
AM2 Boost
[Disabled]
Cool' n' Quiet
Secure Virtual Machine
[Auto]
[Enabled]
Enabled
Disabled
Options
3.4.1
3.4.1
3.4.1
3.4.1
3.4.1 CPU Configuration
CPU Configuration
CPU Configuration
CPU Configuration
CPU Configuration
AM2 Boost
This option appears only when you adopt AM2 CPU. If you set this option to
[Enabled], you will enable ASRock AM2 Boost function, which will improve the
memory performance. The default value is [Disabled]. Please refer to cau-
tion 17 on page 10 for details.
Cool ‘n’ Quiet
Use this item to enable or disable AMD’s Cool ‘n’ Quiet
TM
technology. The
default value is [Auto]. Configuration options: [Auto], [Enabled] and
[Disabled]. If you install Windows
®
Vista
TM
and want to enable this function,
please set this item to [Enabled]. Please note that enabling this function may
reduce CPU voltage and memory frequency, and lead to system stability or
compatibility issue with some memory modules or power supplies. Please
set this item to [Disable] if above issue occurs.
Secure Virtual Machine
This option appears only when you adopt AM2 CPU. When this option is set
to [Enabled], a VMM (Virtual Machine Architecture) can utilize the additional
hardware capabilities provided by AMD-V. The default value is [Enabled].
Configuration options: [Enabled] and [Disabled].
Enhance Halt State
This option appears only when you adopt Phenom CPU. 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 con-
text of the system caches.
L3 Cache Allocation
This option appears only when you adopt Phenom CPU. The default value
is [BSP Only]. Configuration options: [BSP Only] and [All Cores].