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Memory Settings, Processor Settings, Table 4. Memory Settings details

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Memory Settings To view the Memory Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Memory Settings. Table 4. Memory Settings details Option System Memory Size Description Specifies the size of the system memory. System Memory Type Specifies the type of memory installed in the system. System Memory Speed Specifies the speed of the system memory. System Memory Voltage Specifies the voltage of the system memory. Video Memory Specifies the size video memory. System Memory Testing Specifies whether the system memory tests are run during system boot. The two options available are Enabled and Disabled. This option is set to Disabled by default. Memory Operating Mode Specifies the memory operating mode. The option is available and is set to Optimizer Mode, by default. Current State of Memory Operating Mode Specifies the current state of the memory operating mode. Memory training When option is set to Fast and memory configuration is not changed, the system uses previously saved memory training parameters to train the memory subsystems and system boot time is also reduced. If memory configuration is changed, the system automatically enables Retrain at Next boot to force one-time full memory training steps, and then go back to Fast afterward. When option is set to Retrain at Next boot, the system performs the force one-time full memory training steps at next power on and boot time is slowed on next boot. When option is set to Enabled, the system performs the force full memory training steps on every power on and boot time is slowed on every boot. Correctable Error Logging Enables or disables correctable error logging. This option is set to Enabled by default. Processor Settings To view the Processor Settings screen, power on the system, press F2, and click System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS > Processor Settings. Table 5. Processor Settings details Option Virtualization Technology Description Enables or disables the virtualization technology for the processor. This option is set to Enabled by default. Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch Optimizes the system for applications that need high utilization of sequential memory access. This option is set to Enabled by default. You can disable this option for applications that need high utilization of random memory access. Hardware Prefetcher Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set to Enabled by default. 6 Pre-operating system management applications

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Memory Settings
To view the
Memory Settings
screen, power on the system, press F2, and click
System Setup Main Menu
>
System BIOS
>
Memory Settings
.
Table 4. Memory Settings details
Option
Description
System Memory Size
Specifies the size of the system memory.
System Memory Type
Specifies the type of memory installed in the system.
System Memory Speed
Specifies the speed of the system memory.
System Memory Voltage
Specifies the voltage of the system memory.
Video Memory
Specifies the size video memory.
System Memory Testing
Specifies whether the system memory tests are run during system boot.
The two options available are
Enabled
and
Disabled
. This option is set to
Disabled
by default.
Memory Operating Mode
Specifies the memory operating mode. The option is available and is set to
Optimizer Mode
, by default.
Current State of Memory Operating Mode
Specifies the current state of the memory operating mode.
Memory training
When option is set to
Fast
and memory configuration is not changed,
the system uses previously saved memory training parameters to train
the memory subsystems and system boot time is also reduced. If memory
configuration is changed, the system automatically enables
Retrain at
Next boot
to force one-time full memory training steps, and then go back
to
Fast
afterward.
When option is set to
Retrain at Next boot
, the system performs the
force one-time full memory training steps at next power on and boot time
is slowed on next boot.
When option is set to
Enabled
, the system performs the force full
memory training steps on every power on and boot time is slowed on
every boot.
Correctable Error Logging
Enables or disables correctable error logging. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Processor Settings
To view the
Processor Settings
screen, power on the system, press F2, and click
System Setup Main Menu
>
System
BIOS
>
Processor Settings
.
Table 5. Processor Settings details
Option
Description
Virtualization Technology
Enables or disables the virtualization technology for the
processor. This option is set to
Enabled
by default.
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
Optimizes the system for applications that need high
utilization of sequential memory access. This option is set
to
Enabled
by default. You can disable this option for
applications that need high utilization of random memory
access.
Hardware Prefetcher
Enables or disables the hardware prefetcher. This option is set
to
Enabled
by default.
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