Asus ESC500 G2 - Manual (Page 85)

ASUS ESC500 G2 4-17
4.5.2 CPU Configuration
The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS
automatically detects.
The items shown in this screen may be different due to the CPU you installed.
Scroll down to display the following items:
Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled]
[Disabled] Disables the CPU thermal monitor function.
[Enabled] Enables the overheated CPU to throttle its clock speed to cool
down.
Active Processor Cores [All]
Allows you to choose the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor
package. Configuration options: [All] [1] [2] [3]
Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]
[Disabled] Disables this function.
[Enabled] Allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for
CPUs with extended CPUID functions.