Kontron CP305 BIOS - Manual (Page 25)

CP305 BIOS Advanced Setup
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P R E L I M I N A R Y
CPU Thermal Monitor Function SDO
This function is used to specify the Thermal Monitor Feature. BIOS chooses Intel® Thermal
Monitor 1 (TM1) to control the processor temperature and the power consumption by activating
the Thermal Control Circuit (TCC) when the processor silicon reaches its maximum operating
temperature.
If the processor supports the Intel® Enhanced SpeedStep™ technology, BIOS chooses Intel®
Thermal Monitor 2 (TM2), which controls the processor temperature and power consumption
by initiating an Intel® Enhanced Speedstep™ Technology transition when the processor silicon
reaches its maximum operating temperature.
If Disabled is selected, the BIOS disables the Thermal Monitor 1 or the Thermal Monitor 2 Fea-
ture respectively, i.e. the BIOS disables the CPU built in automatic thermal throttling. If the CPU
becomes overheated, the CP305 will shut off automatically.
Optimal and Fail-Safe settings: Enabled
Note: Intel® Thermal Monitor 1 or Intel® Thermal Monitor 2 must be enabled for the pro-
cessor to operate within specification.
Execute-Disable Bit Capability
This function is used to enable the Execute-Disable Bit Capability feature.
Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings: Enabled
Hyper Threading Technology
This function allows the ACPI OSs to simulate two processors. This means that only one phys-
ical CPU is present but the OS sees two virtual CPUs. Via this function, the system perfor-
mance can be significantly improved.
Optimal and Fail-Safe default settings: Enabled
SETTING DESCRIPTION
Disabled Use this setting to disable the CPU Thermal Monitor function.
Enabled Use this setting to enable the CPU Thermal Monitor function.
SETTING DESCRIPTION
Disabled Use this setting to disable the Execute-Disable Bit Capability function. When this setting is
used, the BIOS forces the XD feature flag to always return to 0.
Enabled Use this setting to enable the Execute-Disable Bit Capability function.
SETTING DESCRIPTION
Disabled Use this setting to disable the Hyper Threading function.
Enabled Use this setting to enable the Hyper Threading function.