Status Page Setup Menu / Option Page Setup Menu Press F1 to pop up a small help window that describes the appropriate keys to use and the possible selections for the highlighted item. To exit the Help Window press . Select the Load Setup Defaults item in the BIOS Exit Setup menu when somehow the system is not stable as usual. This action makes the system reset to the default settings for stability. • .....Main This setup page includes all the items in standard compatible BIOS. • .....Advanced This setup page includes all the items of Phoenix BIOS special enhanced features. (ex: Auto detect fan and temperature status, automatically configure hard disk parameters.) • .....Power This setup page includes all the items of Green function features. • .....Security Change, set, or disable password. It allows you to limit access the system and setup. • .....Server Server additional features enabled/disabled setup menus. • .....Boot This setup page include all the items of first boot function features. • .....Exit There are five optionsin this selection: Exit Saving Changes, Exit Discarding Changes, Load Optimal Defaults, Load Failsafe Defaults, and Discard Changes. 32 GA-7TEWH1 Motherboard Main Once you enter Phoenix BIOS Setup Utility, the Main Menu (Figure 1) will appear on the screen. Use arrow keys to select among the items and press to accept or enter the sub-menu. Figure 1: Main System Date Set the System Date. Note that the “Day” automatically changed after you set the date. System Time The time is calculated based on the 24-hour military time clock. Set the System Time (HH:MM:SS) CPU Type/CPU Speed/ CPU Count This category includes the information of CPU type, Speed ,and number of CPU count. Total Memory The BIOS determines how much total memory is present during the POST. 33 BIOS Setup Advanced About This Section: Advanced With this section, allowing user to configure your system for advanced operation. User can set the Processor configuration, Memory configuration, Advanced chipset control, PCI configuration , SATA configuration, I/O Device configuration, Boot configuration, and Hardware monitor. Figure 2: Advanced 34 GA-7TEWH1 Motherboard Processor Configuration 35 BIOS Setup Processor Configuration This category includes the information of CPU Speed, Processor ID ,Processor L2 / L3 Cache, and QPI Frequency. And setup sub-menu for CPU Power Management. Please note that setup menu options will be variable depends on the type of CPU. Multiprocessor Specification This option allows user to configure the multiprocessor(MP) specification revision level. Some operating system will require 1.1 for compatibility reasons. 1.4 Support MPS Version 1.4 . (Default setting) 1.1 Support M PS Version 1.1. Intel (R) Virtualization Technology Intel(R) Virtualization Technology will allow a platform to run multiple operating systems and applications in independent partitions. With virtualization, one computer system can function as multiple “virtual” systems. With processor and I/O enhancements to Intel’s various platforms, Intel Virtualization Technology can improve the performance and robustness of today’s software- only virtual machine solutions. 36 GA-7TEWH1 Motherboard Enabled Enable Intel Virtualization Technology. (Default setting) Disabled Disable this function. Execute Disable Bit Enabled Enable Execute Disable Bit. (Default setting) Disabled Disable this function. Hardware Prefetcher The Hardware Prefetcher looks the streams of data. The data is prefetched into L2 from external memory. Disabling of this item may impact processor performance. Enabled Enabled Hardware Prefetcher. (Default setting) Disabled Disables this function. Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch When enable this item, both cache lines that comprise a cache line pair when it determines data required is not currently in its cache. Enabled Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch. (Default setting) Disabled Disables this function. CPU Thermal Trip Enabled Enable CPU Thermal Trip. (Default setting) Disabled Disable CPU Thermal Trip. Processor Retest Enabled Enable Processor Retest. Disabled Disable Processor Retest. (Default setting) NUMA Aware Enabled Enable NUMA Aware. (Default setting) Disabled Disable NUMA Aware. ACPI SRAT Report Enabled Enable ACPI SRAT Report. (Default setting) Disabled Disable ACPI SRAT Report. Active Processor Cores Options One Core, Two cores, Max Cores. Default setting is Max Cores. 37 BIOS Setup Hyper-Threading Technology Enabled Enable Intel Hyper Threading Technology. Disabled Disable Intel Hyper Threading Technology. (Default setting) A20M Support Enabled Enable A20M Support. (Default setting) Disabled Disable A20M Support. Machine Checking Enabled Enable Machine Checking. (Default setting) Disabled Disable Machine Checking. Discrete MTRR Allocation Enabled Enable Discrete MTRR Allocation. Disabled Disable Discrete MTRR Allocation. (Default setting) Thermal Management Enabled Enable Thermal Management. (Default setting) Disab...
