Asus SABERTOOTH X79 - Manual (Page 80)

3-18 Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Chapter 3
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.
Hyper-threading [Enabled]
The Intel Hyper-Threading Technology allows a hyper-threading processor to appear as two
logical processors to the operating system, allowing the operating system to schedule two
threads or processes simultaneously.
[Disabled]
Only one thread per activated core is enabled.
[Enabled] Two threads per activated core are enabled.
Active Processor Cores [All]
Allows you to choose the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package.
Configuration options: [All] or by CPU specification
Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled]
[Enabled] Allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs
with extended CPUID functions.
[Disabled] For Windows ® XP OS, select this option to disable this function.
3.5.1 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.