Asus Q87T - Manual (Page 56)

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2.6.1 Trusted Computing
Security Device Support [Disable]
Enables or disables BIOS support for security devices. Configuration options: [Disable]
[Enable]
The following items appear only when you set the Security Device Support to [Enable].
TPM Support [Disabled]
Allows you to enable or disable the TPM support. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
TPM State [Disabled]
This item appears only when you set the TPM Support item to [Enabled] and allows you to
enable or disable the TPM after POST. Reboot your system for the changes to take effect.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
2.6.2 CPU Configuration
The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically
detects.
The items shown in submenu may be different due to the CPU you installed.
Intel ® Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled]
[Enabled] Enables the overheated CPU to throttle its clock speed to cool down.
[Disabled] Disables the CPU thermal monitor function.
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.
[Enabled]
Two threads per activated core are enabled.
[Disabled] Only one thread per activated core is enabled.
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]
[Enabled] Allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs
with extended CPUID functions.
[Disabled] Disables this function.