AAEON IMBA-H61A - Manual (Page 37)

Chapter 3: BIOS setup 3-7
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]
This item will only appear if an Intel
® processor supporting Hyper-Threading is
installed on the motherboard.
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.
Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]
[Enabled]
Enables the No-Execution Page Protection Technology.
[Disabled] Forces the XD feature flag to always return to zero (0).
3.4.2 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.