Asus Motherboard P8Z77-M - Manual (Page 58)

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Be cautious when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect field values
can cause the system to malfunction.
2.5 Advanced menu
The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other system
devices.
Main Ai Tweaker Advanced Monitor Boot Tool
Exit
CPU Configuration Parameters
EFI BIOS Utility - Advanced Mode
Version 2.10.1208. Copyright (C) 2012 American Megatrends, Inc.
→← : Select Screen
↑↓ : Select Item
Enter: Select
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values
F5: Optimized Defaults
F10: Save ESC: Exit
> CPU Configuration
> PCH Configuration
> SATA Configuration
> System Agent Configuration
> USB Configuration
> Onboard Devices Configuration
> APM
> Network Stack
2.5.1 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.