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ECM-PNV
42 ECM-PNV User ’s Manual
3.6.2.1 Configure advanced CPU settings
Use the CPU configuration menu to view detailed CPU specification and configure the
CPU.
Item Options Description
Max CPUID Value Limit
Disabled,
Enabled
In order to mask the physical CPUID for
Proscott core when running WinNT, Award
BIOS provides "Limit CPUID MaxVal" feature.
Enabling this feature will make the main board
BIOS respond "suitable", "virtual" CPUID to
OS kernel. So WinNT or the legacy OS can
use the masked CPUID to work well with the
new CPU design.
Execute-Disable Bit Capability
Disabled,
Enabled
It can help prevent certain classes of malicious
buffer overflow attacks when combined with a
supporting operating system.
Hyper Threading Technology
Disabled,
Enabled
To enable or disable Intel® Hyper Threading
technology. This item allows you improve
parallelization of computations