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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
NViS 3540/3540H/3540P4/3540P8 and NViS 3542/3542H/3542P4/3542P8 User Manual
Limit CPUID Maximum
The CPUID instruction of some newer CPUs will return a value greater
than 3. The default is Disabled because this problem does not exist in the
Windows series operating systems. If you are using an operating system
other than Windows, this problem may occur. To avoid this problem, en-
able this field to limit the return value to 3 or lesser than 3.
Hardware Prefetcher
Turns on or off the MLC streamer prefetcher.
Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch
Enables or disables the adjacent cache line prefetch.
Intel Virtualization Technology
When this field is set to Enabled, the VMM can utilize the additional hard-
ware capabilities provided by Vanderpool Technology.
Power Technology
Configures the power management features.
TDC Limit
Used to select the TDC limit.
TDP Limit
Used to select the TDP limit.
SATA Configuration
This section is used to configure the SATA drives.
SATA Mode
IDE Mode This option configures the Serial ATA drives as Parallel ATA
storage devices.
AHCI Mode This option allows the Serial ATA devices to use AHCI (Ad-
vanced Host Controller Interface).
RAID Mode This option allows you to create RAID or Intel Matrix Stor-
age configuration on Serial ATA devices.
(1) IDE Mode.
(2) AHCI Mode.
(3) RAID Mode.
BIOS SETUP UTILITY
Version 2.00.1201. Copyright (C) 2009 American Megatrends, Inc.
SATA Configuration
SATA Port 1
SATA Port 2
SATA Port 3
SATA Port 4
SATA Mode
Advanced
Not Present
Not Present
Not Present
Not Present
[IDE Mode]
→ ←: Select Screen
↑↓: Select Item
Enter: Select
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous Values
F3: Optimized Defaults
F4: Save ESC: Exit