Chapter 3 – DFI CD101-N User Manual

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Chapter 3 BIOS Setup

Chapter 3

CPU Configuration

This section is used to configure the CPU. It will also display the detected CPU information.

Enabled for Windows XP
and Linux (OS optimized
for Hyper-Threading
Technology) and Disabled
for other OS (OS not
optimized for
Hyper-Threading
Technology). When
Disabled only one thread
per enabled core is
enabled.

CPU Confi guration

Processor Type
Intel (R) Atom (TM) CPU N2600 @ 1.60GHz

EMT64
Processor Speed
System Bus Speed
Ratio Status
Actual Ratio
Processor Stepping
Microcode Revision
L1 Cache RAM
L2 Cache RAM
Processor Core

Hyper-threading

Executive Disable Bit
Limit CPUID Maximum

Advanced

Hyper-threading

Enable this field for Windows XP and Linux which are optimized for Hyper-Threading

technology. Select disabled for other OSes not optimized for Hyper-Threading technology.

When disabled, only one thread per enabled core is enabled.

Executive Disable Bit

XD can prevent certain classes of malicious butter overflow attacks when combined with

a supporting OS (Windows Service 2003 SP1, Windows XP SP2, SuSE Linux 9.2, RedHat

Enterprise 3 Update 3.)

Limit CPUID Maximum

Disable for Windows XP.

306a8
10
3400 MHz
1600 MHz
3400 MHz
4
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported

32 kB x 4
32 kB x 4
256kB x 4
8192 kB

[Enabled]

[All]
[Disabled]



Select Screen



Select Item

Enter: Select
+/-: Change Opt.
F1: General Help
F2: Previous

Values

F3: Optimized

Defaults

ESC: Exit

IDE Configuration

This section is used to configure IDE functions.

SATA Ports (0~3)
device names if present
and enabled.

SATA Port 0
SATA Port 1

SATA Controller(s)

Confi gure SATA as

Misc Confi guration for hard disk

Advanced

SATA Controller(s)

This field is used to enable or disable the Serial ATA channels.

Configure SATA as

IDE Mode

This option configures the Serial ATA drives as Parallel ATA storage devices.

AHCI Mode

Select a configuration for SATA configuration.

Not Present
Not Present