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Chapter 4, Bios settings – Lanner FW-5330 User Manual

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Bios Settings

Chapter 4

Network Application Platforms

Item

Selection

Limit CPUID

Maximum

Allows legacy operating systems to boot

even without support CPUs with extend-

ed CPUID functions.

Select to enable or disable this function

PSS Support Select to enable or disable the generation

of the following processor performance

control objects: ACPI_PPC (performance

Present Capabilities), _PSS (performance

supported states), and _PCT (performance

control)objects. These objects’ presence

indicate to the Operating System-directed

Power Management (OSPM) that the plat-

form and CPU are capable of supporting

multiple performance states.

PSTATE Ad-

justment

Select to adjust the startup power state

level.

NX Mode

Select to enable or disable the No-exe-

cute page protection Function. In this

mode, the hardware will be able to avoid

executing code from certain regions of

memory, making various types of buffer

overflow attacks harder.

SVM Mode

Select to enable or disable the CPU Virtu-

alization.

C6 Mode

Select to enable or disable power state C6

CPB

Select to enable or disable CPB (Core

Performance Boost). Enabling this option

will help system save power by letting

the CPU run at a lower speed when the

system is idle.

IDE Configuration Settings

While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects

the presence of SATA devices. The SATA Port items show

“Empty” if no SATA device is installed to the corresponding

SATA port.

Serial ATA Port 0/1/2/3

This menu shows the detected hard disk for each specific