Enclosed PC Advanced Menu

Advanced BIOS Features Tab

For details about the Advanced submenus, refer to:

oPCI Subsystem Settings

oACPI Settings

oS5 RTC Wake Settings

oCPU Configuration

oSATA Configuration

oPCH-FW Configuration

oUSB Configuration

oEmbedded Controller Configuration

oIT8768E Super I/O Configuration

oSerial Port Console Redirection

PCI Subsystem Settings Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

PCI Latency Timer

Select PCI Latency Timer Register.

VGA Palette Snoop

Enables or disables VGA Paltte Registers Snooping.

PERR# Generation

Enables or disables PCI device to Generate PERR#.

SERR# Generration

Enables or disables PCI device to Generate SERR#.

PCI Express Settings

Select PCI Express Settings.

ACPI Settings Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Enable ACPI Auto Configuration

Enables or disables BIOS ACPI auto configuration.

Enable Hibernation

Enables or disables hibernation. This option may be not effective with some OS.

ACPI Sleep State

Sets the ACPI sleep state.

Lock Legacy Resources

Enables or disables Lock of Legacy Resources.

S3 Video Repost

Enables or disables S3 Video Repost.

ACPI Low Power S0 Idle

Enables or disables Config TDP Lock.

S5 RTC Wake Settings Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Wake system from S5

Enables or disables system to wake up from S5 using RTC alarm.

CPU Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Hyper-threading

Enables or disables the Intel hyper threading technology.

Active Processor Cores

Enable or disables a number of cores in each processor package.

Limit CPUID Maximum

Disable for Windows XP.

Execute Disable Bit

Enables or disables the no-execution page protection.

Intel Virtualization Technology

Enables or disables Intel virtualization technology. When enabled, a VMM can utilize the additional hardware capabilities provided by Vanderpool technology.

Hardware Prefetcher

Enables or disables the Mid Level Cache (L2) streamer prefetcher.

Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch

Enables or disables the Mid Level Cache (L2) prefetching of adjacent cache lines.

CPU AES

Enables or disables the CPU Advanced Encryption Standard instructions.

Boot performance mode

This Item allows users to select the performance state that the BIOS will set before OS handoff.

EIST

Enables or disables Intel SpeedStep..

CPU C states

Enables or disables CPU C states.

ACPI CTDP BIOS

Enables or disables ACPI CTDP BIOS support.

Configurable TDP Level

Select Configurable TDP Level.

Config TDP Lock

Enable or disable Config TDP Lock.

SATA Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

SATA Controller(s)

Enable or disable SATA devices.

SATA Mode Selection

Select SATA mode selection. (Determines how SATA controllers operate).

Aggressive LPM Support

Enable or disable PCH to aggressively enter link power state.

SATA Controller Speed

Indicates the maximum speed the SATA controller can support.

Software Feature Mask Configuration

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Serial ATA Port 0

Enable or disable serial ATA port.

Serial ATA Port 0 HotPlug

Designates this port as hot pluggable.

External SATA

Enable or disable External SATA support.

SATA Device Type

Select SATA port is connected to hard disk drive or Solid-State drive.

Serial ATA Port 1

Enable or disable serial ATA port.

Serial ATA Port 1 HotPlug

Designates this port as hot pluggable.

External SATA

Enable or disable External SATA support.

SATA Device Type

Select SATA port is connected to hard disk drive or Solid-State drive.

PCH-FW Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Firmware Update Configuration

ME FW Image Re-Flash: Enable or disable ME FW image re-Flash function.

USB Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Legacy USB Support

Enable or disable legacy USB support. Auto option disables legacy support if no USB devices are connected. Disable option keeps USB devices available only for EFI applications.

USB3.0 Support

Enable or disable USB3.0 (XHCI) controller support.

XHCI Hand-off

Enable or disable XHCI hand-off. This is a work-around for OS without XHCI hand-off support. The XHCI ownership modify is claimed by XHCI driver.

EHCI Hand-off

Enable or disable EHCI hand-off. This is a workroom for OS without EHCI hand-off support. The EHCI ownership modify is claimed by EHCI driver.

USB Mass Storage Driver Support

Enable or disable USB mass storage driver support.

USB transfer time-out

Select time-out section. The time-out value for control, bulk, and interrupt transfers.

Device reset time-out

Select device time-out section. USB mass storage devices start unit command time-out.

Device power-up delay

Select device power-up section. Maximum time the device takes before it properly reports itself to the host controller. Auto uses a default value: for a root port, it is 100 ms, for a hub port the delay is taken from the hub descriptor.

Embedded Controller Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

iManager WatchDog IRQ

Select Irq Number eBrain WatchDog.

EC Power Saving Mode

Select EC Power-Saving Mode.

CPU Shutdown Temperature

Select CPU shutdown temperature.

Backlight Enable Polarity

Select backlight enable polarity for PWM or DC.

EC Watch Dog Function

Select Watch Dog Timer.

IT8768E Super IO Configuration Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

Serial Port 1 Configuration

Serial Port: Enable or disable the COM port.

Serial Port Console Redirection Submenu

BIOS setting

Description

COM 0

Console Redirection: Enable or disable the Console Redirection.