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Processor Submenu
Table 17: Processor Submenu
Feature Choices or
Display Only
Description Your Setting
Processor Family
Display only
Family designation of the
processor
Core Frequency
Display only
Frequency at which the
processor currently runs.
Maximum
Frequency
Display only
Highest frequency at which the
processor can run.
System Bus
Frequency
Display only
Current frequency of the
processor system bus.
L2 Cache Size Display only L2 Cache Size
Processor Stepping
Display only
Stepping number of this
processor
CPUID Register Display only CPUID
Enhanced
SpeedStep
Enabled
Disabled
Enables or disables the
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep
®
Technology on the processors.
This technology allows the
system to dynamically adjust
processor voltage and core
frequency, which can result in
decreased average power
consumption and decreased
average heat production.
Core Multi-
processing
Enabled
Disabled
Sets the state of logical
processor cores in a package.
When set to Disabled, only the
logical processor core 0 is
enabled. The Hyper-Threading
Technology is automatically
disabled.
Virtualization
Technology
Enabled
Disabled
When enabled, allows a
platform to run multiple
operating systems and
applications in indepedent
partitions.
Power off and on again the
system to implement any
change made to this setting.
Execute Disable Bit Enabled
Disabled
When enabled, helps prevent
certain classes of malicious
buffer overflow attacks.