BIOS Settings Glossary - Version 04

Intel® NUC BIOS Settings Glossary BACK
V04 – January 2015 BACK
Minimum
Temperature (°C)
Cooling
Information
only
Fan speed increases if the processor temperature
exceeds this value. The value is calculated by Tcontrol
minus a fixed value.
Motherboard
Ambient
Cooling
Information
only
Displays the current system ambient temperature.
mSATA Port
Devices
Information
only
Displays the device identification string, capacity in
gigabytes, and negotiated speed (1.5 Gb/s, 3.0 Gb/s, or
6.0 Gb/s) for the device attached to the mSATA port. If
no device is attached, the string [Not Installed] is
displayed.
N
BIOS Setting
Appears on BIOS Screen…
Options
Description / Purpose
Native ACPI OS
PCIe Support
Power
Checkbox
Enable for power savings and performance
improvements. Note: not all PCIe devices are compatible
with this feature.
Near Field
Communication
(NFC)
Devices
Checkbox
Enables or disables the NFC module that is connected to
the NFC header.
No Video Detected
Error Beeps
Devices
Checkbox
Enables or disables motherboard speaker beeps when
video is not detected.
Numlock
Devices
Checkbox
If Numlock is enabled, the keypad defaults to numeric
functionality.
O
BIOS Setting
Appears on BIOS Screen…
Options
Description / Purpose
OS ACPI C2 Report
Power
Checkbox
Enable or disable OS ACPI C2 Report. If enabled, BIOS
will report ACPI C2 State (mapped to processor C3
state).
OS ACPI C3 Report
Power
Checkbox
Enable or disable OS ACPI C3 Report. If enabled, BIOS
will report ACPI C3 State (mapped to processor C6
state).
OS Selection
Boot
• Windows 8.X
• Windows 7
Select Windows 8.x if you plan to install Windows 8,
Windows 8.1, or a Linux distribution
Select Windows 7 if you plan to install Windows 7 or
other Legacy-based operating systems
Additional information:
Legacy operating systems need CSM (Compatibility
Support Module) in BIOS to support INT calls such as
INT10, INT 19, etc.
EFI compliant operating systems follow the EFI spec in
both BIOS and operating system, so do not need CSM
support in BIOS.
Over-Temperature
Threshold (°C)
Cooling
Numeric
Defines the temperature at or above which run-time
applications can generate an alert.
Over-Voltage
Threshold (V)
Cooling
Numeric
Defines the voltage at or above which run-time
applications can generate an alert.