BIOS Settings Glossary - Version 04

Intel® NUC BIOS Settings Glossary BACK
V04 – January 2015 BACK
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BIOS Setting
Appears on BIOS Screen…
Options
Description / Purpose
Damping
Cooling
• High
• Normal
• Low
Helps to reduce oscillation in fan speed response. Higher
settings will produce fewer changes, but could slow
temperature response.
Dec-WRD
Performance
Checkbox
When this bit is set, there is one cycle decrement of WR
command to data delay, without affecting tCWL for other
purposes.
Deep S4/S5
Power
Checkbox
Enable or disable deep S4/S5.
Enabling this setting will use less power in S4/S5 sleep
states, but will only wake from S4/S5 via the power
button or RTC alarm.
Default Visual BIOS
Start Page
Main
• Home Page 1
• Home Page 2
• Home Page 2
Additional
options,
depending on
model
Allows you to select the Visual BIOS page you want to
appear first when entering BIOS Setup.
Desktop Board
Information
Home
Information
only
Displays SMBIOS information for:
• Manufacturer
• Product Name
• Version
• Serial Number
• Asset Tag
Digital I/O (V)
Performance
Numeric
Primarily used for overclocking.
Digital Microphone
Devices
Checkbox
Enable or disable digital microphone support that is part
of the Custom Solutions Header on the board.
DIMM1
DIMM2
Main
Information
only
Displays the installed system memory size in SO-DIMM
slot 1 (lower) and SO-DIMM slot 2 (upper), in Gigabytes.
Display F2 to Enter
Setup
Boot
Checkbox
If enabled, BIOS will display “F2 to Enter Setup” prompt.
F2 key input will still be accepted if this prompt is
disabled.
Display F7 to
Update BIOS
Boot
Checkbox
If enabled, BIOS will display “F7 to Update BIOS” prompt.
F7 key input will still be accepted if this prompt is
disabled.
Display F10 to
Enter Boot Menu
Boot
Checkbox
If enabled, BIOS will display “F10 to Enter Boot Menu”
prompt. F10 key input will still be accepted if this prompt
is disabled.
Display F12 for
Network Boot
Boot > Boot Display
Checkbox
If enabled, BIOS will display “F12 for Network Boot”
prompt. F12 key input will still be accepted if this prompt
is disabled.
Duty cycle
increment (%/°C)
Cooling
Numeric
Fan control will increase fan duty cycle by this % for each
degree Primary or Secondary Temperature Sensor is
over Minimum Temperature.