POST Screen Display of Physical versus Logical Processors

The word "Physical" is implied when the count of processors is stated on the BIOS POST screen. The processor count should refer to logical processor count only if explicitly stated as such. The system BIOS should recognize two logical processors, but only one physical processors. Intel® Desktop Boards supporting Hyper-Threading Technology ^† will display only one physical processor during POST.

Hyper-Threading Technology BIOS Setup Options

For Intel® Desktop Boards setup option location is the main menu of the BIOS setup program.

• Located on the same menu screen that already had Processor Type, Processor Speed, System Bus Speed, and other related processor fields.
• Setup Option Text
  • The field is called, "Hyper-Threading Technology."
• Setup Option Values
• The setup option values are "Enabled" and "Disabled."
• Setup Option Help Text

• Hyper-Threading Technology setup option will be grayed out (or removed)
• Hyper-Threading Technology setup option value will be forced to disabled

• Hyper-Threading Technology setup option will be displayed
• The consumer in the BIOS Setup program can change Hyper-Threading Technology setup option

This applies to:

Intel® Pentium® 4 Processor Extreme Edition Intel® Pentium® 4 Processors