Updating The Bios; Updating The Bios In Windows - Dell XPS 14 9440 Owner's Manual

Table 40. System setup options—Performance menu (continued)
Performance
Active Efficient Cores (E-Cores) Number
Intel SpeedStep
Enable Intel SpeedStep Technology
C-State Control
Enable C-State Control
Intel Turbo Boost Technology
Enable Intel Turbo Boost Technology
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Enable Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Table 41. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
BIOS Event Log
Clear BIOS Event Log
Thermal Event Log
Clear Thermal Event Log
Power Event Log
Clear Power Event Log

Updating the BIOS

Updating the BIOS in Windows

Steps
1. Go to www.dell.com/support.
2. Click Product support. In the Search support box, enter the Service Tag of your computer, and then click Search.
Enables to enter the number of active efficient cores.
Default: 07
Enables the computer to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core
frequency, decreasing average power consumption and heat production.
By default, the Enable Intel SpeedStep Technology option is enabled.
Enables or disables the ability of the CPU to enter and exit low-power state.
When disabled, it disables all C-states. When enabled, it enables all C-states that
the chipset or platform allows.
By default, the Enable C-State Control option is enabled.
Enables the Intel TurboBoost mode of the processor. When enabled, the Intel
TurboBoost driver increases the performance of the CPU or graphics processor.
By default, the Enable Intel Turbo Boost Technology option is enabled.
Enables the Intel Hyper-Threading mode of the processor. When enabled, the
Intel Hyper-Threading increases the efficiency of the processor resources when
multiple threads run on each core.
By default, the Intel Hyper-Threading Technology option is enabled.
Allows you to select option to keep or clear BIOS events logs.
By default, the Keep Log option is selected.
Allows you to select option to keep or clear Thermal events logs.
By default, the Keep Log option is selected.
Allows you to select option to keep or clear Power events logs.
By default, the Keep Log option is selected.
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