Flashing The Bios - Dell D15S Service Manual

Table 17. System setup options—Performance menu
Performance
Multi Core Support
Active Cores
Intel SpeedStep
Enable Intel SpeedStep Technology
C-States Control
Enable C-State Control
Intel Turbo Boost Technology
Enable Intel Turbo Boost Technology
Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Enable Intel Hyper-Threading Technology
Table 18. System setup options—System Logs menu
System Logs
BIOS Event Log
Clear BIOS Event Log

Flashing the BIOS

About this task
You may need to flash (update) the BIOS when an update is available or when you replace the system board.
Follow these steps to flash the BIOS:
Steps
1. Turn on your computer.
2. Go to www.dell.com/support.
3. Click Product support, enter the Service Tag of your computer, and then click Submit.
NOTE: If you do not have the Service Tag, use the auto-detect feature or manually browse for your computer model.
4. Click Drivers & downloads > Find it myself.
5. Select the operating system installed on your computer.
6. Scroll down the page and expand BIOS.
7. Click Download to download the latest version of the BIOS for your computer.
8. After the download is complete, navigate to the folder where you saved the BIOS update file.
9. Double-click the BIOS update file icon and follow the instructions on the screen.
Enables to change the number of CPU cores available to the operating system.
By default, the All Cores options are enabled.
Enables the computer to dynamically adjust processor voltage and core
frequency, decreasing average power consumption and heat production.
By default, the option is enabled.
Enable or disable additional processor sleep states.
By default, the option is enabled.
Enable or disable Intel TurboBoost mode of the processor.
By default, the option is enabled.
Enable or disable Hyper-Threading in the processor.
By default, the option is enabled.
Display BIOS events.
By default, the Keep option is enabled.
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