Dell 8 Update Manual

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AMD™ Processor UpdateHT AssistAMD Opteron™ 24XX and 84XX processors enabled with HT Assist featureallow faster HyperTransport™ (HT) transfers. However, when enabled,HT Assist reduces the L3 cache size from 6 MB to 5 MB.System reboot after enabling HT Assist reports the reduced L3 cache sizeand continues to do so until disabled. The HT Assist feature can be enabledor disabled using your system's BIOS settings.For information on accessing BIOS settings, see your system's Hardware Owner'sManual on the Dell Support website at www.support.dell.com/manuals.HyperTransport TechnologyDepending on your system capability, you can set your system’s HyperTransportmode to HT3.Your system and/or processors may or may not be HT3 capable, depending onwhen it was shipped. HT3 technology was added to selected Dell systems in early2009 and HT3 processors became available in May 2009.During system startup, the system BIOS checks the system board revisionnumber and the HT capability of all installed processors. If the system is capableof running at HT3 frequency, the HyperTransport Technology field in the BIOSsettings is set to HT3 by default. You can then set the field to either HT1 orHT3, depending on which setting gives you the best performance for yourparticular application.If your system is not HT3 capable, this field is set to HT1 and read only.July 2009