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Text: Allows you to determine whether to limit CPUID maximum value. Set this to enabled for legacy operating systems such as Linux or Unix.
Found this in the BIOS of a Gigabyte Z97X-UD3H mobo.
this post was submitted on 01 Jun 2025
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That's still help text, even if it isn't very helpful. I was installing to an older laptop recently that had no help for most BIOS options at all, plus I found a forum post on the manufacturer's website indicating that even they had no documentation for those settings. (Naturally, it was made by HP.)