Enabling or disabling High Precision Event Timer (HPET) ACPI Support

About this task

Use the High Precision Event Timer (HPET) ACPI Support option to enable or disable the High Precision Event Timer (HPET) table and device object in ACPI.

Procedure

  1. From the System Utilities screen, select System Configuration > BIOS/Platform Configuration (RBSU) > Advanced Options > High Precision Event Timer (HPET) ACPI Support.
  2. Select a setting.

    • Enabled—The HPET is available to an operating system that supports it using the industry standard ACPI name space.

    • Disabled—The HPET is not available to an operating system that supports it using the industry standard ACPI name space.

  3. Save your setting.