persianpower Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 hey i want to start tweaking my BIOSanyone know a good stable program to do this?or do i have to read a manual online and make notes, then go into bios and manually change settings and hope for the best? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LineOFire Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 What exactly are you looking to do? Overclocking?As far as I know, you can't change BIOS with a program. You will have to actually go into BIOS to change it. :) All motherboard manufacturers use slightly different BIOS too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scuzzman Posted January 30, 2005 Report Share Posted January 30, 2005 Tweaking the BIOS is never, repeat never, a good idea, especially if you need to ask for help in doing so. Besides, there really are no "tweaks" per se in the BIOS, unless you intend to overclock, which is really unneccessary and very dangerous nowadays. Exactly what do you plan to achieve? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
persianpower Posted January 31, 2005 Author Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 i want to maximize my system to the max. ive already tweaked my windows via all those various tweak sites, reg files, etc...Now id like to learn about BIOSi have several guides at my disposalhttp://www.rojakpot.comhttp://www.tweak3d.comThe first task id like to do is enable my L2 cache (apparently its off for some reason and i believe its size to be 512KB).Overall, Id like to customize the bios for speed and stablity.thanksp.s.i run XP PRO SP2dual P4 2.8Ghz intel MMX processer with 200Mhz clock speed512 ram (495 physical) spec. 2 DIMM @ 256 each - RAM module is 1024MBIntel system board D865GBFintel gaphics controllerCD-ROMdual CD-RW/DVD-RWdual HDD (both maxtor models)ACPI Multiprocessoer PC (what does this means exactly?)Thanks for the help... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted January 31, 2005 Report Share Posted January 31, 2005 i want to maximize my system to the max. ive already tweaked my windows via all those various tweak sites, reg files, etc...Now id like to learn about BIOSi have several guides at my disposalOverall, Id like to customize the bios for speed and stablity.Thanks for the help...I agree with all that has gone before on this.Remember a computer is a tool for doing (useful) things. It shouldn't be there just as an item in its own right to tweak and mess around with.Altering the BIOS settings without being ABSOLUTELY sure of what you are doing can do irreparable damage to a machine - I've had to try and rescue a number of computers where their owners had read that altering this, that or the other would improve the performance - and it did exactly the opposite.I'm all for people learning about computers but don't let tweaking become the raison d’être of having it. If you really do want to play around with the BIOS, make sure you do it on an old machine, that is one that you are not concerned whether you wreck it or not. If you are thinkig opf overclocking, you could well be wasting your time. Many processors are locked now such that they either work under the conditions they were designed for or they don't work at all. In addition, the improvements in speed obtained by overclocking are small and unlikely to be noticed in a modern, fast computer.The safest way of obtaining a fast computer is to buy a another one. Who knows? It may be cheaper that way in the long term. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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