BIOS Optimization Guide

[Rockyme2002]

Here’s a BIOS Optimisation as well as just a GUIDE for NoObie’s for understanding the options..

Came around this awile ago…

HOPE its of sme help to evryone fiddling in the bios

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Bootstrap Management
BIOS Option Name Date
Boot Other Device 20 August 2003
Boot Sequence 20 August 2003
Boot Sequence EXT Means 20 August 2003
Boot To OS2 20 August 2003
Boot Up Floppy Seek 20 August 2003
Boot Up NumLock Status 20 August 2003
Delay IDE Initial 01 September 2003
DOS Flat mode 22 August 2004
First Boot Device 07 September 2003
Full Screen Logo 24 May 2004
Init Display First 02 September 2003
Primary Graphics Adapter 04 September 2003
Primary VGA BIOS 19 September 2003
Quick Boot 08 October 2003
Quick Power On Self Test 08 October 2003
Report No FDD For Win95 14 October 2003
Reset Configuration Data 14 October 2003
Resource Controlled By 14 October 2003
Second Boot Device 09 November 2003
System BIOS Cacheable 07 May 2004
Third Boot Device 10 November 2003

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Graphics Subsystem
BIOS Option Name Date
AGP 2X Mode 21 August 2003
AGP 4X Drive Strength 21 August 2003
AGP 4X Mode 21 August 2003
AGP 8X Mode 21 August 2003
AGP Always Compensate 21 August 2003
AGP Aperture Size 21 August 2003
AGP Capability 24 May 2004
AGP Clock / CPU FSB Clock 21 August 2003
AGP Drive Strength 21 August 2003
AGP Drive Strength N Ctrl 21 August 2003
AGP Drive Strength P Ctrl 21 August 2003
AGP Driving Control 21 August 2003
AGP Driving Value 21 August 2003
AGP Fast Write 21 August 2003
AGP ISA Aliasing 21 August 2003
AGP Master 1WS Read 21 August 2003
AGP Master 1WS Write 21 August 2003
AGP Prefetch 21 August 2003
AGP Secondary Lat Timer 26 September 2003
AGP Spread Spectrum 18 September 2003
AGP to DRAM Prefetch 21 August 2003
AGPCLK / CPUCLK 21 August 2003
DBI Output For AGP Trans 01 September 2003
Framebuffer size 22 August 2004
Graphic Win Size 02 September 2003
Graphic Window 22 August 2004
Graphics Aperture Size 22 August 2004
No Mask of SBA FE 13 September 2003
OnChip VGA Mode Select 22 August 2004
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 03 October 2003
Post Write Combine 05 October 2003
USWC Write Posting 14 October 2003
Video BIOS Cacheable 22 November 2003
Video BIOS Shadowing 22 November 2003
Video Memory Cache Mode 14 October 2003
Video RAM Cacheable 15 December 2003

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Memory Subsystem
BIOS Option Name Date
Act Bank A to B CMD Delay 21 August 2003
CPU-DRAM 22 August 2004
Delay DRAM Read Latch 01 September 2003
DRAM Act to PreChrg CMD 03 April 2004
DRAM Burst Length 8QW 18 May 2004
DRAM Data Integrity Mode 01 September 2003
DRAM Idle Timer 01 September 2003
DRAM Interleave Time 02 September 2003
DRAM page mode 22 August 2004
DRAM PreChrg to Act CMD 03 April 2004
DRAM Ratio 01 September 2003
DRAM Ratio HW Strap 01 September 2003
DRAM Read Latch Delay 01 September 2003
DRAM Refresh Rate 10 September 2003
Fast R-W Turn Around 07 September 2003
Fast Write to Read Turnaround 22 August 2004
Force 4-Way Interleave 07 September 2003
Gate A20 Option 10 September 2003
LD-Off Dram RD/WR Cycles 22 August 2004
MD Driving Strength 13 September 2003
Memory Hole At 15M-16M 13 September 2003
OS Select For DRAM > 64MB 04 September 2003
OS2 Onboard Memory > 64M 02 September 2003
Rank Interleave 24 May 2004
Read Around Write 08 October 2003
Read Wait State 08 October 2003
Refresh Interval 19 September 2003
Refresh Mode Select 19 September 2003
SDRAM 1T Command 06 April 2004
SDRAM 1T Command Control 06 April 2004
SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay 22 August 2004
SDRAM Bank Interleave 24 October 2003
SDRAM Bank-to-Bank Delay 15 April 2004
SDRAM Burst Len 24 October 2003
SDRAM Burst Length 24 October 2003
SDRAM CAS Latency Time 04 April 2004
SDRAM Command Leadoff Time 22 August 2004
SDRAM Command Rate 06 April 2004
SDRAM Cycle Length 04 April 2004
SDRAM Cycle Time Tras/Trc 04 April 2004
SDRAM ECC Setting 07 May 2004
SDRAM Idle Limit 04 September 2003
SDRAM Leadoff Command 22 August 2004
SDRAM Page Closing Policy 22 August 2004
SDRAM Page Hit Limit 22 August 2004
SDRAM PH Limit 22 August 2004
SDRAM Precharge Control 22 August 2004
SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay 22 August 2004
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 06 April 2004
SDRAM RAS Pulse Width 06 April 2004
SDRAM RAS-to-CAS Delay 04 April 2004
SDRAM Row Active Time 06 April 2004
SDRAM Row Cycle Time 15 April 2004
SDRAM Tras Timing Value 15 April 2004
SDRAM Trc Timing Value 15 April 2004
SDRAM Trcd Timing Value 07 May 2004
SDRAM Trp Timing Value 06 May 2004
SDRAM Trrd Timing Value 15 April 2004
SDRAM Write Recovery Time 18 May 2004
SDRAM Write-to-Read Command Delay 21 May 2004
Shadowing Address Ranges 07 May 2004
Share Memory Size 22 August 2004
Super Bypass Mode 09 November 2003
Super Bypass Wait State 09 November 2003
SuperStability Mode 09 November 2003
Write Data In to Read Delay 21 May 2004
Write Recovery Time 18 May 2004

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Miscellaneous
BIOS Option Name Date
Anti-Virus Protection 21 August 2003
Duplex Select 02 September 2003
Flash BIOS Protection 07 September 2003
Floppy 3 Mode Support 07 September 2003
Hardware Reset Protect 10 September 2003
KBC Input Clock Select 13 September 2003
Onboard IR Function 18 September 2003
Onboard Parallel Port 18 September 2003
Onboard Serial Port 1 18 September 2003
Onboard Serial Port 2 18 September 2003
Onboard USB Controller 18 September 2003
Parallel Port Mode 19 September 2003
Power On Function 05 October 2003
PS/2 Mouse Function Control 18 May 2004
RxD, TxD Active 14 October 2003
Security Setup 10 November 2003
Spread Spectrum 19 September 2003
Typematic Rate 07 May 2004
Typematic Rate Delay 07 May 2004
Typematic Rate Setting 07 May 2004
USB Controller 10 November 2003
USB Keyboard Support 22 August 2004
USB Mouse Support 21 May 2004
Virus Warning 10 November 2003
Watchdog Timer 22 August 2004

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Processor
BIOS Option Name Date
Athlon 4 SSED Instruction 21 August 2003
Auto Turn Off PCI Clock Pin 21 August 2003
Clock Throttle 22 August 2004
Compatible FPU OPCODE 20 August 2003
CPU Drive Strength 20 August 2003
CPU Fast String 20 August 2003
CPU Hyper-Threading 20 August 2003
CPU L2 Cache ECC Checking 20 August 2003
CPU Latency Timer 22 August 2004
CPU Level 1 Cache 20 August 2003
CPU Level 2 Cache 20 August 2003
CPU Level 3 Cache 20 August 2003
CPU Thermal-Throttling 22 August 2004
CPU VCore Voltage 20 August 2003
Delay Prior To Thermal 01 September 2003
FPU OPCODE Compatible Mode 02 September 2003
Host Bus In-Queue Depth 03 October 2003
Hyper Threading Technology 02 September 2003
In-Order Queue Depth 10 September 2003
IOQD 03 October 2003
K7 CLK CTL Select 10 September 2003
L3 Cache 13 September 2003
Level 2 Cache Latency 13 September 2003
MP Capable Bit Identify 22 August 2004
NB Strap CPU As 13 September 2003
Processor Number Feature 05 October 2003
S2K Bus Driving Strength 14 October 2003
S2K Strobe N Control 14 October 2003
S2K Strobe P Control 14 October 2003
Speed Error Hold 09 November 2003

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Storage Subsystem
BIOS Option Name Date
32-bit Disk Access 16 August 2003
32-bit Transfer Mode 16 August 2003
ATA100RAID IDE Controller 21 August 2003
Floppy Disk Access Control 18 May 2004
HDD SMART Capability 10 September 2003
IDE Bus Master Support 10 September 2003
IDE HDD Block Mode 10 September 2003
Keyboard Auto-Repeat Delay 18 May 2004
Keyboard Auto-Repeat Rate 18 May 2004
Master Drive PIO Mode 13 September 2003
Master Drive UltraDMA 13 September 2003
Multi-Sector Transfers 22 August 2004
Onboard FDC Swap A & B 18 May 2004
Onboard FDD Controller 13 September 2003
Onboard IDE-1 Controller 18 September 2003
Onboard IDE-2 Controller 18 September 2003
PCI IDE Busmaster 19 September 2003
PIO Mode 24 May 2004
Slave Drive PIO Mode 07 May 2004
Slave Drive UltraDMA 07 May 2004
Swap Floppy Drive 10 November 2003
Ultra DMA Mode 21 May 2004
UltraDMA-100 IDE Controller 21 May 2004
UltraDMA-133 IDE Controller 21 May 2004
UltraDMA-66 IDE Controller 21 May 2004

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System Bus
BIOS Option Name Date
16-Bit Recovery Time 11 August 2003
8-bit I/O Recovery Time 21 August 2003
AT Bus Clock 10 September 2003
Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk 21 August 2003
Byte Merge 20 August 2003
CPU to PCI Post Write 20 August 2003
CPU to PCI Write Buffer 20 August 2003
Delayed Transaction 01 September 2003
Differential Current 07 June 2004
Disable Unused PCI Clock 01 September 2003
FSB Spread Spectrum 18 September 2003
ISA 14.318MHz Clock 10 September 2003
ISA Enable Bit 10 September 2003
Master Priority Rotation 13 September 2003
P2C C2P Concurrency 18 September 2003
Passive Release 19 September 2003
PCI 2.1 Compliance 19 September 2003
PCI Chaining 23 September 2003
PCI Clock / CPU FSB Clock 23 September 2003
PCI Delay Transaction 04 September 2003
PCI Dynamic Bursting 04 September 2003
PCI IRQ Activated By 23 September 2003
PCI Latency Timer 23 September 2003
PCI Master 0 WS Read 23 September 2003
PCI Master 0 WS Write 23 September 2003
PCI Master Read Caching 23 September 2003
PCI Pipelining 23 September 2003
PCI Prefetch 04 September 2003
PCI Target Latency 23 September 2003
PCI to DRAM Prefetch 19 September 2003
PCI#2 Access #1 Retry 19 September 2003
Split Lock Operations 09 November 2003
Synchronous Mode Select 10 November 2003
VLink 8X Support 14 October 2003

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System Resource Management
BIOS Option Name Date
APIC Function 21 August 2003
Assign IRQ For USB 21 August 2003
Assign IRQ For VGA 21 August 2003
ECP Mode Use DMA 02 September 2003
EPP Mode Select 07 September 2003
Force Update ESCD 10 September 2003
Interrupt Mode 23 September 2003
MPS Control Version For OS 02 September 2003
MPS Revision 13 September 2003
PIRQ x Use IRQ No. 03 October 2003
PNP OS Installed 05 October 2003

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hope its not posted before…searched here…didnt find it.

[Rockyme2002]

Cant EDIT this…so update this as needed guys…