Loads of people while OC'in miss out on a few things in the BIOS which are generally required for a successful OC.
So here it goes, the 2 BOG's I could find on the net, they are both pretty comprehensive and will give you an insight to the BIOS options like never before :tongue:
Tech ARP - The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide
The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide
Also, quick and dirty guide to what some of the options should be set at available at :
OmegaDrivers.net
Make sure to check atleast these options while OC'in and even generally.
So here it goes, the 2 BOG's I could find on the net, they are both pretty comprehensive and will give you an insight to the BIOS options like never before :tongue:
Tech ARP - The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide
The Definitive BIOS Optimization Guide
Also, quick and dirty guide to what some of the options should be set at available at :
OmegaDrivers.net
Code:
Fast Gate A20 Option : ENABLED
Video BIOS shadowing : DISABLED
Video BIOS cacheable : DISABLED
xxxxx - xxxxx Shadow : ALL DISABLED
IDE prefetch mode : ENABLED
Init Display First : AGP or PCI (SELECT YOUR CARD TYPE)
IDE HDD Block Mode : ENABLED
IDE 32-bit transfer mode : ENABLED
Assign IRQ for USB : DISABLED (UNLESS YOU USE USB DEVICES)
Assign IRQ for VGA : ENABLED
PCI/VGA palette snoop : DISABLED
PNP OS Installed : ENABLED (WINDOWS XP CAN HANDLE PNP BETTER THAN BIOS)
Resource Controlled By : AUTO (UNLESS YOU WANT TO MANUALLY ASSIGN IRQs AND DMAs)
AGP aperture size : 256 (USE LOWER VALUE IF YOU HAVE TEXTURE PROBLEMS)
AGP master 1 WS write : DISABLED ***
AGP master 1 WS read : DISABLED***
Bank 0/1, 2/3 DRAM timing : TURBO ***
CPU to PCI write buffer : ENABLED
Delayed Transaction : DISABLED ****
DRAM speculative leadoff : ENABLED ***
DRAM Data Integrity Mode : NON-ECC (UNLESS YOU HAVE ECC MEMORY)
Delay DRAM read latch : (THE LOWER, THE FASTER) ***
Fast Writes : DISABLED (ENABLED FOR RADEON 9600 OR ATHLON64 SYSTEMS)
Memory parity/ECC check : DISABLED ***
Passive Release : DISABLED
PCI Concurrency : ENABLED
PCI master 0 WS write : ENABLED ***
RAS active time : (THE LOWER, THE FASTER) ***
RAS to CAS delay : (THE LOWER, THE FASTER) **
Read around write : ENABLED
SDRAM Bank Interleave : 4-bank/way
SDRAM CAS Latency Time : 2 **
SDRAM cycle length : 2 **
SDRAM Precharge control : ENABLED
Spread spectrum (modulation): DISABLED
System BIOS cacheable : DISABLED
Video RAM cacheable : DISABLED
8 bit I/O Recovery Time : 1
16 bit I/O Recovery Time : 1
Turbo frequency : ENABLED
** = ONLY IF YOUR MEMORY SUPPORT IT, OTHERWISE USE THE NEXT HIGHER VALUE
*** = WILL IMPROVE SPEED BUT DECREASES STABILITY, IF YOU HAVE PROBLEMS, CHANGE IT
**** = ENABLE IF YOU EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH CREATIVE SOUND CARDS