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Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Starting A New Blog

One of the main functions of the Internet is as a source of information of almost everything. When I have to face a friend's computer when acting improperly, for example, simply by entering the appropriate keywords on search engines, no need to wait a long time, a series of answers to the problem will be directly displayed in front of me to be chosen.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Optimization BIOS (2005 and Newer)


BIOS stands for Basic Input Output System. It's a small program closely related to the primary computer hardwares, i.e. keyboard, video adapter, memory, hard disk, etc. We can (re-)configure our computer for best possible setting with this utility. To enter into this utility, users usually have to press a key or key sequences during the boot or POST (Power On Self Test) process. Look at the on-screen message during this process or your PC (mainboard) manual.
Ok...after successfully entering BIOS setup utility, we can start to adjust the settings. Here are the tips:

Options should be Disabled:
    • CPU Spread Spectrum (for the chance of CPU overclocking)
    • Disable Unused PCI Clock (for power saving and reducing electromagnetic interference)
    • MCLK Spread Spectrum (for the chance of  memory bus overclocking)
    • PCI Bus Parking (for improving CPU performance)
    • PCIE Spread Spectrum (for the chance of  PCI-E interconnect overclocking)
    • PSB Parking (for improving CPU performance) 
    • Hard Disk Pre-Delay (for faster boot time)
    • HDD Self Diagnostic (for better HDD performance)
    • SATA Spread Spectrum (for more system stability)
    • AGP Spread Spectrum (for the chance of AGP bus overclocking)
    • HPET Support (unless you are using OS newer than Windows XP)

Options should be Enabled:
    • Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk (for power saving and reducing electromagnetic interference)
    • FSB Spread Spectrum (for the chance of FSB overclocking)
    • PCI Timeout (for better PCI performance) 
    • V-Link 8X Support (for maximum bandwidth)
    • V-Link Data 2X Support (disable only if you experience data corruption or boot problems) 
    • IDE DMA Transfer Access (for better IDE drives performance)
    • IDE Prefetch Mode (for higher throughput of IDE drives)
    • Bank Swizzle Mode (for higher memory throughput unless you have system instability)
    • Digital Locked Loop (DLL)
    • Dynamic Counter (for better memory performance)
    • AGP 3.0 Calibration Cycle
    • AGP Performance Control (for better AGP performance)
    • CPU Direct Access FB

Other Value:
    • PCI-E Compliance Mode (set according to the PCI-E device)
    • Host Burn-in Mode (highest possible value for overclocking CPU and memory bus)
    • Maximum Read Request Size (set to auto)
    • PCI Express Burn-in Mode (highest possible value for overclocking PCI Express bus)
    • PCI Burn-in Mode (try the highest value but still lower than 37.5MHz)
    • PCI Express Clock (try the value not higher than 110MHz)
    • PCI Master Bus Timeout (set to smallest possible value but not 0)
    • PCI Master Bus TimeOut Control (set to smallest possible value but not 0)
    •  Burn-In Mode (highest possible value for overclocking CPU and memory bus)
    • PCI-E Max Read Request Size (set to auto)
    • PCI-E Maximum Payload Size (set to 4096 for maximum efficiency)
    • PCI-E Reference Clock (try the value not higher than 110MHz)
    • SM I/O Buffers Control (set to normal)
    • Suppress Unused PCI Slot Clocks (set to yes for power saving and reducing electromagnetic interference)
    • V-Link Data Rate (set to 8x for maximum bandwidth)
    • V-Link Mode Selection (set to auto)
    • ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device) Emulation Type (set to auto)
    • ATA(PI) 80-Pin Cable Detection (set to Host and Device to prevent data corruption)
    • DRDY Timing (set to Default to prevent data corruption)
    • IDE Detect Time Out (set to 0 if possible for faster boot time)
    • DCQ Bypass Maximum (set to auto)