Livin' the good life

[Modas]

Last night I dove into assembling my new system, replacing my NF2 Epox board with a NF4 Epox SLI board, a 6800GS video card, and an additional gig of ram.

I got everything hooked up, crossed my fingers, closed my eyes and pressed the power button.  SWEET!!!, no arky sparky.  I went thru, did a couple of things in the BIOS and figured I'd see if it would boot directly into windows.

Well, like I said, I must be doing something right.  XP pro booted up,  loaded the appropriate drivers where needed and VOILA!!  I'm ready to go!  I didn't have to do anything.  I updated the motherboard drivers and video drivers, but that's it.

I now have AH running at 1296x1024 resolution, 4X AA, max detail on everything, 1024 textures and getting 60 FPS solid.  It's lilke a whole new game!!!

Does anyone know if there is a website or something that EXPLAINS what all the Bios settings are and what they do on an NF4 board?  I had a good site when I upgraded to the NF2, but I can't seem to find it anymore.

Thanks!

[mussie]

This is the best and most concise Bios Bible I have ever read....

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/01/04/bios_from_a_to_z/


It covers the following

Basics
1. BIOS Versions
2. Accessing Your BIOS
3. Manipulating BIOS Settings
4. Ending A BIOS Session

Key Settings
5. Establish Boot Priority Order
6. Speed PC Boot Up
7. Activate USB 2.0 Support
8. Fixing Problems With USB Devices
9. PC Reaction To Power Failure/Loss
10. Monitor PC Health
11. Mitigate Fan Problems
12. Avoiding A System Crash
13. Using Older Scanners And Printers

BIOS Tuning
14. Display Power-on Self-Test (POST) Results During Boot-up
15. Boot Your PC Twice As Fast
16. Start The Right Graphics Card
17. Deactivate Outmoded Graphics Functions
18. Install Texture Memory
19. Modify Clock Settings
20. Boosting AGP Clock Rates
21. Boost AGP Voltage Levels
22. Activate CPU Cache Levels
23. Turn On APIC
24. Turn On Burst Mode
25. Activate Bus Mastering
26. Change RAM Timing Settings
27. Lower The RAS-to-CAS Delay Value
28. Reduce CAS Latency
29. Reduce Memory Load Time
30. Shorten The Delay Before The Next Memory Access
31. Read RAM Timings
32. Increase RAM Input Voltage Levels
33. Turn Off Motherboard Audio
34. Turn Off The Game Port
35. Deactivate Onboard-LAN Functions
36. Deactivate Unneeded Ports
37. Deactivate Firewire

BIOS Update
38. Loading A New BIOS
39. Archiving BIOS Versions
40. Test Your Update Installation
41. Preparing A Flash Disk
42. Flash Your System From Diskette
43. Flashing The BIOS From DOS
44. Loading The New BIOS

BIOS Golden Rules


EDIT "Oh Yeah... Dont forget to post some screenies"...

[LePaul]

Then update your sig, Modas