BIOS Optimization Guide Revision 10.8

Discussion in 'BIOS Optimization Guide (BOG)' started by Adrian Wong, Aug 28, 2003.

  1. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Woohooooooo!!! It's finally up and running properly! Everyone, I present to you the new BIOS Optimization Guide Revision 8.0!

    Due to the enormity of this new revision, I have decided to split it up into several parts, each of which will be called Interim Releases. In today's interim release, we have posted 52 BIOS options which include :-

    - AGP Always Compensate
    - AGP Aperture Size
    - AGP ISA Aliasing
    - Athlon 4 SSED Instruction
    - Auto Detect DIMM/PCI Clk
    - Auto Turn Off PCI Clock Pin
    - Byte Merge
    - Clock Throttle
    - Compatible FPU OPCODE
    - CPU Fast String
    - CPU Hyper-Threading
    - CPU Thermal-Throttling


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    In this new revision, I have rewritten everything, with more details and lots of corrections. So, the BIOS Optimization Guide Revision 8.0 can be considered as a totally new guide. You will see what I mean when you check it out. :)

    We have also implemented TWO different version of the BIOS Optimization Guide. There will be a simplified version of the BIOS Optimization Guide. The description of each BIOS option in this guide will be condensed and written in a simplified format.

    Please note that this simplified guide is not a sampler or demo version of the complete BIOS Optimization Guide. It is merely a simplified version with all the essential points and minus the frills! This simplified guide is available to all at no cost at all!

    The other version of the BIOS Optimization Guide would be the complete guide. This version will feature both simplified descriptions as well as full details of each BIOS option. This allows you to quickly get the gist of what each BIOS option mean and delve in deeper into the details if they wish to learn more about it.

    However, we will have to charge a small subscription fee for the full detailed guide. Subscription not only ensures continued development of this guide, it also comes with the following advantages :-

    - Exclusive access to full, detailed descriptions of the BIOS options!
    - Faster and more regular updates and additions to the BOG!
    - Banner-free browsing!*
    - Free e-mail updates about BOG updates!
    - Special status in the ARP Forums!
    - Research priority for BIOS option requests!

    * Due to the design of the site, the top banner cannot be removed. But all other banners will not be present.

    Don't worry, the cost of subscription is minimal at best! It will be used to maintain our server as well as offset the loss in advertising from the removal of banners.

    Okay, enough talk! Take a look at our new BIOS Optimization Guide Revision 8.0!
     
  2. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    BIOS Optimization Guide Updates Posted!

    To all BOG subscribers, I am happy to announce that we have just posted a dozen new BIOS options for the BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0!

    Check out the list of new options posted :-

    - DBI Output For AGP Trans
    - Delay DRAM Read Latch
    - Delay IDE Initial
    - Delay Prior To Thermal
    - Delayed Transaction
    - Disable Unused PCI Clock
    - DRAM Act to PreChrg CMD
    - DRAM Data Integrity Mode
    - DRAM Idle Timer
    - DRAM Ratio
    - DRAM Ratio HW Strap
    - DRAM Read Latch Delay


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    Users of the simplified BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We will prepare the simplified BOG files and post them as a new interim release soon!
     
  3. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    To all BOG subscribers, I am happy to announce that we have just posted TEN new BIOS options for the BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0!

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    Check out the list of new options posted :-

    - DRAM Interleave Time
    - DRAM PreChrg to Act CMD
    - Duplex Select
    - ECP Mode Use DMA
    - FPU OPCODE Compatible Mode
    - Graphic Win Size
    - Hyper Threading Technology
    - Init Display First
    - MPS Control Version For OS
    - OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M


    Users of the simplified BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We will prepare the simplified BOG files and post them as a new interim release soon!
     
  4. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I will start tonight off with EIGHT new BIOS options for the full version of the BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0!

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    Check out the list of new options posted :-

    - OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
    - PCI Delay Transaction
    - PCI Dynamic Bursting
    - PCI Prefetch
    - Primary Graphics Adapter
    - SDRAM Idle Limit
    - SDRAM Tras Timing Value
    - SDRAM Trp Timing Value


    Users of the simplified BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We are readying the simplified version for posting tonight too! :)
     
  5. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Sorry for being tardy! Anyway, the second interim release of the new BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0 is now up!

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    Here is the list of the 30 new BIOS options posted in this interim release :-

    - DBI Output For AGP Trans
    - Delay DRAM Read Latch
    - Delay IDE Initial
    - Delay Prior To Thermal
    - Delayed Transaction
    - Disable Unused PCI Clock
    - DRAM Act to PreChrg CMD
    - DRAM Data Integrity Mode
    - DRAM Idle Timer
    - DRAM Ratio
    - DRAM Ratio HW Strap
    - DRAM Read Latch Delay
    - DRAM Interleave Time
    - DRAM PreChrg to Act CMD
    - Duplex Select
    - ECP Mode Use DMA
    - FPU OPCODE Compatible Mode
    - Graphic Win Size
    - Hyper Threading Technology
    - Init Display First
    - MPS Control Version For OS
    - OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M
    - OS Select For DRAM > 64MB
    - PCI Delay Transaction
    - PCI Dynamic Bursting
    - PCI Prefetch
    - Primary Graphics Adapter
    - SDRAM Idle Limit
    - SDRAM Tras Timing Value
    - SDRAM Trp Timing Value


    Head over to the BIOS Optimization Guide for the goodies!
     
  6. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted SIX new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the SIX new BIOS options :-

    - EPP Mode Select
    - Fast R-W Turn Around
    - First Boot Device
    - Flash BIOS Protection
    - Floppy 3 Mode Support
    - Force 4-Way Interleave


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!

    Users of the free BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We will post another interim release shortly! :)
     
  7. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 12 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 12 new BIOS options :-

    - AT Bus Clock
    - DRAM Refresh Rate
    - Force Update ESCD
    - Gate A20 Option
    - Hardware Reset Protect
    - HDD SMART Capability
    - IDE Bus Master Support
    - IDE HDD Block Mode
    - In-Order Queue Depth
    - ISA 14.318MHz Clock
    - ISA Enable Bit
    - K7 CLK CTL Select


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!

    Users of the free BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We will post another interim release shortly! :)
     
  8. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 12 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 12 new BIOS options :-

    - KBC Input Clock Select
    - L3 Cache
    - Level 2 Cache Latency
    - Master Drive PIO Mode
    - Master Drive UltraDMA
    - Master Priority Rotation
    - MD Driving Strength
    - Memory Hole At 15M-16M
    - MPS Revision
    - NB Strap CPU As
    - No Mask of SBA FE
    - Onboard FDD Controller


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!

    Users of the free BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We are now preparing for an interim release TONIGHT! :)
     
  9. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    As promised, here is the Interim Release 3 of the BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0! There are 30 new BIOS options posted in this interim release.

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    Here is the list of new BIOS options :-

    - EPP Mode Select
    - Fast R-W Turn Around
    - First Boot Device
    - Flash BIOS Protection
    - Floppy 3 Mode Support
    - Force 4-Way Interleave
    - AT Bus Clock
    - DRAM Refresh Rate
    - Force Update ESCD
    - Gate A20 Option
    - Hardware Reset Protect
    - HDD SMART Capability
    - IDE Bus Master Support
    - IDE HDD Block Mode
    - In-Order Queue Depth
    - ISA 14.318MHz Clock
    - ISA Enable Bit
    - K7 CLK CTL Select
    - KBC Input Clock Select
    - L3 Cache
    - Level 2 Cache Latency
    - Master Drive PIO Mode
    - Master Drive UltraDMA
    - Master Priority Rotation
    - MD Driving Strength
    - Memory Hole At 15M-16M
    - MPS Revision
    - NB Strap CPU As
    - No Mask of SBA FE
    - Onboard FDD Controller


    Head over to the BIOS Optimization Guide for the goodies!
     
  10. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 10 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 10 new BIOS options :-

    - AGP Spread Spectrum
    - FSB Spread Spectrum
    - Onboard IDE-1 Controller
    - Onboard IDE-2 Controller
    - Onboard IR Function
    - Onboard Parallel Port
    - Onboard Serial Port 1
    - Onboard Serial Port 2
    - Onboard USB Controller
    - P2C C2P Concurrency


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!

    Users of the free BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We will prepare another interim release shortly! :)
     
  11. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 10 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 10 new BIOS options :-

    - Parallel Port Mode
    - Passive Release
    - PCI 2.1 Compliance
    - PCI IDE Busmaster
    - PCI to DRAM Prefetch
    - PCI#2 Access #1 Retry
    - Primary VGA BIOS
    - Refresh Interval Refresh
    - Mode Select
    - Spread Spectrum


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!

    Users of the free BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We will prepare another interim release shortly! :)
     
  12. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 10 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 10 new BIOS options :-

    - Interrupt Mode
    - PCI Chaining
    - PCI Clock / CPU FSB Clock
    - PCI IRQ Activated By
    - PCI Latency Timer
    - PCI Master 0 WS Read
    - PCI Master 0 WS Write
    - PCI Master Read Caching
    - PCI Pipelining
    - PCI Target Latency


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!

    Users of the free BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We will be posting the new Interim Release tomorrow! I am just too tired to settle the Interim Release this late at night! :)

    FYI, after months of research, I finally figured out what the AGP Secondary Lat Timer does! It has been a really tiring day for me so I will talk more about it tomorrow. :)
     
  13. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    As promised, here is the new Interim Release 4 of the FREE BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0!

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    This interim release features 30 new BIOS options. Here is the list :-

    - AGP Spread Spectrum
    - FSB Spread Spectrum
    - Onboard IDE-1 Controller
    - Onboard IDE-2 Controller
    - Onboard IR Function
    - Onboard Parallel Port
    - Onboard Serial Port 1
    - Onboard Serial Port 2
    - Onboard USB Controller
    - P2C C2P Concurrency
    - Parallel Port Mode
    - Passive Release
    - PCI 2.1 Compliance
    - PCI IDE Busmaster
    - PCI to DRAM Prefetch
    - PCI#2 Access #1 Retry
    - Primary VGA BIOS
    - Refresh Interval Refresh
    - Mode Select
    - Spread Spectrum
    - Interrupt Mode
    - PCI Chaining
    - PCI Clock / CPU FSB Clock
    - PCI IRQ Activated By
    - PCI Latency Timer
    - PCI Master 0 WS Read
    - PCI Master 0 WS Write
    - PCI Master Read Caching
    - PCI Pipelining
    - PCI Target Latency


    To access the FREE BIOS Optimization Guide, just go to http://www.rojakpot.com/freebog.aspx!

    If you want more information on the BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0, please click here!

    If you would like to subscribe to the full BIOS Optimization Guide, please click here!

    Hope you all enjoy this interim release! Keep checking back for more updates! :)
     
  14. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    This mysterious BIOS option has plagued me (and many BOG readers!) for months! Even a search on the vaunted Google search engine revealed just 17 links! All of which had virtually no information on this BIOS feature. Two links actually point back to Adrian's Rojak Pot! [​IMG]

    The name itself is very misleading as the AGP bus does not have a secondary latency timer. But even certain motherboard manufacturers insist that it does nothing but point to the location of the mysterious secondary latency timer of the AGP bus. [​IMG]

    But I am happy to say that I finally figured out what this BIOS feature is all about! [​IMG]

    After months of probing and analysis, I am confident that the motherboard manufacturers are wrong yet again. The AGP Secondary Lat Timer does not refer to the AGP bus' secondary latency timer. And unlike what I have been told, it has implications on the performance of both AGP and PCI buses!

    Although we normally accumulate a number of BOG options before posting it into the FREE section of the BIOS Optimization Guide, we will release this BIOS feature as a special update for both the Subcription-only and Free sections so that no one has to wait to read about it!

    Enough talk, come check out the special update of the BIOS Optimization Guide!

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  15. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 4 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 4 new BIOS options :-

    - Host Bus In-Queue Depth
    - IOQD
    - PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
    - PIRQ x Use IRQ No.


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!
     
  16. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 4 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 4 new BIOS options :-

    - PNP OS Installed
    - Post Write Combine
    - Power On Function
    - Processor Number Feature


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!
     
  17. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 4 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 4 new BIOS options :-

    - Quick Boot
    - Quick Power On Self Test
    - Read Around Write
    - Read Wait State


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!
     
  18. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 10 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 10 new BIOS options :-

    - Report No FDD For Win95
    - Reset Configuration Data
    - Resource Controlled By
    - RxD, TxD Active
    - S2K Bus Driving Strength
    - S2K Strobe N Control
    - S2K Strobe P Control
    - USWC Write Posting
    - Video Memory Cache Mode
    - VLink 8X Support


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!

    Users of the free BIOS Optimization Guide, please wait a while. We will be posting a new Interim Release momentarily!
     
  19. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    As promised, here is the new Interim Release 5 of the FREE BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0!

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    This interim release features 22 new BIOS options. Here is the list :-

    - Report No FDD For Win95
    - Reset Configuration Data
    - Resource Controlled By
    - RxD, TxD Active
    - S2K Bus Driving Strength
    - S2K Strobe N Control
    - S2K Strobe P Control
    - USWC Write Posting
    - Video Memory Cache Mode
    - VLink 8X Support
    - Quick Boot
    - Quick Power On Self Test
    - Read Around Write
    - Read Wait State
    - PNP OS Installed
    - Post Write Combine
    - Power On Function
    - Processor Number Feature
    - Host Bus In-Queue Depth
    - IOQD
    - PCI/VGA Palette Snoop
    - PIRQ x Use IRQ No.


    To access the FREE BIOS Optimization Guide, just go to http://www.rojakpot.com/freebog.aspx!

    If you want more information on the BIOS Optimization Guide Rev. 8.0, please click here!

    If you would like to subscribe to the full BIOS Optimization Guide, please click here!

    Hope you all enjoy this interim release! Keep checking back for more updates! :)
     
  20. Adrian Wong

    Adrian Wong Da Boss Staff Member

    Hello everyone!

    I am happy to announce that we have just posted 6 new BIOS options for the full BIOS Optimization Guide!

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    Here is the list of the 6 new BIOS options :-

    - Second Boot Device
    - Speed Error Hold
    - Split Lock Operations
    - Super Bypass Mode
    - Super Bypass Wait State
    - SuperStability Mode


    BOG Subscribers, please login here!
     

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