Please Post All New Or Uncovered BIOS Options Here!

KG7-RAID Modded Bios (from TIMOD)

Not exactly a common bios option as it is in a modded bios, but I figure why not try?

BIOS Option : CPU Multi Factor Writeback
Options : Enabled, Disabled
Description : NONE
Motherboard : ABIT KG7-RAID
Chipset : AMD 761/VIA 686B

Thanks for the site, it has helped me many times before.

 

The guide has ALOT of undocumented Gigabyte 8KNXP BIOS options.. and I mean ALOT.

I'd really like you to further explain some of the BIOS on this mobo.

Here's the PDF file of the Manual that covers the BIOS Setup:
http://asia.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/FileList/Manual/manual_8knxpu_e_3.pdf

This manual shows all of the BIOS settings the board has, and even briefly explains each setting.

The guide is missing stuff even from the Standart CMOS settings.. such as Halton, Base Memory, Extended Memory.. and the list goes on.

Heck, the Integrated Peripherals page has so many un-documented settings !

I hope you could sit one day and fill the blanks

PS i love your guide

 

bios entries

Award Bios, Asus A7V8X, ACPI Bios rev. 1012, Via VT8377/VT8235, 512K.

Bios option= AGP Performance Control
Options= enabled, disabled
Description= unknown

Bios option= S2K Bus Driving Control
Options= auto, manual
Description= unknown

 

BIOS Option : "Post memory write enable", enable or disbale
Description : No
Motherboard : Gigabyte GA-7DPXDW, it is hidden by default, but they e-mail a service bios with this setting unhide, but no explain for it.
Chipset : AMD MPX

About "AGP secondary Lat timer"
from: http://www.orpheuscomputing.com/downloads2/KG7-RAID.pdf
Choose the address to the definition of the latency timer in the PCI Local Bus Spec. But this only applies to the secondary interface of a PCI to PCI bridge

 

BIOS Option : SM I/O Buffers Control
Options : Normal, 5555, 5454, 4444, 3333, 2222, 1212
Description : ??????????????????????????????????????
Motherboard : Aopen AX3S
Chipset : Intel 815E, ICH2

Can anyone shed more light on the above Bios option?

 

BIOS Option : Memory Parity/ECC Check
Options : Enabled, Disabled,Auto
Description : Memory checking when BIOS detects the presence of ECC or parity DRAM
Motherboard : MSI K7T Turbo (v.3.0) (BIOS 3.6)
Chipset : VIA KT133A

BIOS Option : SDRAM Active Precharge Delay
Options : 5T,6T,7T,8T
Description :Controls the number of DDR SDRAM clocks used for DDR SDRAM Parameters
Motherboard : ASUS A7V8X (BIOS 1012)
Chipset : VIA KT400

BIOS Option : ΙDΕ Prefetch Mode
Options : Enabled, Disabled
Description : Enables or disables the IDE R/W Prefetch buffer.This buffer is used to store data for faster performances.
Motherboard : MSI K7T Turbo (v.3.0) (BIOS 3.6)
Chipset : VIA KT133A

BIOS Option : ACPI Function
Options : Enabled, Disabled
Description : Enables or disables the Advanced Configuration and Power Management
Motherboard : MSI K7T Turbo (v.3.0) (BIOS 3.6)
Chipset : VIA KT133A

BIOS Option : Power Management
Options : Max Saving, User Define, Min Saving
Description : The type (or degree) of power saving for Doze, Suspend, Standby modes
Motherboard : MSI K7T Turbo (v.3.0) (BIOS 3.6)
Chipset : VIA KT133A

 

BIOS Option : Onboard LAN Boot ROM
Options : Disabled, Enabled
Description :
Motherboard : ASUS A7V8X (BIOS 1012)
Chipset : VIA KT400


BIOS Option : Onboard ATA device First
Options : No, Yes
Description :
Motherboard : ASUS A7V8X (BIOS 1012)
Chipset : VIA KT400

BIOS Option : Interrupt Mode
Options : PIC, APIC
Description : The Advance Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC) setting allows you to distribute interrupt routings other than the 16 IRQs. The Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) setting allows you to user the 16 IRQs only.
Motherboard : ASUS A7V8X (BIOS 1012)
Chipset : VIA KT400


And of course all power options

Motherboard : ASUS A7V8X (BIOS 1012)
Chipset : VIA KT400


I think you have a lot to think ....

 

BIOS Option: RAS Pulse Width Refresh
Options: 4T, 5T, 6T, 7T
Description: Specifies the number of clocks required to assert the DRAM row address strobe (RAS) signal for refresh cycles.
(http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/Drivers/Motherboard/Ap59s/Manual/English/Ap59-awd.pdf)

BIOS Option: RAS to CAS Delay
Options: 2T, 3T, 4T, 5T
Description: Allows you to set the wait state between row address strobe (RAS) and column address strobe (CAS) signals.
(http://ftp.iasi.roedu.net/Drivers/Motherboard/Ap59s/Manual/English/Ap59-awd.pdf)

Motherboard: SIS 5600
Chipset: ?

 

BIOS Option: OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M

Please, take http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/system/patches/patchldr.zip and read patchldr.doc. There can be your description becomes more full. I hope, that could help You.

 

I'm surprised I couldn't find this one as the Soltek board isn't an unpopular one.
I CTRL+F searched for all the keywords and looked through all the "CPU" options to see if one seemed related but to no avail.
The "Description" is exactly what the manual states.
Anyhoo here goes:

BIOS Option : Use CPU Linear Freq
Options : Default, Use Linear
Description : If users would like to adjust CPU clock, this items must be set to "Use Linear".
Motherboard : SOLTEK SL-75DRV5-C
Chipset : VIA KT333

 

BIOS Option : IDE bus master
Options : Enabled, Disabled
Description : From the shipping bios (15/4/03), but manual makes no reference (right after IDE prefetch in bios)
Motherboard : ABIT NF7-S v2.0
Chipset : NVIDIA nForce2
This is just the first one I noticed, if I find more I will edit in.

BIOS Option : Enhance PCI performance
Options : Enabled, Disabled
Description : From the shipping bios (15/4/03), but manual makes no reference
Motherboard : ABIT NF7-S v2.0
Chipset : NVIDIA nForce2

BIOS Option : CPU disconnect function
Options : Enabled, Disabled
Description : From the shipping bios (15/4/03), but manual makes no reference
Motherboard : ABIT NF7-S v2.0
Chipset : NVIDIA nForce2
NB. with this enabled my system would give an alarm and shutdown at around 2v vcore.

 

BIOS Option : FSB Spread Spectrum
Options : 0.5%, 1.0%, Disabled
Description ???
Motherboard : A7N8X-DLX rev 1.4 (BIOS 1002.a)
Chipset : i.e. NVIDIA nForce2

BIOS Option : AGP Spread Spectrum
Options : 0.5%, Disabled
Description ???
Motherboard : A7N8X-DLX rev 1.4 (BIOS 1002.a)
Chipset : i.e. NVIDIA nForce2

 

Spread spectrum means that the current operating frequency, i.e. 2Ghz will be speeded up to for example 2.1Ghz and then slowed down to 1.9Ghz to stop electromagnetic emmisions from the component from interfering with the operation of nearby electrical devices. The mean frequency is "oscillated" around.

 

PSB PARKING

"PSB PARKING" I HAVE THIS OPTION IN MY MOTHERBOARD BIOS (GIGABYTE 8IPE1000)
AND I WANT TO KNOW WHAT THIS OPTION DO ?

 

Here's another for you:

BIOS Option : Dynamic Overclocking
Options : Disabled, Private (BIOS Default), Sergeant, Captain (High Performance Default), Colonel, General
Description : Controls the dynamic overclocking of the CPU (possibly focusing on the FSB).
Motherboard : Neo-FIS2R, Neo2-FIS2R
Chipset : Intel 875P, Intel 865PE

BIOS Option : Performance Mode
Options : Slow, Fast
Description : Haven't a clue what this does.
Motherboard : Neo-FIS2R, Neo2-FIS2R
Chipset : Intel 875P, Intel 865PE

I've been told dynamic overclocking isn't on the Neo-FIS2R board yet, and has to be added by a later BIOS update. However, my board which I received as an RMA replacement, seems to have the feature (better check they sent the right one).

You can find more details on this feature at the following locations:

http://www.msi.com.tw/html/e_service/techexpress/tech_column/6728/page3.htm

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030521/

http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20030522/

Another useful link may be:

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/e_ser...d2dc6e156bf47c6edf21&postid=171942#post171942

 

BIOS Option : ICH Delayed Trans.
Options : Enabled/Disabled
Description :
Motherboard : P4C800-E Deluxe
Chipset : i875

 

I made a slight error in my Performance Mode entry. It can in fact be set to:

Slow, Fast, Turbo, Ultra-Turbo

Oh, and an update on Dynamic Overclocking. Each setting can overclock the processor FSB by a certain amount depending on what you're running (maximum overclock for games, none for idle). I can't say how it tells the difference between apps though.

Private = 1%
Sergeant = 3%
Captain = 5%
Colonel = 7%
General = 10%

 

SuperMicro BIOS option question

I have several of Supermicro's new SuperServers which have Pheonix BIOS in them. There is an option that I can't seem to find any information on. I have googled, yahoo'd, and altavista'd each with barely a page of links, most of which point to Supermicro's docs that don't give any information as to what it is for. It only has an enable/disable option to choose from.


Here is the info.

mobo: Super X5DP8-G2 DUAL XEON WITH HYPER THTREAD SUPPORT
bios: Pheonix
option: Advanced, Advanced Chipset Control, Clock Spectrum Feature
Settings: Enable / Disable

Any help or information on this option would be greatly appreciated!!
I have 7 of these servers being used in a production MS Database capacity and I am attempting to track down an intermittent(sp?) reboot problem.

F.Y.I.
Software list if needed.

5 of the 7 servers...

Windows Ent. 2003 Server
Current service packs - too many to list
Win2k3 resource kit
(primarily for ROBOCOPY utility)
McAfee Enterprise AntiVirus Ver. 7
Intel Pro 100/1000 Proset Nic Drivers
(Dual 1G NICs are Adaptive load balanced)
MS SQL server Enterprise Edition
(current security patches applied)
FamaTech RADMIN utility for Remote console

The ONLY difference on the other 2 servers is that they have
Windows 2000 Adv. Server instead if 2003 ent.


Thanks Very much!!!!

 

Video cache in bios seems outdated

BIOS Option : Video Cache
Options : i.e. Enabled, Disabled
Description :
Motherboard : ABIT MAX3
Chipset : i.e. intel 875

I found it did nothing for video speed. All it did was made my system unstable. It says if you have an older graphics card turn it off. I think this info is outdated. The video cache use to apply to ISA and maybe PCI cards. My 9700 pro is new and setting it to ON is no good.

With it on I had no speed up. You may want to take another look at this settings description in your BIOS manual.