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DRDY Timing – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: January 23, 2017

DRDY Timing – The BIOS Optimization Guide

DRDY Timing Common Options : Slowest, Default, Optimize Quick Review The DRDY Timing BIOS feature ...

DRDY Timing Common Options : Slowest, Default, Optimize Quick Review The DRDY Timing BIOS feature determines how quickly IDE or Serial ATA devices in the system can be readied for their next co ...

January 23, 2017
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CPU Hardware Prefetch – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: December 31, 2016

CPU Hardware Prefetch – The BIOS Optimization Guide

CPU Hardware Prefetch Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The processor has a hardware ...

CPU Hardware Prefetch Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The processor has a hardware prefetcher that automatically analyzes its requirements and prefetches data and instructions f ...

December 31, 2016
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I/O Interface Security from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: December 19, 2016

I/O Interface Security from The Tech ARP BIOS Guide

I/O Interface Security Common Options : Locked, Unlocked Quick Review of I/O Interface Security Th ...

I/O Interface Security Common Options : Locked, Unlocked Quick Review of I/O Interface Security The I/O Interface Security BIOS feature is mainly found in mobile PCs like laptops and netbooks. ...

December 19, 2016
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Errata 94 Enhancement – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: December 05, 2016

Errata 94 Enhancement – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Errata 94 Enhancement Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review Errata 94 refers to the 94th ...

Errata 94 Enhancement Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review Errata 94 refers to the 94th bug identified in AMD Athlon and Opteron processors. This bug affects the sequential prefetch ...

December 05, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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IDE HDD Block Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: November 28, 2016

IDE HDD Block Mode – The BIOS Optimization Guide

IDE HDD Block Mode Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The IDE HDD Block Mode BIOS fea ...

IDE HDD Block Mode Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The IDE HDD Block Mode BIOS feature speeds up hard disk drive access by transferring multiple sectors of data per interrupt in ...

November 28, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Differential Current – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: November 20, 2016

Differential Current – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Differential Current Common Options : 4x Iref, 5x Iref, 6x Iref, 7x Iref Quick Review The Differen ...

Differential Current Common Options : 4x Iref, 5x Iref, 6x Iref, 7x Iref Quick Review The Differential Current BIOS feature allows you to change the amount of differential current produced by t ...

November 20, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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DRAM Bus Selection – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: November 15, 2016

DRAM Bus Selection – The BIOS Optimization Guide

DRAM Bus Selection Common Options : Auto, Single Channel, Dual Channel Quick Review The DRAM Bus S ...

DRAM Bus Selection Common Options : Auto, Single Channel, Dual Channel Quick Review The DRAM Bus Selection BIOS feature allows you to manually set the functionality of the dual channel feature. ...

November 15, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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CPU to PCI Write Buffer – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: November 07, 2016

CPU to PCI Write Buffer – The BIOS Optimization Guide

CPU to PCI Write Buffer Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The CPU to PCI Write Buffe ...

CPU to PCI Write Buffer Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The CPU to PCI Write Buffer BIOS feature controls the chipset's CPU-to-PCI write buffer. It is used to store PCI writes f ...

November 07, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Graphics Aperture Size – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: October 30, 2016

Graphics Aperture Size – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Graphics Aperture Size Common Options : 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 (in MB) Quick Review The Graphi ...

Graphics Aperture Size Common Options : 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256 (in MB) Quick Review The Graphics Aperture Size BIOS feature does two things. It selects the size of the AGP aperture and it d ...

October 30, 2016
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Rank Interleave – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: October 23, 2016

Rank Interleave – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Rank Interleave Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature is similar to SD ...

Rank Interleave Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature is similar to SDRAM Bank Interleave. Interleaving allows banks of SDRAM to alternate their refresh and access c ...

October 23, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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PNP OS Installed – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: October 16, 2016

PNP OS Installed – The BIOS Optimization Guide

PNP OS Installed Common Options : Yes, No Quick Review What this BIOS feature actually does is det ...

PNP OS Installed Common Options : Yes, No Quick Review What this BIOS feature actually does is determine what devices are configured by the BIOS when the computer boots up and what are left to ...

October 16, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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K7 CLK_CTL Select – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: October 10, 2016

K7 CLK_CTL Select – The BIOS Optimization Guide

K7 CLK_CTL Select Common Options : Default, Optimal Quick Review As the name suggests, this is an ...

K7 CLK_CTL Select Common Options : Default, Optimal Quick Review As the name suggests, this is an AMD-specific BIOS feature. It controls the Clock Control (CLK_CTL) Model Specific Register (MSR ...

October 10, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Digital Locked Loop (DLL) – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: October 03, 2016

Digital Locked Loop (DLL) – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Digital Locked Loop (DLL) Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The Digital Locked Loop ...

Digital Locked Loop (DLL) Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The Digital Locked Loop (DLL) BIOS option is a misnomer of the Delay-Locked Loop (DLL). It is a digital circuit that al ...

October 03, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Speed Error Hold – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: September 25, 2016

Speed Error Hold – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Speed Error Hold Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The Speed Error Hold BIOS feature ...

Speed Error Hold Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The Speed Error Hold BIOS feature prevents accidental overclocking by preventing the system from booting up if the processor clo ...

September 25, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Vanderpool Technology – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: September 18, 2016

Vanderpool Technology – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Vanderpool Technology Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature is used to ...

Vanderpool Technology Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature is used to enable or disable the Intel Virtualization Technology (IVT) extension, which is also known by ...

September 18, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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USB Zip Emulation – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: September 12, 2016

USB Zip Emulation – The BIOS Optimization Guide

USB Zip Emulation Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The USB Zip Emulation BIOS featu ...

USB Zip Emulation Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The USB Zip Emulation BIOS feature allows you to boot up off a USB Zip drive by making it emulate a floppy drive or hard drive. ...

September 12, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Chipkill – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: August 31, 2016

Chipkill – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Chipkill Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review Chipkill is an enhanced ECC (Error Checki ...

Chipkill Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review Chipkill is an enhanced ECC (Error Checking and Correcting) technology developed by IBM. Like standard ECC, it can only be enabled if yo ...

August 31, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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CPU Differential Amplitude – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: August 22, 2016

CPU Differential Amplitude – The BIOS Optimization Guide

CPU Differential Amplitude Common Options : Auto, 700mV, 800mV, 900mV, 1000mV Quick Review This is ...

CPU Differential Amplitude Common Options : Auto, 700mV, 800mV, 900mV, 1000mV Quick Review This is an Intel Core i7-specific BIOS option. It allows you to increase the amplitude of the differen ...

August 22, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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AGP ISA Aliasing – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: August 14, 2016

AGP ISA Aliasing – The BIOS Optimization Guide

AGP ISA Aliasing Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The AGP ISA Aliasing BIOS feature ...

AGP ISA Aliasing Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The AGP ISA Aliasing BIOS feature allows you to determine if the system controller will perform ISA aliasing to prevent conflict ...

August 14, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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PCI Dynamic Bursting – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: July 25, 2016

PCI Dynamic Bursting – The BIOS Optimization Guide

PCI Dynamic Bursting Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature is similar ...

PCI Dynamic Bursting Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature is similar to the Byte Merge feature. When enabled, the PCI write buffer accumulates and merges 8-bit and ...

July 25, 2016
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PCI Timeout – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: July 20, 2016

PCI Timeout – The BIOS Optimization Guide

PCI Timeout Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review To meet PCI 2.1 compliance, the PCI ma ...

PCI Timeout Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review To meet PCI 2.1 compliance, the PCI maximum target latency rule must be observed. According to this rule, a PCI 2.1-compliant device ...

July 20, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Errata 94 Option – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: July 14, 2016

Errata 94 Option – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Errata 94 Option Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review Errata 94 refers to the 94th bug ...

Errata 94 Option Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review Errata 94 refers to the 94th bug identified in AMD Athlon and Opteron processors. This bug affects the sequential prefetch featu ...

July 14, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: July 04, 2016

Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter – The BIOS Optimization Guide

Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The Dynamic Idle Cycle ...

Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The Dynamic Idle Cycle Counter BIOS feature controls the memory controller's dynamic page conflict prediction mechanis ...

July 04, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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ACPI SRAT Table – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: June 28, 2016

ACPI SRAT Table – BIOS Optimization Guide

ACPI SRAT Table Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The ACPI Static Resource Affinity ...

ACPI SRAT Table Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The ACPI Static Resource Affinity Table (SRAT) stores topology information for all the processors and memory, describing the phys ...

June 28, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Video Memory Cache Mode – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: June 19, 2016

Video Memory Cache Mode – BIOS Optimization Guide

Video Memory Cache Mode Common Options : USWC, UC Quick Review Video Memory Cache Mode is yet anot ...

Video Memory Cache Mode Common Options : USWC, UC Quick Review Video Memory Cache Mode is yet another BIOS feature with a misleading name. It does not cache the video memory or even graphics da ...

June 19, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Fast R-W Turn Around – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: June 12, 2016

Fast R-W Turn Around – BIOS Optimization Guide

Fast R-W Turn Around Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review When the memory controller re ...

Fast R-W Turn Around Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review When the memory controller receives a write command immediately after a read command, an additional period of delay is norma ...

June 12, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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DRAM Read Latch Delay – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: May 30, 2016

DRAM Read Latch Delay – BIOS Optimization Guide

DRAM Read Latch Delay Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature is similar to the ...

DRAM Read Latch Delay Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature is similar to the Delay DRAM Read Latch BIOS feature. It fine-tunes the DRAM timing parameters to adjust for dif ...

May 30, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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AGP Always Compensate – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: May 16, 2016

AGP Always Compensate – BIOS Optimization Guide

AGP Always Compensate Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature determines ...

AGP Always Compensate Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review This BIOS feature determines if the AGP controller should be allowed to dynamically adjust the AGP driving strength or use ...

May 16, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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CPU Adjacent Sector Prefetch – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: May 08, 2016

CPU Adjacent Sector Prefetch – BIOS Optimization Guide

CPU Adjacent Sector Prefetch Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review CPU Adjacent Sector P ...

CPU Adjacent Sector Prefetch Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review CPU Adjacent Sector Prefetch is a BIOS feature specific to the Intel processors (from Pentium 4 onwards), including ...

May 08, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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Direct Frame Buffer – BIOS Optimization Guide

Posted by Dr. Adrian Wong
|Date: May 01, 2016

Direct Frame Buffer – BIOS Optimization Guide

Direct Frame Buffer Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The Direct Frame Buffer BIOS f ...

Direct Frame Buffer Common Options : Enabled, Disabled Quick Review The Direct Frame Buffer BIOS feature controls the processor's access to the section of system memory reserved for use by the ...

May 01, 2016
| by Dr. Adrian Wong

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