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I have already learned some basic Bios knowledge and settings in the previous article. In this article, I will introduce Bios overclocking settings in more detail, it is expected to be helpful for players who want to overclock but do not miss the overclock.

Like the AMI Bios, press the "Del" key to go To the Bios settings menu when you re-boot the screen (some press the F1 key ):

After entering, you will see the following menus, which may also have some differences, but they are basically similar. They are different from the calculation names, but basically play the same role.

You can move the cursor with the arrow key and press the Enter key to confirm. The ESC key is returned. You can use the PageUp, PageDown, and numeric keys to adjust the settings. in any setting menu, press the F10 key to exit and save the settings, these are similar to the AMI Bios settings! The setting is entered!
1. SoftMenu Setup (soft overfrequency setting)

In fact, this Soft Menu Setup is a technology exclusive to the main board of the upgrade technology. It provides a wide range of CPU external frequency and frequency adjustment (requires CPU support) and the voltage adjustment frequency of the CPU, memory, and AGP. This project is equivalent to "Frequency/Voltage Control" in some main boards"
Some basic information about the CPU is displayed. The following options are the main options for overclock CPU!
1. CPU Operating Speed (CPU external frequency setting ):
This project shows the operation speed of the processor based on the type and speed of the processor you are using. You can select the [User Define] Option to manually enter the operation speed.

Now, I will first put down the Bios settings and guide you. Before teaching you how to overclock, I will explain to you what overclock is and how it works, in this way, you can better go to the next step to set the Bios overclocking!
CPU overclock, the main purpose of which is to increase the operating frequency of the CPU, that is, the clock speed of the CPU. The CPU clock speed is the product of FSB and Multiplier Factor. For example, if the external frequency of a CPU is 200 MHz and the frequency doubling is 10, you can calculate the frequency = External frequency × frequency doubling = 2000 MHz × 10 = 2.0 MHz, that is, GHz.

To increase the CPU clock speed, you can change the frequency doubling or out-frequency of the CPU. However, if you are using an Intel CPU, you can ignore the frequency doubling because IntelCPU uses a special manufacturing process to prevent frequency doubling modification. However, some Intel engineering samples do not lock the frequency doubling. amd cpu can modify the frequency doubling. Although the increase in the external frequency or frequency doubling of the CPU can make the CPU reach the same frequency, for example, a 200 GHz CPU, which uses 2.0*10 =, we can increase the frequency doubling to 20, to reduce the FSB to 100 MHz, or to 250, and to 8. Both methods can achieve a clock speed of 2.0 GB, but their performance is different. Because FSB is the channel used by the system to communicate with the processor, it should be improved as much as possible. Therefore, if you reduce the FSB to MHz and increase the frequency to 20, there will still be a GHz clock frequency, but the rest of the system will be much slower to communicate with the processor, this results in a loss of system performance. Therefore, if your CPU can reduce the frequency doubling, try again!
The external frequency speed is usually closely related to the speed of the front-end bus and memory. Therefore, when you increase the external frequency of the CPU, the performance of the CPU, system, and memory is also improved, which is why DIYer prefers the overclock.
Now let's get down to the point. Continue with Bios settings. After you select the "Use Defined" option in "CPU Operating Speed", you will see that the previously unavailable CPU options can now be set!

1. Ext. Clock (CPU/AGP/PCI)

This is the option for setting the external frequency adjustment. manually enter the value of the CPU external frequency to be set. Here, the input value range is between and, and the linear overfrequency can be increased at a frequency of 1 MHz, maximize the potential of the CPU. Generally, the external frequency of the CPU is normal between 100 and 250, and generally does not exceed 300 MHz. Therefore, do not set the external frequency to the highest value at a time. In principle, the first high-frequency CPU does not know how high the CPU can work under the external frequency, so the value of the external frequency can be set to three to five megahertz as a step to improve the test, here for demonstration, directly set the external frequency to the standard external frequency of 133MHz, set the correct external frequency number, and then press the Enter key to confirm.
If the frequency doubling of the CPU is not locked, pull it in Ext. the Clock (CPU/AGP/PCI) Menu displays a Multiplier Factor option.

2. Estimated New CPU clock:
This project shows the total frequency of the first two [Ext. Clock] and [Multiplier Factor.

3. N/B slave CPU:
This part can be set to the front-end bus specified to the MCH (memory controller. Options include [PSB400], [PSB533], [PSB800], and [By CPU]. The default value is [By CPU].
To manually set this part:
If the CPU frequency is 100 MHz FSB, you can select [PSB400].
If the CPU frequency is 133 MHz FSB, you can select [PSB533].
If the CPU frequency is 200 MHz FSB, you can select [PSB800].

4. DRAM Ratio (CPU: DRAM ):
This part determines the frequency ratio between the CPU and DRAM.

Here, I have to explain the relationship between CPU and memory. The memory operating frequency is determined by the FSB, therefore, we increase the memory running frequency while overclock the CPU, and set the ratio of the external frequency to the memory bus frequency. If you are using DDR333 memory, its standard operating frequency can reach 166 MHz. Because we have set the external frequency to 133 MHz just now, you can select "4: 5" here ", make the memory run at the highest frequency.

5. Fixed AGP/PCI Frequency:
This project can be used to determine the frequency of the AGP/PCI bus. This option allows you to maintain your AGP/PCI frequency at a fixed frequency to improve system stability.

6. CPU Power Supply:
This option allows you to switch between the preset voltage value of the processor and the preset voltage value. Do not change the preset voltage value unless you have some experience in adjustment, select "User Define" and then "CPU Core Voltage" to select the Voltage used by the CPU Core. You can manually select the Core Voltage value of the processor.

Here we will introduce the CPU core voltage. The rated core operating voltage of P4 CPU is 1.5 V. Generally, the voltage not exceeding 1.65V is safe, of course, to increase the voltage of the Super frequency, we need to add as little voltage as possible while ensuring stable operation. This is to consider the heat dissipation to keep the CPU temperature as low as possible. The voltage can also be gradually increased by 1.1 points, so you don't have to rush to get it in one step. Here we will first try 1.55V. Please note that the voltage exceeding 1.70V is dangerous for the P4 core of North wood, and may burn out the CPU, so the voltage should not be too high!

7. ddr sdram Voltage:
This part can select the DRAM slot operating voltage.

It is used to increase the voltage that supplies power to the DDR memory. The default voltage of the DIMM module is 2.5 V. If the memory quality is poor or the memory is too frequently, you can increase the memory voltage accordingly, the pressurization range should not exceed 0.5 V, otherwise the memory may be damaged!
At last, you can see the option to increase the working voltage of the AGP display card. If your overclocking is for the standard overclocking and the display card overclocking, you can increase the voltage of some kinds of devices. The default voltage is 1.5 V.

Well, after talking about so many super-frequency Bios settings, we will continue to describe the Bios settings for other options. Of course, there will also be instructions on optimizing the super-frequency!

Ii. Standard CMOS Features (Standard CMOS parameter settings)

You don't need to talk about it here! Everyone can understand it! The following is an explanation of the options in "IDE device settings". Generally, you do not need to set the options by default!

3. Advanced BIOS Features (Advanced BIOS function settings)

1. Quick Power On Self Test (Quick Start selection ):
When set to [Enabled] (start), this project can accelerate the POST (Power On Self Test) program after the system Power is turned On. The BIOS will shorten or skip some check items during the POST process, so as to accelerate the wait time for startup!

2. Hard Disk Boot Priority (Hard Disk Boot sequence ):
You can select the hard disk boot priority for this project. Press the key to go to its sub-menu, which will display the hard disk that has been detected to allow you to choose the boot sequence, to start the system. Of course, this option can be selected only when you have installed two or more systems!
3. HDD Change Message:
When it is set to [Enabled] (BOOT), if the hard disk installed in your system changes, a message will appear during the POST boot process.

4. First Boot Device/Second Boot Device/Third Boot Device/Boot Other Device:
In the [First Boot Device], [Second Boot Device], and [Third Boot Device] projects, select the Device to be First, Second, and Third-order Boot. The BIOS will start the operating system according to the boot device you selected! The device you can select depends on the device you have installed!

Iii. Advanced Chipset Features (Chipset settings)

Chipset settings are also a key setting in Bios settings. Here is a detailed description!
1. DRAM Timing Selectable (memory parameter setting options ):
Depending on the memory module, this project sets the best timing mode for the next four projects. The default value is By SPD 」. This default value reads the content of the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) device and sets these four items based on the SPD content. The EEPROM (read-only memory) on the memory module stores important parameter information about the module, such as the memory type, size, speed, voltage interface, and module storage area.

2. CAS Latency Time:
This project controls the latency between the time when DRAM reads commands and data become truly available. A low CAS cycle can reduce the latent memory cycle to improve memory efficiency. Therefore, as long as the operating system can run stably, we should try to reduce the CAS parameter to improve the memory running speed. In turn, if the memory is unstable, you can set this parameter to a large value to improve memory stability.
3. Act to Precharge Delay:
This project controls the DRAM frequency value used for DRAM parameters. Similarly, the performance is small and high, but the memory quality is also strict!
4. dram ras # to CAS # Delay:
This project can control the latency between DRAM operation commands and read/write commands. There are 2, 3, and 4 options. The smaller the value, the better the performance.
5. dram ras # Precharge:
This item is used to control the wait time for the frequency to wait for startup after the precharge command is sent to DRAM. The smaller the pre-charging parameter, the faster the memory read/write speed.
The above memory parameter settings can not be moved! By default, super-frequent gamers will certainly not let go of anything that can improve performance, so if you want to improve the performance of your computer, you have to experiment slowly and select an appropriate parameter to make your computer performance and stability optimal!
6. Video BIOS Cacheable (image cache ):
Like the cache function of the system BIOS, enabling the image BIOS cache function will allow you to access the image BIOS from C0000H to C7FFFH with the cache function, if the cache controller is also enabled. The larger the cache size, the faster the image performance.
7. Memory Hole At 15 M-16 M (expansion card Memory allocation ):
When it is set to [Enabled] (start), 15-MB of memory space will be reserved for the ISA expansion card that requires this configuration. This will make the system unable to use more than 15 MB of memory. Use the default value for this project.
8. Delay Prior to Thermal (activation Delay setting ):
This project can be used to select the delay time before the action of the Thermal device.
9. AGP Aperture Size (the memory allocation setting of The AGP card slot ):
This project can specify the system memory size used by The AGP device, which is a part of the PCI memory address range and can be allocated to the graphic memory space.
10. Init Display First:
This project can choose to initialize the AGP or PCI slot when the system starts up.
[AGP]: when the system is started, it will first initialize the AGP slot.
[PCI Slot]: when the system starts up, it will first initialize the PCI Slot.
11. AGP Data Transfer Rate (AGP speed setting ):
This project allows you to select the data transmission rate of The AGP device. A higher data transmission rate can provide faster and better graphic processing capabilities for your system. Make sure that your display card supports the selected mode. Currently, most of the purchased graphics cards are 8X, which can be used by default.

Iv. Integrated Peripherals (Integrated device settings)

This is the option for managing the motherboard integration devices and ports of the computer. The specific project varies depending on the motherboard, so the settings are different. I will not explain it in detail here, but I will translate it for readers to understand, when necessary, users should follow the motherboard instructions, but these settings do not need to be adjusted in general!
1. OnChip IDE Device:

2. OnChip PCI Device

1. OnChip USB Controller:
This option enables or disables the USB port.
2. USB 2.0 Controller:
This option enables or disables the USB 2. Port transfer mode.
3. USB Keyboard Support:
This project allows you to select [BIOS] so that you can use a USB keyboard in a DOS environment, or select [OS] for use in an OS environment.
4. USB Mouse Support:
This project allows you to select [BIOS] so that you can use a USB mouse in a DOS environment, or select [OS] for use in an OS environment.
5. OnChip Audio Controller:
This option enables or disables the integrated sound card device.

3. SuperIO Device:

4. Onboard Parallel Port:

V. wer Management Features (power Management mode setting)

Well, you don't have to say much here! You can understand it at a glance! You can set these power management options as you like! Just introduce "CPI Suspend Type"

Vi. PnP/PCI Configurations (PNP/PCI configuration settings)

1. Resources Controlled:
This project can be configured for all the boot and plug-and-play compatible devices.
[Auto]: The system will automatically detect all settings.
[Manual]: select a specific IRQ resource from the IRQ Resources menu.
2. IRQ Resources:
In this project, you can set the system interruption to either [PCI Device] or [Reserved.
3. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop:
This project determines which mpeg isa/VESA vgacard can (or cannot) work with PCI/VGA.
[Enabled]: the mpeg isa/VESA vgacard can work with PCI/VGA.
[Disabled]: the mpeg isa/VESA vgacard cannot work with PCI/VGA.

7. PC Health Status (Computer Health Status setting)

The specific settings here are not mentioned much! The previous AMI Bios settings article has detailed descriptions! There are some other COMS settings that will not be described here. They are all very simple settings that you can understand as long as you read my Chinese explanation.

An AMI tutorial on BIOS settings
(Currently, the common BIOS on the Main Board is the AMI and AWARD series. Please refer to the steps to identify the BIOS Brand Series. This article describes the graphic tutorial on BIOS settings of the AMI series in detail, if your BIOS is AWARD series, please go to "Award of BIOS settings graphic tutorial". The important part of this article has been highlighted in red. Please refer to the red accelerated font for quick reading)
For many beginners, BIOS settings are a headache. In the face of E-text full screen, it is impossible to start. However, in the eyes of experts, BIOS settings are nothing.
When you watch the mouse's fingertips jump on the keyboard, and the characters on the blue screen keep changing, you must be very envious, right?

Actually,BIOS settings are not mysterious.But why do beginners have such headaches. According to the summary, I have summarized several reasons and hope that beginners can avoid being influenced by these factors.

● It is dangerous to operate BIOS according to others

Here, I do not deny that BIOS operations are risky. BIOS is Basic Input Output.
System stands for the Basic Input/Output System, which is the most basic boot System in the computer. If the BIOS is set incorrectly, the hardware will not work properly.

Is it really dangerous to operate BIOS?

I heard many of my friends say that it is very dangerous to set the BIOS. From a person's access to a computer, the BIOS was covered with a mysterious black yarn by our predecessors. It can be said that almost everyone knows the settings
BIOS is a very dangerous operation. It is precisely because of this that cainiao do not dare to try it easily. But if you don't try it, you will never learn how to set it. Therefore, the author suggests that we should try again on dangerous things,Dare to try is essential for cainiao to become a master.

● No confidence in the English interface

When many cainiao see full-screen English, they have no confidence in the settings and are unwilling to carefully view the content, so that they will not go into further research. However, in fact, many projects in the BIOS are very easy to set up in English. In school, English is not very poor, and they can basically understand the general idea. It is really hard to understand and do not have to be debugged, after all, several items are frequently modified in the BIOS. So,When you enter the BIOS, do not be intimidated by E-files that are full of screens.In this way, you can learn to adjust the BIOS.

● Accustomed to asking for help

There is no difference between cainiao and coainiao in their early stages. However, when cainiao encounters problems, they turn to other people for help, but experts like to query their own materials. The same is true for BIOS settings. Many people have used their computers for 10 years and do not know how to set the drive as the first boot device in the BIOS. As a result, the operating system will not be installed. Apparently, 10 years later, he was still a cainiao. Those who like to study should be familiar with installing various operating systems and debugging the most basic BIOS within half a year. It is no exaggeration to say that after three months of using a computer, I have known dozens of DOS commands (I used computers in the Windows 3.1 era ).

Baidu and Google are good helpers to solve the problem.

The same is true in the daily use of computers. For example, when a computer suddenly prompts an error, the performance of cainiao and Masters is completely different. Generally, cainiao directly closes the error prompt, waiting for the computer to restart, or waiting for someone to help him solve the problem. The experts will copy the error prompt and search for the content of the error prompt from Baidu and Google for a solution. This is the biggest difference between a master and a cainiao. Therefore, cainiao wants to become a master,Be sure to find the information to solve the problem, or ask why when someone else helps solve the problem.Instead of drinking coffee.

If you have owned a PC for more than three years and are still a cainiao, I believe you will have the problem mentioned above, so pay attention to it! Today, the main content we want to talk about is how cainiao transfers the BIOS. As long as you read this article carefully, you will find that the BIOS is not so mysterious and not so dangerous.

● What is BIOS?

The BIOS is English "Basic Input Output
System. After literal translation, the Chinese name is "Basic Input/Output System ". Its full name should be ROM-BIOS, meaning read-only memory Basic Input Output System. In fact, it is a set of programs solidified on a ROM chip on the motherboard in the computer, it stores the most important computer input and output programs, system settings, power-on self-check programs, and system startup self-lifting programs.
Its main function is to provide computers with the most underlying and direct hardware settings and control.

BIOS setup Interface

● What is the difference between BIOS and CMOS?

CMOS (complementary metel-oxIDE
Is short for complementary metal oxide semiconductors. It is intended to be a technology used to manufacture large-scale integrated circuit chips or a chip manufactured using this technology. It usually refers to a read/write RAM chip on the computer motherboard. It stores the real-time clock information and hardware configuration information of the computer system. The System reads the CMOS information when powering on the machine to initialize the status of each part of the machine. It is powered by system power supply and backup battery, and its information will not be lost after the system power is down.

CMOS
RAM Storage

Since CMOS and BIOS are closely related to computer system settings, there is a saying that CMOS settings and BIOS settings are available. Therefore, beginners often confuse the two. CMOS
RAM is the place where system parameters are stored, while the system setup program in BIOS is the means to complete parameter settings. Therefore, the correct description should be that the CMOS parameters are set through the BIOS setup program. However, we usually say that the CMOS settings and BIOS settings are simplified, which creates confusion between the two concepts to a certain extent.

In fact, BIOS programs are stored in CMOS memory. CMOS is a semiconductor technology that can be used to integrate paired metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOs) into a silicon wafer. This technology is usually used to produce RAM and exchange application systems. The products produced by it consume extremely low power quickly, and have a high degree of tolerance for power supply interference. Specifically, this refers to a special RAM chip on the computer motherboard. this small piece of RAM is usually kb or kb, but now with the development of the computer, the RAM capacity is also growing. Currently, many motherboards use 2 m or even 4 M memory. Of course, the role of cmos ram is to save the hardware configuration of the system and the user's settings for certain parameters.

If you haven't understood it yet, the simplest way is to tell you that BIOS is a set of programs and can be understood as software, while CMOS is a storage chip.

● Why is it dangerous to set BIOS?

As we mentioned above, CMOS stores the most basic information about computer devices, that is, the lowest level of information, and the BIOS setup program is used to regulate the lowest level of information. BIOS settings directly determine the work of hardware and are a set of programs that directly deal with hardware. The operating system needs to control the hardware through the BIOS. Therefore, the BIOS can be understood as a bridge between the hardware and the operating system. Because the hardware is directly controlled, the BIOS settings are indeed dangerous.

● What are the main features of BIOS?

Self-check and initialization:

After the boot, the BIOS is started first, and then it performs a complete inspection and test on the hardware devices of the computer. If a problem is found, there are two solutions: serious fault shutdown, no prompt or signal is given; non-serious fault, screen prompt or sound alarm signal, waiting for the user to handle. If no problem is found, set the hardware to the STANDBY state, start the operating system, and give the user control over the computer.

Program service:

The BIOS directly deals with computer I/O (Input/Output, that is, Input/Output) devices and sends or receives data from various external devices by issuing commands through specific data ports, implements direct hardware operations by software programs.
Set interruption:

During boot, the BIOS will tell the interrupt number of each hardware device of the CPU. When the user sends a command to use a certain device, the CPU will use the corresponding hardware according to the interrupt number to complete the work, then, jump back to the original job based on the interrupt number.

● BIOS category and motherboard BIOS brand

Because many devices have BIOS, there are also a wide variety of BIOS types. Apart from the well-known motherboard, graphics card, TV, DVD player, and other devices, there are BIOS programs and related CMOS hardware. However, we are mainly talking about the BIOS of the motherboard today. It is not too far away here.

Currently,There are two main motherboard BIOS brands: AWARD and AMI.Some friends may see the AWARD-phoenix bios. In fact, this is also the AWARD program because PHOENIX has been acquired by AWARD. On Some servers or workstation computers, we often see AWARD-phoenix bios programs.

Award bios Program Interface

Ami bios Program Interface

There are many ways to distinguish whether a motherboard uses award bios or ami bios. Of course, the most accurate is to view the relevant fields in the BIOS interface. However, for cainiao, there is a simpler way to distinguish: the BIOS program interface is blue-white, generally award bios programs, and the BIOS program interface is blue-blue, it is generally an ami bios Program (for example ). Today, we want to tell you about AMI
Some BIOS settings.

First, let's take a look at the content in the first menu Main:

In this menu, there is actually no important information. The first is to adjust the system time, and the second is to adjust the system date. In fact, both steps can be performed in Windows.

We can see that the third line in the menu is Legacy diskette A, which is an option for configuring A floppy disk drive. You can choose the type of your soft drive here, such as 1.44 M
3.5in. Of course, at present, more than 80% of users do not need a soft drive when installed, and the usage of the soft drive is getting lower and lower, and the USB flash drive almost replaces everything. ForIf you do not have a software drive, set it to Disabled.Disable the test.

In the next menu, there are four SATA configurations, which are actually directly associated with the SATA interface on the motherboard. Generally,SATAThe interface can automatically identify the devices installed on this port, so there are very fewOf course, special cases are not excluded.

SATAConfiguration literally means that the SATA configuration directly enters the interface of this project. Here, we can adjust the SATA working mode on the motherboard, or even disable the function of the SATA interface.

The SATA working mode is generally divided into two types: Compatible and Enhanced. The Chinese meaning is "compatibility mode" and "enhancement mode". What does it mean?

Many of my friends have installed Windows 98 and Windows
In me and Linux systems, hard disks cannot be found. In fact, this is because the SATA operating mode is not properly adjusted. In general, some old operating systems have low support for SATA hard disks. Before installing the system, you must set the SATA mode to Compatible. In Compatible mode, the SATA interface can be directly mapped to the IDE channel, that is, the SATA hard disk is recognized as an IDE hard disk. If there is still a PATA hard disk in the computer, related jumper settings are required. Of course, the Enhanced mode is the Enhanced mode. Each device has its own SATA channel, which does not occupy the IDE channel and is suitable for Windows
Install Windows XP or later.

The following is the write protection settings for the hard disk,This setting mainly prevents BIOS writing to the hard disk. In fact, it is to prevent the famous CIH virus many years ago. However, there are very few BIOS viruses,Therefore, hard disk write protection is useless. We recommend Disabled.

Return to the Main menu,The last project is System information.In fact, this project is useless,Used to view some basic configurations of the current computer. Such as the CPU model, frequency, number of threads, and memory capacity.

Because there are a lot of projects in the Advanced menu, it is a waste of time and space if we talk about them one by one, and many settings are useless, so we mainly focus on the Advanced menu.

When we select this menu, we can see the following sections.

● JumperFree
Configuration (patch cord-free Configuration)

The first project is exclusive to the Asus motherboard. jumperfree means no jumper. Therefore, this project is a jumper-free project. However, the products launched by other vendors basically have this project, but the name is generally not jumperfree configration.

After entering JumperFree Configuration, you can see the interface shown in. Let's count down from the first item to see what they mean:

Ai Overclock Tuner-Asus Ai Overclock (recommended to Auto)

CPU ratio setting -- CPU frequency setting (we recommend that you set this parameter to Auto and overclock)

FSP adjust to North Bridge-exclusive frequency division adjustment for Asus (Recommended Value: Auto)

The following DRAM-related items are all memory adjustment items. If there is no overclock, we recommend that you set these items to Auto status.

Next, we can see the projects that regulate the voltage of the CPU, north-south bridge, memory, and other devices. These projects can only be used during overclock. I will not talk too much here.

JumperFree
The Configuration content has been introduced. Let's look at the content in USB Conguration.

● USB Configuration (USB Configuration)

There are not many contents in USB Conguration.
Functions is the item for configuring whether to enable the USB function. For common users, this function should be enabled. However, you should select Disabled here.

The second option is USB 2.0 controller adjustment. If Enabled is selected, the USB interface will work in transmission mode of USB 2.0. if Disabled, it will be downgraded to USB 1.1, the speed will be much slower. Most users must Enabled this item! The next step is the working mode of the USB 2.0 controller. There are two options: high-speed mode and full-speed mode. However, this is of little significance.

Item 4 and item 5 are useless for common users. Keep the default value.Item 6 is a little important, Legacy USB
Support, which can be understood as "Support for traditional USB devices". Do not set it to Disabled here, otherwise, the USB keyboard you connect will not be able to identify in BIOS and DOS.We recommend that you select Auto to enable Auto when the computer is connected to a traditional USB device. Otherwise, Auto is disabled.

● CPU Configuration (CPU Configuration)

Next, we will return to the main menu to go to the CPU configuration page:

The CPU configuration page is not very useful for common users. The first item is to set the CPU frequency, which is in jumperFree
Configuration already exists, and super-frequency players can use it.

The other options are of little use. The last project isIntel's famous SpeedStep technology, if it is enabled, can realize automatic frequency reduction when the CPU is idle, thus saving energy,We strongly recommend that you enable this option for notebook users.

● Chipset (Chipset)

The JumperFree settings of the North Bridge Chip are already in the Advanced menu.
Configuration, soThe Chipset here mainly configures the nanqiao chip.

But here we often adjust only the second item, Initiate Graphic
Adapter. That is to say, when a PCI video card and a PCI-e video card exist in our computer, let the video card work to guide the system. In general, the adjustment here in the integrated motherboard is PCI-E/On board, that is, the first from the independent graphics card boot or from the integrated graphics card boot.● Onboard Devices Configuration (Onboard device Configuration)

This menu mainly describes some devices integrated on the motherboard, including sound cards, network cards, 1394 controllers, and other devices. One day, you suddenly find that the sound card disappears, or the network card disappears, so you should come to the BIOS to see if it is blocked. High-fidelity audio is being adjusted. If you do not have an independent sound card, choose Enabled.

The Front Panel Type refers to the Front Audio Type, which can be set to AC 97 or HD Audio. If you do not have more than 5.1 audio channels in your home, we recommend you set it to AC97, because the front and back audio are independent. If you select HD Audio, the front Audio can only be used as two small speakers in the 5.1-channel system.

I tested this Asus P5K/EPU motherboard. Due to the use of the P35 chipset, The nanqiao Chip did not directly provide IDE support. However, Asus P5K/EPU uses an IDE control chip provided by Marvell, which provides support for an IDE interface. If you do not have an IDE hard drive or optical drive, you can select Disabled.

The next item is the Marvell Gigabit Nic controller settings. Unless you have an independent NIC with more powerful performance, we recommend that you set this option to Enabled.

● PCI/PnP

The next item in the main menu is the PCIpnp configuration, mainly for manual allocation of hardware interrupt requests, etc. If the configuration is slightly inappropriate, the hardware may fail to run. It is not recommended for non-advanced users to try it, we also skipped this part.

There are indeed a lot of projects in the Advanced menu. After two pages are written, the focus is raised. Next, let's take a look at some key projects in the Power menu.

The first option in the Power menu is the pending mode. for PC, we recommend that you select S3
Only or Auto, but S1 is recommended for POS machines.

You can keep the default values for other projects, but here I will mention ACPI APIC
Support. Many people have met,Shutdown in WindowsAfter the computer is canceled, but it has not been shut down, you must re-Press the power switch, the computer will shut down. If this is the case, more than 80% of the requests do not enable the acpi apic Support feature. Therefore, this feature must be enabled.

P.S. ACPI stands for advanced power management.

● APM Configuration

Many of my friends have encountered this problem:Once the power cord is plugged in, the computer will automatically start up.For cainiao, it seems difficult to solve this problem.In BIOS Power, there is a Restore on AC power loss itemIn fact, the above problems can be fixed here.

Let's take a look.Restore on AC Power lossIt can be understood that when the disconnected AC power is restored to the times. The main function here is the status of the computer when the current recovers again after the computer powers off abnormally. There are three options:

Power Off (when the current recovers, the computer is shut down)

Power On)

Last state (the Last state, that is, the state of power failure)

If you really understand the Restore on AC Power loss friends, I believe you have understood why the computer will automatically start up as soon as the Power cord is plugged in, it turns out that the Power ON, of course, your Last State may also cause this situation. If you are still troubled by this problem, you can solve it now.

The following items are some boot method settings, such as timed boot, remote Modem control boot, PCI device control boot, keyboard boot, mouse boot, etc. The usage is similar. Here we will take the keyboard boot as an example to illustrate the knowledge here. When the keyboard is turned on, you can press a combination of buttons on the keyboard to enable the computer without pressing the Power button in front of the chassis. To enable keyboard boot, not only must the motherboard support keyboard boot, but also the keyboard must support this function. Fortunately, almost all the boards now support this function, and most standard keyboards also support this function. Also, it is very important that the keyboard and mouse can only support PS/2 interfaces, while the keyboard and mouse of the USB interface cannot.

It is the keyboard boot setting interface, which has three options:Space Bar (Space Key), Ctrl-Esc, Power Key (Power Key on the keyboard ). After you select the appropriate (combination) key, you can enable it by pressing the corresponding button next time on the computer.

In general, there is a hardware monitoring page in the Power menu, which displays the temperature, voltage, fan speed, and other content of the current CPU, motherboard, and other devices, in some cases, you can also troubleshoot some faults here.

The BOOT menu is the most commonly used menu. Here, we mainly configure various BOOT items. Next, let's take a look at the important functions in the BOOT menu:

There are three sub-Menus under the BOOT menu, all of which are very practical. Let's look at it one by one!

● Boot Device Priority)

In this project, you can set the device from which the system preferentially directs. 1st Boot Device is the first Boot Device, 2nd Boot Device is the second Boot Device, and so on. If you want to use a CD to install the systemSet it to an optical drive. For example, you can find the type of the optical drive you are using in the menu. If you want to start the system from the hard drive, you need to set the hard drive to 1 st Boot here.
Device, such as the HDD: PM-ST3160811AS, Seagate 160G hard disk.

When installing the system in the future, you no longer need to ask someone to help you tune the BIOS!

● Boot Settings Conguration (Boot Settings)

InBoot Settings CongurationThe most commonly used menu isWait For "F1" if Error, and Full Screen Logo.

Full Screen LogoThe function is to disable/enable the full screen BIOS screen (for example), which has two options: Enabled and Disabled. Enabled indicates enabling the full screen boot screen, and Disabled indicates disabling the boot Logo.

Another one isWait For "F1" if Error, I believe many people have encountered the need to turn on the computerPress F1 to start the computerIn fact, this is the reason. If you need to press F1 to enter the computer every time you start the computer, but you are not sure what the problem is, you can set this item to Disabled to solve the problem.

The third menu mainly sets the boot password, which is very simple and will not be discussed here.

Because the Tools menu contains some tool software added by the manufacturer, we will not talk about it here. Next, let's look at some settings in the Exit menu:

There are four items in the Exit menu, from top to bottom:

Exit & Save Changes -- Save the settings and Exit

Exit & Discard Changes -- do not save the settings and Exit

Discard Changes -- only undo the modification and do not exit

Load Setup Defaults -- Load the default settings

At the same time, I would like to provide you with a simple method to save and exit. Press F10 on the BIOS settings page, and then press Y. If you don't believe it, try it!

At this point, the key settings of the ami bios have been introduced. If you read this article carefully from start to end, I believe you will be able to learn a lot from it. Of course, after reading the article, you must go to the BIOS settings page of your computer and practice it to get rid of the dilemma that every time you set BIOS, other people are required.