Optimize BIOS to speed up computer startup and Operation

Does it take a long time to start Windows? As time passes, the running speed slows down? How can we speed up entry and increase the speed of windows? Below we use BIOS settings for optimization will increase the startup and running speed.

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I. Optimized startup speed


1. How to enable the Quick Start self-check function

After the computer is started, the system performs a self-check routine, called post-power-on self-test, to detect almost all of the system's hardware. To enable quick self-check, follow these steps.
Step 1 start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select "Advanced BIOS features" (Advanced BIOS settings) and press Enter.
Step 3 move the cursor to the quick power on self test item and set it to enabled ). If "disabled" is selected, the computer will perform the boot self-check at normal speed and detect the memory three times.
Step 4 Press ESC to return to the main interface, move the cursor to save & Exit setup (save and end settings), and press y to save and exit.

2. How to disable the soft drive Detection Function

Step 1 enable the boot up floppy seek (BOOT soft drive detection) function will enable the system to detect a MB soft drive at startup, resulting in a delay of about 1 to 2 seconds. To speed up the startup, you can disable this function.
Step 2. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 3. Set "boot up floppy seek" to "disabled" to disable the soft drive detection function.

3. How to set the hard disk as the first boot disk

In the bios, you can choose a variety of boot methods, such as floppy disk, hard disk, CD, and USB disk. But in general, it is started from the hard disk. You can set the first boot disk in the BIOS settings to speed up boot.
Step 1. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select "Advanced BIOS features" and press Enter.
Step 3 set "first boot device" (the first device that is preferentially started) to "HDD-0 ". You can speed up the boot and start the system from the hard disk. If you want to start a disk, set "first boot device" to "Floppy". If you want to start the disk, set it to "CDROM.

4. Select a video card to accelerate startup

Generally, the motherboard supports the startup of two graphics cards by default, that is, the AGP and PCI graphics cards. Select the first enabled device through this setting. If there is only one AGP video card, you can choose to enable it more quickly.
Step 1 start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "Integrated peripherals" setting and press Enter.
Step 3 set "init display first" (graphics card priority setting) to "AGP.

5. Select a display to accelerate startup.

The current display is basically color, so there is no need to try "Mono" (black and white display), which will slow down the startup speed.
Step 1. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select "Standard CMOS features" and press Enter.
Step 3: You can see "video" (video). It has two options: Movie/VGA and mono. Select the default option.

Ii. Optimize the Running Speed

Whether the BIOS parameters are correctly set has a great impact on the overall performance and running speed of the system. Optimize some settings related to the computer running speed to improve the system running speed.

1. How to overclock CPU in BIOS

Generally, you can increase the external frequency or frequency of the CPU (that is, the overclock) to maximize the value of your CPU. Next let's take a look at how to overclock the CPU in the BIOS.
Step 1 start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 Select Frequency/voltage control from the main menu. Press enter.
Step 3, we can see two options: "host CPU/dimm/PCI Clock" and "CPU clock ratio". The former sets the CPU external frequency, and the latter sets the CPU frequency doubling. If you want to change the external frequency, move the cursor to the "host CPU/dimm/PCI Clock" item and press the page up or page down key to change it.
Step 4: its value can be adjusted from 133 MHz to MHz, which improves the CPU performance by increasing the CPU external frequency.
Step 5: Use the method of increasing the frequency doubling to overclock the unlocked frequency doubling CPU. Select the appropriate frequency doubling option in the "Pu clock ratio" option to greatly improve the CPU performance (currently, the CPU frequency doubling is usually locked ).

2. How to overclock the memory in BIOS

The BIOS contains many memory parameters. These parameters can be optimized to overclock the memory and improve system performance.
Step 1. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "advanced chipset features" option on the main menu to find the memory settings. The "sdram cas latency time" (memory CAS Delay Time) parameter is for the SDRAM memory. The CAS Signal Delay Time has a great impact on the memory performance, generally, it has three options: Auto/3/2.
General compatible memory can only work in CL = 3 (CAS signal delay time is 3 clock cycles) mode.
If the memory quality is good (especially for famous brands such as kingmax), it can work normally under Cl = 2 (CAS signal delay time is 2 clock cycles, performance will also be greatly improved.
Step 3 is the configuration item "SDRAM cycle time tras/TRC (memory tras/TRC clock cycle. This parameter is used to determine the number of clock cycles for the active time and cycle time of the active row in the SDRAM memory.
Step 4: The memory reading speed is faster when the activation time and cycle are smaller. You can set this item to a smaller value. If the memory quality is better, you can set it to 5/7, which is faster.

3. How to enable the video BIOS shadow BIOS mask

The video BIOS shadow (Video BIOS mask) function stores the basic BIOS functions of the video card in the memory and can be conveniently called at any time, enable the CPU to read these functions at a higher speed. Enabling this function will greatly improve the system performance.
Step 1. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select "Advanced BIOS features" and press Enter.
Step 3. Set "video BIOS shadow" to "enabled" to enable the video BIOS mask.

4. How to enable the system BIOS Cache

System BIOS cacheable (system BIOS cache), also known as system BIOS shadow (system BIOS mask). Enabling this function can greatly improve the system performance.
Step 1. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "advanced chipset features" setting item and press Enter.
Step 3. Set "system BIOS cacheable" to "enabled" to enable the system BIOS cache.
PS: This function may cause conflicts between certain graphics cards or memory. You 'd better try both of them to select the setting that best suits you. If there is no problem when enabling this function, you should enable it because it can certainly enhance the system performance.

5. How to enable video BIOS Cache

The video BIOS cacheable option is the same as above. The only difference is that it is related to the BIOS of the video card, not the BIOS.
Step 1. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "advanced chipset features" setting item and press Enter.
Step 3. Set "video BIOS cacheable" to "enabled" to enable the system BIOS cache.

Iii. Optimized disk read/write speed

The speed of disk read/write directly affects the performance of the computer. The following describes how to optimize the disk read/write speed in BIOS.

1. How to enable the IDE Hard Disk Block Mode

The Block Mode combines multiple sectors into one block. Each time multiple sectors are accessed, the data transmission rate during multi-sector access can be added. With this feature enabled, the BIOS will automatically detect whether the hard disk supports block mode (currently most hard disks already have this feature), and 64 KB of data can be sent each time the disk is interrupted.
Step 1. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "A integrated peripherals" setting and press Enter.
Step 3 set "Ide HDD block mode" (IDE Hard Disk block mode) to "disabled.
PS: Windows NT does not support block mode, which may cause data transmission errors. Therefore, Microsoft recommends that you disable the IDE Hard Disk Block Mode for Windows NT 4.0. After this feature is disabled, only 512 bytes of data can be sent for each interruption, reducing the overall performance of the disk.
2. How to automatically detect the "udma" Standard

The current mainstream hard drive speed is r/min (per minute), in order to make these hard disks play a greater role in the existing system, it can be accelerated in the BIOS.
Step 1. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "intergraded peripherals" option and press Enter.
Step 3 set "Ide primary/secondary Master/Slave udma" to "Auto.
When the system starts, the IDE Hard Disk can be automatically detected. If a hard disk that supports the "udma" standard is found, the system can start this function to speed up reading and writing of the hard disk.

4. Optimized display speed

1. How to set the Display memory size

Although the onboard video card is cheap, the performance and speed are not flattering. Everyone must be worried about the speed of the video card. The following operations can optimize the display speed.
Step 1 start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "advanced chipset features" setting item and press Enter.
Step 3 set the Display memory size of "On-chip video windows size" to greatly increase the data transmission rate of the video card.
If you are using a video card in the AGP 4x mode, you must enable the card in the BIOS. In the "advanced chipset features" option, set "AGP device 4x" (AGP 4x mode) to "enabled.
PS: If the AGP video card does not support AGP 4x, you must set "AGP device 4x" to "disabled". Otherwise, the problem will be counterproductive.

2. How to enable the RAM cache of the video card

The video RAM cacheable (graphics card RAM cache) function allows the CPU to read cached data from the graphics card Ram. Enable this function to improve the system.
Step 1 start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "advanced chipset features" setting item and press Enter.
Step 3. Set "video RAM cacheable" to "enabled" to enable the graphics card RAM cache.

3. How to set the AGP size

AGP graphics aperture size, which indicates the maximum amount of memory that can be used by the card. The default value is 64 MB. Increasing this value may cause performance degradation or significant memory usage. Set the value to 25% to 100% of the memory size according to the video operating instructions to improve system performance.
Step 1 start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "advanced chipset features" setting item and press Enter.
Step 3 set "AGP graphics aperture size" to the value you need.

5. Optimized enabling Methods

Connect to the power supply and press the power button to start the instance. There are also many boot methods, such as keyboard boot, automatic boot, and modem boot.

1. How to enable keyboard boot
To enable the keyboard boot, first find the jumper that enables the keyboard boot function according to the motherboard manual, and then reset the jumper. Currently, many mainboard functions are available without jumper. Enter the BIOS for configuration.
Step 1 start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "Integrated peripherals" setting and press Enter.
Step 3 move the cursor to the "power on function" option and press enter to bring up the option menu.
The Menu displays seven keyboard boot modes: Password (password boot), Hot Key (hot key boot), mouse move, mouse click (mouse boot), and any key (any key boot), button only (Button boot), keyboard 98 (Windows 98 keyboard boot ). Next, let's take a look at how the password is enabled.
Step 4 move the cursor to "password", Press enter, return to the upper menu, move the cursor to the "power on password" option, press enter, and enter the password.

2. How to enable automatic boot

The automatic boot function enables the computer to start automatically at a specified time.
Step 1 start the computer and press enter to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select the "power management setup" setting item and press Enter.
In step 3, find "power on by alarm" and change "disabled" to "enabled ".
Step 4 find that the gray date and time settings can be changed under the "power on by alarm" option.
Step 5 move the cursor to "date (of month) Alarm", set the date through the "Page Down" key, and then move the cursor to "Time (HH: mm: SS) set the time as needed.
Step 6 Save the settings. The computer will automatically start up as long as the BIOS clock jumps to the set time.
PS: Automatic boot is cyclical. Different motherboards have different periodicity. Some mainboards can only be set once a month, that is, the number of minutes and seconds of the boot on a certain day of each month. However, you can set a period for some boards, for example, "the current day of the day" is boot, which makes it easier. To understand the specific cycle, you 'd better read the motherboard carefully.

3. How to enable MODEM Remote Boot

Do you want to start the instance? When you call home, the computer will automatically start up. How can this remote control be implemented at startup?
Step 1. Start the computer and press del to go To the BIOS settings page.
Step 2 select "power management setup. Press enter.
Step 3 move the cursor to the "power on by Bing/LAN" option and change the default "disabled" to "enabled.
PS: the built-in modem can be used to insert the phone number into the line input of the modem when the remote control is enabled. If an external modem is used, set different interrupt numbers based on the serial port connected by the modem (in general, the COM1 port uses irq4 and the com2 port uses irq3), and then plug in the telephone line. Of course, you need to turn on the modem power.

4. How to enable the mouse to boot

Many powerful motherboard manufacturers, such as ASUS and MSI, provide richer boot functions in BIOS, not only password boot, keyboard boot, and button boot (that is, only use the power button on the chassis panel to boot), but also provides the mouse boot function.
Step 1 start the computer and press enter to enter the main interface of BIOS key settings.
Step 2 select the "Integrated peripherals" setting and press Enter.
Step 3 move the cursor to the "keyboard power on function" option and select "enabled ".
Step 4 select "power on function" as "Mouse left" from "power on function" to "Mouse left ).
Step 5 Press ESC to return to the BIOS main menu and save and exit. You can press the left mouse button to start the system.
PS: Since the boot function of each motherboard keyboard is set differently, you can refer to the local motherboard manual when setting it. In addition, if you have completed all the settings correctly, but cannot use the keyboard to start up, you can try another brand of keyboard, because the matching relationship between the keyboard and the motherboard is very important. Note that the boot success rate of the PS/2 Keyboard is much higher than that of the USB keyboard. If a USB keyboard is used but cannot be started, try another PS/2 Keyboard.