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Secrets Of BIOS Tweaking

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the dance-for-me-bios-dance dept.

Sivar writes "While most enthusiasts are familiar with some settings that yield significant performance benefits, many other BIOS settings remain poorly described and may unknowingly play a crucial role in system performance and stability. Ars Technica has an excellent article describing some of the most obscure settings, useful not only for performance, but for tweaking stability and hardware compatibility as well."

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  1. USB Keyboard And LILO by N8F8 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Just a tip: If you have trouble booting LILO with a USB keyboard try enabling Legacy USB support in the BIOS. It worked for me on a Dell GX240 Optiplex when all I would get is a Keyboard failure notice. You may also have to turn off "halt on error".

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  2. I liked this article the first time i saw it... by diesel_jackass · · Score: 5, Informative

    THG has had a good BIOS guide as well:

    http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/97q1/970101 /index.html

    and also a guide on BIOS tuning:
    http://www.tomshardware.com/howto/01q3/010725/inde x.html

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  3. Actual link to linuxbios by casio282 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Strange that the linuxbios link provided above is to a commercial website. Here's the link to the proper linuxbios site, at linuxbios.org.

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