Secrets Of BIOS Tweaking

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Posted by CmdrTaco on Thursday September 12, 2002 @02:10AM 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."

9 of 172 comments (clear)

Min score:

Reason:

Sort:

how do i chat here by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-12 02:11 · Score: -1, Offtopic

what
pf by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-12 02:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic

pirst fost
Best BIOS tweaking secret... by vaxzilla · 2002-09-12 02:16 · Score: -1, Offtopic

GET A MAC!
But when can I tweak... by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-12 02:17 · Score: -1, Offtopic

LINUX on my xbox? once the OPEN SOURCE MOVEMENT ports it over?
Fragged by BgJonson79 · 2002-09-12 02:23 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Obligitory /. effect comment, but I thought Ars could handle this kind of traffic?

--
There are four boxes used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order.
Re:European Shitheads by atarian · 2002-09-12 02:45 · Score: 0, Offtopic

WTF does this have to do with BIOS tweaking?

--
xGSV Consolation of Dreams
Re:I liked this article the first time i saw it... by RedWolves2 · 2002-09-12 03:00 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Come on you guys never saw Triumph the cowardly dog??
Re:./ Cache Needed! by Anonymous Coward · 2002-09-12 09:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

And knowing the average user of this site, these people will probably be sitting there 24/7 just waiting to mirror a site.
Secrets of Street Magicians revealed.. by Frank+of+Earth · 2002-09-12 11:08 · Score: 1, Offtopic

.. was better cause of the hot chicks. Throw some half nude chicks in the book and maybe I'll read it. Otherwise, Ill continue just to read about bios tweaks from skarky, hardocp, anand and even Tom.

[stupid ass wait 2 minute /. rule and then you hit the back arrow and your post is gone so you have to retype the damn thing again.. argh! Excelling karma get's you shit. Penalize the stupid, not those who can think and type at the same time {of course, someone will point out a mistake in this post since I don't have the patience to proof read it, again}]

--
Live web cams