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The Mother of all BIOS Guides

Posted by Hemos on from the eking-out-every-percent dept.

Joey Braff writes "Many of you have probably heard of the famous BOG - BIOS Optimization Guide. For those who have not, make sure you take a look at this mega-guide with more than 300 BIOS settings and they just added 10 more! If you doubt its authenticity, note that its author is a doctor and the guide is also available as a book."

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  1. Doctor? by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Oh, of course. How silly of me to doubt a doctor would be the perfect person to outline all of our BIOS settings. For a minute there I was thinking a engineer would be a better choice.

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  2. Re:try putting up articles on time by CUclimber · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This reeks of self-promotion here. Since when does Slashdot try to pass advertisements off as stories?

  3. Nice last line by raoul666 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    If you doubt its authenticity, note that its author is a doctor and the guide is also available as a book."

    Because anything written in a book by a doctor must be true...right?

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    1. Re:Nice last line by gnarlin · · Score: 3, Funny

      Doctor Evil alsa had a medical degree but the medication he sold me over the interweb DIDN'T HELP ME GROW MY PENIS!
      He is a great big phony and if that telephone number he told I could reach him at weren't the number to the "abused village idiots and pie obsessed people" helpline I would have flailed my arms at him in a fasion showing him that had I the physical strenght to hurt my I would given it considerable thought! Even despite that sharks with the freak'n lazer beams attached to their heads!

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  4. "... note that its author is a doctor ..." by Kymermosst · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Yeah sure, because here at the university, I've never met someone with a Ph.D who was pretty much a complete dumbass in many respects.

    I've seen the kind of people who are issued doctorates, so the fact that the author is a doctor doesn't really lend to its credibility.

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    1. Re:"... note that its author is a doctor ..." by Kymermosst · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I have performed tech support for math/computer science professors with doctoral degrees. I actually got the infamous "my machine won't turn on" issue that is resolved by plugging it in. Ph.D.'s don't necessarily reflect intelligence or for another matter, credibility.

      As my algorithms teacher routinely quoted Dijkstra: "Computer science is no more about computers than astronomy is about telescopes."

      I firmly believe that some CIS professors have never actually written a real program for a real compiler running on a real computer.

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  5. Bah by weatherguy48 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I couldn't read it with all of the sponsored links. Seriously, that's distracting.

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    1. Re:Bah by FuturePastNow · · Score: 3, Informative

      Usually adblocking *intellitxt* will get rid of them. It works for me.

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  6. Re:try putting up articles on time by woolio · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This has been happening ever since I first started reading Slasdot 2-3 years ago...

    I believe the editors let an inflammatory article "slip" by one or twice a week go increase ad revenue:

    This "article" went up on SUNDAY night... Which means most ./'ers will be spending their WORKday tomorrow (and the rest of the week) posting rebuttals, reading others rants, etc... Since this is a fairly specialized topic (BIOS config), unless the editors allow the summary to be inflammatory, most people won't bother to click the "Read More..." link...

    This will probably be one of those articles that hits +500 messages real quick... Each message means multiple pages were loaded (login/preview, compose message, post response)... and thats only for those who bother to comment! Many many people will read the comments just to see what other are saying (since they will see so many were posted).

    I think it is just a quick way for CowboyNeal to get some extra $$$ real quick. They [the editors] could at least be honest about it....

  7. Cut through the crap by Mecdemort · · Score: 4, Informative

    The actual thing:
    http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=7&va r1=18

  8. The mother of... by syousef · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is getting irritating to say the least. Would all you "mothers" please just go home? Did I wander up to you and ask "Are you my mother?"

    Next you'll have machines called "The mother of all computers" released.

    Bleh!!!

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  9. Piled Higher and Deeper by tepples · · Score: 4, Funny

    I've never met someone with a Ph.D who was pretty much a complete dumbass in many respects.

    It would seem to fit in with the old saying:

    • B.S. == bullshit
    • M.S. == more shit
    • Ph.D. == piled higher and deeper
  10. Hooray! by Zanthany · · Score: 5, Informative

    Can anybody say *cough*shameless plug*cough cough*?

    Good lord. It's almost as bad as a pr0n site with a "Click here for h0tt EEPROM action!" link.

  11. Any BIOS engineers in the house? by sm8000 · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I occasionally send PMs to one on the boards we frequent. I'd love to hear his opinion on how accurate this thing is. Before I do, will anyone who does BIOS as their day job step up?

  12. Re:A doctor? by damsa · · Score: 4, Funny

    He does now, that he has optimized his BIOS.

  13. BIOS on-line help sucks! by amirl · · Score: 3, Insightful

    This is a great guide but it led me to think, why, over all the years, the help in the BIOS itself lack all this information.
    I know about the memory problem in the BIOS itself but how much memory is needed for a normal help?

    The BIOS still looks like an engineer page rather than a setup page for a normal user.

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  14. Doctor..?! by Chicane-UK · · Score: 3, Insightful

    note that its author is a doctor

    lol.. so is my girlfriend but whilst she might know lots about her chosen field, I don't think she knows an awful lot about the ins and outs of RAM timings and AGP apertures ;)

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  15. A doctor? It's Monty Python time. by noims · · Score: 4, Funny

    The last line reminds me of a wonderful under-known Python sketch from Mr. Pither's cycling tour, set in a doctor's surgery.

    Doctor
    Morning.

    Pither
    Oh, a very good morning to you too, Doctor

    Doctor
    Ah, I understand you had an accident? [...] where were you hurt?

    Pither
    Oh, fortunately, I escaped without injury.

    Doctor
    Well what is the trouble?

    Pither
    Please, could you tell me the way to Iddesleigh?

    Doctor
    I'm a doctor, you know.

    Pither
    Oh yes, absolutely. Normally I would have asked a policeman or a minister of the Church, but finding no one available, I thought it better to consult a man with some professional qualifications, rather than rely on the possibly confused testimony of a passer-by.

    Doctor
    Oh alright.
    (he scribbles something on a piece of paper and hands it to Pither)
    Take this to a chemist.

    Pither
    Thank you.

    Cut to exterior of a chemist's shop. A chemist comes out holding the paper and points up the street. Pither thanks him and mounts his bike.

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